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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-01
BRITISH EXPLAIN LICENSE.
Present Labor Situation Made Re-
striction Necessary, Mission Says.

The present labor situation in Eng
land made it necessary for that coun-
try to issue an order prohibiting the
importation after March l of many
important commodities, officials of the
British mission here have explained
to members of the War Trade Board
Immediate measures to re-establish
the entire economic fabric of the
country were necessary, they expla in
ed. In addition, the War Trade Board
men were told. the dollar exchange
is lacking to pay for the commodities
on the prohibited list if they We're
permitted to be brought in.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-01
INEFFICIENCY IS CHARGE.
Commander of Transport That
Went Aground Placed on Trial.

Capt. Louis J. Connolly, q. S. N. who
commanded the transport Northern
Pacific when that vessel went aground
Oft Fire Island, New York, New Year
morning. with several hundred
wounded soldiers and seamen on
board, is on trial by court-martial at
Hoboken, n. J., on charges involving
alleged inefficiency in the performance
Of duty.
He has been in the Navy for thirty
years and wears four gold service
stripes He has navigated ships all
over the seven seas and has a fine
record He was not on deck when the
Northern Pacific grounded.
The findings of the court will be
sent to the Secretary of the Navy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-01
FUEL PRICE CONTROL ENDS.
Coal Men Predict Drop Owing to
the Mild Winter.

The fuel administration today dis
continued all price control and much
OF the supervision over distribution of
coal, coke, oil and natural gas under
an order signed by Administrator Gar
held. With the passing of control over
1ueI most of the activities OF the fuel
administration ceased. The admins
tration, however. under the Lever act,
cannot disband until peace has been
declared.
some coal men said today that ces-
sation of control over prices on coal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-01
Realty Scouts Sent Out.

"A project having developed at a
given community. the first step was
to send two Investigators, or scouts.
into the district TO make a survey Of
the real estate conditions and report
possible locations for new housing,
together with the estimates Of land
cost and such data as would contrib
ute to a general understanding of the
real situation.
Concurrently with this survey, OF
as soon thereafter as possible, ap~
praisals were obtained upon the Vari-
Gus sites under consideration from
the tax assessor. mayor, chamber of
commerce, board of trade. Rotary
Club and real estate board. These APP
praisals represented the opinions of
seventeen men. Then was determined
the official apprisal, which was the
divisions finding of value of the
properties under consideration.
The division was then ready to
make a final selection of the property
to be acquired and it was submitted
to a committee on sites, consisting OF
q realtor. engineer. architect and
town planner. 1t was upon the re-
sort of this committee that the spe-
Sific lots and parcels of property wers
approved and their acquisition au-
tnorized.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-01
CAPT. LOUIS S. SCOTT
JOINS REALTY FORCES
Army Officer Is Now Associated
With the John w. Thomp-
son & Co., Inc.

Capt. Louis S. Scott has become as
ISOLATED with the John W. Thompson
& Co, Inc. in the capacity of sales
man and manager of the country
property department of that firm.
Capt. Scott was formerly identifie
with the Real Estate Investment Com
pany of this city in the same capacity
in which he is now associated with
the John w. Thompson & Co., and is
recognized as an authority on farm
and suburban property and also as
one of the most capable and active
statesmen in Washington. He has just
returned from France. where he saw
active service in the Aviation Corps In
the United States Army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-01
Wartime Butter Order Rescinded

The wartime restriction against the
expectation of butter from the United
States was lifted yesterday by the
War Trade Board. The boards order
provides for the licensing of butter
for shipment to all countries except
Great Britain, France and Italy. But
ter purchases for shipment to the three
allied nations will continue under the
allied provisions expert commission,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-01
FRED STONE LIBERATED.
Washington Boy Among Americans
Released From Hun Prison.

