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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16
Ways of Choosing
the Commissioners,

'Ae 0oilAAiASSioAeAs' tn ughout
1t embodies all the newest wrinkles in
commission government The commits
sion consists of a mayor and four COM
missioners. elected at large. The mayor
gets $4,000 a year and the commission
ers $4,000 each, which is pretty good
pay for such positions in a town of
$1,000. The Des Moines plan of a free
for-all primary, in which anybody
could run for nomination. was adopted
This is followed by an election, in
which the candidates are the two who
received the highest vote for each Of
flee, making field of ten, from which
five are elected.
Machinery by which the people could
recall any member of the commission
at any time is provided. The people
are also given power to initiate laws
and to require the commission to re-
fer any of its laws to them for ap-
prevail or rejection whenever they de-
sire. The claim of the friends of the
initiative. referendum and recall-that
they make public officials at all times
responsive-seems to have been justi-
fed in Oklahoma City. The people have
been so well satisfied with the gov
eminent they have not used the
weapons which President Wilson once
called the gun behind the door,
Oklahoma City employees are also I'M
der rigid civil service system. The
commission appoints civil service
board but has no administrative con-
troll over it. Anybody who wants a
job with the city goes before the board
and takes an examination. The board
certifies list of the competents to the
commission, and whenever anybody is
appointed to job it must be from this
list. The commission has no power
to appoint any one else Neither has
the commission power of removal of
city employees, except on charges pre-
ferred before the civil service board,
and after the board has sustained the
charges. If the board finds the charges
not we'll grounded, the employe cannot
be discharged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16
ARMY
Army Orders.

Capt. William F. Morrison. 9Th Field
! Artillery, is detailed as inspector-in-
structor of the organized militia. and
will repair to this city.
Ouartermaster Sergt. Denard l.. Par
sons. Quartermaster Corps, in this city.
will proceed to Fort Hamilton, y. Y,
for duty.
| Sergeant of Ordance Timothy Rohan
is placed upon the retired list at Wa
tertown arsenal, Mass, and will repair
to his home.
Leave of absence for one month is
granted Capt Harry d. Blasland,- 18th
| Infantry.
Naval Orders.
Lieut.. l.. z. Morgan. to treatment.
Naval Hospital. Washington, d. C.
Lieut. Gunior grade) r. S. Field, from
Connecticut to receiving ship at Bos-
ton.
Lieut.. Jupior grade) J. A. Fletcher.
J from Illinois to receiving ship at Bos-
ton.
Lieut.. Junior srade) Hester Hodge,
VERT, from Connecticut to receiving
ship at Boston.
Lieut. Gunior grade) H. T. Settle.
from Georgia to receiving ship at Bos-
ton.
Ensigns George MARVEL. w. d.
Thomas, F. L. Lowe and w. NJ. Smelling,
from Connecticut to temporary duty re-
ceiving ship at Boston.
Passed Assistant Paymaster W. @.
Neill to Dolphin.
Assistant Paymaster c. c. Copp, from
Dolphin to wait orders.
Chief Gunner Andrew OLSON, from
receiving ship at New York to Wiscon-
sin.
Chief Gunner Franklin Helms. from
naval magazine. bingham. Mass, to re-
ceiving ship at Boston.
Chief Gunner j. p Dempsey from
navy yard. Philadelphia, to Asiatic sta
ton.
Naval Movements.
The Melville arrived at San Juan
January IA, the Jason at Hampton
Roads January Is. the Hannibal ar
Guantanamo January IA, the G-l, G-2
and Ga at the New York yard Janu-
airy IA. the Chattanooga at San Bias
January IA and the Melville at San
Juan January IA.
The Chattanooga sailed from San
Bias January II for Manzanilla the
Petrol and Uncas from New Orleans
vile from Port au Prince January Is
for New Orleans via Key West. and
the Glacier from San Francisco Janus
airy II for San Diego
The Tennessee. at the Portsmouth.
n. H., yard, will leave on the 21st in
Boston and New York en- route. Upon
arrival in Haitian waters the Tennes-
see will relieve the Washington as
flagship of the cruiser squadron ami
the latter vessel will proceed to the
Portsmouth, n. H. yard for overhaul.
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G. W. U. Notes.

