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Evening star., 1917-01-22
.E|GHTY-TWO ADMITTED
TO THE DISTRICT BAR
Two Young Women Among Those
Who Successfully Meet the
Requirements.

As a result of the recent examina
admitted to practice today before the
Supreme Court of the District of CO.
Iumbia, at a meeting in general term
Chief Justice Covington presided and
welcomed the embryo lawyers, after
outlining to them the duties and re-
sponsibilities of the legal profession
With him on the bench were Associate
Justices Gould. Mccoy, Siddons and
Hitz. 1t was the first such ceremony
in which Justice HitZ has participated
Two other young men passed success
fully the examination but were not ad-
mitted Henry C. Lank of Delaware has
not attained his majority and must wait
a few months for formal admission. The
barrier of his citizenship in the republic
of Mexico prevented the admission of II.
n. Branch.
Young Women Hail From North.
The successful young women both hail
from the north and both employed
at the United States Treasury. Miss
Marietta c. Deehan won first honors at
the Washington School of Law. where
she was graduated last June. She was
born in Portland. Me-, and has been en-
ployed in the office of the supervising
architect.
Miss Eileen Sweeney took the second
prize at the Washington School of Law.
She was born in New York city and came
to Washington four years ago to accept
a position in the customs division of the
Treasury.
List of Those Admitted.
The young lawyers, who were pre-
sented to the court by William Henry
Dennis. chairman of the examining COM
mittee, were:
Abraham Aaron. George NJ. Albrecht.
James Atkins, Donald z. Ault, Chester
c. Baxter. Jacob Berman, Grover c.
Boyd, Omar b. Buchanan, Robert ID.
Burbank, Huver l. Brown. Vincent p.
Clohisy. w. J. Conlyn. John d. Cox. Har-
ry T. Domer. jackson L. Davis, T. Eu-
gene Drury, Thomas A. Devor, R Linney
Deal Alex C. Downey, James a. Davis,
Judah L. Emanuel, Philip Ershler,
Stephen O. Ford, Morris L. Friedman,
J. B. fitzgerald. Chester X. Gould. Shell
don II. Graves. John T. Greene. Dwight
II. Harris. a. Paul Hines. George S. Hill,
Edwin b. Hunt. b. F. Hunter. c. 4. Herring.
Andrew Jordan. Raymond l. Joy, McKin-
ley w. kriegh. Frank J. Kelly. Thomas
o. King. Ben kebesky. Karl W. Kin.
dleberger. George S. kilgour. Alfred
H. Lawson. John H. Layne. Edwin G.
Lynch. Archibald Lindsey. Charles w.
Mortimer. W. f. McCray. George A.
Ninas. f. Peirce S. Newman. K. Lee
Noble. Watson +. Newton. Homer Phil
lips. LIE Roy Pumphrey, William l. Rice.
David Rines. Edwin f.. Rowe. Paul
Rollins. Olivier J. Robin. Edward c.
Sasnett. Herbert K. Schemet, Henry Z.
Smelling. James Austin Stone, Morris
Simon. James K. Skinker. Lew Wallace
Springer, Otto a. Schlobohm. {. A.
Sprague. James J. Slattery. Eileen
Sweeney. Manly G. Thompson, Forrest
II. Thompson. J. Y. Underwood. A. Nye
Van Week, Roger 4. Vaughan, HERNIA n
l.. Volker. Edmund J. Wells, jr, and
Foster Wood
Evening star., 1917-01-22

While cutting wood Mt his home, 1746
V street. yesterday afternoon. Fred
erick Fletcher. colored. twenty-five
years old. caught his ak in the clothes
line and cut his leg. He was taken to
Emergency Hospital.
Evening star., 1917-01-22

Thermometers. Schmidt. 1921 18th st.
Evening star., 1917-01-22

Some men make living by letting
their wives keep SoaFders.
Evening star., 1917-01-22

House Repairing.
Main 2102. Weeks, 321 s.w. 80
Evening star., 1917-01-22
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Giuseppe Marchini. forty-three years
old. 211 Pennsylvania avenue. yesterday
afternoon was treated at Walter Reed
Hospital for gas poisoning. He was
found unconscious in his bedroom Gas
had escaped from a fixture that had
been left turned on as result of an
-eccident.
Evening star., 1917-01-22

