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Evening star., 1921-05-19
HEARINGS HALTED
ON RECLASS|FY Y|NG
Witnesses Given More Time
to Prepare Data-Re-
sumo Tomorrow.

Joint hearings by the Senate and
House committees on the civil service
to consider bills pending in Con-
gress to establish a classification OF
government employees were interrupt
ed today to give important witnesses
more time in which to prepare data
they wish to present. The inquiry
will be resumed tomorrow.
DR.. George F. Bowerman. librarian
of the Public Library. and Roland Da-
Wis, representing the traffic group of
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
were the only speakers at yesterday
afternoon session. Senator Sterling,
chairman of the joint committee.
called on several persons who have
requested to be heard. but none were
prepared to respond.
DR.. Bowerman spoke of the rela-
tion of librarians to classification. He
defined librarians as being profess
sional and subprofessional library
workers. He said the report of the
congressional joint reclassification
commission had put Librarians in the
scientific, technical and professional
group and he requested that their
pay be made comparable with the pay
of this group.
Large Turnover Detrimental.
Without indorsing any particular
bill, DR.. Bowerman emphasized the
need of classification legislation that
will give relief to government work
ers. He said the turnover in person
mel in the Public Library was 80 per
cent in 1918 and SO per cent in 1919,
due principally to the unsatisfactory
conditions obtaining under the present
system of government employment.
Such a turnover, he said. means dis
organization and a greatly undermined
morale in the service"
The Public Library head paid a
out the hure;n 20 ,h ~ stanGards r. D. whn 0sa be 0e
said, had worked beyond his strength
in reclassification study and really
had been a martyr to the cause.
Mr.. Davis said the employees he
represented were confident Congress
would give them justice. He said
Evening star., 1921-05-19
PHOTOS OF U. S.
BUILDINGS SHOWN
Washington Structures Are
Among Many on Exhibition
in Paris Salon.

PARIS. May 2.-An exhibit of photo
graphs of a great number of nota-
BILE buildings in the United States,
public and private, constitutes an
unusual feature Of the annual exhi-
bition of the Societe des Artistes
F'rancais. popularly known as the Old
Salon. Photographs of more than 800
exhibits from the leading American
architects occupy special section
in the exhibition. thing never be-
fore done in France.
The American collection was or
Ganized by a committee appointed by
the American Institute of Architects.
Best known U. 8. Buildings.
Some of the best known buildings
in America are shown. There are a
few models, one of which is that of
the Woclworth building, in New
York. which quickly attracts the eye
because of its typical American de-
shown in photographs are the Gus
tom house, the West Street building.
the Bush Terminal building. the Army
supply base in Brooklyn; the Equita-
BILE building; the municipal office
structures and some apartment
houses.
Numerous public and Office build
ings in other cities are shown, such
as the city hall at Waterbury, Conn:
the Detroit Evening News building.
the Bell telephone building at Phila-
delphia, the Union Trust Company
building at Washington. D. C.; the
Metropolitan Bank building in Min
neapolis and that of the First Ma
tonal Bank in Boston.
Public Structures ON View.
Public buildings are represented by
photographs of the Pan-American
building at Washington. the New
York Public Library, the Connecticut
State Library and supreme court
building at Hartford. Conn: the In
dianapolis Public Library. Mckinley
birthplace memorial, the United
States post offices in New York and
Denver, and the state capitols of Wis
consin and Missouri.
The ecclesiastical architecture is
. represented by photographs of the
reredos of Thomas Church, both in
New York; the chapel at West Point,
the First Congregational Church at
Riverside. Calf, and St GATHERINGS
Church Of Boston.
Several buildings at Wellesley, Har-
wand and Princeton are among the
educational buildings.
American architecture is further
Illustrated by Photographs of the
University clubs Of New York. the
Country Club of st. Louis and the
University Club of Chicago. Several
hotds and theaters and typical
American stores and manufacturing
buildings are represented. Notable
American residences also are por-
traytd.
Evening star., 1921-05-19
INVENTOR OF TROLLEY
AND GEN. PERSHING
HONORED BY INSTITUTE