DR.. Howard Lincoln Hodgkins. dean
of the College of Engineering, attend
ed the ninth International Congress OF
Americanists. held recently in the as
sembly hall of the arts and sciences
building at the university.
Prof. King of the law school has re-
turned from a brief trip to Bermuda.
Prof. Everett Fraser, dean of the law
school, and Prof. Ernst Otto Schneider
jr., also of the law school, have re-
turned from Chicago. where they at
tended the convention of the Associa-
ton of American Law Schools.
Prof. Crane has returned from a brief
visit to Massachusetts,.
University officials have learned of
the sudden death recently of Lucius NJ.
Cuthbert, who obtained the degrees of
A. B. and A. NJ. in 1876, and the degree
of LII. B. in 1873.
Roy B. woodward. formerly student
in the medical school, but now a resi-
dent of Georgia, was recent visitor
here.
DR.. s. Herman Lippitt, graduate of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16

Petroleum has been installed as fuel
in Chile's great nitrate works, at a saw
ing Of more than 80 per cent Of the
cost Of coal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16

| last years medical school class, who
mas been holding an internship In 81.
Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee. has been
appointed to post in the Milwaukee
County Hospital. at Wauwatosa, Wis.
| The senior class at the medical
school has voted to adopt the proposed
standard class pin for all nine depart.
| ments of the university.
Miss Elizabeth Wilson and her mother
| recently entertained their friends, in
Guiding many students of the college
oY pharmacy. at a reception.
The freshman class of the college OF
pharmacy recently held a dance in the
, hall of the Terrace Inn. Ralph Dean
was chairman of the dance committee
and steve" Hughes took a prominent
| part IN the program.
| 4. c. Mackay. assistant librarian at
| the law school, has resigned and Har-
old Keats has been appointed to All
| the vacancy.
| DIR. Frank f. Lentz of the University
| of Pennsylvania and Dr. !. r. Shigley
! of Cornell University. spent a few days
recently in Washington on business
| pertaining to the Omega Tau Sigma
Fraternity.
L. NJ. Tesche. student assistant in
chemistry i'm Columbian College, has
returned from brief visit to friends
in Philadelphia.
r. c. Nag of Calcutta. India. is to
leave Columbian College to resume his
studies at the University of Illinois.
V. L. Kebler of Columbian College
has returned from short hunting trip
near Bluemont. Va.
The pre-medIcal class held q dance
recently in the assembly hall OF the
arts and sciences building. During
| one of the intermissions r. c. Nag gave
brief talk on India
Herbert Ramsey, Paul Russell and
| Erwin Harsch recently were enter
| tanned at luncheon by Sigma Kappa
Sorority.
Messrs. Cox, Breneman and Hudmon
/ M,
tended an oyster roast given by the
Gamma ri Fraternity of the Maryland
Agricultural College at College Park,
Carlton S. Proctor. who is attending
Princeton this year. was recent WISH
tor at Sigma M Fraternity house.
w +. Yates. Sigma NJ from the
University of Pennsylvania. visited the
| Ensign Walter d. Snyder, who at
tended George Washington last year
and who was member of Alpha Beta
Phi Fraternity, is on the cruiser Des
| Moines. the only United States ship now
! in the Mediterranean.
Phi Alpha Fraternity held a smoker
| recently, at the chapter house. One
OF the honor guests was Prof. Leslie
Cleveland McNemar of the department
of political science.
Sigma Phi Epsilon gave formal
dance recently at the chapter house.
Thomas A. Lupton and Leroy b. Fos-
.ei' potn OF Sigma fhi Epsilon. nave
returned to the university from short
visits to their homes.
The Order of the Skull and Circle en-.
teftained some of it's friends at an in.
formal smoker recently at Phi Sigma
Kappa Fraternity house.
Chi Omega held a tea recently at the
home of one of its members.
Misses Leila Howard. Phyllis Stewart,
Rachel Walstead. Alice Griffith and
Eliza beth Heitmuller, assisted by Misses
| Eleanor Stanton, Gladys Helgesen and
Marion Heitmuller, were hostesses At
an informal reception recently at the
Wyoming.
Pi Beta Phi held a dance recently at
the Cairo.
Sigma Nj members were hosts at .
recent dance at the New Cochran.
Delta Tau Delta gave a dance re-
Gently at Rauschers
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Few Excluded
From Civil Service