Fire In the once at the coal yard Of
Francis Golden, 720 I'd street south
west. last night about 9:15 o'clock did
$500 damage. 1t was caused by an
overheated stove.
Evening star., 1917-01-22

Mrs. Matilda Brown. cOlOred. seventy
eight years old 442 Gray court south
west. was found dead in bathroom at
2015 G street yesterday morning. She
was employed in the building to assist
the janitress. Her death was due to
natural causes.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25

extensive utilization.
Lignitc Seams.
The Ignite seams most commonly
worked are from to 20 feet in thick
ness and are found at from so to zoo
feet below the surface. The average
composition Of the North Dakota lig-
mite, after it has been dried, is ap-
proxinately as follows:
Fixer carbon, Al to 40 per cent.
Volatile matter. 43 to As per cent.
Ash. to 9 per cent.
Heating Power.
AS the Ignite Is mined It has a
large amount of moisture present,
ranging from 25 to 35 per cent, some
times more. In a general way it may
be said that the heating power of a
ton Of Ignite will equal about 65 to
IS per cent of that of a ton Of good
grade of eastern bituminous coal.
1t is largely due to a lack of the
familiarity with the character Of lig-
mite coal and to a lack of knowledge
Of the best methods of burning it tina t
this coal is not being more generally
used.
At the present time Ignite coal is
chiefly used in Jumps In heating and
cooking stoves and in engines for
power. 1t is generally used in the
most simple manner and very few
special methods have been adopted
for burning or utilizing this coal or
for preparing it for the market.
There can be little doubt that for
general stove and furnace use briuuet-
ted Ignite would prove most eco
nomic and profitable fuel.
Briquette Plans.
A successful and sufficiently mex
pensive method for commercial bri-
quoting of Ignite is now being de-
veloped at the school Of mines at the
University Of North Dakota. The pro-
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25

THE existence Of vast deposits Of
western states is we'll known, al
though the extent and importance of
the deposits have not been appreciat-
ed, nor has there been an adequate
economic utilization of the deposits.
In North Dakota alone 1t is estimated
that the deposits cover approximately
$4,000 square miles, many of them
being 10 to l 5 feet thick and capa BILE
Of producing in all several hundred
billions Of tons of Ignite"
The above quotation from Bulletin
80, issued by the department of the
interior. directs attention to the vast
undeveloped resources Of North Da-
kota in its enormous deposits of lig-
mite coal, the development of which
has been overlooked while the state
has been busy developing its wonder
ful agricultural opportunities. The
demand has been for diversified
farming, now the state needs to think
also Of diversified Industries. If 1t is
to attain to a we'll rounded develop
ment 1t must cultivate all of its nat
ural resources.
1t Is surprising how little the i'm
mensity of the coal deposits and their
value is appreciated by the average
person. In the western part of the
state there is a very large area which
is underlaid with thick deposits of
Ignite coal. According to government
estimates, North Dakota has probably
the largest deposits in coal tonnage in
its Ignite of any state in the union.
Although these deposits are Ignite,
they possess an enormous economic
value, and it is not strange that bet
ter means are being sought for their
development and for deriving larger
benefits from their proper and more
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25

