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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-07
AVOIDANCE OF P)MP
AT POPE'S CORONATION
Ceremony Described as Imposing in
Its Solemnity-Family of
Pontiff Present.

ROME, September THE coronation OF
Pope Benedict XIV took place yesterday
in the sistine Chapel. The ceremony was
| imposing in it's solemnity The Sistine
Chapel was used for the occasion in order
to avoid pomp during the war. The en-
tire pontiffcal court. numbers Of the Ro.
man aristocracy and the family Of the
pontif We're present
The entire armed corps of the holy see
saluted the passage Of the procession
which was formed in the Pope's apart
| ments. and then proceeded to the Pauline
Chapel, where the alteration of the holy
sacrament was celebrated. In the pro-
| cession were high dignitares of the papal
court, patriarchs. archbishops and orr
entail bishops.
Features of the Ceremonial.
From the Pauline Chapel the process.
| sion moved to the Sistine Chapel, where
| mass was said. After the indulgentiam
! the sub-deacon placed the maniple on
the arm Of the Pope. who sat down while
the cardinals of the diocese of Rome
recited the coronation prayer The Pope
then mounted the altar and a cardinal
placed the pallium on his shoulders All
this moment Benedict XIV received the
last alteration Of the cardinals, bishops
| and abbes. Then he read the introit
intoned the gloria and resumed his seat
on the throne.
Striking Scene.
The scene, with Pope Benedict seated
in the sedia gestatora, preceded by the
bearers of the triple crown. and fanked
by the bearers Of the celebrated feather
fans and sixty cardinals in their full
vestments was striking one. When TIL.
ceremony ended the Pope was received
with loud acclaim by those present.
Later in the day Pope Benedict received
successfully in private audience Cardinal Is
Gibbons, Farley and OConnel, who pre-
sented their suites and some American
friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-07

Mrs. w. W. Wotherspoon. wife of the
chief of staff of the army, with their
rson. Midshipman Alexander s. Wother-
spoon, is at the Wotherspoon cottage in
jamestown, r. I.
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All Wash Dresses!

our shelves in the next few days
All Wash Dresses!
In five lots. These include the bal
ance of our Machine and HANDMADE
Dresses-the latter imported from
Paris in midseason.
At %1.05. Regularly $500 to $3.50
43 Wolfe, Crepe and Linen Dresses
Powered and plain colors
At 1895. Regularly $3.50 to $1,000
% Wolfe and Crepe Dresses-fowered
and plain colors.
At 1896. Regularly $40 to S2O-12
Dresses of imported crepes, Eoiles and
nets: many embroidered by hand.
At $S.75. Regularly $4,000 to $1,000
50 Imported Dresses; voiles and crepes.
Colors and white embroidered in colors.
At S1295. Regularly $4,000 to $4,000
rs Imported Dresses, entirely. hand
| made: no two alike. Sizes So, 3S and
40 only.
All the Silk Dresses!
At $12.95, Regularly $500 and up
> each black and white Jap silk, 8
crepe de chine, in black, wistaria and
brown. and IL evening gowns, in chif-
fon and charmeuse-pink, blue and
white.
At 1896. Regularly &I2.5O1s black
jap silks, $ white jap silks.
At 1895, Regularly $:5.0O-2 Messaline
Silk Evening Gowns, in pink and blue.
Slightly soiled.
All the Cloth Suits!
At s11.50. Regularly $4,000 to $1,000
q Cloth Suits; Is of these are navy or
black.
At 1878, Regularly 5000 to $1,000
% Cloth Suits: greens. browns, wis
tarias and shepherd checks.
All the Cloth Coats!
At ss.s5. Regularly $1,000 to $1,000
Balance Of our Cloth Coats, chinchillas
and wool crepes; tan and tango; in
the lot.
All the Wool Capes!
At $685.. Regularly $500 and $50 90
Balance of our Wool Capes, white,
green and copenhagen blue; wool
crepes-only Of these.
All the Silk Goats!
At 1918, Regularly $4,000 to $35OO-
10 Silk Coats, entire balance one of a
kind silk crepes, silk brocades, silk
moires, in navy, brown, green, wine
and copenhagen blue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-07
Colored Silk Umbrellas

