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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02

ing q pipe with his students lamp IN
his den at Cape Breton. and circu-
lating thence into a tank of his own
construction. built on a modified vacuum
principle. After heating the water IN
the tank by this means, DR.. Bell was
forced to return to Washington, where
he stayed nine days. Upon his return
to the camp he went to his den, and had
a NICE warm bath with the water heat
ed nine days before.
While President Wilson was be1nS
congratulated last summer on getting
the air in his study down to about 30
degrees, through the means of ice, Dr.
Bell was calmly-and coolly-sittinS IN
his studio on Connecticut avenue bath
ed in an atmosphere of 65 degrees.
DR.. Bell told the Tech graduates and
their parents and friends how he at
tanned this blissfu1 state while the
rest of the city was sweftering in
temperature of 100 degrees or more.
and the President could only get so de-
grees of GOODNESS.
II found out that there is a radical
defect in our houses that absolutely
precludes their cooling at present., he
said. There are too many doors and
cracks for the cold air, which is heav-
Ter than the warm. to fow out. So l
let all the water out of the swimming
tank in my home, and nut Il refrig-
orator. filled with ice and salt, on the
floor above. Then I let the cold air
flow down through pipes into my SWIM
ming tank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
ADOPT PLAN TO RELIEVE
CONGESTION OF QUARTERS
Secretaries of State, War and Navy
Departments Make Redistribu-
ton of Building Space.

After long and mature consideration
commission, composed of the Secre-
taries of State, War and Navy, has
evolved a plan for the partial relief of
the congestion of quarters in the State,
War and Navy building. None of the
three departments has sufficient room
in the big granite building allotted to
their joint use, and each has leased
several private buildings in the neigh
borhood for Office purposes. Even so,
the building still is much overcrowded.
The plan of relief, which is admitted to
be only temporary expedient, calls for
the surrender of seventeen rooms now
used by the adjutant general Of the
army for the safekeeping of records of
the civil war to the use OF clerks and
employees of the State and Navy de-
partments. OF the total number. the
State Department gets four rooms and
the Navy Department thirteen. These
rooms are on the fourth floor of the
east and south wings, and have been
used by the War Department for many
years Other quarters are being sought
for the storage of the civil war records
Adj Gen. Mccain says he is already
short of room in his bureau. but will
find some place to put the old records.
The reallotment of space in the big
office building was authorized by spe-
cial act of Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
Needs Moral Support.

For several years past the press of
this city has. with great public spirit.
supported efforts which have been
made to gain for the National Guard
that moral support in the community
which is essential to the success of
volunteer organization OF this kind
Such an organization unpopular IL
doomed to failure, whereas the same
organization properly supported by
the good will of the community can
succeed.
L feel that the public-sp:rited sup
port which the papers and the citizens
or Washington have given to the Ma
t1onai Guard are largely responsible
Tor the splendid showing made by the
District of Columbia Guard in the re-
cent noolllzation. in which the District
furnished for federal service 2,29S Off
GERS and men. With similar support
throughout the country and similar re-
suits so far as enlistment of men is
concerned an arm of a million men
could have been placed in the field"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
WOULD SAVE DAYLIGHT.
Headquarters Of Organization Urg.
ing Time Change Onened Here

Headquarters have been opened in
the Munsey building by the National
Daylight Saving Association, and de-
-ermined effort is to be made to bring
about the passage by Congress of
bill introduced in the Senate by Senator
Gailinger and in the House by Repre-
sentative Borland, which provides that
all clocks in the country be advanced
one hour between the last Sunday in
April and the last Sunday in Septem-
Der as means of saving daylight
Tnis association is the outcome OF
convention held in New York Tuesday
and Wednesday,, representatives of
which are now in this city to urge that
the committees on interstate and for
eign commerce of Congress hold a
hearing on the bill.
Marcus NJ. Marks of New York has
been elected President of the associ-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
TALKS OF ADVANCE
ON SCIENCE LINES
"ProbIems Awaiting Solution
Theme of DR.. Bell Before
High School Graduates.
DIPLOMAS ARE AWARDED