cess is made commercially possible
and profitable by operating the bri-
quoting in conjunction with gas
producing plant in which variety OF
by-products are saved and utilized and
by which process the residue, after
the gas has been driven off. can be
successfully briquetted into valuable
! fuel.
Valuable By-Products.
1t has been found that one ton of
the dried Ignite will produce about
two-thirds Of a ton Of briquets. in ad-
dition to about 5000 to 10000 cubic
, feet Of gas, besides other valuable by
products. such as tars. heavy and
light oils, ammonium s,llphate. etc.
All Of these by-products have a con-
siderable commercial value and i'm
portance. The tar can he so treated
as to render it suitable in connection
! with other material for use as a bin
der in briquetting the Ignite residue.
Among the valuable hy-products are
, found heavy and light oils, and 1t
seems quite possible that these can
be derived in sufficient quantity to be
of considerable commercial value. The
very light oils it is thought possible
to use in oil or gasoline engines
Ignite Gas.
! The Ignite gas can undoubtedly be
successfully employed to produce
power at such low cost as to exert
marked influence in the develop
ment in the Ignite area Of variety
of industries dependent upon cheap
and abundant power. and by the es-
tablishing of large by-product plants,
may become a close rival Of hydro
electric power. Considering the ease
/ low cost of the original Ignite. and
the value Of the other by-products and
the residue which could be saved,
this gas should have large CONNER
cial value also for heating and indus
trial purposes because of the low price
for which it could be obtained if
manufactured as by-product in a
plant used also to produce briquets
from the residue.
Ignite briquets present many ad-
vantages over the original Ignite, and
IN some ways even over other varieties
OF coal They have nearly double the
heating power of the original Ignite,
they do not disintegrate on standing
or burning, can be stored without be-
ing affected by atmospheric condi-
t1ons, and are uniform in size and
convenient to handle.
Commercial Possibilities.
The briquetting industry and the
production of gas from Ignite will
probably be put on a. commercially
satisfactory basis in this state in the
near future. While this will prove of
great value to all parts of our state,
1t will be especially important to those
communities nearest the great Ignite
deposits In the western portion of the
state. for In some of those the wastes
can be converted into electricity,
which In turn can be sent to surround
ing towns and villages. thus distribut-
ing power and light from numerous
central power plants. Such an ar
rangement will not only be a great
saving Of our fuel resources, but will
also result in establishing many indus
| tries which can be developed by
abundant and cheap electric power.
All of this will. of course mean in
IN the aggregate the saving of
sums of money for the citizens Of the
state and the Introduction and devel-
opment of a variety of manufacturing
industries in an otherwise purely ag-
rtcultural region.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25
DAIRY. WORK IS
GROWING WELL
Ranks Third in North Da-
kota and Is Becoming
of Great Value.

(Note-Statistics and information
for this article were compiled through
the courtesy Of 8. II. Abbott, assist
ant dairy commissioner of North Da-
kota.)
The dairy industry of the state of
North Dakota is one Of the greatest
assets that it has. AT present it ranks
third in the industries of the state.
being exceeded only by the -four and
printing industries. Its growth for the
past fifteen years has been little less
than marvellous, and can only be ap-
preciated when it is noted that IN
1900 North Dakota held thirty-fifth
place in ranking with other states OF
the union. in number Of dairy cows,
while in 1915 North Dakota crept up to
| twenty-first place.
According to the federal statistics,
North Dakota in 1900 had 49,: e3
| dairy cows, while in 1910 the number
crease of 100 per cent. In 1916 sta
tistics show 357,142 dairy cows in the
state. or an Increase over 1910 OF
about 3S per cent
This large growth is due to the fact
that the farmers Of the state have
awaked to a realization that dairy
or diversified farming is vital ne
cessity to their economic progress, in
that it is essential that the soil fer
tility be maintained. They are TAX
ing advantage Of the fact that the
many rundown farms back east,
which may now be bought for mere
pittance, were ruined by continuous
single cropping, and are making sure
that this state will not arrive at the
same destiny.
Better Dairy Cows.
Not only has North Dakota more
dairy cows than ever before, but she
has better dairy cows. The large num-
number Of silos that are being built
every year. the larger acreages of al
falfa and clover being planted, the
/ numhe of we'll constructed dairy
barns, and the interest taken in CO.
operative testing associations and
breeding circuits, all point to the i'm
provement Of the North Dakota dairy
COW.
However. North Dakota's progress
has not been confined to production.
for her creameries are making more
butter than ever before, showing that
the farmers of North Dakota patron
ize home industry and that the
creameries turn out a high quality
product, on account Of which they are
able to pay the best of prices.
Many Big Dairy Farms.
One has but to visit any of the
many modern dairy farms in all sec
tions Of North Dakota to gain a COM
prehensive idea as to the magnitude
Of this industry In the state. Such
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25

$22 a year is spent on an average
by every person in tho United States
for electrical material and service. -
of this goes to the central station.
5,0ss central stations in the United
States.
$7ss9.s62,157 is invested in cleo
trical industry, including railways.
telephone and telegraphs.
$2,O98,613.122 is invested in priv
ately owned central station electric
light and power plants.
Report Of "a manufacturers shows
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25

