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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
LABOR MEN NAME OFFICERS.
Cumberland Chosen for Next Meet
ing of Maryland-D. C. Federation.

{. rrcspondencc of The Star.
ANNAPOLIS. Md, March 11.-Oficers
were installed and Cumberland was
chosen as the next meeting place at the
closing session of the twelfth annual
Maryland and the District of Columbia
which has been in session here since
Monday. Baltimore delegates put in a
bid for the convention in the Monu-
mental city. but the vote stood: Cum
berland. 1870 T.: Baltimore, 1912.
The roster of officers follows:
President. John II. Ferguson of Bal
timore tre-elected): vice presidents,
Joseph h. Tooney, Baltimore; q. A. OFT,
Baltimore; Thomas McQuade. Washing
ton: Louis Scheurman. Baltimore: Jo-
seph Iihlman, Cumberland: Miss Anna
Neary. Baltimore: r. H. Burdette,
Washington: recording and correspond
ing secretary. Henry ]. Hardy. Ba1ti-
more: financial secretary, John A. Banz.
Baltimore; Washington organizer.
James J.. Considine; Baltimore organ
izer Clinton s. Hancock: Western
gate to the annual convention of the
American Federation of Labor, Norman
s. Sprague of Washington.
The officers were installed by Dele
gate Ryan of the Plate Printers Union
of Washington.
ing resolution regarding the pay of
Baltimore policemen by recommending
more pay for all classes of labor and
another to extend the action in favor of
policemen on the Washington city
force. Both of these Propositions were
half of Baltimore patrolmen was car
ripl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
TAXES TO BE HIGHER.
Prince Georges Commissioners Elk.
pected to Add 35 Cents.

UPPER MARLBORO. Md, March H.
The commissioners of Prince Georges
county have been in session here dur
ing the past week adjusting accounts
preparatory to making the annual levy.
1t is expected that the tax rate this
year will be at least IS cents higher
than last-in other words, will be
about s1,45 on the 500.
This increase is due largely to the
fact that more than 100000 has to be
raised in order to meet the expenses of
running the public schools. \ law has
been introduced by State Senator Hol-
mead prohibiting the school commits
sioners from borrowing money on the
credit of the county, and this means
that the tax rate has been placed at a
figure to meet these charges. The as
sessa BILE basis of the county will be ap-
S1S.50O.00O, which will re-
suit in a revenue of about $26s.000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
BODY FOUND IN BATHROOM.
Capt. William E. Cummins. Veteran
of Civil War. Dies Suddenly.

Capt. William Edward Cummins.
seventy-five years old. veteran of the
civil war and former resident of CO.
runna, Shiawassee county. Mich, was
found dead in bathroom at the Har-
ris Hotel Friday afternoon. His death
was due to natural causes. Coroner
hewitt said. and the body was turned
over 10 an undertaken.
Capt Cummins. it is stated, served
throughout the civil war as "A member
of Company I, 10th Regiment, Michigan
Volunteers, and was appointed post
master at Corunna shortly after the
close of the war. He came to this city
two days ago.
Frank Cummins. brother of the de-
ceased, resides at Viola. near oregon
city. Ore. The police have notified him
OF the captains death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
STRONG PROTEST ENTERED
AGAINST BORLAND RIDER
Resolutions Adopted by Associated
Employees at Navy Yards and
Stations.

The National Association of Civil
Stations. at meeting Thursday in
Perpetual Building Association Hall,
18th and i streets, adopted resolutions
protesting against the Borland rider to
the Legislative, executive and judicial
bill.
A copy of the resolution was sent to
Speaker Clark. 1t declares:
Certain proposed legislation in the
nature of rider on the executive.
offered for enactment in the House of
Representatives requiring that mini
mum of eight hours shall constitute
a days work for federal office en-
ployes.
Such legislation would cause I'M
warranted hardship to be suffered by
those employees without accomplishing
a material benefit to the public because
of the nature of the work performed by
such employees.
Its enactment by Congress would,
in our opinion. be remuneration of
those broad principles of duty and hui
nanity which it has so vigorously
plOyers of labor in their relation to
the employees.
1T would be contrary to the wish
and sympathies of a fair-mnded. inn
partial, progressive public: not having
been brought before Congress in the
proper manner. through recommends
ton of any department chief converse mt
with conditions, being subordnately
sandwiched between legislation of an
alien character thereby becloudng its
real seriousness.
For many years federal employees.
particularly those humblese underpa id
public servants known as5tlerks, have
rendered faithful. conscientious. eff
cient service, actuated by unselflshneSs
and stimulated by the confident hope
that an aDpreciative Congress would
manifest the esteem of a fair people
by the adoption of generous attitude
toward such servants.
Full confidence is entertained that
the members of Congress. on principles
of justice properly presented. would
not agree to such unwarranted hard
ship.
I'VE hereby make formal protest
against the enactment of the rider as
l.,,t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
PARK PICTURES ARE SHOWN.
Exhibit Given in Connection With
See America First Campaign.

