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Evening star., 1920-06-25
WAKEFIELD BRINGS
S2,0DOAT AUCTION
Old River Steamer Has Seen
Thirty-Four Years of
Service.

The old river steamer Wakefield
was auctioned off today for $4,000,
the sale being conducted by Maurice
Splain. United States marshal for the
District, under two writs of the District
SupremA Court
The purchaser was Hamilton r
Greene. the principal claimant in the
two suits. The other claimant was
William G. Becker.
Claims and Costs.
Greene's claim was for s2,401.3S and
Becker's for s437.16.. There were
considerable costs involved in the
case. running it up another $500
The purchaser was represented by
Douglas & Obear.
The bidding started at $1,000 and
the price was jumped up in $50 in
creases until it reached $4,000, at
which figure the Wakefield was
knocked down to Mr.. Greene.
Built in Delaware in 1855.
The Wakefield was built in Will
mington- Del. in 1885. and soon after
her launching was brought to the
Potomac river. She has been a pas
senser and freight steamer for about
thirty-four years and is known to
everybody along both sides of the Po-
tomac river and along all it's navi-
gable creeks.
Most of her service has been be-
tween Washington and the several
landings in Nomini creek, and perhaps
there is not landing place between
Washington and Nomini at which the
Wakefield has not stopped. Her runs
have included the wharves in Matto-
woman, Port Tobacco. Nanjemoy and
MattoX creeks, and those on the Wi
comico river and st. Clements and
Bretons bays.
Evening star., 1920-06-25
SUMMER PUPILS MANY.
Fourteen Grade and Two High
Schools to Open,

Numerous applications to attend
the District public vacation schools.
which will open next Thursday, were
made today with school officials by
pupils anxious to make up studies in
which they failed in the grade and
high schools. Fourteen grade and
two high schools will throw open
their doors July 1 for six-week
course. and officials expect that ap-
proximately 1000 pupils will enroll.
Sessions will be held daily, exclud-
ing saturday and Sunday, from 3
am. to l pm. A force of approx
mately 140 teachers and principals
will be appointed to teach the sum-
mer school students.
One white and one colored high
school will be opened. School Off
cials, however, have not definitely de-
cided on which of the two senior in
stitutions will be utilized. The grade
schools which will be opened include
the following:
Arthur, Cooke. Corcoran. Dennison
Thomson, Polk. Jefferson-Amidon,
Ludlow, Monroe. Park View. Johnson
Powell and Wallach-Towers. All of
these are advantageousIy located for
children in all sections of the city.
Evening star., 1920-06-25

'NoHtluueu from F1rSt PdYe.)
ments to the employees and not to the
transfer Of appropriations.
" nile under this retirement law
the Secretary of the Treasury has the
same DUTY as that assigned to all
neads OF executive departments, / do
not understand that he has any ad-
oa.lonal t duties or responsibilities ex-
ceptIng those stated in section s.
Inere is no requirement in the act
winch makes it necessary to keep indi-
V1dual accounts with employees of the
amount of deductions from their individ-
ual salaries, etc. The provisions of
section 13 make the service record of
the employe. as kept by the civil service
commission from reports of the govern
ment services, the record upon which
adjustment of any claim under the act
Is to be made by the commissioner of
pensions. Such records are now usu-
any Kept by the respective government
services, showing the employees rate
OF pay, etc. and may form the basis of
such reports
Case of Fixed Salaries.
FOR the period of actual service
shown by the service record, no more
than 97A per cent of the basic SAL
ary' etc. could legally have been
paid. and it is to be taken as a fact
that no more was paid In the case
OF hxed salaries. etc, the amount of
the deductions can readily be com
puted from this record when any
matter affecting the individual en-
p!oye arises. and SO also in the case
OF salary, etc, not fixed, as per hour
pIecework. etc. The administrative
ofnces now keep records of such vary
ing earnings, and the requirements
OF section 13 are such that this will
necessarily be furnished in the re-
ports to the Civil Service Commission.
The transfers from appropriations
to the retirement fund. as herein re-
ferred to, are matters of regulation
to be prescribed by the Secretary of
the Treasury. The service records
are matters for the heads of the re-
spective government services. having
regard to the reports prescribed by
the Civil Service Commission and the
information deemed proper by this
office, as herein stated
Evening star., 1920-06-25
sHRlNERS'- HEAD HONORED
w Freeland Kendrick Presented
With Check for $1,000.

