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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-11
]. J. O'Brien Points Out Harm
full Results of Bor-
land Rider.
THINKS PAY TOO SMALL
FOR ANY LONGER HOURS
Sends Open Letter to Author of Pro-
Yision Denouncing the Entire
Proposition.

If an act conceived without regard to
the public effects resulting from It's
application which will add IA per cent
to thu, hours of labor of government
employees with no extra compensation
therefor shall be passed. what prospect
IS there for holding in government
service the skilled men and technical
experts whose labors are so beneficial
10 the whole country?
This is a question asked by Joseph
J. O'Brien, founder and editor of In
vention, published in this city. in let
ter written March to Representative
Rorllnd of Missouri. the author of an
appropriation bill rider which provides
for such an addition to the working
hours of federal employees. Mr.. OBrien
predicts that in the event OF Its pass
age large numbers of valuable tech
meal men will leave the service to its
consequent detriment.
The efficiency and the betterment OF
the service of the federal government
vitality concern the people of this coun-
try" NJ O'Brien says.
Tn" people are keenly interested in
I'll, 'f-ncle Sam side of the federal
govern. r.ent, and are demanding with
.r--,- -.eat force liberal appropria ttons
Hrr .ur,-e bureaus and services which
:sg. .l- aged in promoting the general
.-',.
What 1t Means to Farmers.
farmers of the west know that
III. -u-qr beet industry was estab-
! through the initiative of the De-
ocut of Agriculture At present
look 10 this department to re-
the present fertilizer problem.
,-.a- important congressional COM
n "a failed to work out a parcel
system suitable to the great dis
OF this country. post office
/. invented the zone system, whereby
!. reel post was made Immediately
slhle
na increasing efficiency of the
her bureau service deDends in a
rt.- e measure on the inventions of gov
q menj employees. and especially the in
On rles T. Marvin.
''F;ut recently 1ong-distance wireless
teleI hony was made possible through
the hiSn interest and initiative of en-
rloyes of the Navy Department
One of the most valuable cement
process inventions was made by Walter
Pare director of the Office of public
roads. which was donated to the public.
Practically all the wonderful achieve
nlents of the Department of Agriculture
originate IN the unhonored and unrecog-
rize1 efforts of government employees;
and Yet the prosperity of America s
greatest industry, that Of farming, de-
reuds On or is largely affected by the
work CT these men and women.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-11

Mrs Amanda StOner, seventy-seven
years, widow of John NJ. Stoner, is dead
at her home at Hamburg. Shenandoah
county. Va. Surviving her are three
sons and four daughters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-11

All agencies of the government are
aroused over the increasing cost OF
gasoline, in spite of the Rittmann pro-
cess. which was expected to greatly de-
crease the cost of refining. and are
determined to take adequate action to
restore trade in gasoline to reason
able rate.
The federal trade commission recos-
nizes the soaring price of gasoline as
it's gravest problem at this time. In
vestigators have been sent into all
parts of the country to investigate the
facts. Correspondence is in progress
with all of the producing and refining
companies. Information regarding the
causes for the high prices of gasoline
and how a reduction can be effected
are being sought from any and all
sources.
Commissioner William J. Harris is in
direct charge of this nationwide In
vesti CATION and promises that the COM
missions report on the gasoline ques-
ton will be made before Congress ad-
iourns The report on the general sub
ject of oil will be delayed for many
weeks longer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-11
Unselfish in Distress.

Let there however be no misunder
standing. The people of Holland. who
are familiar with the work of the
American relief committee in Belgium.
would be greatly disappointed if the
funds meant for their Flemish neigh
bors should be used for their own bene-
fit Neither do they want to ask for
any of the money which otherwise
might go to the civilian population of
the countries affected by the war. They
fully understand that the need of these
sufferers is the greatest. On the other
hand if there are descendants of the
Dutch families in this country or Hol-
landers who wish to contribute to re-
lieve the distress in their former coun-
try they are requested to forward their
contributions to Messrs. Boissevain &
Co, "a Broad street, New York. who
will have full charge of 'inundation
and will forward the money to the
central committee in Holland.
IAN explanation of why this appeal
for help is made in a personal fashion
is that it has always been the policy
of the Dutch government to discourage
any system of separatistic or purely
nationalistic nature in the United
states. Therefore. although there are
many thousand Hollanders in this coun-
try. they have entirely disappeared
among the masses of their fellow Amer
leans. The only ties which still bind
them to the old country are the ties of
sentiment and historical recollection.
Upon these our appeal is based
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-11
Effect on Auto Industry.

