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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-27
GETS TITLETO SITE FOR
BUSINESS GIRLS HOME
Building at 1905 K Street North
west Is Secured by Institution
for Future Location.

st. Gertrudes Business Girls Home
this week secured title to property at
1905 X street northwest. which is to be
the future home of the institution.
The officers of the home purchased the
K street property through William 2.
Normoyle, real estate broker, in con-
junction with Thomas Fisher Company.
from Ida J. Peixotto. Isabella, Emma
and Julia Solomons, and Rosalie s, Phil
lips. for more than $1,000.
The building is 81 feet front by 140
feet deep, and is four stories in height,
and contains sixteen rooms and two
baths.
The home has for some time been To-
Gated at 935 o street northwest, under
the direction of Miss Elizabeth Linthi-
cum. president, and Miss Agnes Max
we'll. secretary. Owing to the increased
number of business girls. desiring TO
enter the home. it was decided to secure
larger quarters. Possession is to be
taken Immediately of the premises.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-27
STEADY DECREASE IN
THE USE OF LUMBER
More Durable Materials Are Replac-
ing Wood Every Year, Forest
Service Reports.

Twenty-Five years ago lumber was re-
sarded almost as much OF a necessity as
wheat, while today it Is steadily being
replaced by various substitutes, says a
report by the forest service on 1.-The Sub
stitution OF Other Materials for Wood"
Each year more steel, concrete. brick or
tile is being used in places where lumber
was formerly employed. This is particu-
larly true in cities where enactment OF
building codes and the development OF
new forms Of construction have created a
demand for more durable building ma
terial.
How hard this substitution has hit the
lumber business is shown by the govern
ment estimate that the total replacement
of lumber in all forms Of use is S.000.-
600. 900 board feet, or 81 per cent Of the
lumber consumption Of the United States
in 1915. The rate Of substitution seems
to be increasing.
ever, lowered lumber prices 10 the con-
sumner, the report points out On the
contrary, they have steadily advanced.
while the cost OF many substitutes has
decreased.
The effect Of the growing use Of other
materials has been to accentuate compe-
tition and decrease profits in the lumber
business. As a result of this and other
reasons, alternate PERIODS OF curtaltment
and overproduction have made the lum-
Der market unstable. This. in turn, has
resulted to the disadvantage not only OF
the persons whose money is invested in
timber and sawmills, but to the many
hundred thousands who are dependent
upon the lumber industry for their living.
Even with the increasing substitution
for wood. the report points out, there will
be need for all the wood in the United
States, ana more. The total consumption
of the country for many years has been
far in excess of the growth. Already in
many regions timber shortage and big
prices have followed the exhaustion OF
the local supply. From the public stand
point there is real need for growing
forests vastly larger than are now planned
for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-27
PREPARING FOR CARE
Of WOUNDED SOLDIERS
Many New Buildings Being Erected
at Walter Reed Memorial
Hospital.

Uncle Sans soldiers who are wound
ed on the European battleflelds and
brought back to this country will be
Columbia. At Walter Reed Memorial
Hospital. on Georgia avenue. extensive
building operations are under way In
preparation for the care of injured or
sick soldiers.
Twenty-Five buildings have recently
been erected on the hospital grounds
and plans have been made for the erec-
ton of twenty five similar ones in the
immediate future. All Of the build
ings whichshave been erected are one
story high and are constructed OF wood.
All have porches entirely around them
and are screened.
Sixteen of the completed buildings
are to be used as wards. There Is
one building to be used as ward FOR
officers A storeroom has been con-
structed for medical property. together
with a linen storage house; A guard
house also has been erected.
With the additional buildings there
will be accommodations for 700 pa
tients at the institution.
A feature at the hospital Will De q
building for reconstruction units. IN
this department soldiers who lose their
arms. legs or possibly their eyesight IN
battle will be given instruction. under
trained men. in various occupations, in
order that they may be enabled TO
make living.
A most exchange is to be erected,
together with a laboratory for chem
,cal and archaeological work. while
bakery. steam laundry and steam heat
ing plant buildings are also to De
erected.
About 5000. 900 has been spent so far
in the erection of buildings. and work
is to be rushed to complete the others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-27
TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION
OF CHURCH NEXT SPRING
House Of Worship for italian Oath-
olics to Be Erected on =
Street Near Sd.

