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Evening star., 1917-05-31
SUCCESS OF "BLIMPS"
BRINGS Joy TO NAVY

Navy officials are enthusiastic over
the successful builders trial Of the
first Of sixteen non-rigid dIrigible bal
looms ordered by the department two
months ago.
The sixteen ships will be added to the
coast patrol service as rapidly as they
are completed. Crews are being trained
at the naval aviation station at Pensa-
cola. where the first navy dirigible
DN-1. an older type craft, suitable only
for training purposes, is in daily op-
Grafton. The new airships, with great
er speed and weight-carrying capacity,
are expected to be an effective element
OF the coast defenses. particularly in
the detection Of submarines, in which
service the British "blimps" have re-
peatedly proved their value.
The Navy Department expects that
the entire sixteen will be in service by
the middle of August and that they
will be distributed to operate in pairs
along the Atlantic coast, working from
special bases ashore and supplement
the operations Of submarine chasers,
reserve destroyers and other naval
craft now on guard duty.
Evening star., 1917-05-31
Floors Still Unfinished.

Tho bureau Of naturalization is to
occupy the second and third floors, still
unfinished. The hrst door. also IN a
somewhat chaotic state, owing to the
lack OF flooring and doors. viii be de-
voted to the offices OF publications and
supplies and to headquarters for the
District OF Columbia employment serv-
ice of1oes.
With the removal to the new build
ing. the library OF the bureau Of labor
statistics. declared to be the best in
dustrial and labor library in the world,
with It's 1900 volumes, will become the
library OF the Labor Department The
library will be in charge of Miss L, A.
Thompson and will be on the nth
floor.
Various Offices Of the War Depart
ment will occupy the Mills building as
soon as the LABOR Department ia Cow
pletely out of that structure.
Evening star., 1917-05-31

tion of branch banks at other mid
western cities probably will be, con-
sidered later.
At present there is but one branch re-
serve bank in actual operation. at New
Orleans, although branches Of the San
Francisco bank are contemplated at
Seattle. Spokane and Portland, Greg.
AS the law stands now, the cost of es-
tablishing a branch is considerable,
and has acted somewhat as deterrent.
This would be obviated largely by the
passage Of the amendments.
Establishment Of branch banks would
be authorized only where they would
be of actual service in eliminating dis
tance and delay to member banks of
the immediate vicinity. With the ac
cession to the system of thousands of
state banks and trust companies.
development expected shortly. it is be-
lfeved there would be need for con-
siderable number of branches.
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PLANS TO OPEN BRANCH
FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS
Baltimore, Louisville and Denver
Likely to Be. Favored Under
Amended Law,

Establishment Of q number of branch
federal reserve banks throughout the
country Is contemplated by the federal
reserve board upon the pSssage of
amendments to the reserve act, now
pending before Congress.
The first of the branch banks prob
ably will be located at Baltimore,
Louisville and Denver. Both Ba1ti-
more and Louisville have presented ap-
plications to the board. and the desig-
nation of those cities. it is believed
will follow soon after the adoption of
the amendments. The local ton Of a
branch bank at Denver. it is thought,
would be advantageous to financial in
terests served from that center. Loca-
Evening star., 1917-05-31
ARMY ORDERS.

Capt. Albert II. Acher. Corps of Engineers il
assigned to the 4th Regiment Of Engineers.
to duty as associate professor Of modern Ian
suages at the Military Academy, West Point,
n. Y.
The resignation Of Second Lieut. Edgar R.
Rodd, 47th Infantry. New York National Guard.
Is accepted by the President
Second Lieut. Adolph Abraham, 1st Cavalry
Alabama National Guard. is discharged from the
service Of the United States.
The resignation Of First Lieut. Hugh A. Cur
tis. 4th Infantry, New Jersey National Guard,
Is accepted by the President.
First Lieut.. John c. Graham, Medical Reserve
Corps is honorably discharged from the service
Of the United States.
First Lieut.. Robert 7. Davis. Ordnance Of
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fcers' Ressrvs Corps. win report to the chief of
ordnance for duty In his once.
First Lieut.. Paul d. Miller. Signal omeeru'
Reserve Corps, 10 assigBed TO duty In this city.
Capt: Sfedman .. Hanks, Sisnsl 0mcsrs Re-
ocer for duty In his once.
Capt. George Treaanser. signal ofBcses' Re-
ssrvs Ccrps. viii procs.d from this dty - Fort
First Sergt. Thomas Glaseott. Company L.
10th Infantry, Is placed upon the retired List at
Fort Douglas, Utah. and will repair to his home.
Sergt Frank Dempsey, I'd Company, United
States Disciplinary Barraeks Guard. 10 placed
upon the retired list st Aicatxas, Cal. and viii
repair to his home.
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David E. Park, Steel Man, Dead.