To-day the whole automobile world is
turning toward the wonderful oil dis
tillation process OF DIR. Rittman, where
By gasoline may be more cheaply pro-
duced and the basis for the elaborate
coal-tar dyes easily and economically
produced. This process was the prod
uct Of an inventor aided, not discour-
aged and dishonored. by the govern
neut.
Trace out the details of the work of
any bureau and You cannot separate the
really great achievements from the orig
nations of the men and women working
IN the bureau. Take the coast and geo.
dot!c survey. the geological survey. the
weather bureau, the census bureau CT
any federal bureau which really affects
the common people.
I'm every bureau of the federal gov
eminent workers are quietly striving
10 promote the general good by i'm
y owing the implements and methods.
:"l charging the concepts and knowl-
edge of the bureau. Is this kind of
leart- born work to be now discour-
aged?
For years the patent Office struggled
TO retain the members of it's examining
corps. and only this year has the COM
missioner of patents been able to lay
the basis for a really stable system of
employment. In one year the former
commissioner OF patents made a re-
markab bic appeal to Congress to do
something to prevent patent experts
from leaving the Office and entering
the employ of large industrial corpora
lions.
IF now. after all the years of patient
hard work, an act. conceived without
regard 70 the public effects resulting
from its application, shall be passed
which will add IA per cent to the hours
Of lapor and make no compensation
h.tf iu
holding the skilled men and technical
experts?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-11
Will Leave the Service.

II predict that large numbers of val
uable technical men will leave the fed
eral service IL the Borland amend
mont is passed They will keenly feel
the rambling injustice Of an act which
ftshonors their public spirit, and which
would establish the ideals of profit
mad industry for their guidance
The Congress. the administration,
the people can expect 70 solve 10 great
economic or social problem without the
hearty Cu-Ope ration Of the federal en-
ploYes- As the efficiency OF the federal
service is improved the national bene-
fit 10 the people are increased
Seven hours labor under the con-
fin"meut OF intense desk work is the
fun physical equiyeiant 10 eight or
even nine hours labor in shop, in the
open or la field The confirming desk
Work tells more on the human system
and without doubt the shop and field
worker - healthier and lives longer
than the Office worker, accident losses
and occJpational diseases being elimi-
mated.
For the federal government, in the
face Of a steadily rising cost OF living
problem, to increase the LABOR time by
II per cent. without compensation
would encourage private employers to
,. >.St wage Increases. to lengthen
hours and TO increase the burdens Of
those who toll
1T is not the business of the federal
government TO lower the social stand
ard and the social ideal. but to i'm
prove the social standard and elevate
the social ideal. The private corpora
tons are in the business of making
money. The government is in the bust
mess Of making men and women into a
great nation. IL should set the pace
for the private employer to follow, and
nor let the private employer. who is
too anxious, In many cases. TO exploit
labor TO the limit. establish the stand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-11
Appointed Delaware q. S. Attorney

Charles F. Curley of Wilmington has
been nominated by President Wilson
as United States attorney for Della
ware.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-11

Henry Gassaway Davis. ninety-three
years old, former United States senator
from West Virginia. vice presidential
candidate on the democratic ticket in
1904, whose life story ranged from
brakeman to multimillionaire, died this
morning at 1880 o'clock at the home
Of his daughter. Mrs. Steven B.
Elkins, widow of Eenator Elkins. at
the residence 1926 K street northwest.
Senator Davis was taken with grip
several days ago. 1t was thought at
that time that his illness was due to
nothing more than heavy cold. but it
proved to be more serious, and he was
unable to Withstand the attack.
Although funeral arrangements have
not been made definitely. it is UNDER
stood that the body will be taken Mon
day to Elkins. VIVA. a city which Mr..
Davis aided in founding, and that fu-
neral services will be held there that
day at the home of the son, John T.
Davis.
Besides Mrs. Elkins and the son men,
toned, another daughter of Mr.. Davis,
Mrs. Arthur Lee of this city, is living.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-11
Urges Henry Ford to Act.