Only in Of the homes on the
existing distribution lines Of the cleo
trio companies are wired for electric
service.
Far less than 1 per cent. of the
homes of the country are wired for
complete electric service.
Privately owned utility companies
pay in taxes in the United States an
nually over $200,00O,00o
s6,369,041 day is the aggregate
business of the entire electrical in
dustry.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25

that over 1900, 900 electrical house,
hold appliances such a. irons, toast
ers, grills, etc.. have been manufao-
tured and sold since this industry
started. q,
40 miles main line Of the Chicago.
Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad have
been electrified. The energy is fur-
nished by the Montana Power com
pany and is practically all hydro-
electric.
3so.ooo,0oo expended each year to
sell electric service.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25

new and modern dairy farms have
been in existence for years and new
ones are springing into existence with
great rapidity.
This industry brings .stupendous
annual income. Many farmers, rec
ognizing the possibilities in dairying,
have gone into the business ex-
clusively.
North Dakota is rapidly climbing
into the front rank along this line.
and from the rapid strides taken dur
ing the past ten years one can we'll
imagine that in another ten years she
will be at the head of the percentage
column.
In the year ending June. 1916,
there was produced in the state of
North Dakota approximately twenty
two million pounds of butter, for
which the farmers of the state re-
ceived nearly six and one-half million
dollars.
North Dakota can point with pride
to the wonderful growth Of its dairy
industries and it will not be long
before the nation will look to this
state for her butter, as she already
does for bread, for, with it's broad
prairies and fertile valleys, North Da-
kotA Is destined to become one of the
leading dairy states of the union.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25
Bruce Pays Tribute -
To Fickertail State

The North Dakotan who fails to ap-
preciate North Dakota is either ig-
norant of it's possibilities and it's des-
tiny or is himself an migrate. We have
an area Of 10000 square miles. Our
population Is not above 100000. If
we were peopled as Belgium is peo-
pied we would have a population Of
| state in the Union that has a larger
proportion Of tillable land than has
North Dakota. Together with it and
underlying 1t, and not interfering
with its cultivation, we have a coal
| deposit which in terms OF heat units
and according to the reports of the
national geological survey would
equal the total present production of
the United States for ninety-nine
years.
There is no state in the Union
where the public schools and the in
stltutions OF higher learning are bet
ter provided for. We have a law
abiding. religious and self-govern-
Ing people. We are a sober people.
Our population comes from the great
sei1-governing races Of Europe, who
nave oeen schooled from the centur-
les IN self-control, and in the art of
SELF if-government. We have only yet
oegun to scratch the soil. Those who
are here have not all succeeded. but
we believe we are safe in saying that
there Is no state in the Union where
the poor man has better chance
than he has in North Dakota.
Output Of combined central stationa
1915 was 1880, ,0O0, 900 kilowatt
hours. One plant the Commonwealth
Edison Co. Of Chicago, furnished =
4 9S,000.000 XVIII. Over e7O. .000. 900
XVIII. OF this being used by railways.
Their peak load on one day In No.
Vember was equal to 452, 900 n. p.
Iotal number Of employees in the
ways, 282,461. &
Total salaries paid by central sta Z
tions amounts to $61,161.941 a wear.
There is developed in this country
today 100000 hydro o-electric horse.
power with consequent enormous
4 saving Of our coal resources,
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25

One has but to visit any Of the
many modern dairy farms in all sec
tions Of North Dakota to gain a COM
prehensive idea as to the magnitude
Of this industry in the state. Such
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25

(Note-Statistics and information
for this article were compiled through
the courtesy of s. II. Abbott, assist
ant dairy commissioner of North Da-
kOta)
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-09
APPROVAL OF ARRANGEMENT
 OF SURRENDER OF KRONSTADT
Russia's Provisional Government Up-
 holds Action of Its Ministers.