PITTSBURGH. Pa. May 31.-David
f. Park. one Of the most prominent
steel manufacturers ia the Pittsburgh
district, Is dead at his home here at
the age of sixty-eight years. Mr.. Park
was one Of the organizers of tho Cruci-
BILE Steel Company, and formed the
Park Steel Company, a ten-million-dol-
lar concern, which was later taken over
by the Crucible company. He also built
Pittsburgh's first "skyscraper."
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pose OF assisting in recruiting person.
mel for ambulance companies for serv-
ice in France:
Sergt. Edward P. Tadlock, Private
Russell Hill, Private Arthur A. Hartg,
Private Joseph Devereux and Corp.
James C. Mcclure.
I While on duty in this city these men
will be quartered at the Walter Reed
General Hospital.
Evening star., 1917-05-31

Mrs. Artimacia Ratcliffe. widow OF
Joseph G. Radcliffe, and q resident OF
Washington for more than thirty years.
died Monday evening. Funeral services
were held this afternoon at o'clock,
at her residence. 1T60 U street north
west. She is survived by five daugh-
ters. Misses Caroline D., Sarah L.. Katie
A. and Ella B. Ratcliffe, and Mrs. Jo-
sephine G. Platt
Evening star., 1917-05-31
REAR ADMIRAL JOHN H. UPsHUR.

Rear Admiral John Henry Upshur.
U. S. N, retired, died Of heart disease
at the family residence, 1746 X street.
last night, at the age of ninety-four.
Arrangements for funeral services are
being made by Upshur Moorhead, a
grandson. The admiral leaves a wife,
two sons, George L upshur, New York
city, and Custis Clarke Upshur, Nor
folk. Va, and two daughters, Mrs. K.
u. Moorhead of Washington, and Mrs
William H. Hunt Of San Francisco.
Veteran Of Two Wars.
Admiral Upshur was a native Of
Virginia, q veteran Of the Mexican and
civil wars and was the oldest living
graduate of the Naval Academy.
During the Mexican war Admiral
Upshur participated in the siege and
capture of Vera Cruz. He served in
the Perry expedition, which opened
Japan to commerce, and shortly before
his retirement in 1885 was placed in
command of all American naval forces
in the Pacific. He had forty-four years
service af1oat and ashore and reached
the grade of rear admiral in 1884.
Admiral Upshur was member Of the
Aztec Club Of 1S47, founded in Mexico City
after its occupation by the American
army. He was president of this organiza-
ton several years ago and always took q
deep interest in its work.
II you want work read the want COL
umns of The Star.
Evening star., 1917-05-31
Nine Assigned to Active Duty.

Nine officers Of the Engineer ohicers
Reserve Corps have been assigned to
active duty at the citizens training
camp at Fort Myer. Va. They are Capts.
Alfred H. Brooks, Charles J. Calrow and
Thomas ]. Powell. First Lieuts. Lynn
Perry, Alexander c. Knight. Henry B.
Ross and Horace T. Smith, jr.. and Sec
'ond Lieuts. Elwood r. keene and
Charles l.. Packard.
Evening star., 1917-05-31
Await Arrival Of Material.

Notwithstanding. the department is
going ahead with its moving plans,
hoping the material viii arrive in time.
Carpenters declare that once the boards
and doors arrive in Washington 1t will
be only matter Of q few days before
all is In shape.
Tne new, nome of the department
contains ss,OOv square feet of floor
space. The bureau OF labor statistics,
which started moving today. will oc-
cupy the ntrn ana s,xtn uoors OF the
new building.
quarters on erle eighth and ninth f,oors.
ine children's bureau will occupy the
whole Of the fourth floor. the office
OF Secretary Wilson and the office OF
Chief Clerk Watson Will occupy the
seventh floor. These floors are in good
shape for occupancy, and the moving
will be done in the order named,
Evening star., 1917-05-31

Cecil Patchell, twenty-three, of Provi-
dence. Md, was instantly. killed, and
Miss Rhoda Logan, seventeen, of Pleas
ant Hill. Md. was SO badly injured that
she died later when struck at a train
crossing near Elkton, Nd
Evening star., 1917-05-31
Ordered to Recruit Ambulance Men.

