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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-07-26
WALSH CASE NOLLED

The case of William Walsh Of Ken
sington, who was arraigned In the
Wallingford police court this morn
ing on a charge of reckless driving,
was nolled. Judge Benjamin Alling
Of this city appeared for Walsh. The
accused man was notified to appear
In the Wallingford court after he had
skidded into Ford sedan in that
town July IS, damaging the Ford con-
His car was not damaged.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-07-26
Special Notice

Everynan's Bible Class picnic. Sat
urday, July 2s. Autos leave Metho-
dist church 1880 p. m. Members are
requested to donate their autos and
to notify C. c. Palmer. architect, be-
fore Friday night. Phone SIT and
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-07-26

Father w. A. Grace, Colorado
priest. is convicted of forging liquor
permit and faces one to five years in
prison and $4,000 fine or less.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-07-26

James c. Kirkwood, 40. and Lila
Lee, IS. motion picture actress, are
married at Los Angeles.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-07-26

Jack Pickford has been subpoenaed
by federal grand jury investigating
charges OF violating the Volstead act
Los Angeles dispatches say.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-07-26

Efforts are quietly made to per-
suade New York city's 10000 bank
employees to join organization Of
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-07-26

CHOICEST USED CARS IN TEE CITY.
Buick. 1922, sport model.
Buick, 1920. touring. .--.s.
Buick, 1918. 4-cyl. touring.
Buick. 1913. coupe. ..
Buick. 1919 coupe.
1915 Buick, touring. ..- '
1913 Buick touring, cyl.
NEXT TO A NEW BUICK Is
USED BUICK"
Dodge roadster, 1915.
Hupmobile 1922. touring,
1917 Overland.
These cars have been recondit,oned
and newly painted.
Open every evening until o'clock.
Pick out your used car and call
fo. demonstration.
F. J. Foley. Mgr. of Used Car Dept.
Trades on new and used cars
conf idered.
NEW BRITAIN BUICK CO.,
225 ARCH ST. PHONE 2sol
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-07-26

Customs officials at New York
seize 100000 worth of Jewels In bag
gage of Frank Auditore described as
Brooklyn millionaire stevedore.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-07-26
Brief News Dispatches From All Over the World

white collar workers" supported by
the American Federation OF Labor.
the New York World declares.
Evening star., 1923-06-03
Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon, home of Gen. George
Washington, is now the shrine of the
nation. Bells of passing vessels toll
solemnly as they glide by on the
river and voyagers stand. bare
headed. in silence until the estate IS
passed.
1t was here that George Washing
ton lived the usual life of a Virginia
planter and cultivated his great farm.
There were originally in the estate
some 5000 acres. What is now seen
by the visitor as Mount Vernon com
prises only about 200 acres, which
was the center of the original farm.
The mansion stands on a plateau sur
rounded by many hundred feet of
beautiful lawn and shrubbery, fully
125 feet above the river. The young
trees which met the view of Wash
ington and his friends from the east
side of the house toward the river
have grown to ancient ones and the
foliage is thick and heavy.
Mount Vernon originally was part
of the extensive grant of land from
the crown" to John Washington, the
first of the family to come to America,
in 1856. 1t came into the possession
of George Washington in 1852, nearly
century later. from his half
brother, Lawrence Washington, who
was many years his senior.
Mount Vernon is most conveniently
reached over the Washington-N -Nir-
ginia railway or by boat at foot of
7th street The cars leave 18th street
and Pennsylvania avenue every thirty
minutes from o'clock in the morning
to $50 o'clock in the afternoon.
Round trip, so cents.
Evening star., 1923-06-03
tWhere Lincoln Died