PHILADELPHIA, May 1e.-
Frank j. Sprague, who invented
and constructed the first CONNER
cially successful overhead trolley;
Gen. John ]. Pershing and Prof
Charles Fabry of the University
of Paris. yesterday were given
honorary membership in the
Farnklin Institute. DR.. Fabry and
Mr.. Sprague also received the
Franklin medal. considered one of
the highest honors given in this
country for scientific achievement.
Gen. Pershing and Mr.. Sprague re-
ceived their honors in person, and
Jules j. Jusserand. the French
ambassador, received the medal
and certificate in behalf of Prof.
Fabry. A paper by the latter on
Studies in the Field of Light
Radiation" was read by DR.. Jo-
seph S. Ames of Johns Hopkins
University.
Coleman Sellers, vice president
of the institution, in presenting
the membership certificate to Gen.
Pershing, said it was in recogni-
tion of his use of scientific and
technical means in warfare.
MIR. Sprague was honored. said
the resolution of award, "in recog-I
mentally important inventions and
achievements in the field of cleo
trical engineering, notably his
contributions to the development
of the electric motor and it's ap-
plication to industrial purposes,
and in the art of electric traction,
signally important in forming the
basis of worldwide industries and
promoting human welfare"
Evening star., 1921-05-19
'jO|N BAKE BREAD
CAMPAIGN IN D. c.
South Washington Citizens
Approve Home Method Un.
til Price Drops.

A unanimous vote of approval OF
the bake your own bread" cam
paign. inaugurated by Northeast Wash
ington Citizens Association. was record
ed at meeting of South Washington
Citizens Association. held last night
in jefferson School. DIR. Millard
Thompson was in the chair. President
Maurice Flynn being unable to attend
the meeting.
Dr. Thompson called attention TO
the bake your own bread" campaign
that was started at a recent meeting
of Northeast Citizens Association, and
said he favored the association taking
action.
There seems to be absolutely no .rea-
son why the price of bread should not
be reduced" DIR. Thompson told his
hearers, and during the discussion of
the resolution it was stated that
wheat is cheaper than il has been at
any time since five years ago.
The resolution adopted urges home
baking until the price of bread is
reduced.
More Play Space Urged.
II. A. REM. acting for George NJ.
Yeatman. chairman of the committee
on Fairgrounds. submitted report
favoring the acquisition of property
adjacent to jefferson School for play
ground purposes.
1t was set out in the report that
the property between the school
building and No. 4 engine house con-
tainS p, 500 square feet, and should be
purchased for about $4,000. Com
bined with the schoolyard. the re-
port showed. there would be a total
of $1,000 feet for playground pur-
poses.
Need of street improvements in
South Washington was discussed by
the association. 1t was pointed out
that the condition of the roadway on
14th street is such as to damage the
many motor vehicles that are required
to pass over it. especially the heavy
trucks hauling from the Virginia side
of the river.
Reason for Delay.
1t was suggested that delay in i'm
proving this important thoroughfare
probably is because the work through
the Mall would have to be paid for by
the federal government, there being
no abutting private property owners
to be assessed for part of the work.
Attention was called to the efforts
that had been made to get an asphalt
pavement on 7th street between Penn
sylvania avenue and the river front,
the same as had been done on a por-
tion of upper 7th street, and it was
said that efforts to obtain such an i'm
provement would not be abandoned.
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Drench it with water or cover it COM
pletely with mineral soil.
Never pass even the smallest fire
unnoticed. Put it out yourself or see
a fire warden. the owner or some re-
sponsible resident starts for it before
you leave.
Fire travels with the wind always.
Stop it's front and put out the sides
and rear later. Sand or soil will
smother it. beating will kill it. but
water is always best. Flirt water or
soil along the line. do not dump it in
one place. Beat toward the fire to
avoid spreading it.
always work slowly and deliber-
ately in fighting fire SO that every
motion counts and your energy is not
wasted"
The forest fire loss for the last five
years reaches staggering total of
$85.00O.000. the American Forestry AS
sociation adds. and measures to help
stop fires are incorporated in the Smell
forest policy bill now before Con-
gress.
To get to the demonstration enter
Rock Creek Park by the Park road en-
trance and proceed to the open space
along the creek just before Pierce Mill
is reached.
Evening star., 1921-05-19
NATURAL GAS SUPPLY
BECOMING EXHAUSTED,
MINE DIRECTOR WARNS