Fred Stone of this city. whose emer-
gency address is care of Thomas Lis
ton, 727 4th street northeast, was
among a small company of Americans
recently released from a German pris-
on camp at Brandenburg and sailed
from Warnemunded December 5, 1918,
for Aarhus. Denmark.
Information to that effect has been
received at the War Department.
Stone is said to have been a member
of the crew of the s. S. Esmeralda,
destroyed by a German submarine
during the war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-01
HOSTS U. S. FLAG ON SHIP
LONG HELD BY TURKEY

Rear Admiral Mark l. Bristol has
arrived at ConstantinopIe and has
hoisted the American flag again over
the q. S. S. Scorpion, a cablegram to
the Navy Department today reported.
The Scorpion had been detailed to
Constantinople for several years be-
fore the war began. When the
United States broke relations with
Germany the Turkish government
seized the ship and interned it's crew.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-01
METHODS OF GOVERNMENT
i IN BUYING REAL ESTATE
Property Costing $5,6OO,OOO Is Distributed
y In Twenty-one States and Fifty
i Different Communities.

How the United States government
acquired for war purposes about 1850
acres of unplatted land. at an average
cost of $555 an acre. and 16,766.300
square feet of plated property. at an
average cost of about IS cents a
square foot, is interesting, inasmuch
as until short time since there was
no department equipped to transact
real estate business on such a large
SCALE without loss of great deal of
time.
The property purchased is located
IN twenty-one states and in fifty diff
ferent communities, and cost, in the
aggregate. about s5,600.0O0, which
was about $S70.000 less than the APP
praised vaiution.
The general procedure of the real
estate and Communicating division
was divided into four stages. the sep
arate steps being independent of each
other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-01
Truthful ADVERTISING

The Star will be glad to
have its attention called to
any misleading or untrue
statement, if such should
appear at any time. in any
advertisement in its col
unnS.
Readers are requested to
assist in protecting them
selves and legitimate ad-
vertisers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-01
Ordered to Little Rock, Ark.

Lieut.. Col. George w. De Almond.
air service in this city has been as
signed to the command of the aviation
general supply depot at Little Rock,
Ark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-01
Gen. Ferguson Goes to California

Brig. Gen. Frank K Ferguson has
been relieved from duty at the coast
artillery training center. Fort Monroe,
Va, and ordered to San Francisco to
command the south Pacific coast artil-
iery district
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-01

taken subject to the approval of Otto
NJ. Eidlitz, its president. The nesotla-
tor was expected to coordinate his
work in the field with representatives
of the legal. engineering, town PLAN
ming and architectural division of the
cornoration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-01

at heart. architects, engineers. con-
tractors. material producers, realtors
ana citizens generally. to make the
proper revision of building codes now
the first order of business
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-01
Speed a Controlling Factor.

In the beginning the use of options
was encouraged, but later this prac-
tice was abandoned because of the
loss of time involved. The element of
speed was obviously controlling
factor in the war program, and
where il became apparent to the ne
gotiator that certain properties could
not be acquired without material de-
lay. he was authorized to arrange
for their immediate req"isition. This
method was used only in a few cases.
Requisition papers were in all cases
prepared by the counsel of the real
estate division. upon the basis of the
statement of facts returned by the
uegOtlator, and We're executed by the
Secretary of Labor with full knowf
edge of the necessities of each par
ticuiar case. The third step involved
the closing of the contracts obtained
by the uegotiator, by the counsel OF
the division. The policy of the dt-
vision was TO decentraiiZe this labor
A much as possible, and the local at
torneys were made responsible for
the detailed preparation of the proper
settlement record upon which the
fiscal division made ultimate pay
ment of the consideration. in ex-
change for the deed. Where COM
Wandering was found necessary the
requisition papers were forwarded to
the local attorneys for filing, and,
upon a proper return by the attor-
neys. the 80 per cent of the official
appraisal was paid to the owners by
the fiscal division.
With the signing of the armistice
began step No. 4, because an intelli-
gent liduida ton of many of the prop
erties developed by the bureau be-
came desirable. This liquidation will
be undertaken in harmony with the
recomm endation of a committee OF
special investigators for each project,
consisting of a realtor. engineer. town
planner project manager and, in some
instances. a representative of some
other division having special knowl-
edge of the situation
The real estate and communicating
division decided that the property
held by the United States Housing
CORPORATION should be sod immedi-
ately 1t was considered feasible to
dispose of the holdings upon such
terms of partial payment and interest
as shall encourage people OF modest
means to acquire homes and home
sites in the community where oppor-
tunity may permit them to settle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-01