At $1.95, Regularly S3.OO-For rain
or shine: silk guaranteed waterproof;
navy, green, garnet and black; S-rib
frames; plain carved and ebony han
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-07

Lady Harrington. who has been a guest
of her mother, Mrs. James Mcmillan. at
Eagles Head. Manchester-bythe-S
Mass. will sail for her home in England
September 10. Sir John Harrington re-
war
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-07

Mrs F. s. Cawson of 1914 Massachu-
sets avenue northeast has returned
after pleasant visit OF two weeks
with friends in Wildwood Crest, n. j.
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DR.. and Mrs ]. r. De Farees after
spending several weeks in the White
mountains. will return by way Of At
iantic City. reaching Washington about
September To-
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Children's Parasols

At sec, Regularly S1.OO to s1.5O-Chil-
dren's Silk Parasols. in pretty fancy
af1y1a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-07

Miss Susie Hall of 18th and Newton
streets northeast. Brookland. D. c.. IS
spending her vacation with relatives in
Upper Marlboro.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-07

A watermelon feast was given We'd
nesday evening at the home of Miss
Annah Began. Games were enjoyed until
a late hour. The guests included Mrs W
G. Fearing. the Misses Fearing of Nor
folk, Va: Misses Sands, Pollock, John
son and Bushee. and Messrs. Birch,
Webb. Bresnahan. Bessling and Bruce
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ing. These statements while they con-
tanned some> truth did not represent
the conditions as they really are.
The greater part OF the Everglades
will not be available for several years,
and when they are sufficiently drained
for the settler to be able to walk about
it will require some time to clean 1t of
the saw grass. This work being ac-
complished the land must be fertilized
and ditched for irrigation as well as
drainage. Then comes the planting
and the crusade against weeds and in
sects.
A large number of people, especially
in the far North and the Middle West
were caught by this persuasive litera-
ture, and after purchasing land at
from twenty TO sixty dollars per acre
they arrived in Florida only TO find
their prospective truck gardens under
water and in many instances impos-
BILE to reach. These facts were brought
before the Federal Government and
an investigation was started with the
result that several of the swindlers
will be compelled to spend some years
in the penitentiary. The whole thing
was unfortunate for Florida as 1t gave
the land BLACK eye" and the funds
for the drainage work became so low
that at present only one dredge is at
work where four were at one time.
Thara Is little doubt that the work Rfill
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IS7cIIT HI5S-7e q bs75T Stone ne me Na7Ia2y
W2H22H L5fe>Of an E72y 81 1W T592SS