PORTLAND. Greg, June 25.-W.
Freeland Kendrick of Philadelphia,
retiring potentate of the Shrine.
was presented with check for $1,000
yesterday-forty-s sixth anniversary of
his birth. The sum had been raised
with the idea of presenting the re-
firing potentate with an automobile
It was decided instead to give him
the cash.
Mr.. Kendrick. after thanking the
shriners attending the Imperial Coun-
Gil sessions. indorsed the check over
to the Shrine project for re erecting and
the nospdsss. dream Of Mr.. Kendrick for many
years. A site for the hospital will be
decided upon by a special committee
to be appointed later.
The Imperial Council of Shriners
voted for Atlantic City for the 1921
convention city.
Evening star., 1920-06-25
54M0T0R|STSPAY
FINES FOR LIGHTS
MARYLAND Drivers Hailed Into
Court at Baltimore for
Violations.

District motorists take warning.
Fifty-four Marylanders were hailed
into the traffic court in Baltimore
for failure to have an approved head
light device on their machines.
The new headlight law and its en-
forcement is causing the motorist
much bewilderment not unmixed
with anger.
Those brought into court in Bal
timore yesterday complained that
they had known about the law ana
mad the list of new lenses, but couio
not buy any of the prescribed makes
in the city.
vices" walled one motorist in Com
missioner Gathers Baltimore office
yesterday i've got the list OF APP
proved devices. but what good does |.
do me? l can't buy any of them, anu
I get arrested for not being aole 10
buy any
The advice Of the authorities in a
case like this is to smear some soap
or some other material over the pam
glass lens until the owner can ouy
some legal ones.
New Point Brought Up.
A point heretofore not brought up
is this. Suppose the motorist has
never changed the lens in hs mead
lights and they are just the same as
when they came from the factory
And suppose that this particular lens
was not on the approved list, and ne
could not buy any of the approved
lens.
Automobile Commissioner Young for
the District of Columbia. when ques-
toned today regarding this point,
said:
Il do not think, if the motorist has
something besides plain glass in
headli ghts-in other words. some kind
of lens-that he will be arrested Tor
driving in Maryland until the com
lished.
1T is perfectly obvious that no kind
of plain glass headlight lens will be
able to meet the tests, but the list OF
lenses is not complete at this time. and
many more may be approved.
More Makes Approved.
Several makes have been passed by
the board since the first list was pub
lished exclusively in The Sunday Star
of June 13. They are:
Clamert, 26 candlepower vacuum
bulb; Universal. 16 vacuum and Il gas
filed Violet Ray, 10 vacuum and Il
gas filled; National, 16 vacuum and 21
gas filled; Bausch-Lomb, 81 vacuum
and 26 gas filled: Safferiite. 16 vacuum
and 81 gas filled; Sunday. 1S vacuum
and 25 gas filled; Roadlighter, 80
vacuum and 32 gas filed; Raydex, %
son, 18 vacuum and 25 gas filled.
Several complains have been heard
to the effect that since the headlight
commission selected certain makes of
lenses the prices of them have ad-
yanced considerably.
Evening star., 1920-06-25

case show that Mr.. Blassinghan, law
clerk of the Post Office Department.
and president Of the post office branch
of Federal Employees Union No. '.
acting as employees representative ON
a committee established by tho joint
congressional commission on reclasS'
fcation Of the civil service. introduced
a statement by woman employees 90
the mail bag repair shop. which stat
ed that these women worked under
insanitary conditions and for an w
adequate. discriminatory wage Sea''.
Charges Against Binssiugha@.
''Mr Blassingham was first CITY by
the Postmaster General 10 show cause
why he should not be dismissed Tor
'willful and deliberate false state
ment" but il was shown by the testt-
nony of the superintendent OF the
shop at the hearing before the res
classification commission. by the
statements of the women themselves
and of others. that not only was Mr.
Blassingham not responsible for the
statements of fact. being merely the
representative of those making the
statements. but that the evidence a.
the hearing substantiated the state
ments themselves.
When the charges and all the
statements in the case were published
by the National Fedora ton of Federal
Employees, Mr.. BlassinS Sham was
charged with pubhshinE statements
prejudicial to the Postmaster Cen
eral. and eventually WIS dismissed on
these latter charges.
Evening star., 1920-06-25
RETIREMENT FUND
TO BE TAKEN LUMP
SUM IN ADVANCE

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1920-06-25
MPH[ET FLOOD
STARTS TO EbB
Paper Shortage Brings Ban
in One U. S. Office.
in on u. S. Office.