would result IN . lowering o. prices.
The unusually mild Winter. Il Waa
said. also wouid fSna @ iowsr p1ess.
levels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-01
Federal Real Estate Bureau.

Out of a full experience the real
estate and Communicating division
will urge. without qualification. the
immediate creation by Congress OF
federal real estate bureau, centraiiZ-
ing the federal real estate activities
and making for a sensible admins
tration of the enormous realty hold
ings of the government.
The National Association of Real
Estate Boards. supplied the govern
ment with a vast amount OF ihIoriha-
tion from various sections of the
country. The association placed at
the disposal of the government ABOUT
forty experienced realtors, distrib-
uted by residence in eighteen states
1t is to these men that the division
has turned for its investigators ana
negotiators. -,
The following table will give an
idea of how the property acquired by
the government was distributed:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-01

NATIONS WELFARE
RESTSON BUILDING
Constructive Industry Urged
in Transition to Peace
Basis.
INCENTIVE FOR SERVICE

Activity of the construction indus
try at this time is essential to the
general welfare of the country" said
F. T. Miller, director of the division
of public works and construction de-
velopment of the Department of
Labor. LAS Secretary McAdoo recent
ly stated in directing the supervising
architect to resume public work, the
activity of the building industry will
facilitate the transition of (generaD
industry from d war to peace basis
This is a question that goes be-
yond the interests of the construction
industry" he continued. 1T is fun
damental to our entire program OF
reconstruction and affects society as
whole. After all, reconstruction
must be literal as wei as metaphor
cal; the way to bring about recon-
struction is to reconstruct.
Depends on Team Work.
successful construction depends
upon proper teamwork between the
employer and employe; therefore the
work undertaken by this division falls
under the activities of the Labor De-
partment and under those of the in
formation and education service. which
already possesses n nucleus of the
necessary organization and important
data. Secretary Wilson's wish is that
the nation be interested in public and
private construction. This/wish can
not be carried out unless the work is
based on facts. Facts when verified
and surveys when completed Will be
made known to the public and to the
members of this great composite in
dustry. This is service of inforn1a-
ton and education. The cooperation
of other governmental departments,
the state councils of defense, etc, Is
assured. Evidently time can be saved
and correctness of viewpoint gained
by such cooperation.
1.-THE construction industry com
posite industry--is one of the nation s
largest Its successful functioning is
most necessary for the public welfare.
support more than any other great
industry. for the reason that 1t has
necessarily been embargoed by the
government during the war. The
British government, whose precedent
in curtailing the building industry
during the war was followed by our
own government. has already taken
forethought in this matter
Deferred building construction is
one of the first portions of our war
debt which must be met, for it pro
vides facilities for paying the remain
decreases the cost of living. 1t is an
economic waste to allow labor and
materials to remain even temporarily
in idleness, when they may in the
meantime be put into wealth and tax
producing structures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-01
Enact,nents Should Be Effective.