The following-named enlisted men of
the Medical Enlisted Reserve Corps
have been ordered to report to Capt
J. r. Devereux, Medical Reserve Corps,
1107 14th street northwest, for the pur-
Evening star., 1917-05-31
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
IS BUSY MOVING TODAY
Bureau Of Statistics u Being Trans
ferred From Mills Building
to New Structure.

Moving day" at the Department of
Labor found the bureau OF labor statis-
tics. the mother bureau" of the de-
partment, up bright and early this
morning initiating the process of NOV
ing from the Mills building, at 18th
street and Pennsylvania avenue, into
the new department building, just
around the corner, at 1712-l722 G street.
Delay in freight shipments Of floor
Ing and doors perhaps may somewhat
alter the plans Of the department to
complete It's moving by June y. The
first three floors Of the nine-story edi-
nee are yet unfinished, although the
material for their completion has been
on the rails for more than q month.
Evening star., 1917-05-31

John Mercer and Ernest Hart were
drowned in Mattawoman creek, near
Indian Head, Md. when their boat up
set during a wind and rain storm.
Evening star., 1917-05-31
Veteran Of Two Wars.

II you want work read the want COL
umns of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-31

for daylight only. for this robber is
bird of the day and not Of the night
But even to the former it made dlf-
ference. 1t meant that night or day
they could not move without danger
from above-from Hooty the Owl at
night and the Gray Terror by day
at wouldn't be SO bad complained
Peter Rabbit to little Mrs. Peter. If 1T
were not winter. If Mr.. Goshawk came
down from the north at a season when
food is plentiful, and when the trees
and bushes are covered with leaves, it
would not be so bad. But he doesn't.
He comes when at best food is hard to
get and when only in that part OF the
Green Forest where the pine trees and
the hemlock trees and the spruce trees
grow is there anything under which to
hide / suppose I ought to be thankful
that ! have the dear Old Brier-Patch
to be safe in. but there is getting to be
mighty little to eat here, and If he stays
all the rest of the winter / don't know
what we will do. When Blacky the
Crow comes in here for safety things
are pretty bad. Yes. sir. they are. And
the worst of it is I don't see what we
can do about it. l don't see what any
body can do about it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-31
History in Segments.

1t is not wise to overlook one of life's
most famous axioms. that a little
knowledge is a dangerous thing To
Know history in segments and to apply
path.
A vast amount of enthusiasm is
SHOWN Tor museums these days by those
VINO wish to invent new apparel. or RAJ
,her. apply what is old to new demands;
puI one cannot rush into museum,
eaten sleeve in a notebook. rush back
10 Workroom and have a designer
put 1t into gown that is being ere
s.ed on the spot for an afternoon we'd
dlng at fashionable church. This has
oeen done and the result was disastrous.
II one is going to incorporate bits of
history INTO modern apparel, il is best
70 Know more of history than the bits.
ofothes. like architecture, are built as
Whoie not as part. and to put Ger
tain sleeves into the wrong gowns Is
IKE taking fragment of the Taj-Ma-
MAJ as an addition to an eighteenth
century Georgian house
however, the fashion Is here to incor-
pofate all kinds of sleeves into frocks
70 give them an air of novelty We are
deadly afraid Of being commonplace.
ana, therefore, we are lashing our wits
10 Keep pace with our patriotism and
snow the world that we can still wear
good-fooking clothes and invent them
II necessary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-31
GEN. BLISS is RETIRED
ON HIS GATH BIRTHDAY
Transfer Is Only Automatic, Since
He Will Continue by Executive
Order as Chief of Staff.

Today being the sixty-fourth birthday
of Gen. Tasker FL. Bliss. chief of staff
he was transferred automatically to the
retired list Of the Army. That action,
however, makes no material change in
his status. because the President has
directed his retention on active military
duty with the title of chief of staff It
so happens that Gen. Bliss, since his
recent visit to Europe with the House
war mission. has been busy in the
preparation of his report and in service
as military head of the War Depart
ment council of war. that the official
duties appertaining to the office of chief
of staff have devolved entirely on Mai.
Gen. John Biddle. assistant chief Of
staff. who signs all the mail of the Of
Ace as acting chief of staff
That situation permits Gen. Bliss to
devote his entire time and attention
to military plans for winning the war
for democracy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-31
tTTILE1OR!Es
%bEDTlnE
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Copyright. 1917. by T. W. Burgess.)
The Great Fear.