Transportation of persons for one
the same letters are now trans
ported-the artificial cooling of houses
and cities in summer. the saving and
storage of heat now wasted, the ready
condensation of fresh water from salt
these are but few of the problems
awaiting solution" according to Alex
ander Graham Bell.
DR.. Bell. speaking at the commence
ment exercises at the Mckinley Manual
Training School last night. spoke en-
tertainingly to graduates. school Off
Gals and others. His audience in
cluded Ernest L. Thurston. superin-
tendent of schools, and Rev. DIR. John
Van Schaick. jr. president of the board
of education. The speaker outlined
threads of advance as he called
them, along which the science of the
future may progress.
\ perfect storm of applause greeted
the conclusion of DR.. Bells remarks,
when. at the end of his address of an
hour. in discussing problems in which
he was interested. he Informed the au-
dience and the young graduates that
he was afraid he had worn out his
welcome. SO insistent was the APP
plause that the white bearded scien-
lis, returned to the center OF the plat
form and added a most surprising post
script. which was his scheme to trans
port people the same as letters, as
means of solving the great problem OF
the congestion of cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
Feels the Rising Cool Air.

"As l stood in the tank l could feel
the level of the cool air rise, until |
was submerged to my neck. Then the
cool air flowed over my head 1t was
delicious. Can it be possible I asked
myself, that it is hot any place in the
world?' So | climbed IN on the ladder
which led out of the tank. All at once
my head stuck out of the waves of cool
Army head was in a torrid, muggid
atmosphere. l stepped down the ladder
i was cool again.
DR.. Bell applied the same principle to
his studio. and by carefully shutting
the doors and stopping up cracks man
aged to keep the cool air that had been
introduced from running away. The ap-
plication of this same principle, he de-
clared. offers a possibility for the cool
ing of houses an devon whole cities.
Here the scientist resumed his seat,
nor could Mr.. Thurston prevail upon
him TO continue, until the applause of
the audience and graduates became so
insistent that he again took the center
of the stage and said that there was
one problem that he did want to tell
them about"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
NEW YORK DETECTIVE HEAD
ADDRESSES LOCAL POLICE
Inspector Faurot Explains Methods
Used in the Metropolis
Criminal Gallery.

Inspector Faurot chief of detectives
number of eastern cities in an effort to
establish a more hearty cooperation
between police departments, last night
addressed Maj. Raymond w. Pullman,
inspectors. captains, detectives and
sergeants at a meeting held in the
boardroom of the District building.
William Van Writ. chief of the bureau
# lost and stolen property of the New
York department, accompanied Inspec-
tor Faurot
The New York inspector told his
hearers many interesting things relat-
ing to police methods in the metropolis,
where, he stated. there are 500 mem
oers of the detective force. He told of
the work of the homicide squad, eX-
planning that uniformed men are not
expected to do much work in such
cases.
Inspector Faurot stated that the New
York department has one of the best
galleries of criminals in this country.
Persons arrested on trivial charges. he
stated, are not photograp pied, and the
is of great value.
He explained how the galvonometer
is used on the hands of persons under
arrest and being questioned to tell of
their emotions, and told of how the
question of association of ideas proves
valuable in getting confessions
Another question discussed by In
spector Faurot dealt with the matter
of capturing automobile thieves and
joy riders. He explained that the city
is divided into several zones and that
the large telephone switchboard of the
department enables men in the zones
to get immediate information about
the disappearance of automobiles.
Members of Mai. Pullman'S force
were interested in what the inspector
said about DISCUSSES used by New York
detectives. Inspector Faurot explaining
that their use means the capture of
many criminals during the course of a
year. He commended the fingerprint
system of Identification as being of
great assistance to police departments
throughout the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02

the United States has to its small regu-
lar army, and, until a better and more
comp. extensive system is adopted for
the defense of our country. anything
tending to promote the efficiency OF
our present National Guard is valuable.
Tine men OF the guard have for
many years served with little or no en-
enlargement, and il is a welcome re-
lieI from the constant ana reverend
ing criticisms that have been directed
to it to find the head of one of the
great departments coming out with a
movement which shows an in crest in
he welfare of the individuals who
have made up the force of 10000 ma
tIonal guardsmen who responded to the
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02

and Florida avenue Wednesday night
is incorrect. His name was given
that of a man who fell from the plat
form of a street car. He was not in
volved in an accident of any kind. he
states. and was not near Florida avenue
and 4th street Wednesday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
Discloses Secrets of Notebooks.