Laws should be made for the best
conditions and effectively admins
tered. 1t does not speak well for the
architects, engineers and contractors
that they have quietly labored under
these false assumptions of the build
ing codes and it is now time that
they should assert their true place in
the political economy Of this country
as competent and honest men. A
building department of any American
city which thus admits its inability
properly to enforce the law and con-
serve the interests of the citizens
should be dismissed at once and re-
placed by those who can effectively
administer wise and proper laws.
4 city which has An improper build
ing code is handicapped and it's
growth hindered by the burden of
useless costs incorporated in building
construction. The intelligent in
weston in such projects will locate in
such cities that make it possible for
him to secure an adequate return for
his Investments to which every in
weston is entitled. 1t needs no Argu-
ment to substantiate the fact that
the state of the building industry in
any community is the index of its
prosperity. 1t then behooyes those
who have the interests of the industry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-01

and safety to lifts. Following anti
quated presidents, most codes are
specifications in effect. long-windsd
visions. 1t seems ridiculous that q ia "
should describe, in 'niuuts and YER
bose detail, how mortar should lie
mixed or shingles laid. These things
are within the province of the archi i.
tect's activities and belong in his
plans and specifications which are
always subject to the approval or the
building departments.
Codes are gene :al,y made for the
worst conditions of incompetent ar
chitecturaI and engineering design
ing and inspection AMI bad construc-
ton by dishonest and incompetent
contractors. This is sad common
tary on the efficiency of the admins
trative ability of American cities and
the standing of the related rrofes-
sions This theory of law maknE Is
entirely wrong.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-23

Hundreds of New England SOL
diers, lying i'll or wounded in the
great Army Debarkation Hospitals
of New York are receiving their first
special welcome and often their first
touch of home as q result of tho CT
forts of volunteer women workers
at the Now England desk in the
Hall of States in that city. While
some States are using large appro-
prations, such as MasGachusctt'5
$4,000 and KansaG'9 $35, 900, in
welcoming their homecoming sons,
Connecticut, New Hampshire, YER
mont, Maine, and Rhode Island are
leaving this work to the Society of
New England women. Without the
aid of state funds even for the clcr-
ical hire, incident to writing to from
SO to $50 wounded men a day,
women of this organization are do
ing the best they can to see thar
New England's wounded men are
welcomed as warmly, If not as gem
erously, as those of sister states.
More funds are urgently needed, They
can be sent to Miss Elizabeth DcX-
ter, New England desk, Hall OF
States, New York.
The giving OF the home-touch to
the welcoming of returning fighters
centres at the Hall of States, which
the War Camp Community Service
maintains at 27 West 10Th street.
close to the Victory Arch, There
"Buddies' meet at the wars END:
there the soldiers meet for the ,nrSt
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-23
DECIDES TO SIGN
Continued from page u

Minister of Posts and Telegraphs
Herr Giesberts.
Chief of the Colonial Office-Dr
Bell.
Minister of National Defense-Gus
tav Noske.
Minister of Food-Dr Schmidt.
No appointment has been made to
the Ministry of Justice. Herr Meyer,
the new head of the Treasury De-
partment, is native of Kaufbeuren,
Bavaria.
Discussing the suggestion that the
signing of the peace terms be agreed
to upon condition that plebiscite be
granted in West Prussia and that the
demand for the surrender of the for
mer German Emperor be abandoned,
the majority Socialist Vorwaerts says
editorially:
eve consider such a condition an
impossibility and even monstrosity.
The demand for plebiscite in West
Prussia, it may be comprehended,
might be approved, but it would be
gigantic National disgrace and a
moral slap on its own face on the
part of the German people if it con-
Guided to make it's future destiny de-
pendent upon the fate of single
man, and that man exactly the one
to whom, in great measure, it owes
its misfortune and who, in a great
part, the German people now are
cursing because of it,"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-23
Kicking Cool

The salvation of our country and
of the world at present doesn't rest
on the proposition of feeding the
Bolsheviki or adopting all the hifalut-
ing remedies for the improvement of
a bruised and bleeding world that
every soap-boX orator has to offer.
The salvation of society rests in keep
ing cool during the period of read
justment. 1t means refusing to get
excited over all this talk that the
world is going to the dogs and chaos
and ruin stares us in the face.
The world isn't going to the dogs,
and chaos and ruin doesn't stare us
in the face. After our Civil War we
had far more confusion, crime and
disorder in this country then we've
having now after war twenty times
as great. We had Bolshevism here
then only we didn't call it Bolshevism.
And we came out of it in the course
of time and with the healing of the
wounds of war, the disorder disap-
peared. 1t will disappear In the pres
ent crisis but not in five minutes. Do
the task at hand we'll, refuse to get
excited over the reports of the sensa-
tional newspapers, and have a reason
able amount of faith in conflict and
slowly we'll gain back he equilibri-
UNI we had before the conflict and
find ourselves several milestones fur
ther along the pathway toward the
millineum.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-23

