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The Washington times., 1922-02-04
Evening with the Choir.

A special musical Evening with
the Choir, Of the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church viii be given to-
morrow. Sunday. February s. at the
evening service. The choir win be
assisted by Herman r. Hoffman.
violinist. The mixed quartet is COM
posed Of Ruby Potter. soprano; Mrs.
Francis NJ. Shore. contralto: w. e.
Braithwaithe. tenor. and w. s. Hay
ME, baritone. A male quartet will
also assist. consisting Of Paul g..
Ledig, w. e. Braithewaite. w. s.
Haynie and b. A. Linebeck. Mr..
Braithwaite il director and ]. E.
Sparks, organist.
The program L.: Illustrated sacred
songs, with lantern slides; Work
for the Night Ia Coming" (Mason);
abide With Me" (Monk); violin solo.
Meditation" from That's" MAS
senet), Mr.. Hoffman; male quartet.
Though Your Sins Be As Scarlet
Doanc); chorus, Crossing the Bar"
(Schnecker) with violin obligato;
mied quartet, Art Thou Weary"
(Schnecker); violin solo, IAN Idyl"
(Kramer); male quartet. THAT Beau
tifuI Land" Uones); Illustrated sacred
songs, Jesus Savior, Pilot Me"
Gould, Now the Day Is Over"
(Barnby).
The Washington times., 1922-02-04
HUDSON BRIDGE
To Be LARGEST
SPAN IN WORLD
All Steel Work Will Be Made
Weatherproof by Heavy
Coat of Bronze.

There are two outstanding fea-
lures about the projected bridge be-
tween Manhattan and New Jersey
across the Hudson River. One is
that It will be the largest bridge in
the world-the other is. it will be
weatherproof.
The Brooklyn Bridge, itself long
an engineering marvel, is dwarted
by comparison with the proposed
Hudson River bridge. The latter will
have a river span Of 3,240 feet and
auxiliary spans on either side Of
1850 feet each. Probably the most
picturesque features are the towers
to support the large spans. They
will be higher than the Woolworth
building, which is the worlds highest
skyscraper. These towers will be
$40 feet high on bases 200 by 400
feet.
Cost 500, OoO, 900.
The doorway will be built two
decks, 235 feet wide. The upper deck
will be wide enough to allow the
simultaneous passage Of eighteen
lines of vehicular traffic, two rapid
transit tracks, and two 15-foot prom
enades. The lower deck will carry
twelve standard gauge railroad
tracks and conduits for cables and
pipe lines.
The estimated cost of the bridge
is placed at 500, 100000. The traffic
alone is expected to yield $45 zoo, 900
during the first year and after ten
years average 100000, 900 annually.
But of particular interest to build
ers of all kinds Is the weatherproof
feature which Is estimated will save
$400. 900 yearly. Engineers In charge
Of the project have figured this will
be saved by resistance to corrosion
provided by the bronze coating.
They say: Its steel work will
bes so completely enclosed with rain
and moisture excluding bronze that
the annual cost Of repainting, q most
serious item In the upkeep of a
bridge, will be reduced to mini
mum.
Depends on Chains.
"In the Hudson River bridge there
are pair Of suspension trusses or
inverted arches spaced 100 feet apart,
center to center, each truss consis-
ting of two cables from go to 80 feet
apart vertically, with vertical panels
and diagonal bracing between to sup
ply the stiffening under passing
loads. From the two suspension
trusses vertical eyebar chains are
suspended and carry the double
decked doorway.
Each Of the four cables con-
The Washington times., 1922-02-04
.HARTUNG OFFICE
|SALESFOR WEEK.
ARE TEN HOMES.
Several Fine Northwest Resi-
dencs Properties on
Latest List.
The office Of William X. Har-
rnro.t. tha following sales