The shortage of print paper has hit
the government.
Newspaper offices. hitherto swamped
with reams of official announcements,
detailing the activities of such and
such a scheme of work of the govern
ment, Will hereafter receive only a
limited number of such communi-
cados.
An edict set down today by John
Barton Payne, Secretary of the In
terror. which, it is expected. will be
followed by other cabinet officers and
bureau chiefs, effectively places the
ban on unnecessary government doc
uments and publications in the De-
partment of the Interior.
Secretary Payne started the ball
rolling when he issued an order for
all acquisitions for printing of pub
lications in the Interior Department
to be accompanied by a statement
showing clearly the necessity for
issuing the publication and pointing
out specifically how the public inter-
est would suffer If the printing of
the publication were postponed The
order added that acquisitions for
office forms must also be made only
for the lowest quantity actually neces-
sary for the transaction of business.
unless there is a decided reduction
in the number of publications and the
size of editions, the printing of all
publicatSns will soon have to be
suspended" the Secretary's order
reads.
Chiefs of other bureaus of govern
ment departments have indicated that
some such order would be necessary
but the order of Secretary Payne is
the first definite step taken to scut
down the enormous use of print paper
in government publications. If the
order is taken up by the other de-
partments the work of the govern
ment printing Office will be consider
ably lessened and newspaper offices
will get only those communications
which have a definite news value.
Evening star., 1920-06-25
SUBURBAN HOMES
PUSH OLD FARMS
OUT Of DISTRICT
Census Estimate for CONT
mental U. S. Places PopuIa-
ton at 1O5,OOO,OO0.

There are now less than 175 farms
in the District of Columbia, the census
bureau announced today in a preIinI-
nary estimate OF the farms of the
District.
This preliminary estimate shows
that the number of farms here has de-
creased by nearly SO per cent. as the
census of 1910 listed more than 500.
This large decrease is attributed bv
census bureau officials to the heavy
increase in building operations in the
suburban sections of the District. This
increase has been particularly large
in the northwest section of the city
and on the northern end of Georgia
avenue. as well as on Wisconsin ave
nue., the other artery of traffic TO the
north. Farms along 18th street cX-
tended have been taken up for build
ing lots to large extent, census Off
cials said. Final figures on the num-
Der of farms in Washington. and sta
tistlcs on the population and value of
them, will be made public within
week.
The population Of the continental
United States was estimated at l05.-
000,000 by j. A. Hill. chief statistician
of the census bureau, today. The cai-
culations of Dr. Hin arc based on the
combined populations of l.460 cities
and towns announced up to June p.
The increase in population over
1910 is placed at 100000. indicat-
ing the growth of the country has
not kept pace with that of previous
decades. DR.. Hill said the almost
cessation of immi grafton is the chief
reason for the falling off in growth.
He also said the influenza epidemics
caused a heavy loss in population;
that return of aliens to their NATIVE
lands and deaths of soldiers abroad
and at home during the war caused
material decrease in the population
growth.
The percentage gain of population
for the entire country is placed by Dr..
Hill at Ia per cent. slightly less than
unofficial predictions made before the
taking of the decennial census. which
placed the population at Ill 100000.
on this basis the population esti-
mated by DR.. Hill will be approx
mately los. zoo. 900 when final returns
are announced. as against popula-
tion for 1910 of 91,972,266.
In his estimates DR.. Hill used re-
turns already announced for LAOS
cities and towns. In 1874 of these
cities and towns comparative state
ments of their respective increases
are available. They show that these
places show an average gain of 80
per cent between 1900 and 1910, but
that the average gain in the last
decade was but 26 per cent.
Evening star., 1920-06-25
"TOUGH KID" NOT TOUGH.
Boy Wins $500 Damages for Be-
ing Pictured Bad.

NEW YORK. June IA supreme
cnurt fury has decided that William
McCue was not the toughest kid in
Helrs Kitchen" and awarded him
$500 damages against the Russell
Sage Foundation and publishers Of q
book entitled "Boyhood and Lawless-
over this caption.
In asking $4,000 damages. the boys
complaint set forth that in 1914
photographer appeared in the Helrs
kitchen district. where he lives. and
he wanted Boy Scout pictures" Nc
Cue. who is now of age. said he was
an altar boy in st. Ambrose's Church
at the time and has never been arrest
ed or charged with delinquency In, any
form. go
Evening star., 1920-06-25