CINCINNATI. May 1s.-H. Fos-
ter Balm. director Of the United
States bureau of mines at Wash
ington. speaking at the annual
banquet of the Natural Gas Asso-
citation of America, here last
night. said il is apparent that our
natural gas is limited and that 1t
is up to the men engaged in the
natural gas industry TO preserve
this wonderful commodity as long
as possible.
MIR. Balm took the place on the
program Of 4. B. Fall, Secretary
of the Interior. who was unable
to leave the National Capital at
this time.
The director went into an ex-
haustive survey Of the natural
gas industry from its inception.
and drew the attention of the del
egates to the fact that they were
engaged in service that is
fundamental to the national life
of the public.
"The time for turning from nat
ural gas to the manufactured gas
will inevitably come" said Mr..
Balm. ''but it is your responsible
1ty to postpone this as long as
possible"
Evening star., 1921-05-19
PRESIDENT NAMES GLOVER
Nominated as Third Assistant
Postmaster General.

warrn Irving Glover Of Englewood,
N. j., 1aS been nominated by Presi-
dent H,rding as third assistant post
master general. Mr.. Glover is \con-
nected with large business enter
prises ii New York city. For the past
five yeA5S he has represented Bergen
county i the New Jersey legislature.
and waS speakeD Of that body last
year. Al third assistant postmaster
general 3e will have charge of the
fiscal affsirs OF the department.
John EdWards Of Mitchell, Ind. was
neutrality-suspicious. of the Post Office
Department -.
Evening star., 1921-05-19

Another point was that the build
ings erected by individual organiza-
tions should be in harmony with the
Evening star., 1921-05-19
D. A. R. CHAPTER ELECTS.
Votes to Give $40 to Memorial
Hall Building Fund,

The Marcia Burns Chapter, Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution, vot-
ed to give $40 to the Memorial Con-
tinental Hall building fund. at a
meeting yesterday at the home Of Mrs.
Thomas w. Smith, 1857 Columbia
road.
The following officers were elect
ed: Regent, Mrs. c. E. Hesse; vice
regent, Mrs. F. w. Won Dockenhausen;
recording secretary. Mrs. Effie L. Pat
tie; corresponding secretary, Mrs. A.
c. Thorne; registrar, Mrs. Laura NJ
Raymond; treasurer, Miss Mary Stew
art; historian, Mrs. Frances N. Kane,
and chaplain. Mrs. John FarnSWorth
Evening star., 1921-05-19

there was confusion in the minds of
many as to what group they belonged
to and requested that Congress make
their status definite. In the matter of
he stated he would
favor the poorest paid employees be-
ing given the biggest increases En-
ployes now receiving S1.S60 per an
num should be advanced to not less
than $4,000 per annum, he. thought.
Evening star., 1921-05-19
0LD-T1ME DANCES FEATURE.

The Park View Community Center
gave a dance last night. at which the
old-fashioned dances were featured.
Music was furnished by the Park
View Orchestra, directed by Mrs. +.
J. Ward Miss Frances Farley and
E. j. Ward were in charge Of the
program.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-15
REDEEMING GEORGIA.

Whenever the country has been aroused in recent years by the Iawless outbursts of lynchers in the state of Georgia such cases have invariably been followed by the assertion to the effect that such demonstrations of mob rule were not sanctioned by the better e,e- ment of the people. Just why that better element was satisfied to do no more than it seemed to be doing to put stop to those conditions never re- ceived a very satisfactory explanation. Supposedly it was in such a minority that it was helpless, and in view of some of the revelations that have been made concerning the disregard for law in that state that supposition was strengthened. This was even increased only a few months ago when the for ward looking policies of the then gov l ernor were repUdiated by the one who was elected his successor. The better element may have deplored lynch law but it was indicated that that clement was not in control or at least not out | to improve conditions in way that would count.
 | In this connection attention cannot fail to be given to the manifesto which has been issued by the women's section 'of a state committee on racial coopera- ton in which it is proposed to banish | the "self constituted groups and agen- cies which presume to usurp authority, set aside the dignity of the law and con- stitrte themselves the prosecutors, jur- ors, judges and executioners of sus- pected criminals"
 It Is a commendable move. That 1 Georgia needs plenty of concerted action along that line cannot be questioned That such must represent the better ele- ment is apparent but it remains to be seen what this will accomplish. It has i taken long time to get into action but 1t is certainly a movement that ought | to go over the top.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-15
Stories That Recall others
Garare Conrersatinn