An exhibition of Art Motion Picture"
films of Our National Parks" was the
principal feature of Friday night
meeting of the Federal Photographic
Society. held in the main auditorium of
the New National Museum. at s o'clock
The pictures were exhibited by H. T.
Cowling. vice president of the society,
who originally took them in his ca
pacity of official photographer of the
Interior Department.
One of the reels taken in Glacier Ma
tional Park showed the Blackfeet In
dams celebrating their Medicine Elk
Ceremony. in the production of which
it was necessary for Mr.. CowlinS to be
adopted into the Blackfeet Tribe. in
order to gain admittance into their
medicine lodges. These films are being
circulated by the Department of the
Interior, under the supervision of the
assistant secretary, Stephen 7. Mather,
in connection with a See America
First" campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
MAY SAVE MURDERER'S LIFE
Bill Passes Maryland Legislature
Making Death Penalty Optional.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
ANNAPOLIS. March l1.-Delega t.
Oliver $. Metzerott of Prince Georges
county. leader of the republican forces
in the house of delegates has obtained
the passage of a bill which provides
that the jury in murder case render
ing verdict of murder in the first de-
gree may add thereto the words with
out capital punishment" in which case.
the act provides. the sentence of the
court shall be imprisonment for life.
The act further provides that I'm no
case where jury shall have rendered
verdict in manner and form as here
inbefore prescribed, without capital
punishment, shall the court. in i'm
posing the sentence. sentence the con-
victed party to pay the death penalty"
The act takes effect from June l. 1916
and applies to the whole state GOV
Harrington. il is stated. viii sign the
bill. it having passed both the house
and senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
AUTO REPAIR BILL, ST, 1867,
AIRED ON FLOOR OF HOUSE
Representative Mann Punctures the
Story of Cabinet Members Second
Hand Machine Transaction.

An automobile repair bill amounting to
$1,367, belonging to the Office of the Sec
rotary of Labor. was aired Oh the floor
of the House yesterday by Representative
Stafford of Wisconsin. The matter came
up during the debate on the legislative
bill. Mr.. Stafford said that a secondhand
machine of the vintage of 1912 had been
bought in exchange for $500 cash and two
horses. Mr.. Stafford said that it turned
out that the machine was "a piece of
junk and that it had to be rebuilt prac-
tically.
Representative Mann of Illinois said
that it certainly did not show any great
amount of brilliancy for a government
official to buy a secondhand machine
that would run up repair bill of near
ly s1.400. He also said that he had
examined the accounts of the entire
Department of Labor and did not find
any such item.
Representative Stafford said he hoped
to see the day when all the automobiles
of government officials would be cared
for in a central government garage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
Absorbed in Deep Thought.

When | entered the ROOM" SAYS Mr..
Story in his letter, 1.-THE President was
seated in a chair. wholly absorbed in
deep thought. and was apparently OBJ
1ivious to his immediate surroundings:
he did not even raise his eyes nor did
he give any sign of recognition to any
thing that was taking place about him
] said in an undertone to the operator,
Bring your instrument here and take
The picture. This was done, and Mr.
Lincoln rose and left the room without
a word.
Two pictures taken in the Brady
studio at about this time bear out Mr..
Story's description of the Presidents alb
sorbed and preoccupied manner; he is
seen seated in an armchair, with bent
mead. apparently deep in thought
/ In the month of June. 1861. Mr. Story
received commission to paint Il cal :
net head of the President. which he was
not willing to undertake unless the
The President was approached by MIR.
Storys client. but said he could not
spare the time. But il was finally ar
ranged by Mr.. Nicoiay. his secretary.
so that the artist could enter the office
during business hours and observe the
President at work. without bothering
him.
Ion three successive DAYS" writes Mr.
Story, Il quietly entered the President
office through Secretary Nicolay's room
and made pencil notes of my subject
and mental observations of the changes
in his countenance while he was in real
life and under the influence of state af-
Jars in the different interviews with
his visitors"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
Orchestral Concerts.