rev GXcluQeQ c"hi 'ei :
From Civil Service. nrisa,. sso. a'
taries to the commissioners, the cor
poration counsel. the chief OF police,
the superintendent of the water de-
partment, the city engineer. the city
clerk, the auditor and the treasurer.
AS result of the civil service, the old
system by which. city officials parceled
out the jobs to the faithful has been
abolished. In fact. the operation of
the civil service board. together with
the businesslike administration of city
affairs, has been SO successful that the
former job giving system has been
practically forgotten by the people OF
the town and abandoned by candidates
as a method of getting elected.
When the commission took Office 1t
found an Anticipated, imperfect system
of accounting in operation. 1t was not
rare for bills against the city to be
paid twice. The new system makes
such thing impossible and gives the
city. for the first time. a daily knowl-
edge of what II is collecting and what
ii is spending.
The commission effected a saving of
about S23, 900 the first year of its work.
This saving was effected not by cur
failing the municipal services or slow
ing up on improvements but by get
tlng more Tor the money spent. OKLA
homa City, being new and having been
located where there was plenty of
space, has unusually wide streets; yet
it has lab miles of paving, mostly
sheet asphalt of good quality. The fire
department, scattered through ten sta
tons, has been two-thirds motorized
and will be all motor in another year.
In spite of reduced expenditures, the
street paving has been kept in repair
and the streets kept clean to such a
degree that the residents Of the town
are proud of them and boast that no
city in the country has better thor
oughfares. The system of public
lighting has been materially extended
and many miles of additional water
mains have been laid-all on a reduced
total of city expenses. and with a few
er number of city employees. The num-
Der of consumers of water has in
creased from 5000 to 1000. yet four
clerks keep the accounts of the office
now. where seven were employed I'M
der the old form of government
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How the Work
of City Is Divided.

the commission-and to some extent by
the people-for the affairs of his depart
ment. Thus far they have got along
well together. There have been diff
ferences of opinion. The actions of the
commission are not always unanimous,
but these differences have not gone far
enough to hamper the commission. A
wide variety of interests are represent
ed on the present commission. The
mayor was a real estate dealer and
builder. One of the commissioners was
also a real estate dealer. one was a mer-
chant and former doctor. one was au-
ditor for packing company and the
other was a union printer All five
give all their time to the city's bust
ness
The city hall at Oklahoma City is
very characteristic. 1t is modern
three story brick Office building, at the
corner of Grand avenue and Broadway.
Here the commissioners have their Of
fees and conduct the business of the
city as though il were a law or brok-
eraSe firm. There is no place to loaf
and hence no loafers.
The town owns this corner, and the
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Troop Mrs. Chester Pyles, Cap

American quails are migrating across
the border to Canada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16

Heads of departments and certain
other officers are excluded from the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16

That same independence of tradition
and daring directness are characteris-
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The five commissioners of Oklahoma
City divide the work of the city among
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-13
EASTON