The Oldroyd Lincoln memorial COL
lection, in the little house SIS 10th
street, shows perhaps the most inti-
mate touch with the last hours and
death of the martyred President, Abra-
ham Lincoln. 1t was into this house.
across the street from Ford's Theater,
the President was carried after the
fatal shot of Booth on Good Friday
night, April IA, 1866. and in this
house he died next day without hav-
ing recovered consciousness. The
house was owned by William Peter
son. a tailor. The room in which
Lincoln was placed and in which he
died was occupied at the time by
William r. Clark of Massachusetts,
soldier in Company D. Massachu-
setts Infantry. detailed for duty with
the quartermaster's department in
Washington.
The memorial collection within the
house was made by o. H. Oldroyd,
who has lived many years in the
house with his family. and who has
built up the collection and had charge
of 1t. 1t is open during the day and
evening and small fee is charged to
visitors. A bill has been introduced
in Congress each year for the pur-
chase of the house and collection by
the government, and each year II has
been defeated. 1t is the life work of
Mr.. Oldroyd, who. only this past few
weeks, refused the offer of $4,000
made by Henry Ford of Detroit for
the collection, because Mr.. Ford
wished to move it to Detroit. Mr..
Oldroyd is patriotic enough TO wish
it to remain in the nations capital
and will give Congress another
chance to purchase IL for the govern
ment Omen day and evening
Evening star., 1923-06-03
Every American Has Two Home Towns
and Washington Is One of Them
THE CITY Post Office

When the present post Office was
completed in 1914 it was confidently
believed that it would absorb the
normal increase of post-office work
for many years to come. but this be-
lief did not take into account the
growth of the parcel post. That ac-
tivity, then in its infancy, has in
creased SO rapidly and to such an
enormous extent, that in about two
years the necessity arose of seeking
more room, which resulted in the es-
tablishfng of thirty-two postal sta
tions about the city.
During the great war a prodigious
river of war correspondence passed
through this building. in all, amount
ing to an average of $50 tons a day
of official mail matter. 1t is difficult
to estimate the great damage which
would have been done the cause of
our country and its allies had the
Washington Office broken down under
the strain. but the mails were kept
moving. Even now when conditions
in the departments have returned to
about normal, this post Office dis
patches from Washington over sew
enty tons of official mail every day.
1t was from the Washington post
office that the first dispatch of mail
by airplane in the United States was
made. The building is of white gran
ite and cost $3,000,000.
Open from 10 a m. to 4:30 pnn
Evening star., 1923-06-03
+ The Capitol

The Capitol is the most impressive
public building on earth. 1t stands
on a plateau eighty-e eight feet above
the level of the Potomac and one and
onefourth miles from the White
House, and is recognized to be the
most perfectly proportioned building
IN the world. 1t is 751 feet 4 inches
in length from north to south and it's
greatest width from east to west is
$50 feet. The building covers 153.112
square feet. The Senate wing of the
old Capitol was built first, then the
House, and the two were connected
by wooden passageway. The first
dome was constructed of wood COW
cred with copper. 1t was designed
and added after the burning of the
Capitol by the British in 1914. This
was replaced in 1856 by the present
remarkable structure of cast iron. 1t
took nine years to build it. The
weight of the iron used is S.909, 200
pounds. Crawfords manificent statue
of Freedom, which surmounts the
dome, is 10 feet 6 inches in height
and weighs 1885 pounds. The
height of the dome above the base
line is 2S7 feet inches. The rotunda
is 81 feet 6 inches in diameter and
its height from the floor to the top
of the canopy is $50 feet 8 inches.
Evening star., 1923-06-03
The White House

The site for the White House was
selected by President Washington
personally in No. l of the seventeen
reservations set aside for public build
ings upon the plans of Maj. Peter
Charles L'Enfant for the laying out
of the city of Washington in 1871.
James Hoban OF Dublin was the archi-
tect. the plans having been chosen by
competition. He won the $500 prize
offered for the best plan. The corner
stone was laid October 13, 1892, and
Gen. Washington was present.
President and Mrs. John Adams
were the first occupants, moving in
in November, 1900. Mrs. Adams suf-
fered many discomforts because of
the incomplete condition of the man
sion as to adequate heating and light
ing. The only use she could put the
great east room to, according to her
own word. was for drying the family
wash. The house was burned by the
British in 1914. but was restored by
Mr.. Hoban. except for the wings at
each side. which had been used for
offices and servants quarters.
The first White House appropri-
alton from the United States Treas
ury, made in 1900. called for $4,000
for furniture. Since then the man
sion has been enlarged and improved
in many ways, but the original plans
have always been followed. A thor
ough overhauling. improving. re-
modelling and enlsrging was done
during the regime of President Roose-
welt. Congress appropriated s475.455
for the work. OF this sum the archi-
tects returned an unexpended balance
of $7.ao6.19. Architect Hoban mod
eled the structure after the palace of
the Duke OF Leinster. The original
cost of the mansion. sfngularly
enough, was not paid out of the
United States Treasury. hut was de-
Evening star., 1923-06-03
THE Smithsonian Institu.
tInn