The office Of William X. Har-
tung reports the following sales
during the past week.
Home at southeast corner OF
Seventeenth and Allison streets.
sold to John M. Baer and Stele e.
Baer for Charles e. Wire. This
property In one Of the new homes
constructed by Charles e. Wire.
Inc. on Seventeenth street between
Webster and Allison. II contains
eight rooms, two baths, puiit-in
garage. and is thoroughly modern
House at 1929 Webster street
northwest sold to William 7. Tucker
and Janet b. Tucker for Charles u.
Wire, Inc. This property contains
eight rooms and two baths, ana ID
one of an operation OF IL homes
constructed by Charles y. Wre'
Inc.
Property at northeast corner OF
Seventh and East Capitol streets
sold to Henry w. Jaeger for Joseph
c. and Mary L. Stoner. This tract
of land consists of a thirty-sigh
foot frontage on East Capital street
with forty feet Of parking front.
are on East Capitol and eighty
seven feet in depth on Seventh
street with a fifteen-foot parking.
DR.. Jaeger plans to construct q
residence and office on this corner
In the very near future.
Home at 800 Massachusetts
avenue northeast. sold to Mrs. Lena
Ffeles for Morris Bachrach. This 10
a corner property containing seven
rooms and bath. and was purchased
for a home.
Dwelling at 1415 Ninth street
northwest, purchased by Samuel ].
Irwin from Margaret d. Cation. I'M
provements consist of brick
dwelling having eight rooms and
bath, purchased for an investment.
Property at 900 N street. north
west, purchased by Richard d. and
Helen E. Bats from Anna Eliza
beth Haislip. The property consists
of a brick dwelling Of six rooms
and bath and is to be occupied as
Residence at 1911 Fifth street
northwest, purchased by Thomas
and Rebecca Tibbs from George
Remler. This residence contains
six rooms and bath and was pur-
chased for occupancy as a home.
Residence at southeast corner Of
Seventeenth and Monroe street
northeast, purchased by d. Poaline
from Ida Sandman. The property
consists Of q corner residence con-
tanning nine rooms and bath pur-
chased for q home.
House at 1897 Kansas avenue
northwest, purchased by Harry ].
Luckett from Thomas A. Jameson.
This property il q new tapestry
brick residence Of eight rooms and
bath being one Of an operation re-
Gently completed by Mr.. Jameson.
House at 1923 Seventh street.
northeast, purchased by Joseph and
Clara Royal from Clarence J. Rus
sell. This property contains 7 rooms
and bath and Is conveniently To-
Gated in one of the incest northeast
residential sections.
The Washington times., 1922-02-04
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
SCIENCE

CHURCHES OF CHRIST, Scientist.
Branches Of the Mother Church, the
First Church Of Christ, Scientist, g
In Boston, Mass.
First Church Of Christ, Scientist,
Columbia road and Euclid 81.
Second Church Of Christ, Scientist.
". E. Masonic Temple. sth and N. z.
Third Church Of Christ. Scientist,
Masonic Temple, 18th and N. Y. ave.
Fourth Church Of Christ, Scientist,
The Arcade, 18th and Park I'd.
SUBJECT: SPIRIT"
SERVICES
Sunday. IL q. m. and 8 y. m.
SUNDAY sCHOOL-11 q. m.
WEDNESDAY EVENING MEETINGS
IS o'clock.
READING ROOMS:
COLORADO BLDG. 18th and G Sta
Hours. 10 to 8 owed, 10 to z, and
Sun. and holidays, 2:so to $500.
1919 +. ST, n. w.. Room cos
Hours. s:so to s:ao Except Wednes,
holidays. .:so to $500.
las EAST CAPITOL ST.
Hours, IL to 8 (except Wednesdays,
IL to 8: Sundays. 1850 to $3.50.
Closed holidays).
THE ARCADE. 18th and Park I'd. (ssc-
ond FlOor)-
10 to $3.50 week days: also z to 3
y. m Except Wednesday,.
The Washington times., 1922-02-04
COL. KELLER DECLARES
TWO BRIDGES ARE SAFE

Engineer Commissioner Keller to-
day declared the Calvert street and
Klingie ford bridges were safe for
traffic. He said that d. e. Nc
Combs, District bridge engineer. re-
Gently made an Investigation and
found both to be in good condition.
The announcement Of the safety
Of the bridges was made to a COM
mittee Of three from the Kiwanis
Club. The committee came to Com
missioner Keller to seek the closing
Of these bridges in the event they
were held unsafe.
The Capital Traction Company
announced yesterday that II had re.
tained ]. e. Greiner, q Baltimore en-
gineer. to examine the bridges as an
additional precaution. He begins
work Monday.
The Washington times., 1922-02-04
Church announcements News

Tuesday at 20 p. m. the woman's
auxiliary Of the Diocese Of WASH
ingfon. viii meet In Advent Parish
Hall.
The Washington times., 1922-02-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

Secular League-ssAAnns 0sen ! FG p. "
llO1 E st. wv. Address; The Truth
Perales. Discussion.
The Washington times., 1922-02-04

The Love-Lips Of Jesus When He
,wem's subject Sunday night. and
The Divine Drawer" In the morn
ing subject ~ the Centennial Bap-
The Washington times., 1922-02-04

q. H. Droop will be the guest Of
nor at a social to be held at the
ems Club at the Church Of the
lansfiguration tomorrow night In
ne Parish Hall.
The Washington times., 1922-02-04