time folks from their home COM
1nunities. Some OF them are "blue''
and these arc taken to dinner and
the theatre or are put in touch with
men from their communities, who
give thcm heart-to-heart talks.
Others want jobs back home and for
thcGo tho War Camp Community
Service maintains o nationwide en-
Dlo5-;ncnt service which, under DR..
w. d. Fisher. seeks jobs in New
11nrland and In other states for SOL
/ Giera and sailors.
\ The hospital work of the Hall of
States is, perhaps, the most impor-
tant thing, done there. Under sys-
tom perfected by the War Camp
Community Service the names Of all
wounded mon, sometimes to the
number of 1000 arrivals q day, are
Immediately divided into state
groups and put in the hands of the
Hospitality Committees from the
various states. Tho women at once
write to the boys asking them to
call at the Hall of States, or if that
be impossible, to indicate whether
they wish to have q visitor call on
them. t.
Tho New England desk is in the
active charge OF Miss Elizabeth B.
Dexter. Sho is assisted by Mrs.
James Ward Warner, chairman for
tho New York Colony of the Society
OF New England Women, and Miss
Lizzie Woodbury., treasurer, \
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-23
LOCAL NEWS

George Caswell and daughter, Lii
liam are visiting in Greenfield, and
Boston, Mass, and Bennington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Barrett of
Sherbrooke P. O., spent the weekend
in town.
Mrs. R. G. Cheney was in Lyndon
vile Saturday to attend the funeral
of Mrs. John Gookin.
Mrs. Harold Reed and daughter,
Mavis, returned to White River juno
ton, Saturday after spending the
week at S. M. Reed's.s
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Harpwell, Mrs.
George Wheeler and Miss Cora Cob
leigh of Lyndonville were here Sat-
urday.
Frank Rice has returned home
from Brightlook where he has been
very i'll for the past three weeks.
E. A. Bemis and son, Alonzo Be-
mis- Of Island Pond were in town to-
day., making the trip by auto.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-23
AMERICAN LEGION
Posts Are Being Organized in Ver-
mont to Secure Membership of
Ex-Service Men

Posts Are Being Organized in Ver-
mont to Secure Membership of
Ex-Service Men
The American Legion is primarily
an enlisted mans organization or
ganized at ST. Louis, May 10, 1919,
at which caucus temporary chairmen
for every state in the Union were
elected to act in organizing posts in
the towns of their respective states.
In organizing posts in Vermont the
cooperation and membership of every
EX-scrvice man, whether soldier,
sailor or marine, is earnestly solicit
ed, as all persons shall be eligible to
membership in this organization who
were in the military OF naval service
of the United States during the pc
Rod between April 6 1917, and Nov
ember II, 1918, both dates inclusive.
AS to dues, each post is permitted to
fix its own but one dollar per men,
Der per. year is suggested.
The American Legion is the organ
ization for the veterans of this World
War, and was the Grand Army of the
Republic for the veterans of the Civil
War, and has for its objects, accord
ing to the constitution adopted by the
ST. Louis Caucus, the following:
"To uphold and defend the Con-
stitution of the United States of
America; to maintain law and order;
to foster and perpetuate a one
hundred per cent Americanism; to
preserve the memories and incidents
of our association in the Great War,
to inculcate a sense of individual OBJ
legation to the community, state and
nation: to combat the autocracy of
both the classes and the masses; to
make right the matter of might; to
promote peace and good will on
earth; to safeguard and transmit to