The inventor of the telephone took
the audience into his confidence and
made them feel that he was unrolling
to them the secrets of his scientific
notebooks, telling of the experiments
in which he has been engaged in re-
cent months. Not once did he give
the graduates any advice, and he
omitted many of the stereotyped things
often heard at commencements.
He just started out by telling them
what a glorious thing it is to be
young" and dwelling upon the scien-
titic possibilities of the future, which
the younger generation will have an
opportunity to solve.
Il am not very old yet smiled DR..
Bell. but / can remember the days
when there We're no telephones.
And the audience stormed its applause.
Later in his address DIR. Bell again
referred to the telephone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
Proper Spirit Shown.

without going into the merits OF the
controversy that is raging as to the
merits and shortcomings of the militia
system, practically every one has
agreed that the spirit shown by the
individuals in their prompt response
to the Presidents call was all that
could be desired. These individuals go
to make up the only reserve which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02

alton. William Archibald Ferguson.
general secretary, and Dewitt L. Burn
side, executive secretary. arrived in
this city yesterday and opened the
headquarters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
POLL of c. CUARDSMEN!
ON BORDER TO Be TAKEN
Federal Bureau Will Aim to Find
Out the Men Who Have No jobs
Awaiting Them Here.

A poll of the companies of the Dis
trict National Guard still on the border
will be taken at once by the United
States employment service to f1rd out
what men will not have jobs waiting
for them when they return to the Ma
tional Capital. 1t was pointed out this
morning by an official of the bureau OF
information of the Department Of La
Dor, which has been put in charge of
the employment campaign for the Dis
trict soldiers, that the scheme to get
into operation to get men who al
ready have positions better jobs.
Nothing of the kind is contempla ted
and viii be guarded against. it was de-
clared. The whole idea of the campaign
is to locate men who will be absolutely
without employment on their return.
The poll of the companies will be started
Immediately. with the idea of finding oIt
from the commanders of the troops still
on the border, including the Sd Infantry
Troop of cavalry and Battery A OF
the field artillery. just what men really
need jobs. Battery b of fed artillery
is under orders to return.
The great majority of all the local
troops will find their old positions await
ing them. Those who are not so foTtu-
nate will he the ones whom the employ
ment service will do it's utmost to serve
Gen. Harvey Approves.
Gen. w. E. Harvey, in a letter to The
Star concerning the assistance to be
afforded by the Department of Labor te
discharged national guardsmen in sc
curing employment upon their dis
charge from the service. character
ICES this action on the part of the de-
partment as important and meritori
GUS" and continues:
"It Is valuable from two points o.
view. 1t is suggestive to private EN-
ployers of labor, and. in addition to that
it is is bound to exercise a powerful
influence upon the future of TIL. Ma
tional Guard. because it indicates that
there is appreciation in official Cree
OF what has been done by the Nationa
Guard during the past few months 1T
Loyalty and promptly responding to the
call of the President for troops, with
out regard to personal inconvenience
This. together with the practice whict
the War Department has inaugurateo
of the Secretary writing the command
ing officers OF organizations letter OF
appreciation. will go far to make tins
guard feel that what they have done
at personal inconvenience is not pass
ing unnoticed and unappreclated pI
those in authority.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
Charles Eisinger Not in Accident.