ury. Not a movement takes place In
connection with the opening and clos
ing of the vaults and doors of the
building that is not recorded, and the
system is 50 delicate and refined that
if there is an unusual change in tenn
perature, and especially if there Is
more than ordinary dampness, 1t will
be recorded on this board.
The five new vaults are wonderful In
their intricate construction. They are
charged electric wires imbedded in
solid concrete, any one Of which will
give an alarm instantly If touched by
any person not intrusted with the Sc
cret combination. Each one of the five
vaults is about twenty-five feet wide
by thirty feet long, and all are con-
structed of reinforced concrete four
and a half feet thick and strong in
proportion. The vaults are as nearly
burglar-proof as 1t is possible to make
them. The electric wires imbedded in
the concrete are placed two inches
apart. The doors of the vaults being
sufficiently strong to resist any attempt
to enter them, 1t is absolutely impos-
sible for any one to gain entrance to
the treasure trove without giving an
captain Of the watch and his entire
force of guards. The minute an cleo
trio wire Is touched the alarm is
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stroy. The surface of the land Is COW
cred by water which makes 1t a gi-
gantic marsh. In various places are a
few clusters Of trees like an oasis in
a desert. The spots are called ham
mocks and are the delight of the
hunter, for 1t Ia there that the deer
and birds congregate. The swamp Ia
shaped like the inside of bowl with
its rim broken In several places. Lit
tie streams of water run from these
breaks, but they do not drain the
swamp to any great extent. The top
soil is formed like the peat of Ireland
from decaying vegetable matter and
Is from four to six feet In depth. form
ing q sort of black muck. Like the
Irish soil it will become very dry un-
less some arrangements are made for
it's Irrigation, and this Is being looked
after with the drainage. Lake Okeech-
obee--the big lake of the high
"Glades." Is the keystone Of the propo-
sition. and by means of the canals
It will be lowered several feet and
made a reservoir to collect the water
during the wet weather and conserve
1t for use during the droughts which
come every year. A system of locks
has been built connected with the lake
which can be opened or closed as the
condition OF the weather may require
So. with storage basin already pro-
lYldad cod. Canals hpi3ts to- drain when
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guards and District Of Columbia
mounted police.
Under no circumstances could an
outsider gain admittance to the great
sub basement door. The guard on the
inside knows personally the few who
are permitted to come into the build
ing through the door. The door Is
used for no other purpose than for
bringing in and taking out money be-
longing to the government.
After the money has been taken In
through this door 1t goes into a re-
stricted corridor, which is closely
guarded at all times by capable watch
men. Then 1t is distributed to the
proper offices and divisions by means
of the concealed coin lift and restrict
ed corridors, and Is at all times under
the direct supervision of a strong
guard of men.
Electricity's Part.
The system of protection and hand
ling of money in the Treasury Depart
ment is as perfect as mans ingenuity
can devise. Not only every vault but
every grill door and every entrance to
the building is controlled by an cleo
trio protective system, the headquar-
ters of which are located in the office
of the captain Of the watch. The
electric board, so far as known, Is the
only one of its kind in existence. 1t
was designed and built for the Treas
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Q 4
IA xr~e~79AAoe IN M5<7Il~