Petrograd,, June 2 via London, 8:45 p. m.-The provisional government has approved the action of M. Tsere- telli, minister of posts and te1egraphs and M. Skobelef, minister of labor, in arranging the surrender of Kronstadt which recently declared it's indepen- dence. in agreement with Anatole Lamanoff, prsident of the Kronstadt council of soldiers and Workmen's delegates.
 The government has decided to in- vite the kronstadt council to desig- nate a candidate for the position of civil representative of the government at Kronstadt and to proceed with the election of KrOnStadt municipal council.
 The minister of justice has been di- rected to appoint immediately a mixed commission, including representa- atives of soldiers and workmen's delegates at Kronstadt, to inquire into the cases of persons arrested in that city. Those held for trial by the commission will be sent to Petrograd and the others will be liberated.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-09

kronstadt, Thursday, June ', via London, June 8, 2:15 D. m.-The last act Of the executive body of the Kron- stadt secessionists before su1-rende erines permit the Associated Press corre- spondent to inspect the prison in which are confined the army and navy officers suspected of actively sympa- thizing with the autocracy With the horrors of these prisons, partly real and partly imaginary, Russia has been ringing for the last ten days. Hereto fore no independent inspection had been allowed.
 In the naval preliminary prison the officers confined are in four separate halls, mixed with ordinary sailors, and in the third of these halls with men convicted of murder and theft. The correspondent met and interviewed Admiral Kurosh, former commander at Kronstadt; Admiral Sapsai, com mander of the instruction corps and forms had been stripped of the in signia of their rank. In appearance they were dirty, pale and unshaven but not emaciated.
 Halls Incredibly Overcrowded.
 The halls are incredibly overcrowd- ed. There is an average of but one foot of space between the beds. There are no chairs or other furniture except small tables. The officers sit and eat on the beds. The common sailors are supplied with no bedding whatever and the officers, except in cases where they have their own rugs or over coats, sleep without undressing on the exposed crossword of iron slats. Two officers sleep on the bare table. In some cases there are thin layers of dirty straw on the beds
 Solitary Confinement Cells.
 The fifth section of this jail con sists entirely of solitary confinement cells six feet square and nine feet high The cells are unVentilated, windowIess and dimly lighted through a barred aperture in the door. These holes are the remnants of the easements of the dismantled fort. In one of the cells is Admiral Kurosh, the hero of three wars. He is in bad health In anoth- CT is First Rank Almquist, who was
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-09

lately released as innocent tv t-r ra- ceSSiOnist executives gHr ....s-.- commission, but who was dra -e.d .a. by mob to the jail
 Halls OVerrun Wien Rata
 The halls of the prison are ae--r..4 with rats. The food of a private au.- dier Is each ca ptiEe's portion. --.H IS of sufficient quantity md rhr 1ra r... IS not bad, but the ration Ia uuH.It.. to men in bad health. tdmra. F.. rIosh complained that hls health had been ruined by the diet On which Ha had been compelled To suus.ar
 Recently the Kroustadt council a- H majority vote refused rO allow ra.-H.-..H or the prisoners to bring them food s. the ground that humanity War .1H. eThuOus. he prisoners receive .. ttOrs once a week. Eeu-rH- 1rra ar. allowed them and they are permitted to buy tobacco. To write and receive letters, which are censored. and t1 sr- ercise daily in the yard but sn.s r.- fifteen to thirty minItes.
 Stories of Torture Untrue.
 The officers agree that the storie- Of torture and blows lu tha rIla1r were untrue. The prison administration does its best they think. but tne rer- house Number 9. where there are cr. ficers' cells. is well constructed and clean. but in the others the condition are bad.
 ! ne ftIIlf'Ffr com fl-.Ia..aH though they have been imprisoned frr nearly three moEtEa uu 4cr1ra ..lr.. whatever had been preferred a-rIr.. them and they were entirely .znarar- of the cause Of their couduement
 M. GromOff, a member of fEa Hrar- utive body, stated that tha Er1usfrlf authorities had been unable r1 rrrr-. bedding, but the correspondent found the executives own proclama lion. rael months old. declaring that che ur oners must not be pctted and tnare- fore not given pillows. matrroaaaa o- bedding. M. TsereteiH the minister 1f posts and telegrduhz. u.1a a-fas.-. -.--- was allowed to visit the rr-err. dr- clared that although he himself had many times been Jailed under tre former despotism he had seen u9vhcr. conditions so terrible.