Representative Randall of California.
who has written to Henry Ford, urging
that he use his influence and finances
toward forcing the refining companies
to supply gasoline to American con-
sumers at reasonable charge, Is
awaiting reply before he makes his
next move. He is being urged by as
sociates and by persons financially in
terested in the automobile business to
introduce a measure calling for an en-
barge on the expectation Of gasoline.
he is not going to let this matter drop
for the relief of the consumers.
d statement calling attention to the
/ Director Manning of the bureau OF
mines. that the Interior Department
| offered the free use of the Rittmann
I process to all reineries Immediately
upon it's discovery. These refineries
| " ere to have free use of the patent
with reserve agreement with the In
| terror Department that no one should
| be allowed to obtain monopoly
! The rehners declined this offer because
! the Interior Department insisted that any
! improvement, inventions OF discoveries as
I a result of the use of the Rittmann
! process should be given to the Interior
| Department and patented for the beneht
Of the public Representative Randall
has secured the nance Ct eight or ten
companies that have since the RAJ !d rise
in the cost Of gasoline accepted the use
of the Rittmann process.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-11
Great Damage Is Done.

THE land is. of course. not lost, and
within a few years will be dry says
the Cornell professor in his appeal.
But meanwhile the biting salt water
causes ruin to the entire region be-
tween Edam. Alkamaar and Nolendam,
and but little has been left of the Is
land of Marken.
Under normal circumstances Dutch
charity. would have been able to take
care Of the sufferers" he continues.
Normal circumstances, however,
ceased July 81. 1914, when every avail
able man in Holland was called from
his ordinary occupation and was sent
to defend the frontier. During the au-
tumn of that year Holland was able to
give asylum to 100000 Belgians. half
a million of whom remain today and
are provided for by the Dutch state.
Again, under normal conditions, that
expense, too. would have been carried
most cheerfully. But the war has de-
stroyed the industries of Holland as II
has those of Belgium. Switzerland and
| the Scandinavian states. Therefore
! (and only under the pressure of these
| extraordinary circumstances the
| Dutch government, through the Neither
| lands minister in Washington, has al
! lowed this appeal for the beneht of
the 10000 sufferers of the flooded dis
tricts around Amsterdam.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-11
Making Quick Investigation.

While it will be impossible for the
federal trade commission to take any
drastic steps or make any specific
report for some weeks. Commissioner
Harris said today that they are urging
all their agents to make as quick and
thorough an investigation of all con-
dtions as soon as possible. and that
all the men who could possibly be call
ed upon for this work have been sent
into the field. He expects that it will
be at least six weeks before these
agents can return and make their re-
ports.
L. A. Haney. an economist. who has
lust been called to Washington to take
charge of this investigation under
Commissioner Harris, stated today
that ne will make every effort to get
this report as soon as possible, as he
believes the public is entitled to it at
the earliest possible moment!
Congress is ready to take prompt
action for relief of the automobile
users. for every member of Congress
is being besieged by constituents to
take action. The manufacturers of au-
tomobiles are deeply concerned and say
that already their trade is suffering
seriously because of the heavy in
crease in cost of running a car. Some
of them have written to members of
Congress stating that If the present
prices for gasoline are maintained 1t
will ruin their business. In response
to these urgings Congress as a whole
is prepared to give friendly ear to any
adequate measure for relief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-11
Participant in Great Epochs.