Rev. ]. ]. Queally, rector of the
'hurch of the TRANSPORTATION, will
fer special prayers at the service
morrow morning for the beresged
I'd injured in connection with the
nickerbocker Theater disacter.
The Washington times., 1922-02-04

A new altar service book. recently
given to Advent Episcopal Church
in memory Of the late Mr.. Brown, at
one time yestryman OF the Parish,
will be dedicated at the morning
service tomorrow by the rector, the
Rev. Thomas Williamson, tr. On
The Washington times., 1922-02-04

Annual services IN commemora-
ton of the birth Of George Washing.
ton, held each year under the aus
pices of the Sons of the Revolution,
are announced for February 10 at 4
o'clock, at the Church of the Epiph-
anay. Rev. Ernest M. Stires, of st.
Thomas Church, New York city,
will preach the sermon. The order
of services, which was prepared sew
eral years ago by the late Rev. Ran
dolph H. McKim, will be followed
as usual this year.
Services will be conducted by
Canon William Tayloe Snyder,
chaplain Of the Sons Of the Revolu-
ton. He will be assisted by Rev. g.
c. F. Bratenahl. dean of the Wash
ington Cathedral; Rev. Thomas Ed
ward Green, of the Sons of The Revo-
luton, and Rev. James e. freeman,
rector Of the Church Of tho Epiph-
INV.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-13
LAWYERS UNION RULES.

New York, Jan. 13.-The working rules of the lawyers union now in clude a rule against any member being employed by newspaper to answer questions on law and legal rights. As this policy would restrict the employment of lawyers, if gen orally practiced by newspapers, the committee on professional ethics of the New Yorw County Lawyers as sociation says:
 "In the opinion. of the committee the course suggested is objectionable ble Because 1t regards it as improper advertising, and it considers that the answering of legal questions respect ing the legal rights of the inquirers 10 whom the attorney does not sus- tain a professional relation, is not to be approved because 1t tends to dim finish the sense of personal responsi- bility of the attorney to the person so inquiring, and it introduces an in - termediary, who furnishes the profes- sional service"
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-13
MILLION WHO LEFT AZ. OFL.WERE NEVER
 REAL UNION MEN
Babson, Eyonomist, Says They Join ed During War Just to Re
 ceive Benefits

According to BabsOn's Statistical Re ports, issued recently the loss of 1nem- bership in the American Federation of Labor during 1921 amounted to mort than 100000. While this differs mater tally from reports given out by the American Federation of Labor, the Bab- son report is practically up to date, and goes into detail concerning reasons for this big loss in membership.
 According to the report, the high mark of the American Federation of Labor membership was 4,075,000, and that at present 1t IS little more han 3,000,000. But by no means" the report says, do we look to see this rate maintained The people who have quit the union are those who are not real union men, but are men who joined during the war, either for what they could get or under compulsion -inShOrt, due to unusual conditions of war. This is what happened in every business during the war, and from such high levels a retreat was inevitable. In 1117 llC [1 T. OI L. Ildu Z,O-O,UOO 11GIIl- bers. They will have more than that when the membership stabilizes at its new base. Then they will begin to gather for the next rise They are now back to the point between 1918 and 1919 Some new leaders are likely to emerge in the next few years"
 The report comments on labor eff ciency, stating that during the last part of 1920 and the first nine months of 1921 there was an increase in labor efficiency.
 In referring to the organization known as the I, w. w.. the report says that organization is most active and that con- ditions which favor the growth of the ideas for which 1t stands are multiplying.
 The eight hour day, the report says, made great progress during the war There will be some recession from this where employers are able to put 1t over No encouragement should be gathered from this by employers who favor a longer work day. The trend is defin-
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-13
Humanity Is Blind
 Says N. Y. Sculptor
Can't See Dangers of Allowing Its
 Parks to Be Destroyed.

New ' ork, Jan. I3.-"Human1ty T. as blind as mice to things that are immortal, because they are so taken up with the selfish gains of the mo- mcnl," said George Grey Barnard, sculptor, in opposing the destruction of a great rock-ribbed hill along the Hudson river that apartment houses may be built
 The sculptor said that while people must have houses to live in, they must also breathe, and that the men who favor the present plan would gladly sell every inch of the city's park system for private gain.
 The destruction of this hill, said the sculptor, "contemplates blasting away the beauties of nature and the ages for selfish exploitation and tl- nancial gain"
 There must be a greater pcrcep- ton and conception Of the future. If our lorefathers had not set aside our squares and parks, where would we be now, especially as we are running up to the stars ?'
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-13
EMPLOYER SHIRKED
 RELIEF OF JOBLESS. CHARGED BY EXPERT
Public Works Have Been Mainstay of Relief Plans, Survey of
 Industry Reveals.