The erection Of the Church Of tie
Holy Rosary. the first italian Catholic
church edifice to be constructed IN
this city, is to be started next spring.
The church this week acquired add
tional property on F street near Sd
street northwest, which gives It ample
room for the erection of the edincs.
which. 1t is said. is to be one of the
largest in the city.
Through William P. Normoyls, real
estate broker. property at 225. 227 and
229 street was secured this week by
Rev. Nicholas De Carlo. pastor Of the
church. from the Washington Loan and
Trust Company. trustees for the Con-
nell estate, the price paid being $1,000.
With this purchase the church now
holds title to all Of the property from
225 street to and including the cor
ner of Sd and F streets. The entire
transaction represented an investment
of about $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-27
RECORD LOCOMOTIVE OUTPUT.
Baldwin Works Complete Seventy.
Two Engines in One Week.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, October 81
Under the pressure of government busi-
ness In turning out locomotives for use
in France. the Baldwin Locomotive
works has established a record in out
put which far exceeds anything ever
attempted in the history of the COM
pany. Last week the Baldwin works
turned out seventy-two locomotives.
This Is at the rate Of more than $500
a year, compared with 1889 for last
year, and 2,6S6 in 1906. which was the
previous record year. The company ID
employing an army OF 10000 men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-27
BUILDING TO HOUSE 600
ERECTED IN SIXTY DAYS
At a Cost of 1926, 900 Structure fol
Council Of National Defense
Answers Purpose.

AT a cost of s225,ooo, not much more
space in many cities. a new building
has been constructed for the Council of
National Defense within sixty days.
The type Of construction Is temporary
in character, made of wood frame, with
wire, lathe and stucco exterior. with
wall board finish inside. 1t is located
at 18th and c streets northwest. 1t
contains slightly less than 100000
square feet of space, with heating.
toilet and fire protection facilities. In
the new building are housed 500 per-
sons associated with the council and
it's advisory commission. The two main
factors governing the construction
were speed and economy.
The construction required more than
a million board feet of lumber and the
maximum labor employed was 450
workmen and mechanics of all classes
The cost Of the completed structure will
be at the rate Of less than $2.o5 square
foot Of space, so that it Is fair to say
that If the building Is occupied for two
years 1t will save its entire cost in
office rent.
Plans were prepared by Waddy B
Wood, Washington architect. to whom
much credit is given by the councils
committee on emergency construction
and contracts. which directed the job
He was confronted with the Difficult,
problem of reconciling n minimum ex.
penditure OF money with the require
ment that a pleasing exterior and 8
practical interior arrangement be Sc
cured. The contract for the construc-
ton was awarded to the George A. Full
Ter Company, operating under the same
form OF contract used in the construc.
ton of the cantonments. So far as is
known. no similar structure has ever
been attempted, /. E., a building which
combines the features of temporary
frame construction with the character.
istics of permanent Office building con.
struction-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-27
To Open New Subdivision.

anew subdivision is to be opened on
the south side Of the city near Congress
Heights. This was announced by
Joseph C. Zirkle. real estate broker.
wi1o'negotiated the sale of q 300-acre
tract, for the Addison estate to out-of-
TOWN. purchasers. The price paid for
the property was not made public. The
property is one of the Oldest estates
around Washington. having been in the
Addison family for moro than . century.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-27
DR., Durand's New Task.

ST. PAUL, MINI. October 27.-Dr. E.
Dana Durand. a member of the faculty
of the University of Minnesota, has
been appointed a commissioner to in
vestigate the live stock and pack
ing industry in the United States. The
investigation Is to be started at once
and offices will be opened in Chicago
by Commissioner Durand. DR.. Durand
was formerly director of the federal
census.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-27
orchestras List German Classics.

NEW YORK. October e7.-Although
the United States is at war with Ger
many. the classical German musical
productions of Beethoven. Bach and
others will find places on the pro-
gram of the two chief orchestras Of
New York. the Philharmonic and
Symphony societies. during the COM
ing season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-27
President Going to Vote.

President Wilson will go to Prince
ton November to vote in the New
Jersey state legislative elections. Sec
rotary Tumulty reiterated today that
the President would take no part In
the New York municipal election.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-27
GOVERNMENT LEADS ALL
IN THE BUILDING FIELD
Federal Contract Work for Projects
Under Construction the FREEDOM
mating Feature.

Government construction work con-
field this week. The activity is widely
scattered and substantially all parts
Of the country will reap the benefit OF
the immense volume of work already
under construction OF contemplated for
an early start.
This phase OF building endeavor is
today more active than it has been
since the entry of the nation into the
war. Almost every day there are an
nouncements of operations added to
the already heavily loaded program.
New projects are being presented to the
trades for estimates, besides operations
for which Congress has made appropri-
ations.
The work includes large additions to
hospitals and the erection of vast stor-
age places and warehouses for military
purposes. The building program of the
government might now well be said to
be thoroughly under way.
Markets for Materials Quiet.
The market for building materials
and supplies. with few exceptions. is
quiet. with prices holding firmly at the
levels that have now maintained for
months. The structural steel situation
still is unsatisfactory, and 1t is mainly
for this reason that the general build
ing situation Is in a comparative stag
nant condition. Brick, terra Gotta, ce-
ment, lime and other basic materials
are easy. with deliveries practically
assured and prices stabilized. There is
said to be no present Indication of a
marked price movement in any direc-
ton. although it is difficult to forecast
exactly what would be the effect of a
sudden increase Of building activity.
Notwithstanding the fact that almost
all of the producers of structural ma
terials and supplies are suffering from
the scarcity of building activity
throughout the entire country, the
lumber industry has experienced excel
lent business and the future prospects
IRE exceptionally bright.
Government Needs Is Chief Factor.
OF course. the government require
ments for lumber products Is one of the
principal sources Of current business
for this industry. The War Department
is daily increasing it's orders for lum-
Der for use in the construction of adj
ditions to cantonments, training camps
and hospitals. and the carrying out of
its aviation program.
The lumber industry Is burdened to
capacity in its endeavor to handle the
business that developed through the
war activities. Lumber prices are firm.
1t is stated, with a further tendency to-
ward advancing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-27