Straight over the dear Old Brier-
Patch sailed the Gray Terror, who, as
you know. is the Mr.. Goshawk. Straight
over the dear Old Brier-Patch he sailed
and glared down with eyes that seemed
Blacky the Crow, bold as he is. could
not look up at them but turned his head
away and shivered. You remember that
Blacky was crouching under the thick
est bramble bush In the dear Old Brier-
Patch beside Peter Rabbit. Mr.. Gosh
awk laughed harshly at sight OF Blacky
squatting on the ground under that
bramble bush.
How long since you took to Hv-
ing in the Old Brier-Patch, you black
rascal?' he called mockingly.
Biacky made no reply. He couldn't.
He was too frightened to even feel a
sense of shame at having sought the
ground for safety. OF course there was
no reason to feel ashamed. but the
feathered folk who live in the tree-tops
or spend most of their time in the
air are rather inclined to look down on
those who are not so strong or clever
Of wing as they. Blacky the Crow
spends q great deal OF time on the
he trusts to his wings as a rule. He
couldn't remember ever having done
such a thing before as he was now do
ing. It shows how great was his fear
Of Mr. Goshawk, the Gray Terror.
And IL bold, impudent. clever Blacky
was so frightened just imagine the fear
that swept over the other little people
of the Green Forest and the Green
Meadows. 1t was even greater than the
fear which they had felt when YowIer
the Bob-cat had made his home in the
Green Forest for . while FOWLER had
hunted 3nd killed only to satisfy his
appetites Mr.. G0shawk hunted and kill
ed from sheer love of 1t. That was the
dreadful thing about It, They could
have forgiven him had he hunted for
food only as do most Of his cousins Of
the Hawk family, but he would kin
many times what he could eat. ONLY
those who live on the ground feared
FOWLER, but with Mr.. Goshawk 1t made
no difference where they were or
whether they ran or few. He could
strike down a swiftwinged bird in mid
air as easily as he could seize an un-
suspecting Wood Mouse. He hunted
everywhere-in the Green Forest, on the
Green Meadows. in the Old Orchard, and
in the Old Pasture.
So with his coming great fear swept
over all the little people. such fear al
they had known only when the Red
Terror. which 10 hre. had swept across
the Old Pasture and threatened TO de-
stroy the Green Forest Then the feai
was for day only, but this fear wal
avery day and would be every day "a
long ~ MI. Goshawk should stay. "a
those who fssd BY night II made lesa
A16e1ence than - these who have eyeG
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-31
TRAINING NOW WITH
HEAVY TYPE OF GUN
500 D. C. Soldiers in Liberty
Division Begin More Inten-
sive Schooling.
NOTES FROM CAMP MEADE

CAMP MEADE. December 31.-The
Liberty Division was brought a bit
nearer the fighting lines today. when
500 men from the District of Columbia
swung into more intensive training
with the heavy type of machine gun.
Although but few of these weapons
are ready for service. there are enough
at hand to enable instructors to i'm
part their mechanical secrets to the
boys in olive drab.
What is essentially a machine gun
school, where the men can master the
details of the weapon. opens today. and
by Wednesday will be in full swing
Owing to the censorship but little can
be revealed as to the course of study,
but officers admit that it will involve
field work with the guns and series
of lectures dealing with the mechanism
of the Browning, Colts and Nickers
guns.
These guns are heavier than the
Lewis gun, over which the war chiefs
waged a controversy. and are capable
of firing more than $4,000 shots an
hour.
For several weeks the men have been
given preliminary practice work IN
sighting. although the bulk of their
work has been confined to infantry
drill. Although machine gun organl-
cations are often styled as suicide
clubs" this title cannot be applied to
the Washington unit, for their weapons
are of such weight that it is almost
impossible for them to participate IN
l"over-the-top" movements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-31
ENEMY BOMBS DAMAGE
CATHEDRAL OF PADUA

ROME. December 31-The facade Of the
Padua cathedral has been torn down by
bombs dropped by enemy air1nen. the war
Office announces. The basiIica of tho
santo and the municipal museum have
been damaged.
Padua was raided for q second time
Saturday night, three persons being killed
and three wounded. The ancient Carmini
Church. the Church OF st. Valentine and
the palace. monument and private dwell
ings were damaged
The SAINT Antonio Church, commonly
called the Santo, Is the sepulchraI
church Of ST. Anthony of Padua. II
has two campanili and seven domes in
the oriental style. This church is visited
every year by thorngs Of pilgrims. The
municipal museum has a fine facade and
staircase It contains the civic library
and collections of antiquities and paint
ings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-31
Retains Rank and Paw.