Public and not private employers have been contributing to the relief of the serious unemployment situation, Alto T. Mallory reported to the American As sOciation for Labor Legislation, at Pitts burgh. He recommended the adoption of a plan by which public works would be held back in good times and released in hard times.
 MT. Mallory IS a member of a com mittee appointed last January to investi- utilization to correct some of the "evils of an industrial system that is built all most entirely upon the expectation of certain profts.'
 The prosecution of local public work during the winter is a most hopeful sign for the unemployed, MT. Mallory said, and he predicted that January February and March will be critical months for the job1ess.
 During November, his statement shows, $11S,0OO,OO0 public works bonds were sold by 380 municipalities, bring ing the total for the year to $1,000,00O- GOO, There is every indication, Mr. Mallory thinks, that the total pbu1ic works executed i'll 1921 will be doubled that of any previous year in history.
 Were it not for this effort at relief the industrial situation would be inn mea easurably worse, he said. Over 2,O00- GOO men and women have been directly indirectly employed as the result of public works. Private employers, for and throwing large numbers of men out of work, and have given practically no assistance in relieving widespread dis tress that exists despite an extensive pub lie effort.
 If advance preparation is made to de- fer 20 per cent of the ordinary public works during years of industrial activity, Mir. Mallory declared, ever 100000 men and women would find employment during the Impressions that occur every seven years.
 Secretary John B. Andrews reported that the families of thousands of injured workers along the nations waterfronts are needlessly suffering because of the prolonged delay by the House judiciary committee in reporting out the Johnson Nils bill to restore the protection of state workmen's compensation laws to injured longshoremen and other harbor workers taken from them by a decision of the United States Supreme Court.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-13

the European nations He was sent tc Europe by unanimous vote of a conven- tlon of his organization to get first hand information on the industrial conditions existing there. He made his report tc the next convention together with his recommendations. His report was ac- Ceptcd and he was instructed to appear before the Congressional Committees and to obtain, If possible, real protection or Flint Grass.
 We could mention many others but we will be content with calling attention tc the statement of the accredited legislative representative in Congress of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor We refer tc the statement of Edward F. McGrady before the members of the Senate Fin ance Committee only last week.
 Mir. McGrady in closing said q sin cere1y trust that this committee will vote to give us the only adequate relief that we can now see, that 1t, an import duty based upon American Valuation"
 As expressed by McGrady, who was appearing for the entire American Fed eration of Labor, that is the position of the labor movement of this country de spite the wishes of Miles or any other advocate of "Garyism."
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-13
SAYS EMPLOYER IS ENTIRELY TO BLAME
 FOR JOBLESS MEN
Professor Commons, of Wisconsin University, Would Penalize Lay
 ing Off of Workers.