The Smithsonian Institution is a
unique establishment for the further
ance of knowledge by carrying on or
aiding general researches in all
branches of science, whether astro-
physical, geological, biological or an
thropological-the study of celestial
bodies. the earth, its life, and man
himself-the promotion of art and dis
semination of the results Of it's in
vestigations by the distribution of
its publications throughout the world.
The Smithsonian buildings are on
the Mall about midway between the
Capitol and the Washington Monu-
ment. They comprise the Smithsonian
building. completed in 1855. with the
institutions administrative offices:
bureau of American ethnology. libra
ries. the national herbarium, the ex-
hibits of graphic arts, and the offices
of the International Catalogue of
Scientific Literature; the Arts and In
dustries building erected in 1881. the
Natural History building completed
in 1911. and the building for the Freer
art collection-erection begun in 1916
which was donated by Mr.. Charles
l.. Freer of Detroit. to house the ex-
tensive and rich collections of objects
of art presented by him to the insti-
tuition.
The Smithsonian Institution has
six branches: the National Museum.
including the National Gallery of
Art; the International exchange serv-
ice; the bureau of American eth
nology; the National Geological Park
the astrophysical observatory. and
the new United States regional bureau
of the International Catalogue of
Scientific Literature.
Visitors are admitted daily from 8
o'clock in the morning until 4:30
o'clock in the afternoon. except Sun
day.
Evening star., 1923-06-03
fThe Department of Agri'
culture

The Department of Agriculture. on
the Mall between 18th and 14th
streets. cost s25Oo,o0O. The scope Of
the work is now very extended. in
cluding a study of diseases of live
stock. control of the inspection OF
import and export animals, cattle
transportation and meat: the enforce
ment of the pure food and drug laws,
statistics of crops. live stock, at home
and abroad. scientific Investigations
in forestry. botany, fruit culture. Gull
tivation of textile plants, and diseases
of trees. grains and vegetables;
studies of the injurious or beneficial
relations to agriculture of insects,
birds and wild quadrupeds; investiga-
tions as to roads and methods of irri-
gational chemical and microscopiCal
laboratories, and vast number of
experiment stations, correspondents
and observers in various parts of
this and other countries.
The museum in the rear contains
excellent wax models of fruits, nuts
and natural foods: an interesting dis
wrought by insects to trees and
plants. also groups of mounted birds.
squirrels. gophers and other NAM
mails. The library and herbarium will
interest botanists. The extensive
greenhouses are open at all reason
able hours.
A tower in the garden is composed
of slabs of foot-thick barks taken
from one of the giant trees in Califor-
MIA 1t represents the exact size of
that huge tree named General No
ble." from which the pieces were
actually cut
Open from 10 am. until pm
Evening star., 1923-06-03

The corner stone Of the original build
ing was laid on December IS, 1898, by
President Washington, with Masonic
ceremonies. The north wing was fin
ished, in 1900 and the government
all of it-came from Philadelphia,
bag and baggage. in a single sloop.
and took possession in October of
that year. The interior of both wings
was destroyed by fire. set by the
British, August "a, 1914. The two
wings now occupied by the Senate
and the House were added to the
Capitol building to accommodate the
Senate and the House of Representa-
tives. When the House Is in session
the Stars and Stripes Is flung to the
breeze over the south wing. and when
the Senate is sitting the flag flies
over the north wing. At night IL
Congress is sitting there is a light
in the dome. The value of the Capt.
tol building and the grounds is about
S26. 100000.
Guides. officially designated for the
Capitol show visitors through this
&lperb building for nominal fee.
Visitors should by all means employ
one of these. The building is open
to visitors from o'clock in the
morning to 4:30 o'clock in the after
noon. When Congress is in session
at night the building Is open also to
visitors. but guides cannot be pro-
cured. During Shrine week Capitol will
be open from am. to s pm.
Evening star., 1923-06-03
Arlington National Gene
terry