BY the United States Soldiers
Home Band Orchestra, Johns. NJ.
Zimmerman, director. in STAN
ley Hall at 6:45 o'clock this even
ing.
March. For the Flag" -. .Lampe
Overture, 1.-The Magic Flute"
Mozart
Suite. "Mignonette" .F'riml
Ia "Misnonette''
(b) Chant sans Paroles
(c) la panse des Demoiselles"
cd Egyptian Dance"
Selection. TN Ballo in
Maschera" .... Verdi
(The Masked Bald
Characteristic. Dutch Kiddies.'
Trinkhaus
Valse hesitation. 'L'Amour
Gypsy Love-
Novelette,, "1n Poppyland,'
Gilbert
Finale, Black and White"
Botsford
THE Star Spangled Banner
At the marine barracks tomor-
row at 2:30 pm, by the United
States Marine Band Orchestra,
William H. Santelmann, leader.
March, Spirit of Independence
Holman
Overture, Marriage of Figaro"
Mozart
'Badinage" ...... Herbert
Waltz, THE Merry Widow
Lehar
Scenes from The Lilac Domino"
Cuvillier
odd Folks at Home and in
Foreign Lands" $1,000. Roberts
Can international transcription of
the American folk song in the
musical idiom of the following
nations: France, Scotland,
Spain. Germany, Ireland, Italy
and Hungary
Hungarian Rhapsody No. q"
List
Marines hymn. THE Halls of
MonteZuma'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
Has Gained Many Honors.

The artist, George Henry Story. was
born in New Haven. Conn. January
%. 1888, and studied in that city under
Charles Hine. and later in Europe He
Is an associate national academician.
and the recipient of several medals
for portraits and genre pictures lie
Ass curator Of the department of
tinss at the Metropolitan Museum
of Art. New York, for seven Years
Acting director for one year and since
S906 has been curator emeritus. He is
also director of the art department of
the Wadsworth Athenaeum. Hartford
Conn. Three OF his paintings in the
Metropolitan Museum are The Young
Mother Alexander S. Murray and
''Self Portrait.
The addition of his painting of Lin
Coln will be valuble contribution
10 the National Gallery of Art both
from its historical significance and it's
merit as a work of art.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
JOHN HELD. HOTEL MAN. DIES.
Passes Away at George Washington
University Hospital.

John Held, for a number of years en-
gagged in the hotel business in Wash
ington died Friday afternoon at the
George Washington University Hos
pital Death was due to cancer. Flu
neral services are to take place at the
family home. 201S II street northwest.
Monday. Interment is to be at Glen
wood cemetery.
Mr. Held was associated with his
brother law, the late Elery Benson,
in conducting the Colonial and the
Metropolitan and the Bancroft hotels.
His wife, formerly Miss Cora Crown,
and two daughters Miss Cora Held
and Miss A. Held, are living.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.

Schooners Halle X. and Bessie Reed,
oysters from the Potomac beds. at nth
street wharf for the market here: scow
John Fisher. from d river point via
Alexandria, with cordwood for L. A.
Clarke d Son: steamer Northland. from
Norfolk ana Old Point; steamer Craft
tudc. from Proctor's wharf and river
landings; steamer W. l.. Davis from
Grinders wharf and river points;
schooner J. Smith. oysters from the
Blackistone's Island beds. at 18th street
wharf for the market; schooner C. L.
Rohle. at 9th street wharf, with lum-
Der for W. W. Riley
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
FILES MANDAMUS ACTION.
0. o. Sutton Makes First National
Fire Insurance COMPANY Defendant.