Senator Henry Gassaway Davis wit
messed and participated in the great
political epochs of American progress
for more than three-quarters of a CEN
fury. He was the "old-fashioned gen.
tleman" in the Senate. His utterances
were those of the old Jeffersonian days.
Liberty and free government have
always been secured at the cost of
great sacrifices" he said on one occa-
sion. But history teaches US that both
can be easily lost without the knoWl-
edge Of the people"
1t is significant that he was born in
the same year, 1928, at Woodstock, Md,
that the Monroe doctrine became a
fundamental principle in American pol
itics. During his distinguished career
he fought to maintain 1t. He later rep
resented the United States at two pam
American conferences. at which. by his
personality and speeches, he strove to
strengthen the bonds of friendship be-
tween North and South America.
Senator Davis active political career
began the year after the civil war. He
was elected a member of the house of
delegates of the new state of West
Virginia, and next served as state sena-
tor.
West Virginia sent him to the United
States Senate as it's first democratic
representative in 1871. He served two
terms with distinction. He ceaselessly
urged Congress to help the farmers by
establishing an agricultural depart
ment His own bills failed in passing,
but he lived to see the day when his
far-sightedness was recognized.
A familiar figure in presidential con-
ventions, Senator Davis led his dele
gates from West Virginia to the nomi-
nation hall on seven occasions, proba-
bly, a record for such service.
Nominee for Vice President.
A year after he had retired volun-
tarily from the Senate he was urged to
become candidate for Vice President on
the ticket with Grover Cleveland. He
declined. He accepted the nomination.
however, as running mate with Alton
B. Parker and thus became the Oldest
candidate. aged eighty-one, ever Sc
lected for the office.
The venerable senator was not only
Il democrat in politics, but was a demo-
crat in nature. He was the champion
of liberty.
imperialism is hurtful and abhor-
rent in a free government" he declared
when accepting the nomination for Vice
President in the St. Louis convention
of 1904. The policy of Imperialism
is always dangerous to liberty"
The great wealth of Senator Davis.
variously estimated, by some placed at
$50, 900, 900, was acquired by his far
sightedness and his ability to take adj
vantage of opportunities. He was the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-11
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
Springfield Fire and Marine
Insurance Company Of
Springfield, Mass.

On the 3lst day of December. 1919. as re-
quiretl under the District of Columbia Code.
am, n,lcd June 81, 1902 and August Is. 1911.
Cnpitnl stock Observation-Disclosures. 900. 900 90
c0Dital stock paid I'M in cash. 800, 900 90
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-11
Data Asked For in Bill,

The collection of statistics concern
ing the production and use of gasoline
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
Chop Suey

VIII you kindly give n recipe for chop suey? 1
ways read Your Corner Sometimes think you S
must must be sage 70 be able 70 answer all ques-
success q our Corner '"''' owl" HuE i. MIyGa'' ~ y.
The Helping Hand Corner thanks you for
your good will and wishes. The recipe
Tor chop suey has been published at least
thrice within Il half year. and / suppose
some readers may cavil at the fourth in.
sertion when we are so cruelty cramped
Tor room. Please understand that the ap.
pearance OF the formula is a token of
recognition OF the obligation Of the Corner
TO serve faithful colleague as far as It
may be done without encroaching upon
the rights OF others. The recipe will not
De printed here again for six months 10
come 1t takes up too much room: One.
halr chicken (or quarter chicken and as
much fresh pork, or you can make it all
pork, but chicken is better) one large
onion a handful OF mushrooms, a stalk Of
celery. six Chinese potatoes, a bowl of rice
a smau dessert dish of Chinese sauce
(Which answers for salO. When the chicken
Is cleaned scrape the meat from the bones
and cut into strips about one and a half
lhches long and One-half inch wide If norl,
rs used cut the strips the same length
sIles the onions thin; soak the mushrooms
ten minutes In water then remova tba
stems cut the celery into pieces one and a
har inches long Chinese potatoes require
no cooking; simply wash and slice Frirst
put chicken (or chicken and pork into n
frying pan with fat and cook until done
but not brown and hard Then add The
sliced onions and cook a little Add mugb.
rooms, now pour enough sauce over the
ingredients 10 make them brown; add water
and stew few minutes Add the celery
then the potatoes Finally, add a Iittie
Toured water 10 it, making gravy OF the
water which stewed IT, The Chinese nota.
toes mushrooms, and Chinese sauce NAV
be procured at any Chinese prooav,, -
the rice is not cooked properly n wiz a.
tract greatly from the good taste of tbs
chop suey' Otherwise II is a palatabie
dish. N'e
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
A Job for Father