An irate car owner drove up to a gar age and this is the conversation that followed:
 Sa-ay take a look at me. Am I any thing like John D. Vanderrocks, or Nor ganbilt or somethin'? Hey, answer me that Go on tell me the answer.
 Whats wrong? Your engine missing?
 Whats wrong? Tell me what's right. sa-ay take a look at this bill you sent me. It looks like the financial statement of the shipping board for the last fisfal year. Eighty four dollars and sixty six cents! Sufferin cats. The sixty six cents is all right but where do you get hat eighty four dollars stuff?
 That's the mems time.
 The mems time, ha, ha, ha, says the villain. Say that old bus was in here about six hours from mornin' till about four o'clock. How many men worked or that job? Was the master mechanic de lrverin' a lecture to the help or was this an automobile clinic by speciliasts? Say you couldn't get eighty four dollar: worth of workmen around that car un les yuh put it on jacks and made halt a dozen crawl under it and go to sleep P'raps yuh had the general mauag ger oi the company polishin' up the spokes anC the president shinin' up the radiator hole! or probably you
 Say that bills wrong, femme see it. | Well I guess it is wrong, I- l I'll take it to the office and have SIG put on it. Yuh been talkin' to me eigh minutes.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-15

water we had to drink. She preferred spring water to anything else, out sometimes she had to take mere fil- tered drinks. She was terribly afraid of the plain, unfiltered, unboiled thing"
 You must have gone thirsty most of the time,' said her brother. Its a dry world just now, you know.
 No, we got along first rate" loret- ta told him. For the first thing Aunt Martha did was to confide her fears to the waiter and the bellboys and they saw to it that she got what she want ed. Of course i was expensive, but Aunt Martha. cared not whit. All she wanted was her moneys worth
 "She should worry laughed her brother, Eff we had a tenth of her in come we'd be on easy street.
 ] There was one place where the boy was particularly obliging," Loretta went on. We were there nearly three weeks and Aunt Martha had heard the city water was especially bad there. She always sent for ice water every night before we went to bed and insist ed that it be spring water, and the some boy brought it and received her | tip. He said there wasn't a bit of 1 spring water in the house, but he could go next door and get it for her. He 1 S11u llO u SGI IL at IAIO LII StOL v etIANt l keep a supply on hand for her, as we 1 had no place in our rooms for it. So 1 every night Aunt Martha not only l tipped him but paid for the water,
 and it cost something, I can tell you.
 'As you say,' laughed Loretta's bro-
 ther, "aunty got her moneys worth.
 It was worth the price of her peace
 of mind, suppose. If she drank the
 city water she would have been sure
 she was in for typhoid fever, and you 1 would have had a time of it.
 That's what I thought when l kept
 still" chuckled Loretta. You sec when
 we decided to leave that hotel my
 friend, Jim Blakesley, came to say
 goodby and I went to the elevator with
 him to send messages to the girls. As l we stood there waiting I saw our be- i loved belIboy, Aunt Martha's subsidiz- ed favoTite, filling a pitcher at a fOu- cet in the side hall, and as I reached our rooms I saw that that pitcherful was paid for by my own Aunt Mar tha. The worst of it was that the boy grinned at me as he turned away and
 I am afraid I grinned back. Still, guess Aunt Martha got her moneys worth. Exchange.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-15
Cleaned from Foreign Ex-
 changes.