Arlington National cemetery. where
sleep the heroic dead of the nation
Blue, Gray and Khaki-is on the Vir-
ginia heights of the Potomac opposite
Washington. This hallowed ground
is really d significant part of Wash
ington. 1t can be reached by the
Washington-Virgini railway and by
sightseeing busses.
The Arlington House, generally
called the Custis-Lee mansion. was
built in 1902 by George Washington
Parke Custis. grandson of Martha
Washington, who. with his sister,
Nelly Custis, was adopted by Gen. and
Mrs. Washington of Mount Vernon.
George Washington Parke Custis in
father. His only daughter, Mary.
married Robert Z. Lee, afterward
famous as Gen. Lee, and. being the
only child of her parents, she inher-
tied Arlington. 1t was upon its wide
front porch that the great Confed-
crate general, gazing across the river
at the then feeble lights of Washing
ton, pondered all through the night
and finally reached his decision to
cast his lot with the seeding states.
During the civil war the mansion
was used as a hospital and afterward
Arlington estate was taken over. by
the government for a national ceme-
terry. 1t is a place of great beauty,
a fitting spot for the repose of the
nations dead. On the monuments and
headstones will be found the names
representing the soldier dead of all
our wars.
Arlington may be reached by troll
ley from 18th street and Pennsylvania
avenue every twenty minutes or by
ght-seeing bus. 1t is open to visit
ors from sunrise to sunset.
Evening star., 1923-06-03
THE Navy and Munitions
Building

The Navy and Munitions building
is the largest office building in the
world. 1t was erected at a cost OF
s725O.o0O The building is of rein
forced concrete and has a total of
1.775, 900 square feet of floor space
The site in Potomac park, where the
building is located, had to be cleared
of twenty-three municipal tennis
courts, and about 5000 trees were
taken up and replanted elsewhere. The
buildings are on made ground" the
site having at one time been part
of the Potomac river. This made 1t
necessary to drive piles for the foun-
dations as much as fifty-two feet in
depth. More than 5000 piles were
used. Nine thousand workmen were
employed. The sand and gravel used
in the construction was dredged from
the Potomac river, $4,000 tons Of sand,
SS. 900 tons of gravel and $4,000 bar
rels of cement being used. To inspect
the radiators of the building, of
which there are 5000, requires a trip
of "a miles. There are $4,000 square
yards of heavy linoleum on the floors,
costing 100000. Five million square
feet of paint was applied by brush to
the interior walls. 1t cost 100000 to
wash the windows for the first time.
The parking space in the rear will
accommodate more than 500 autos.
The Trans Atlantic Radio Control is
located in the Navy Building. Mes
sages may be gent and received there
from all parts of Europe, and through
it's service the Navy Department is
enabled to keep In constant touch
with ships at sea. The building has
153 fire alarm boxes and Is distinctly
| unique. Open from am. to pm.
Evening star., 1923-06-03
+The Treasury Depart.
ment

The Treasury Department was COM
pleted in 1871. 1t is 466 feet long and
264 feet wide. Every stranger wants
to visit the Treasury. Girls may be
seen counting and recounting sheets
or specially made paper, from
which bonds and United States notes
are made. This Is the first step of the
long routine of money making" The
composition of this paper is a secret.
though 1t is known to contain silk
fiber. The completed notes-about a
million dollars in value at time
are brought from the bureau of print
ing each morning. being conveyed in
steel-encased wagon guarded by
armed messengers. They are counted
by three persons in succession and
then sent to the sealing room. United
States Treasury notes bear the en-
graved fac-similes of the signature Of
the United States treasurer and the
registrar OF the Treasury; but the ma
tional bank notes are actually signed
before receiving the red seal of the
government.
1t seems incredible, but il is a fact.
that the average woman counter
passes $4,000 notes each working day
The paper currency as it becomes
worn is redeemed by the government
and put through macerators, which
are globe-shaped receptacles of steel.
to the capacity of ton of pulp. the
lid of which is secured by three differ
ent Yale locks. The Secretary of the
Treasury has one key. the treasurer
another and the controller of the
Treasury the third
Each day at l o'clock these officials
or their representatives. with fourth
agent to represent the people and the
banks. open the macerators and place
within them a million dollars or so
of condemned currency or other Sc
curities. The lids are locked. after a
suitable quantity of water has been
added. and the machinery begins to
whirl around inside the macerators,
where $50 knives grind and cut the
soaking material until the notes are
reduced to useless pulp.
In front of the north entrance of
the Treasury Department there is a
beautiful green vine in large urn.
luxurtant and ever growing. This is
called the money plant.
Open from 10 am. to 2:30 pm
Guides. 1910 to Il and ] TO .
Evening star., 1923-06-03
THE Arts and Industries
Building