question. heretofore the most prom
inent subject of discussion in con-
vention circles, there developed yes
terday a sudden movement to ignore
the question entirely in the platform
Suggestions of this nature came 70
Chairman Cummings of the national
committee from camps representing
various shades of opinion ranging
from bone-dry to almost as COM
pletely wet.
These feelers toward a harmony
program were not clear enough. now
ever, to show that all parties to the
contest had arrived at the conclusion
that such a course would be wise:
While it was possible that the Vir-
ginia democrats had followed the
course of silence on the Volstead en-
forcement act in framing the pat
form which President Wilson had ap-
proved. which might indicate the ad-
ministration attitude. it was suggest
ed much depends on the course w. ):
Bryan plans to follow on MS arriVai
here today He is credited with nav
ing determined to carry the war INTO
the enemy's country in meeting the
wet" drive at the platform, when
began more than week ago and OF
fer an emphatic bone-dry declaration
on his account.
The movement for platform silence
to have sprung in part from consider
alton of this report as to the Nebras-
kan's plans. Some at least OF its ad-
vocates are said to desire now to head
off a vote on such a bone-dry pro-
gram as a matter of expedie1cy.4s If
the issue were forced to a conclu-,
sion on the platform struggle. these
strategists argued, it might be more
prejudicial to their hopes for modifi-
cation of the Volstead act than bene-
fetal. while complete silence would
leave party representatives in Con-
gress free to act
There was increasing activity on all
sides among workers for various presi-
dental candidates. The first OF the
large delegations will arrive within the
next two days and preparations for
missionary work among the members
were in progress. Various combina,
tions for the ticket were being talked
over with a view to arranging to Sc
cure for this or that aspirant votes
to be brought to his standard through
a prearranged agreement as to the
vice presidency.
None of these tentative tickets ap-
neared. however, to have more benino
+ than the speculation Of campaign
managers.
Evening star., 1920-06-25
OVER SEATS
"FIRST GUN" OF
DAY AT FRISCO

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1920-06-25
WILD SPENDERS' IN TOLLS
of Pawning Fur Coats and
Falsely Claiming Insurance.

NEW YORK. June 25.-An epidemic
of thAfts. of heavily insured fur coats
lust at the time when their owners
had no further immediate need for.
them has resulted in an investigation
which will bring many of the owners
TO trial on charges of obtaining money
under false pretenses. r. X. Brown,
vice president of the American Surety
Company. announced today.
According to Mr. Brown, scores of
New York's wild spenders" have
stored or pawned their coats, and then
submitted fictitious theft claims.
Other plungers. he said, have stolen
their own jewelry, silverware and
demic of real thefts their claims
would pass unchallenged.
Evening star., 1920-06-25
START VERDUN SHAFT.
Monument Will Honor Victims of
Great Battle.

NERDUN, June 23.-The first stone
was laid today for the monument to
be erected here in honor of the SOL
diers who fell in the victorious bat
tie for the defense of Nerdun
The date selected for the event
was the fourth anniversary of the
fartheSt advance into the Verdun
region made by the Germans-the
day that marked the turning point in
the great struggle for possession of
this notable strategic point in the
battle line.
Evening star., 1920-06-25
DEPLORES SOVIET REGIME
Premier Millerand Says France
Cannot Recognize Russia.

PARIS, June 25.-Premier Millerand,
replying to an Interpolation in the
chamber of deputies today said that
the resumption of political relations
between France and Russia was a
matter clearly depending upon the
soviets' attitude.
when the soviet government real
ICES that the first duty of a govern
ment worthy the name is to assume
responsibilities for the international
engagements of the former Russian
government" said the premier, then
we can talk with them: until then, we
can have nothing to do with a gov
ernment which is. in reality, no gov
ernment at ALL"
Evening star., 1920-06-25
RAYMOND E. GROVE SENT
TO PRISON FOR 3 YEARS
Shot Wife, Who Has Since Re-
covered-Other Sentences I'M
posed by Justice Stafford.

Justice Stafford in Criminal Divi-
sion today imposed a sentence of
three years in the penitentiary on
Raymond E. Grove. telegraph op-
orator at the Interstate Commerce
Commission, who shot his wife. Flea
more e. Grove. January IL last Grove
confessed and said he had received in
formation that Mrs. Grove was to
meet another man the night of the
shooting. The wife has recovered.
A sentence of three years was given
by Justice Stafford to Lawrence Cana
rio, who forged prescriptions to OBJ
tain narcotics. He was placed on
probation.
For forging government paw
check, Josephine c. Lingle will serve
twelve months at the District Jail
Terms of one year each in jail were
given to Orania Pergantis and Ola
Knutakis for shoplifting.
Evening star., 1920-06-25
MAY HURRY APPEAL
IN BALL LAW CASES
Tenants Ask Highest Court
to Continue Rent Board
Pending Final Action.