Charles Eisinger, Mount Rainier. Md.
who formerly resided at 1913 Adams
street. states that a police report of an
accident that happened at 4th street
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02

James Wilson Clark of st. Georges,
Baltimore county, Md, but formerly
of Woodensburg. was struck and in
stantly killed by a Western Maryland
train.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02

The Y. w. II. A. Is to give a novelty
dance February % at the Elks Hall.
Music will be furnished by the Ebbitt
orchestra.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
His Transportation Idea.

''One of the great evils attending our
civilization is the congestion of popu-
lation IN cities" he said. Now, why
does this congestion take place? One
of the great reasons is difficulty and
cost of transportation. How much bet
ter it would be if we could devise
means of more ready and cheaper
means of transportation over the land
The transportation of persons should
be the same as the transportation of
letters from any place to any place for
the same price. ! remember when it
cost more to send a letter from Wash
ington to Boston than it did from
Washington to New York, and we
thought it was all right Now it costs
no more to send letter across the
continent than it does to send it next
door. Why cannot this same principle
apply to the transportation of persons?
Perhaps it may not be applied to trans
hope to see it applied to states. as even
now it is applied on street railways,
where one may travel block or sew
eral miles for the same fare.
THE great difficulty is the roadway,
which is SO costly. The time is coming,
though. when we may be able to do
away with roads. The flying machine
will be the solution" concluded DR..
Bell
Mrs. MarEarita Spalding Gerry, mem
Der of the board of education, presented
the diplomas to the graduates. The in
vocation was given by Rev. Lucius c.
Clark. The high school orchestra fur
nished music.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
Prevention Of Heat Waste.

Another experiment upon which DR..
Bell worked last summer was that of
the storage of heat which otherwise
would be wasted. He told OF connect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
Talks of Wireless.

''The telephone has gone far beyond
me-" he said. Pointing out the progress
from the telegraph and telephone to
radio and wireless telephony, the scien-
fist spoke of this latter invention, by
which men talk from Washington to
Paris without wires, and said here we
have a proposition to do away with the
million of miles of telephone wires in
the United States!"
There are unheard of, undreamed of
advances to be made in science" de-
clared DIR. Bell. THE evolution of
science has not always taken place by
gradual changes. There have been leaps
and bounds that have changed the face
of nature, as it were"
The first of the problems awaiting
solution" of the young graduates. as
DR.. Bell pointed out to them were
among the possibilities. was that of the
ready condensation of fresh water from
salt. so that mariners lost at sea in
small boats may not die of thirst in
the midst of water. water everywhere,
but not drop to drink"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
Pumps Fog Into a Jar.

DR.. Bell told how he pumped fog into
a jar, to see il he could condense sweet
water from sea fog. He put a jar into
the bay by the wharf and attached bel
lows to the jar, worked by a floating
log. which. rising and falling with the
waves. pumped the fog into the jar.
That evening there was a gathering
of eminent scientists at DR.. Bells home,
among them being several English naval
officers. DR.. Bell brought in his bottle
of fog, opened it, and asked one of the
officers to taste the water therein. The
officer took a good drink-then ran to
the window and spit the water out. 1t
was salt,
(Which only went to show" DR.. Bell
said. smiling, that you cannot succeed
all the time. and that If you want to
get fresh water when you put a jar into
the sea be sure that you have a cork
that fits tightly. The one ] used had
a hole in it, found out afterward."
Supt@ Thurston. at the conclusion OF
the address. referred to this expert
ment, assuring DR.. Bell that some tum-
blers and jars would be missing in his
home for several days. From the
looks on the faces of most people in
the audience last night, it appeared
that about ZOO persons will be breath
ing into tumblers today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
Winners of Diplomas.