OF reclamation was then taken up by
the Trustees themselves. and since
then the work has proceeded with
more or less difficulty.
How The Funds Are Obtained.
The fund for this great undertaking,
consisting Of one hundred and eighty
four miles of canals required for
draining the Everglades, is to be de-
rived from the sale of tracts of land
in the "Glades." Twenty-Five per cent
of the money hus raised must be paid
into the school Fund under pro-
vision in the State Constitution. The
area OF the Everglades is about four
million acres and about half of this
has been sold and more than $780,
10000 received by the State as a re-
suit, About thirty-hve thousand acres
In small tracts fell into the hands of
promoters. some of whom unfortu-
nately proved to be land swindlers.
They at once flooded the country with
literature describing with what ease life
could be enjoyed there while the soil
was yielding enormous profits. Some
Of the circulars represented that the
land was ready for occupancy and
cultivation after a little cleaning up
also represented as an easy task. The
settler was told that he could build a
house, plant his crops and bask In the
snnshina Whils. the -nrnnS wars, ernul-
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be carried out in time and that in
years to come the greater part of the
Everglades may become one vast truck
garden-large enough to supply the
northern markets with all their early
vegetables.
The muck lands Of the great swamp
nave been analysed over and over by
the Agricultural Department and ad-
vice given as to the fertilizer which
should be used. Experiments with
this soil have been tried by agricul
turists In Florida, and even under ad-
verse conditions 1t has responded to
mans Industry and some splendid
crops have been raised Egg plants.
tomatoes, beans, potatoes and peppers
thrive and ripen in January and Feb
ruary. They are sent North and bring
splendid prices. Along what is known
as the North Canal several of these
farms are In operation and their own
ers are reaping a fine profit. On the
Miami Canal, too. away up In the
"Glades" are several splendid truck
farms.
The "Gladcs" A Gigantic Marsh.
The Everglades at first glance re-
mind one of the prairies for as far as
the eye can reach there is nothing but
grass OF coarse fibre. known as saw
grass. 1t Is said to be absolutely val
|lAetesls app, veYtgnmRly didicnlt NJ, do.
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sounded and the guardians of the
treasure at once get busy to discover
the cause.
At five o'clock in the afternoon the
doors to all the openings in the Treas
ury Building, except one, are closed,
and the electric protection placed
thereon. The same protection is given
to the doors OF the building as is
placed on the vaults. so that 1t Is
impossible for any door to be open so
long as the protection remains without
a definite alarm being turned in. SO
delicate is the system that the greatest
care has to be exercised In opening
and closing the vaults in order to pre-
vent the occurrence Of alarms. When
an alarm is turned in Il registers not
only in the office OF the captain Of the
watch, but automatically in the Office
of the Washington chief of police.
Thus, false alarm practically means
the appearance Of the greater part Of
the District of Columbia police force
armed to prevent the, looting OF the
United States Treasury.
$500, 0OO, 900 In One Vault
There is one vault in the building
lHdt lldo OOuDlS pTOl6CIlOtl, ana ina
is the emergency currency vault In the
office of the Comptroller of Currency
This vault contains approximately five
hundred million dollars. II has al
the protection of the other vaults IL
the Treasury in addition to being Sc
constructed with small electric wire:
that it would be impossible to ptncturC
the seals Of the vault with a knit,
without turning in an alarm. Thi!
secondary protection Is controlled b!
an outside office which also register
in the office Of the captain Of tn,
watch on the supplemental system.
The Treasury Department employ
force Of sixty-seven men to guar
the nations treasure at all times.
casual observer passing the building
in the evening would imagine tina
everything was calm and serene fl
connection with 1t, yet If he were per
mitted to enter the confines and sur
vey the long corridors he would fint
a strong body OF men on guard whom
he would be unable to pass. Thes
guardsmen are required to make re
turns to the office OF the captain Of tn
watch through an annunciator system
every fifteen minutes during thei
period Of watch.
Uncle Sans stock of gold at tn
present time Is equivalent to abou
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1909 tons, which would requh,
train of one hundred cars to carr IL
each car having carrying capacityof
about $4,000 pounds. Such Co
parison brings to light interesting fax,
concerning silver and paper none.
For instance. one thousand standard
new silver dollars will weigh exactly
5S92 pounds. If the oountry's stock
Of 5s4,604,719 silver dollars were load
ed into freight cars Of 10000 pounds
or thirty tons capacity, 1t would re-
qulre more than 565 cars to carry
them. If these same silver dollars
could be laid fiat, one on top OF the
other, they would make monument
S35 miles high. If placed end to end.
they would make handsome neck
lace" 1880 miles in length. Or they
would make belt that would extend
more than half way round the world.
Another interesting fact in connec-
ton with paper money Is that a million
crisp, new once dollar bills, II placed
one on top of the other. would make
column about 260 feet IN height.
Other Interesting Treasures.
Filed away in the vaults Of the
Q 4
many of them of great interest. The
| Treasury warrant under which the
Emperor of Russia received $780,
900 for Alaska, under the treaty OF
March 80, 1867, Is one OF the greatly
priced papers. This purchase, At an
actual cost Of about one and nine
/ tenths cents per acre, now worth sew
eral hundred times as much. was ar
ranged by Secretary Seward
Other warrants of more than usual
interest are the four of 100000
each, which were paid to Spain for the
Philippines, and the warrant for s10.-
| 600, 900, paid 10 j. P. Morgan h Com
pany, acting as representatives for tho
French syndicate and the Republic OF
Panama, for the purchase Of the
French rights to the Panama Canal.
The original Declaration OF Inde-
pendence, now very worn and tho
writing dimmed by the years. reposes
in a specially constructed vault In the
Treasury. During the past decade Il
has rarely seen the light Of day. as
efforts are being made to preserve 1t
just as long as possible. Every known
method of preserving the valuable pa
per has been adopted. but time has
eaten into It until very little Of the
J original manuscript remains today.
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up the rocks and deposited them on
the side Of the canal. So much OF the
work has been completed that It Is
now possible to go all the way across
the State from Lauderdale on the east
coast TO Ft Myers on the Caloosa-
hatche River near the west ooaSS, on
the canal in motor boat, and the
time is not far distant when motor
boat trips over the entire system OF
drainage canals will be a part Of the
itinerary OF the winter tourist IN that
land of sunshine.
Indians Do Not Resent It.
The Seminole Indian reservation 10
in the heart of the Everglades, and for
u long time this tribe OF Indians held
full sway in the swamp. There thsv
hunted 70 their hearts content, but
that day has passed. for the white man
has come to stay. The Indians did not
resent the drainage Of the "0lades"
but on the contrary they rather wSl-
coined the canals, and they are fSs-
quently seen sailing over the plaoid
water in their queer looking boats.
They are a peaceful tribe Of red men
unless they imbibe too freely OF fire
water" During the early days Of the
work the reptiles and birds seemed
disturbed, and the birds dew around
the dredEes in great numbers, making
life almost miserable with their chat
ter Then they discovered that the
fresh muck brought up by the buckets
contained worms and they came by
he hundreds and lighted on the fresh
upturned mud fighting over the spells
OF insects and worms, Snakes were
plentiful and many were killed BY the
men who worked on the dredges. Tho
long legged cranes and the buzzards
have refused to come near the dredges
apparently being frightened by the
dynamite explosions
The canals are sixty feet wide ana
ten feet deep-plenty Of water for the
small boats used to carry produce and
truck garden products. Altogether
the project Is a great one. and the
State OF Florida deserves to be COM
mended by her sister States for the
plain. honest straightforward way in
which she has gone about the work.
and for her efforts to protect the IN
suspecting settler against the debauch-
ing hand of the land swindier whose,
actions at one time threatened to XIII
tho pro3e0te attngeehaS.
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5eHII2SIHaneH RzCfaSeY
IN the W Tr7oSyOTsT