Today IL your last chance to buy a
scribe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-27
Points Out "Mistake.n

This country is in the present war
TO win. and every resource Of the ma
zion should be used to the maximum
Hegree to that end. The mistake that
President Willard made was to regard
construction work as one Of the non
essentials rather than as one of the
essentials. Just as it would be foolish
!or our people to insufiiciently nour-
fish themselves for the sake of aiding
q, the war; just as it would be foolish
pr them to insufflciently clothe them
Nslves for the sake Of aiding in the
Var: just as it would be foolish for
shem to insuficiently heat their houses
winter for the sake of aiding in the
war. so is it foolish to stint in the
matter of housing and other construc-
fienal needs. be they churches. post Of
Hces or other forms of buildings Maxi
S1um efficiency at the front means
maximum efficiency at home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-27
Blow to Building Industry.

President Willard Of the Baltimore
and Ohio road struck the building In
dustry few weeks ago, IL he was
correctly Quoted in a newspaper dis
patch. This Is the advice he is alleged
to have given: Churches should not
be built unless the men behind the
plans believe that thereby America
will be aided in winning the war; that
ppst. offices should not be built; that
unnecessary private residences should
not be built: that public improvements
not clearly necessary for the public
health or safety should not be con-
Structed; that none of the hundred and
one normal. public and private pur-
poses should be effectuated until after
having been successfully subjected to
the test: Will this help win the war;
The interview of President Willard
was given in connection with his emf
nent services in the transportation
branch of the National Council of De-
Tense. and q railroad man he no
doubt had in mind the transportation
of building materials rather than the
actual work of construction. and he
may have thought of churches and post
Offices and residences because the ma
terials entering into their construction
are bulky and therefore make rather
large acquisitions upon transportation
facilities. We believe his advice about
construction work was most unwise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-27


squares
line.
portion of the operation both side" of Whittier
and
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The . with q Ans sutlssk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-27
SAYS BUILDING INDUSTRY
HAS BEEN UNFORTUNATE
Writer. in American Contractor,
Comments on the Causes of
Depressed Business.

In one sense the building industry
is peculiarly unfortunate" says a
writer in the American Contractor.
From its very nature it lacks the pop
ular moral support it would receive
were its products of universal and con-
slant demand. If the farmer restricts
his output appreciably. the cry of dis
tress goes up from the cities. II the
railroad lessons its energies. the whole
people are injured. If any great in
dustry. the products of which are uni
versally consumed, were to slacken its
output. clamor would arise on every
hand. The law of action and reaction
would become Immediately effective.
Not SO with the building industry,
which in its current activities does not
come into daily or even annual con-
tact with each individual. Only once
in "a while does the latter become per-
oonally interested in construction
WORK; it may be only once or twice in
a lifetime. And for that reason the
building industry is much like a straw
man. ANY one may with impunity hit it.
There Is no popular recruitment at the
attack. for there is no immediate popu-
lar distress.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-11-02

Miss Laurie Gillcn, second best jar
pears, SO.
The Grenada Bank had. by the
awards at the R9u,d-Ur Fair in G"e-
NADIA, voluntarily assumed the eXpen-
ses of three of the club girls to the
Fair and 20 the credit of the mer-
chants of Grenada. they voluntarily
assumed the duty of bearing the ex-
penses of six Of the club girls. thus
there were were nine trips for nine
different girls 10 he Fair.
The following is the list Of those
of the county clubs who attended
the Fair on club day, October &c
Misses Julia Williams, Alma Carpen-
ter. Rhca Cunningham. Nettie
Thompson, Minnie Bell Shaw, Mary
f. Hightower, Vida Harris, Mary
Horton, Martha Curry. Erma l..
Singleton. Stella Miers. Sadie Sic
Clark. These gels were all under the
care of Mss Hughes who was Just
as busy and in dead earnest about
looking after hem as an old hon
scratching for fifty chicks. On the
same day and with The same party
We're: Misses Julia Stevens. Miss
Ailene France, one of the very ac-
complished teachers in the Holcomb
consolidated school, Charlie Billups
ard Lena Elma McElwarth, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. Mcleod and daughter,
Miss Francis. also added their pres
ence to the party.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-11-02
COUNTY TAKES FIRST
PRIZE IN POULTRY,
Best Pen of Poultry Was Had by
Grenada County Girl at State Fair
County Comes Second in Can
ming Club Work in Competition
With Counties That Have Had
the Work for Several Years.