Petition for mandamus has been filed
in the District Supreme Court by o.
o. Sutton of Sutton, w. Va. against
the First National Fire Insurance
Company of the United States and three
of its officers. Mr.. Sutton says the
company's officials have denied him the
right to inspect and make full list
of the stockholders of the company, OF
which he is one. This alleged refusal.
he says, has subjected the company to
penalty of 500 per day during such
refusal He asks that the company
and the officers be compelled to allow
him access to the stockboo and list of
stockholders. He Is represented by
Attorney Frank S. Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
French Embargo on Rags.

France has declared an embargo on
rags. serious blow in itself to the pa
per industry of this country, and TODAY
the Secretary of Commerce was be-
sieged with kilograms from the paper
manufacturers asking what steps could
be taken to overcome this action of the
French government. However, the Sec
retar! already had taken the matter
up with the State Department, urging
that every effort be made to have the
French government reconsider its ac-
ton
1t is declared that the American peo-
pie burn more paper in a day than the
paper manufacturers can use. Secre-
tary Redffeld said that this condition
ought not to exist. and he is going to
do everything possible to overcome it,
Paper from the Department of Com
merce is to be baled with a new baler
which Secretary Redfeld has ordered,
and this will be sent to the paper mill
at the bureau of standards where the
experts there will use it for expert
mental purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
Files Bankruptcy Petition.

William S. Carpenter. an employe Of
the government printing office, residing
at I61 INLAND terrace northeast. has
filed petition in voluntary bank
ruptcy He lists his debts at s1,11283
and estimates his assets at $1,000. com
posed of household goods and a policy
of insurance. Attorney w \. Johnston
appears for the petitioner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
Reason for Late Work.

After each sitting | returned TO my
room and worked upon my picture with
my sitter as vividly in mind almost as
though he We're in my actual presence,
and with the aid of my photograph |
completed the picture. - II was
from the material gathered at this time
that the recent portrait which YOU
tMrs. Harriman) purchased from me
was talso) painted. Ny imme-
date reasons for executing the por-
trait of Mr.. Lincoln at this late day of
my professional career are that upon a
recent visit to Washington | found no
portrait of President Lincoln in any of
the public galleries. Nor was there
one to be found in any of the depart
mental buildings which visited. .
AS | had the material and the memory
of the man SO distinctly in my mind |
was impelled to paint the portrait
which you have purchased and gener-
OuSly presented to the nation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
Council of Jewish Women to Meet.

+. J. Ward of the bureau of educa-
ton and DR.. Joseph :. Wall are an
nounced as speakers at meeting OF
Jewish Women Tuesday afternoon at
2:SO o'clock at the Eighth Street Tenn
pie. Miss Vera Corey is to give piano
solo. The nominating committee also
is to be elected and reception is TO
be rendered Mrs. Adolph Kahn. presi-
dent of the council, in honor of her
twentieth wedding anniversary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
Delegate Ticket Endorsed.

The Bradshaw Marshall ticket for
delegates to the next republican ma
tionaI convention was Endorsed by a
meeting held Friday night in the Fourth
street Baptist Church. 4th and l.
streets northwest. presided over by ia =
bez Lee and addressed by John +. Col
Inns, II. A. Clark, s. II. Ross Aaron
Bradshaw, DR.. Marshall and Limas
Roulhac.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
Rifle Clubs Form League.

The various rife clubs in the sep
arate bureaus of the Department of
Agriculture have formed themselves
into a league to be known as the De-
partment of Agriculture Rife Associa :
ton, according to an announcement
just made by the National Rifle AS
sociation. with which the agricultural
clubs are affiliated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12

Baltimore & Ohio, every hour on the
hour with up and down town terminals
Rate Saturdays and Sundays, $3.50;
other days, s1.75 round trip.-Adyer-
tlsement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
FEBRUARY CIRCULATION

District Of Columbia.
FLEMING NEW BOLD. business manager q,
THE EVENING and SUNDAY STAR does sol
EMMY swear that the actual number o copies
of the paper named solf and distributed during
The month Of February. AID. 1916. was as fol-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12

jacksonville. Fla. and Return, 1915.
March 20, via Seaboard Air Line Ticket
office, 1916 n. y. observation-disclosures
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
Choice Spring Flower.

You'll see the finest specimens in
pleasing profusion at GUIDES. 1914 F.
Advertisement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
Exhibits of Photographs.