Those who received diplomas last
night included Frieda Marie Bauer,
Margaret Benson, Mildred Evelyn Cove.
Hannah Dyer Symonds Haven, Leta
Mary Hawkins, Frances Field Jetmore,
Pauline Ruby Johnston, Christine
Louise Morgenweck, Emily Denton
RowIey, Vera Isabelle Walton, Stanley
William Bell, John Bittner, Herbert
Reginald Broderick, Harold Edmund
Burton, Allen Monroe Ergood, James
Cassen Filgate, Carter Leslie Gardner,
Paul Clayton Golding. Louis Charles
Grossberg. Tom Whitney Guderian, Ed
ward NJ. Hampton, William Andrew
Hasselbush, Harry Miller Hufnagel,
Paul Benwood Hunter, Walter Scott
Koop, Joseph Sigmund Levitan. Alien
Wellman Lohr, Justin jeremiah Nc
Carthy, Charles F. Marvin, jr.; c. Philip
Medley, David H. Mensh, Morris Moser.
Louis Notes. Guy Winston Pearson.
Alfred Edwin Ryan, George Rothwell
Sheriff. jr.; Richard Southerne Shreve.
jr; Alfred Hartley Walton, John Moul-
trie Ward, Chester Laurence Weaver,
Philip Thomas Wilkinson, Randolph
Willis and A Hermann Wilson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
Discussion of "Possibilities.v

DR.. Bell had a whole paper full OF
possibilities" He said he could talk
all night about them, but he only told
of four
He spoke of his summer home in
Newfoundland and of the sea where
fishermen are every year lost and die
from exposure and thirst in the midst
of miles and miles of water
Il wondered why this must be, and
determined to see if 1 could not start
on the solution of this problem" DIR.
Bell related. so 1 got me a tumbler
and breathed into it. / inhaled through
my nose and exhaled into the lumber
After several minutes of this quiet
breathing l looked into the tumbler and
found several spoonfuls of clear water
tasted it. 1t tasted of-tobacco,
Then l got into boat and got me
bottle-like beer bottle-and set it
in bucket of water, and put a glass
tube down into the bottle. and inhaled
through my nose and exhaled into the
bottle. 1 started to read and read from
my book and breathed into the bottle
for several hours. At the conclusion 1
looked into my bottle. There was quite
a quantity of clear water 1t might
not seem much to US, but it would be
great deal to one perishing from
thirst"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-11
NEUTRAL FIRMS BARRED
FROM USING BRITISH NAME
New Law Forces Aliens TO Reveal
Nationality in Business Deals

London. Feb. Beginning this
month. every business man IN Great
Britain is required to print at the head
Of his business correspondence, whether
catalogues, circulars or letters, the fol-
lowing particulars: ~
az an individual, present Christian
and surnames or any former names
also nationality il not British. IL
firm, same details for every partner
This requirement is part OF the So
called business names" act, passed to
meet complaints about the ease with
which a man could take any hiign-
sounding names in order to BRING MIN
profit. a
II REQUIRES, as its principal demand,
that every man or woman who carries
an business under a name which is not
his or her own must file full particu'
lars with a public official, whose rec.
ords will be open to the public az Gil
times.
II is expected that the newspapers
will give considerable publicity to reg
istrations which are at all suspicious,
and thus prevent the use OF hlgh-
sounding or aristocratic names by
rogues The registrar Office is empow-
cred 70 refuse registration to certain
classes of names which are considered
misleading or fraudulent. For instance,
mn firm whose business Is conducted by
Aliens will be allowed TO do business
under the title British So-and-So Com
psny.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-11
Peru Declares U-BOat
Decree Opposes Law

Lima, Peru, Feb. 10.-The Peruvian
government has sent its reply to the
German Minister respecting Germany's
notification of submarine warfare and
the new danger zone. In its note the
government declares that it reserves
all rights for the protection of Peru
Wan citizens. ships and cargoes, TO
which neutrals are entitled under IN
ternational law.
However deplorable may be the ex-
tremes to which the belligerents are
carrying hostilities," continues the
note, "now, under new threats to neu-
trail trade, the Peruvian government
must declare that it cannot admit the
resolution of which your government
has given notification, because the
Peruvian government considers 1t OPP
posed to international law and the
legal rights of neutrals.
"The recent odious case OF the vessel
Lorton. which resulted in claim being
made by my government, proves the
error and injustice of the submarine
campaign, now generalized in an un-
acceptable form by the closure of enor-
nous zones of free seas, with serious
danger to the lives and interests of
neutral countries"