The barn dance which was held in J. Arthur Sherwood's barn Friday eve ming for the benefit of the Easton grange was largely attended but ow- ing to the unpleasant evening a great many were unable to attend so there will be another one Thursday evening of this week in the barn and the Dodgingtown orchestra will furnish the music for dancing. The Chi1dren's Day concert was well attended at the Methodist church Sun day evening.
 Miss Maud Heally of Bridgeport spent the week end with Miss Hazel Sherwood.
 A strawberry festival will be held at the home of MT. and Mrs. Elmer Andrews Friday evening for the ben eft of the Dorcas society.
 The regular meeting of Easton grange, No. 149, will be held tonight.
 Mrs. Erwin P. Edwards attended her sister-in-Iaw's class day exercises at the Bridgeport High school Monday afternoon.
 The week night meeting of the Bap- tist church will be held at 7:45 We'd nesday evening.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-13
CONSTIPATION RELIEVED

Be free from constipation and all the ills that attend it. Commence to- day to get we'll. Go to your druggist and get a bottle of Leonardi's Liver Aid, the delicious liver remedy that relieves you of constipation, indiges- ton, stomach and bowel trouble. It never gripes or causes your system to be upset, like calomel and other dan geroUs drugs. Leonardi's Liver-Aid offers quick relief for bi1iousness, h cad aches, constipation, indigestion, f1atu- lency, pain, belching, dyspepsia, chills, fever and all the ills that come from a disordered liver. Tones up your en- tire, system, improves your vitality and energy. soc at your druggists, or HindIe's Drug Stores, 987 Main street and eO9 Main street.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-13
Dutch Industry Increases

The Hague, therlands, June 13- Native industry is more and more coming into it's own in Holland in consequence of the restricted supplies from belligerent countries and espe- cially Germany. The latest scheme adopted with a view to furthering it is a "Netherlands shopping week" when participating storekeepers display ex- clusively Dutch-made goods in their windows. In The Hague, for instance, $40 stores, distributed over 14O streets, have put the idea into execu- ton, and Queen Wilhe1mina is ex- tending her support by a visit of in- Spection to several of the leading es- tablishments.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-13
A WARNING AGAINST
 THE ROSE BEETLE

Those who have chickens should remember that from the latter part of June to the first two weeks of July is the season ofathe year when the rose beetles, rose chafers or rose bugs as they are called, will be here feed ing on the grape vines. fruit trees. rose bushes, in fact nearly all the plants except the evergreens- The daisies are particularly attractive to them and chickens feeding in the delds find large numbers of beetles to eat. Chickens up to ten weeks old are killed by the poison in the fose beetles, for these brown sprawly beetles act upon the chickens as toad stools act upon people who eat them.
 The. rose beetles are very attractive to the chickens and they will feed on them until their crops are filled with the insects. Chickens die in from 10 to 24 hours after eating the beetles.
 There have been some large losses each year from chickens having fed upon these insects in this state. Some times owners have opened the bulging crops of the chickens and found there the cause of death while others have ascribed the cause of death of several other causes.
 At present we have no cure for chickens that have red on these in- S6CLS. T OE -L11ob LSdSOA WO OAAOA IiAO suggestion that those who raise chickens should not use grapevines in the runs for shade, that they should guard against the chickens feeding in fields where thed aisies are abund- ant during these three weeks when the rose beetles are, most numerous. We might add that duck1ings and young turkeys are also killed by feed ing on these insects
 c w HANSON Jr Department of Zoology, Connecticut
 Agricultural College.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-13
BUTTON MAKING
 GREAT INDUSTRY IN UNITED STATES
Census Report Shows Large Gain In Factories =
 Eighteen In State.