When floors are uneven and rough, the
only solution some people can think of Is
to call in handy man and pay him from
60 cents an hour up TO have them planed
smooth. II is amazing how many hours
this takes. You'll never know how seri-
ously the floor was damaged until you
get the bill.
Sometimes floors that have always looked
fairly well will take notion TO swell and
buckle. and the floor will be uneven, with
a board or two out OF place. Even IL the
weather is to blame, II is necessary to
have these boards restored to their proper
place. All this is expensive and trouble
some and does away with your plans for
new rugs this summer. Sometimes these
unexpected calamities even make II inn
possible to have the floors grained and
painted by an expert, so II is up to the
man OF the house, and occasionally the
woman OF the house, to do the best she
can with putty and stains
The puttying and staining of a floor Is
not such a terrible job Sandpaper well
and be sure to rub off any spots that will
not yield to scrubbng. Loose boards must
be nailed down. Sow putty over all nail
holes you make and fill cracks with filler
sold for this purpose. The filling of the
holes and cracks is the hardest part of
the work
Floors that have been painted or grained
cannot be stained unless all the old paint
is scraped off. New floors take stains beau
tifully
Paint is exceedingly high in price Just
now. One woman who thought she would
do some painted furniture paid $3.50 for
half gallon of white enamel. You can
see from this that stained effects are
more reasonable than painted floors at the
present time.
II you are not afraid to exneriment or
have an old floor that you can use to try
your stain on, buy paint powder. Burnt
lumber is good deep-brown tint. Mix with
turpentine, applying it to the floor with
a woolen cloth and rub hard. 1t will do
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
To Cheer Weary DAYS

am a young man and shut UP because Of
illness. / lonely, l should like to receive
some mechanical devices or Printing press %
so kind as to help me7 few magazineH or
books would help greatly l will gladly pay
postage. STEPHEN *.
Here is an opening into which our
juniors should be glad TO press A young
man, withdrawn by physical infirmity from
the road along which others of his sex are
rushing onward toward goals he would like
to gain, is one of the saddest of human
problems This man knows OF something
he can do and cheat time OF WEAKNESS,
something that will educate himself and
make him useful to his kind 1t is almost
a crime not to hearken to his plea. VIII
not other fellows get his address from US
and see what they can do to cheer and
upllft him? Put yourself in his place,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
WANTING WHAT YOU HAVEN'T
GOT, A BAD HABIT, M'LISS SAYS
Masculine Correspondent Writes Tale of Woe
and Asks How His Wife May
Be Cured"

| II Is a husband or new hat. The other
woman's is always the more desirable.
Many of the most incurablc victims,
| however, are men. They are the base
creatures who after having deluded some
attractive woman into marrying them by
telling her that she is the only star in
their entire armament, promptly discover
| other Venuses, the charms of whom they
recount to the helpless wife, who has no
comeback" with which to defend her
self.
Does she retort by saying that Mrs.
Black, whom her straylng spouse has
just complimented is in reality dowdy
old trump, she Is accused OF being cat.
Does she try to defend her rights by dis
counting the merits OF the pert Miss
Whites complexion and telling the truth
about 1t. she is accused of being Jealous
monster who cannot bear to hear another
woman praised without backbiting her.
Her only recourse is a long.suffering
silence or the divorce courts.
No scene Is more painful than that en-
acted by these dissatisfied grumbers; no
husband more foolish than he who mean
inglessly praises another woman, imply.
ing at the same time n criticism Of his
wife. and no woman is more senseless
than she whose idea of pleasant, con-
Jugal conversation is the recital of an
other mans virtues.
Perhaps, Helpless Man, If you point |
out to your spouse in tones Of firm, stern |
logic that she is married to you and |
not to the president of the cement fac
tory who lives across the way and If you |
warn her that you will have none of her |
unless she dlscontinues her verbal on
slaughts, you may bring her to her |
senses. M'LISS.