Belief that immediate certiorari
proceedings restraining the local
courts from interfering with the func-
tions of the District rent commission
can be instituted without waiting for
judgment in a test case was expressed
today by number of lawyers not in
accord with the decision of the Court
Of Appeals ruling the Ball rent act
invalid.
This conviction may lead to the fill
ing of 4 petition at once by attorneys
of the Tenants Protective League
asking the United States Supreme
Court for writ compelling the Court
of Appeals and lower District tri
bunals to respect the authority of the
rant commission until such time as
the Supreme Court has decided the
constitutionality of the Ball law.
Renders Test Case Unnecessary.
If this opinion is upheld by the
courts. it will be unnecessary for the
Tenants Protective League to estab-
lish test case, as announced yester-
day, thereby facilitating application
for the restraining order. Plans of
the league attorneys call for an ap-
peal to the court of last resort in the
hope that tenants whose cases have
been appealed by landlords for the
purpose of obtaining their eviction
Will be enabled to remain IN thelr
premises until the Supreme Court of
the land has determined the scope and
authority of the District rent COM
mission.
Commission Still mt Work.
The rent commission continues to
function. There has been no percepti-
Bile decrease in the number of rent
and posse ssion cases coming before
the commission, it is declared by Of
ficials.
Today. as is customary on Friday,
was set aside for the hearing of mo-
tions for dismissal, appeal and the
like. There are no cases set for hear
ing today or tomorrow. On Monday
the commission is scheduled to hear
testimony in ten rental and two pos
session cases.
Evening star., 1920-06-25
POPULATION FIGURES
GIVEN OUT BY BUREAU

Population figures made pubic To-Day
by the census bureau follow:
Viencennes, Ind, 1920: increase,
2315. or 15.5 per cent.
Leominster, Mass, 1919; increase
2,1e5, or 1873 per cent.
Attleboro Mass, 19, 331; increase, 1916.
or 2l.7 per cent.
Methuen, Mass, 5,1S9; increase. 3.74l.
or 32.7 per cent.
Cumberland. r. l., 10.077 decrease, 80,
or per cent.
Denora Pa, 14,131; increase, 5,95l, or
72.9 per cent.
Fail River. Mass, 20,4S5; increase,
1,190. or 1.9 per cent.
Grand Rapids. Mich, 1851; increase,
%, ,063, or 23.3 per cent.
Reading, Pa. 107, 7,1S4; increase. 1.713.
or 12.2 per cent.
Evening star., 1920-06-25
U. S. BABY LOSSES HUGE.
Homeopaths Declare High Mortal

CLEVELAND. June 25. Speakers
at todays sessions of the seventy
sixth annual convention of the Amer
lean Institute Of Homeopathy declared
that the high infant mortality rate
and poor health of American children
is a reflection on the medical profess
sion of this country.
DR.. Margaret Hassler of Reading
birth grand total of 265,000 babies
are dead in this country.
The oid-fashioned nurse was blam-
ed by DIR. Mary A. Cooke of Philadel-
phia for the high mortality
THE old-fashioned nurse is prone
to dose the baby with all kinds of
things, even in the face Of contrary
orders" she said.
Evening star., 1920-06-25
SHIPS END GUN PRACTICE.
Units of Atlantic Squadron Speed
ing to Home Ports.

FORT MONROE. Va. June 25.-The
battleship squadron of the Atlantic feet
has completed its big gun practice off
the Virginia capes and its various units
are today spedeing to their home ports
The battleships Pennsylvania, Arr
Zona, Oklahoma and North Dakota prob
a bly, will reach New York late today
The Delaware is proceeding to Boston.
while the Utah and Florida are going
to Portland. Me-. to attend the hun
dredth anniversary of the entrance of
Maine into the Union.
Evening star., 1920-06-25
DEATH DEEPLY DEPLORED,
Resolutions for DR.. Moreno Adopt.
ed by Geographic Board.

Resolutions expressing sympathy
because of the death of DR.. Francisco
p. Moreno of Argentina and recount
ing his achievements as scientist
and explorer. have been passed by the
board of trustees of the National Geo.
graphic Society
The resolutions state that the So
ciety has lost one of its most valued
members. the cause of geography one
of it's strongest workers and the new
world one of it's leading thinkers.
Evening star., 1920-06-25
BOOK MEN ORGANIZE.
Will Promote Cooperative Spirit
Among Publishers.

NEW YORK. June 25.-The Nation
al Association of Book Publishers
was organized here at meeting at
tended by many of the leading book
publishers Of the country.
The announced object of the organ
ization is to promote the use and dis
tribution of books, to serve as a
source and clearing house of book
publishing. and TO promote friendly
relations and cooperative spirit
among publishers.