Those who attend the meeting will
have the opportunity to see an exhibit
of photographs of community forum
and other community center activity
which is on display in the Public Ii
brary. This includes a picture of the
community dance given at the Grover
Cleveland School recently. at which
Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson, hon.
orary president of the forum, was the
guest of honor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
BUREAU Of EFFICIENCY
AIMS TO HELP CLERKS
Redistribution of the Work and
Salaries in Post Office Depart
ment Explained.

An erroneous impression has been
obtained by many clerks in the de-
partments with reference to puDlisned
ACCOMPLISHMENTS of the chief OF the
bureau of efficiency Herbert d. Brown,
so far as the Post Office Department is
concerned, according to the statement
of a prominent official in the depart
ment.
The bureau of efficiency. it was eX-
planned has been endeavoring to pro-
vide for a Redistribution of the work
and salaries in the government depart
ments. Its first labors were bestowed
upon the Post Office Department, at the
invitation of Postmaster General Burle-
son. who, it was explained. believed
that the cost of living in Washington
was generally higher than in the aver
age city, and that the same class OF
work in the departments here should
be paid for at higher rate, probably
from 10 to 80 per cent.
The work of reclassifying the work
has been finished in the Post once
Department. and the salaries have been
fixed for each grade. These are be-
the Postmaster General is said to be
willing to approve.
Will Visit Eastern Cities.
Before recommending this to Con-
gress however. the Postmaster Cen
eral has asked the bureau and the
Post Office Department committee that
co-operated with it in making the re-
classification to visit several of the
large eastern cities. with a view to
ascertaNning the conditions existing in
them. and also to see if the salaries
apportioned by the efficiency chief
meet the requirements.
1t was said that the Postmaster Cen
eral is willing to recommend the clas-
sification and the salaries fixed by the
bureau of efficiency if they are found
TO be correct. Other departments, no.
tably the Navy Department, it was said,
are considering the matter of having
their work and salaries classified by
the bureau along the lines recommend
ed for the Post Office Department. The
whole matter. however. SO far as il
concerns the salaries for each class of
work, at least, will be dependent upon
congressional action.
The action now being taken. it is
said, is the first practical step that
has been made looking to the rear
rangement of the salaries in the gov
eminent departments in about fifty
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
SCHEDULED TO ADDRESS
:TODAy'S FORUM MEETING
Representative Tinkham. Commits
sioner Claxton and Commissioner
Newman on Program.

Representative George II. Tinkham OF
Boston, Philander r. Claxton. United
States commissioner of education. and
oliver p. Newman. president of the
board of District Commissioners. will
be the speakers before the fifth public
meeting of the Grover Cleveland forum.
to be held at o'clock this afternoon
in the Public Library.
Inasmuch as Representative Tinkham
is a member of the House District com
mittee. which now has before it the
Johnson bill making school buildings
available for use at the time the citi-
zens desire to meet. his speech today is
expected to have a bearing on the enact
ment of this legislation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
INTEREST SHOWN HERE
IN PAPER SITUATION
Washington People Saving Old Rags
and Waste Paper for
Manufacturers.

People of Washington are showing a
keen interest in helping to overcome the
famine in raw materials for the manu-
facture of paper Secretary Redfeld to-
day said that many letters and telephone
calls had come to the department from
people in this city since the publication
of it's appeal to the people to save their
rags and old papers to be used in the
making of new paper stock. The in
qurers were informed that they would
be put in touch with the paper manufac-
turers.
So responsive has the public been to the
appeal of the department that circular
is being prepared in the bureau of for
eign and domestic commerce giving the
names of paper manufacturers who are
DESTROYS of obtaining the old papers and
rags. One of these will be sent to each
papers and rags.
Circulars to Be Printed.
In furtherance of the campaign to urge
the people to practice thrift for the ma
ton by saving all of these materials,
100000 copies of a circular containing
the original appeal of the Department of
Commerce published several days ago
have been ordered printed by Secretary
Redfield These will be spread broadcast
over the country. They will. be sent to
chambers of commerce and other COM
mercial organizations with the request
that they be given the greatest publicity
possible.
Secretary Eedfield also said that he had
today obtained from Postmaster General
Burleson permission to have the postmas-
tiers in all parts of the country put COPIES
of the circular up in conspicuous places
IN their offices. He believes that great
results VIII come from this method of
the paper world which the manufacturers
facing.