If employers were required to pay to | furlOughed men a dollar a day, over a period of 13 weeks. the unemployment
 problem would be all but solved Prof. l John R. Commons, of the University of Wisconsin, declared in a statement made l to the American Association of Labor | Legislation.
 Unemployment insurance funds have | proven successful where tried, and un- employment compensation laws are need ed as an aid to industry in permanently preventing the worst consequences of 1 seasonal and Cyclical depressions, Pro- lessor Commons asserted. The state, he | thought, can not proftably longer ignor 1 this question, which strikes at the very | roots of fixed society.
 1 "Neither the wage-earners nor the state can prevent unemployment" con- 1 tinued Dr, Commons. "A1l they can do
 is to partly relieve 1t.
 "The business-like way of doing it is 1 to place the responsibility on the business | men who alone are i'll position to pre- | vent it.
 Our experience with workmen's ac- | Cldent insurance shows the buSiness-like way of prevention. The employer is held responsible, and accident insurance
 makes the industry responsible. Then ! the employers set to work to prevent ac- cidents. The same may be expected of
 unemployment insurance if the burden is placed solely upon the employers AL l ready many of them are doing it "The business man should be held re- sponsible for making jobs secure just ] as he is now by law made responsible for the security of the investors inter | ests," argued Dr. Common.
 'Wage-earners want wages and es- l Curity, just as investors want interest and security he continued The i'm portant thing is that the employer should not take on more men in his period of prosperity than he can expect to keep l employed or find jobs for else where i'll
 a period when he market falls off. And the only way in which they can be
 brought to cooperate is through the bank | ing system that controls their credit. If all employers were required by an 1 unemployment insurance law to pay, say, $1 a day for a period of 13 weeks to l every emp1oye laid off through no fault 1 of his own, every man taken on would add liability of $50 to $10O when he is 1 laid off The banker would be slow to
 advance credit if the employer could not show that he could keep that man em- ployed or else pay him that $80 or $100. l The law would of course, require that 1 the employer insure his liability" | European experiments with unemploy-
 ment insurance Dr. Commons said, have
 been defective in that they placed re- l sponsibility upon the wage earners and upon the state instead of solely upon | the employers.
 Socialism and trade unionism, the | two great forces that have arisen to
 attack the supremacy of capitalism" said Dr. Commons "are each based upon the 1 worst defect of our capitalist system, its | inability to furnish security of the job y
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-13
TRAINMAN OFFICER IS LABOR MINISTER
 IN CANADA CABINET
James Murdock Will Give Office Experience Gained in
 Brotherhood.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada January 13 James Murdock, Canadian vice presi- dent of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, has been appointed minister of labor in the King government, and will bring to that office the experience and ability gained during his years of service i'll the interests of the brother hood and organized labor generally.
 MurdoCk was defeated in the recent election, but a "safe' seat has been chosen for him and he will be elected at a bye-e1ect1on this month.
 Mir. MurdOck IS English by birth, but has lived in Canada since a youth and from 1890 until June, 1905, was in the service of the C. P. R. as brakeman and then conductor. While a newcomer in the federal political field, he gained an insight into methods Of politice and government while a member of the now defunct Canadian Board of Com merce, from which he resigned in pro- test against it's methods in June, 1920 after belonging to that futile body from the previous September.
 The appointment of Mir. Murdock to the ministry of vor fulhlls predic- tion by your correspondent nearly two months ago.
 The new minister of railways will be Hon. William C. Kennedy, who has been in the house of commons since 1917. He is a gas and oil operator and clever politician.
 The King cabinet as a whole is rep resentative of the Dominion at large, and contains both new blood and out standing politicians of the old school.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-13
CITY-OWNED LINES
 MAKE BIG PROFITS
 WITH NICKLE FARES
San Francisco Gives Example of What Can Be Done When
 Service Is Sole Ideal

The financial statement of San
 ways, recently issued, shows what
 can be done in the way of furnishing satisfactory transportation at reason
 able cost when service and not pri- vatc profit is the object sought to be obtained
 These railways, taken over by the people in 1912, have yielded returns
 of $I6,6oI, ,o77, an excess of $5,876, 358 over costs. They have charged five cent fare since their organiza- lion.
 Out of profits the city has redeem
 ed $004,ooo of the original bond is sue, interest has been paid on the en- tire bond issue and $I,5oo,ooo has
 been spent for extensions, leaving a reserve fund of more than $2,ooo, ,ooo. The system, for which citizens or iginally voted $5,5oo,ooo, could not now according to the Bureau of Pub lie Works, be duplicated for less than $8, ,ooo, ,ooo.
 These results contrast sharply with dcprcclated property, increased debts and higher fares for practically all
 privately owned traction lines in the
 country. During the period when the
 San Francisco lines were making a
 profit and charging a reasonable fare
 traction investments practically lost all appeal with the public.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-13

itely toward the shorter work day and toward at least Saturday half holiday. All efforts to reintroduce the old long hours will be beating against the tide.
 On employment, the report says that the first three months of 1922 are going to be months of unemployment and of great hardship on that account, but that a revival will occur in the spring. En- ployrnent in 1922 will not reach normal proportions It will be better however than it has been in 1921. During the last si months 1t will reach satisfactory levels.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-13
SEEK WORK FOR JOBLESS.

The use of 4,ooo unemployed men as night watchmen, their wages to be paid by contributions of I5 cents weekly by each family in the territory they are to guard, has been suggest ed by the unemployment committee of Philadelphia to Mayor J. Hamp- ton Moore The plan, it is said, has the indorsement of the police depart ment.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-13
DAVIS ASKS APPROPRIATION

Tn his first annual report, Secretary of Labor Davis asks Congress to ap- propriate $25o,ooo for the appointment of technicians as conciliators in each of the I2 basic industries of the coun- try. The secretary says that the usefulness of these special men will extend far outside the sphere of set ting occasional controversies"