Washington, June 13-A prelimin- ary statement of the general results of the 1914 census of manufacturers in reference to the button industry has been issued by Director Sam. L. Rog- CTS, of the bureau of census, depart ment of commerce. It consists of a statement of the quantities and value of the products manufactured, prepar- ed under the direction of William M. Steuart, chief statistician for manu- factures.s The figures are preliminary and subject to such change and cor- rection as may become necessary up- on further examination of the original reports.
 Reports were received from 517 es- tab1ishments, which manufactured buttons during 1914. The total value of the products of these establish ments amounted to 0,791,9S5. At the census of 1909 there were report ed 444 esta bEshments, with products valued at $22,703,0 900. In addition, in 1914, fifty establishments engaged primarily in other industries -manufac- tured buttons to the value of $482,- O61. .-
 The total output of buttons during the census year amounted to 6O,602,- 359 gross, valued at $16,233,198.
 The most important branch of the button industry was the manufacture of pearl buttons. either from moth er-of-pear1 or ocean pearl or rom the shells of the Unios or fresh-water pearl
 In 1914, there were manufactured 26,181,405 gross of pearl buttons, with a value of A$7, ,369 ,2O8, represent ing 43.2. Der cent of the total, quan- tity andE45.4. per cent of the total value Of this amount, 21, 1,664,436 gross. valued at $4,516,969 gross, val ued at $2.4S9,564 from mother of pearl or ocean pearl.
 Next in importance was the manu- facture of buttons from vegetable iv- ory, the output of this kind amount ing to 5,12s.OO5 gross, valued at $2. 5,5O3, or 8.5 and 17.S per cent of the total in quantity and value, re- spective1y.
 The others of the more important classes in point of value were GOV cred buttons, $1,6oO,17s; cel1uloid. SPA. 1854; shoe, $61O.796; bone, $329,- 934; horn $2ee.4s7; and ivory, $2s3,- ASA. In addition various other kinds and parts, having a total value of $2,- I30, ,254, were manufactured.
 Of the 517 factories reporting in 1914 there were PA located in New york eighty-one in Iowa, sixty in New Jersey; thirty-one in Illinois; twenty-one in Pennsylvania; eighteen in Connecticut; fourteen in Massachu- sets; twelve in Indiana, nine each in California, Missouri and Ohio; five in Arkansas; four in Kentucky; three each in Minnesota and Washington; two each in Wisconsin and one each in Colorado, Kansas, New Hampshire, and Oregon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-13
SUGAR CENTER
 OF ARGENTINA

Tucuman may be called the sugar
 center of Argentina, says a report from United States Special Agent Metz. At present there are 30 ref1n- cries in operation there, with a com
 bined capital of nearly $5O,0OO,00O. The yield has, steadily increased from
 127,000 tons in 1909 to 335,000 tons in 1914. Last year the yield was only
 15O,OOO~ tons, the shortage being
 caused by conditions which greatly affected the growth of the cane. It is
 estimated that the new crop will not
 be sufficient to supply the local de-
 mand, for which is required about
 212,OOO tons. A recent presidential
 decree prohibits the exportation of sugar. In 1912 the average yield of sugar, based on the weight of the cane taken into the mills, was 6.S per cent. and in 1913 8.8 per cent. Experiments With Java Cane.
 The government experiment station has been making efforts to find a va riety of cane more suited to the rapid changes of climate, and the results from experiments with Java cane are quite promising.
 Much of the cultivated area of Tue
 uman province is cut-over timber land, and as there are many roots and tstumps in the ground a heavy disk blow is the only type of heavy blow that will give good results. Walking
 blows, especially the one-hand1ed six inch, seven-inch and eight-inch wood or steel beam blows, are sold in great
 numbers. Many of these are used to cultivate between the cane rows. Mowers and rakes for handling a1- falfa are sold by nearly every imp1e- ment and hardware house in the pro- | vince. The demand for other imp1e- ments is and will continue to be linn | tied for many years.
 German Implements Used.
 The writer saw in Tucuman a stock of walking blows and light cultiva- | tors of German manufacture. This is | the first stock of implements of for | eign manufacture of any consequence ] I have seen in my travels about the | republic. The blows were all priced | higher than similar goods of Aneri- 1 can manufacture, and their cheap
 construction would be apparent to
 anyone who has ever used a blow or cultivator. The stocks of German
 made implements are practically ex- | hausted, and as the war renders it | impossible for the agents to replenish | their stock they will be compelled to 1 turn to the United States in order to
 supply the wants of their customers,
 or else the latter will be forced to
 purchase such implements from local
 houses handling American lines.