Grenada county should and un-
doubtedly is, very proud of the work
and the success of her club girls.
They were strictly in evidence at
the State Fair and were showered
with many compliments by the
stranger and those who looked upon
what they had done. They attract
ed attention en- route on the train
for their enthusiasm and for the zeal
shown in carrying out the instruc-
tions of their leader, Miss Hughes,
to the letter. Every exhibit they had
at the Fair showed up well and was
indeed highly crcditable.
Miss Alma Carpenter of Oxberry
was the young lady whose record and
pen of chickens Won for the county
the first prize in poultry work. The
prize also went to Miss Carpenter
because of the extensiveness of the
work in this county. Besides this
honor. Grenada county was awarded
second place in club work, quite a
distinction in itself when it is consid-
cred that the county has only had
the club work for two years. The
first prize for club work went to
Montgomery county but that county
has had the club work for five years.
This second prize came to Grenada
county because of the complete and
efficient work of the home economics
organization in the county.
In addition to the above awards
and successes, the following blue rib
bons and prizes were given Grenada
county club girls at the Fair: Miss
Mare Horton, for best bottle catsup,
SO; Miss Ora Gee, for best jar to-
matoes, SO; Miss S. l.. Aven, second
best jar tomatoes, So; Miss Annie
Carpenter, second best jar pears, SO;
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-11-02
NOTICE.

Owing to the increase in the cost
of conducting the Moving Picture
Show, and the very poor attendance,
after next Monday, November 10Th.
pictures will be shown at the Opera
House only four times each week.
on Monday, Wednesday Friday and
Saturday. The prices will remain
the same with the ten per cent war
tax added, except where special pic
lures are shown.
Just as soon as the attendance will
justify, we will resume showing pie
lures every night.
Very respectfully,
GRENADA OPERA HOUSE.
693 Sam NJ. Stein, Manager.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-11-02
$4,000 SUBSCRIBED
BY GRENADA COUNTY,
Public School Takes $3SO0-Grene-
da Bank and Branches Have Taker
1857, ,0oo-County Comes up Nobiy
and Shows That Hearts of the Peo-
pie Beat in Unison With the De-
mands of the Government.

The Grenada Bank took $4,000
Of the last Liberty Loan bonds. ana
the county. outside Of the bank. tooi
100000 of which twenty thousand
was taken by the Grenada Trust &
Banking and ten thousand dollar.
was taken by the Bank of Commerce
a pretty good showing II ties thu.
county to the war and makes a hand
shake with those across the water
who are fighting Germany, Gre
NADIA county people have for the
second timo Invested money in the
war and. outside of the tie made by
the boys who have enlisted for the
army, they are pecu iarly interested
in its outcome. Il was a patriotic
duty to loan money to the govern
ment. /, was test OF faith anu
loyalty to country
The total subscription by the
Grenada bank and its branches or
the last loan was 1867. 100000, of
which one hundred and thirty thou
sand was taken by the home bank
and the other divided as follows:
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-11-02

The building at the State Fair at
Jackson, which housed the exhibits
from the several counties Of the
Grenada Bank territory and which
were gathered together through the
efforts of the Grenada Bank, was a
little exposition or fair itself. 1t
was revealer. 1t was mirror to
show Mississippi really what she is
and what she has. 1t was prophecy
structure in that it foreshadowed the
rising of new sun in the financial
fabric of Mississippi to be sustained
and frightened by hogs, poultry,
cattle, canned goods, and other
things which every citizen, to a
greater or less extent, car have, and
more especially the farmer who has
his broad acres, his wooded dells,
his running brooks and other things
that make country life lovely and
beautiful and which are now allowed
to float by uncaught and unused on
the great current of time. The
chivalrous, intelligent and obliging
Mr.. A. P. Heron, assisted by his
lovely daughter and others, was
there to tell the fair visitor about
the inception of the work which made
the exhibit possible and to tell some
thing of the history Of each exhibit.
The building was very properly ar
ranged and it is needless to say that
it was neat and attractive and fit
the purpose. Few went to the Fair
without seeing what was on the in
side Of the structure. The big sign
on the front named the structure
and was an invitation to enter. So
much has already been said about
the brain, the foresight and intelli-
gence as we'll as the broad public
spirit of Mr.. J. T. Thomas, the man