As titular chief Of staff Cen Bliss re-
tains the rank, pay and emoluments Of a
general in the Army. in accordance
with the statute comforting that rank
on the chief of staff of the Army and
on the officer in command of the ex-
peditionary forces in Europe.
When Gen. Bliss relinquishes the
office of chief of staff he will revert
to his regular status of a major gem
eral on the retired list. His transfer
today to the retired list was made a
mater of official record by Adjutant
General Mccain. but had no other eff
feet on the routine of business of the
War Department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-31
The Medieval Sleeve.

me French designers and their col
leagues here have given the world a
great variety of sleeves taken from the
m'odie ages. in which the predominant
ing feature was the belI-shaped fare at
the lower edge Sometimes these omen
sleeves had tight ones that wrinkled be-
meath and extended to the wrist If
they did not have such deep wristlets to
cover the arm, the effect was ugly
ihen there came the idea OF letting
the sleeve flare and then gathering 1t to
the wrist. The sketch shows such a
sleeve. which is incorporated in a gown
maze OF jersey cloth and velveteen
II mas a chest-protector bodice, which
- empowered in soutache and gilt
thread, and the sash of velvet disap-
pears through two buttonholes in wav
that sashes have of doing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-31
SUNDAY CAMPAIGN
is SPECIAL TOPIC
Committee Considers Matters
Relating to EvangeIist's
Program in Washington.
REPORTS OF THE WORKERS

The necessity Of gathering up the
remaining loose ends" of the work
preliminary to the Billy Sunday cam
paign here was emphasized at a meet
ing of the general campaign committee
and the clergymen and lay representa-
tives of the 123 cooperating churches
held this morning in the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church and pre-
sided over by Rev. DIR. James E. Wal
ker, Sundays advance man.
The principal loose ends are these:
Rev. Lucius c. Clark, chairman of the
personal work committee, told that only
about fifty of the churches have con-
tributed personal workers: Rev J. c.
Palmer. chairman of the committee on
secretaries. said that of the 500 secre-
taries asked for not nearly enough had
been secured; Byron S. Adams informed
the meeting that his finance committee
is still short $4,000 on the guarantee
fund and more than $4,000 on the cash
subscription fund, and II. G. Johnson,
chairman of the committee on automo-
biles. told how hard it continues to be
to secure the machines needed to insure
the placing of six on six days week
at the disposal of the Sunday party.
which will be housed four and a half
miles from the tabernacle and from most
of the places of other meetings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-31
OF Interest TO Women
ACHIEVING NOVELTY IN A GOWN.
study of their relation to the rest of

study of their relation to the rest of
the gown
Sleeves belong to history, they are
part of it's development. They are also
racial. They are identified with certain
languages, climates and national tenn
peraments. 1t is simple enough to copy
sleeve from the vast storehouse of
canVases that present themselves 10 the
designer. but it Is a difficult task to CO.
ordinate that sleeve with the costume.
with the activities of the women of the
hour and with the climate and tempera-
belong
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-31
Body of C. s. Foller Found.

PITTSBURGH. Pa. December Ill
The body Of Charles s. Foller. sales
manager foralargs manufacturing COM
pauy ct this city. has been recovered
from the Monongahela river. Authori.
tias balisvs Follsr was endeavoring 10
eroee on the ice. which broka, throw
ING him Into the watsxs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-31
BY ANNE R1TTENHoUsE.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
NEW YORK, December est is easy
to fall back on a sleeve when one can
not achieve an original touch in any
other part of frock- The. trick of GO
ing to museums of art for inspiration IN
new sleeves has hroadened the field OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-31

Swift & Company's Sales OF Reef In
washington, D. c.. for the week ending
Saturday, Dec. 20, 1917. averaged as fol-
lows: Domestic beef, 1856 cents per lib.
advertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-31
THE CIVIL SERVICE
PREPARATORY SCHOOL.

z. Adoiph RichardS NJ q. n; 3. Principal
Franklin 1880
Pitman. Graham and Gregg Shorthand. Type
writing Bookkeeping, English and Mathematics
Former Civil Service Examiner in charge Of
Special Civil Service Glasses. For further tnfor-
nation and rates call. write or phone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-31

GOWN WHICH SHOWS THE LOOSE.
HANGING SLEEVE. CAUGHT IN
BELOW THE ELBOW BY VEL
VET BAND AND FINISHED WITH
A BELL-SHAPED CUFF OF PEI
TRY.
endeavor in such an extraordinary man
ner that the onlooker feels inclined to
believe that red danger signal should
be put up.
1t is all very well 10 copy the sleeves
of ancient days and races, but 1t Is not
wise to incorporate them without due