A further decrease of 66,70S in the number of persons toally unemployed is shown on the live registers of the Brit ish employment exchanges, compared with the figures of the previous week. The fall was from 1,642,5OS on August 1s to 1,575, 500 on August 26.
 This total excludes short time workmen who on August 19 numbered 444,4OO F about 27,10O less than the previous week.
 Luck and Old Masters-Discovery of a lostn Rembrandt in Stockholm recalls some of ths thrills that have been eX- perienceG in connection with Old Mas ] ters. Less than a month ago a London dealer bought a picture bearing Rem brandt's signature, with a heap of can vases stored in a cellar, giving 25 pounds for the batch. In July a lost Turner was knocked down in a New York auc- ton room for eight shillfngs. One shil- ling more was gwen in April for pie ture believed to have been painted by Nicholas Birghem. The lowest figure quoted for a presumed Rembrandt is Is Sd. A rediscovered Franz Hals fetched r, 900 pounds under the hammer.
 Famous Organ Under Repair-Christ | chusch, Newgae street, is closed to al | low it's splendid organ to be repaired and reconstructed It was built by Renatus [ EtdITlS III 1D5Ns bGAll5 AtnAlAA anu modelled in 1885. Mendelssohn played
 on it in 1887, and on he same occasion Samuel Wesley, then an old man, gav'
 a recital for the last time in his life l Beating The (Ameriean) Band)-Al
 though the manufacture of band instru
 ments is a far larger industry in Amer ! ica than it is here, a London firm o
 military band instrument makers hav' l supplied one American house with 55 Instruments principally oornets ana trumpets since last March; and this 1T
 spite of the operation of a heavy ad verse tariff.
 Plenty of Butter-It Is stated on goot authority that butter supplies during tn
 autumn and winter will be plentiful There is more British and Irish butter and large imported stocks still remain
 to be sold by the Board of Trade. Chees supplies are lower than at this time las year. but the shortage should be reduces by the increased production of cheese in stead of butter in Australia and Nev
 Zealand as soon as then new season 0
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-15
THE SELECTION OF MOORE

h view of the declination of EIihu Root % permit his name to be used f-~ a place on the bench of the interna- -.-~1l court there Is of course no sur r-=1 -ha- there is still a desire from -u American representative or that the
 assembly Of the league of nations has 7--l1-ed John Bassett Moore for that --ac,.
 Fir. Moore Is an authority on inter --nai law and a man in his sixties rho has been connected with secretary - E--t-'s office at different times be- --u=z of his ability in matters dealing r-E other nations. He is @ graduate - --e University of Virginia and holds --gre1s from other schools. Back as
 - as 1885 Ee was connected with the .#ra--we-r of state as a law clerk af- .=- which he was made third assistant --s--v of state. Following that ser r-z h1 was secured as lecturer at Co., .--5.a university on international law -.- L.-,-uac- and again his services H-1 sought hy the government in the
 a---.1- 0f the secretary Of state r=-. re was assistant secretary for -a1r- z'z months during 1898. On the 5-cuiEr-t American peace commission he Served as secretary and counsel during Pho ls'-bercti01e at Paris and at the --z-irr of The Wilson administration he a-z made the counselor of the state department and had the power to sign -7 secretary. T. was during the days when william Jennings Bryan was sec r.-a-v cE state that he relinquished -lezs duties and vas afterwards made -o~ha~ ot tho permanent court at Thu Hague.
 Being regarded at home as a high au- tr0--t- on international law 1t Is not E--1--s-ns that the qualifications snoulc appeal 70 other nations or that his ser vices sr1-'d be sought in the new in. toruat.0na- court. His selection of -7u-ze does honor 10 this country. That -s has indicated his determination tc sce-t Is only what was to be expect e1 r Is a high honor for any mar and @ case where the man will likewise 5o honor 10 the court.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-15

become mixed with Malays so that numerous racial gradations exist.
 "The Papuan seems to demand an elevated home. Throughout the north ern and eastern portion of the island the houses-many of them vast com munal dwellings-are erected on piles. In the southwestern section many of the native tribes live in rude huts built in trees.
 Though on the whole as savage as any people in the world, the Papuans are not devoid of good traits. Some of the tribes have a passion for clean Illness and believe that the spirits of their departed tribesmen love to bathe. They therefore carefully construct paths leading from each grave to the sea. Some of the communities near the northeast coast are literally vii lages beautiful They are cleanswept, with streets sanded and planted with ornamental shrubs. In the center are little 'jlazas' or 'palaver spots where conferences are held. These are paved with flat stones beside which are erect ed stone pillars to serve as back rests.
 "The animal life of New Guinea, like that of Australia, is queer to Western eyes and represents the fauna of anci- ent geological ages. With the excep- tion of the pig, which was probably introduced from Asia, all the beasts are either marsupials having pockets like the opossum, or else lay eggs like birds. But in the number and beauty of it's birds New Guinea surpa sses many other portions of the earth's sur face. It is the home of the gorgeously ! colored bird paradise and the in- | genious and romantic bower bird. Bird sikns make up one of the important ex. | ports of the island.''