has been Installed. This is used In
conveying money and securities from
the floor of the building where 1t is
counted, sorted and arranged to the
sub basement, where the shipping ac-
tivities are carried on. So carefully is
the movement of the money guarded
and protected that many of the oldest
employees In the Treasury know moth
ing whatever of the system employed
or the route the money takes in com
ing into and being dispatched from the
building.
Visitors Now Prohibited.
1t was formerly customary for the
guides in conducting public visitors
through the Treasury Building to lead
them around where they could look
in on the money in the various stages
OF it's handling and dispatch. All this
has been entirely changed. At no
stage of the proceedings Is any one
except the employees actually engaged
in the operations allowed to come in
or even see the handling of the money.
No outsider could possibly gain ad-
mittance to any Of the divisions in any
Of the offices named for any purpose
whatever.
The great door In the west court OF
the sub basement, which is far below
the street level and completely OBJ
scured and protected. is always locked
and an armed Waterman is stationed
INN ediately on the inside. The only
people who are permitted to enter this
door are the guards and attendants of
the van which conveys money and Sc
curities from the Bureau of Engrav
ing and Printing to the Treasury and
the uniformed employees of the ex-
press company which has the contract
for shipping money from the depart
ment. The Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing. where the paper money is
manufactured, is located in another
section of Washington, and all money
is conveyed to the Treasury in locked
and sealed vans. The latter are sur
rounded on their trips by armed
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The Wonderfully Intricate Construction of the
Eighteen Vaults In the United States Treasury
Highly Charged Electric Wires To Pre-
vent Tampering With Uncle Sans
T+oocrro Town
Treasure TrOVe.

artistic standpoint Of all buildings be-
longing to the government, until
comparatively recent period no defn-
lite stops had been taken to modernize
the system of the protection of all the
vast millions OF money stored in the
building. It was during the admin
istration of Secretary McVeagh that
the protection features first received
pronounced attention, and Secretary
McAdoo at the present time is en-
larging the old ones and working out
new plans.
After an investigation, 1t was found
that the money handling activities in
the offices of the Treasurer Of the
United States, the Comptroller of Cur
rency, the Registers office and the
division of loans and currency were
widely scattered, and it was a common
thing to see messengers and depart
mental laborers hauling through the
open corridors OF the Treasury Build
ing large sums of money. This was
necessary because there was no pro-
lection or scclusion under the arrange
ments then existing. An effort was
made to group all these activities IN
order that the handling of the money
in the open might be obviated. Such
a grouping was made and restrictions
placed on corridors and parts of the
building where the work of handling
money is carried on.
These restrictions consisted of
strong, substantial grills, placed across
the corridors. completely excluding
the public from this class of work.
The openings in the grills are closely
guarded by trusted watchmen at all
times, both night and day, and no one.
except employees. is allowed to enter
the restricted corridors. In addition
10 this prccaution. money lift, COM
uleteIN concealed from The public saze.