This building was completed in
1881, In time for use for the inaugural
ball of President Garfield. which was
one of the most beautiful scenes in
the history of the country. A band
was placed in each of the four arches
of the building. On the first floor to
the west is the interesting collection
of lay figures of the mistresses of the
White House. from Martha Washing
ton to the two wives of Woodrow
Wilson.
Every gown shown is one worn in
the White House during the admins
tration of the wearer's husband. The
second Mrs. Woodrow Wilson is shown
in the black velvet gown in which
she was married to President Wilson.
There is also a valuable loan col
lection of laces, antique jewelry.
clothes. bonnets and other articles
representing the fashions in this
country as far back as they have been
obtainable. and many articles have
been owned and worn by famous men
and women, including gowns worn
on the platforms of D. A. r. con-
crosses by the presidents general of
the society. In another section will
he found relics of George and Martha
Washington, Abraham Lincoln and
family. Gen. Grant and family. origi-
nal instruments and pieces of appa-
ratus of the Morse telegraph. the Bell
telephone, the Henry magnets. Edison
electrical, the Langley airplane, ex-
hibits showing the evolution and de-
velopment of the healing arts, yarn
and cloth manufacture resources of
the worlds forests and the history
and development of photography from
the camera obscura to the newest
motion picture machines.
Evening star., 1923-06-03
1.-THE Public Library of the
District of Columbia

The Public Library of the District
of Columbia is primarily a circulating
library for the more than 100000 resi-
dents of Washington not entitled to
draw books for home use from the
Library of Congress.
The central building is at sth street
and New York avenue and the two
branches at 5th and Cedar streets.
Tokoma Park, and the southeastern
branch at 7th and D streets and South
Carolina avenue southeast. The CEN
trail building is open from 9 am. to
9 pm. on week days, except Wednes-
days and most holidays (Wednes-
days the hours are from Q am. TO 3
p.m); Sundays, open for reference
purposes only, from to 9 pm. The
branches are open from IL m. to 9
pm. Monday and Tuesday; Thursday
and Friday from II nj. to 3 pm.
on Wednesday and Saturday from 9
am. to pm. Branches are not open
on holidays or Sundays
Over 100000 volumes were circu-
lated during the last fiscal year
nearly one-half Of which were loaned
to children under high school age.
One-half of this number was loaned
through collections of books sent to
the classrooms of the public schools.
Over $4,000 pictures were borrowed
for home use.
Evening star., 1923-06-03
THE Soldiers Home

The Soldiers Home. northwest from
the center Of the city, is in a park of
natural loveliness, embellished and
beautified by the soldiers living there
in its early days. 1t comprises more
than 500 acres of beautiful lawns,
gardens, ravines and forest land with
majestic trees. There are many fine
views of the city and surrounding
country and lovely vistas here and
there. From a prominent point on a
high elevation a perfect vista of the
dome of the Capitol is worth seeing.
1t was established in 1851 through the
efforts of Gen. Winfield Scott at the
close of the Mexican war, and was
founded for the men honorably dis
charged from the Regular Army after
twenty years of service. or disabled
through wounds or disease, upon pay
ment of IL cents a month.
Among those who spent all or a
part of each summer in the summer
White House were Presidents Pierce,
Buchanan, Johnson. Lincoln. Hayes
and Arthur A handsome bronze sta
tue of Gen. Scott. done by Launt
Thompson, occupies conspicuous
spot near the Scott building: In the
National cemetery, adjoining the
grounds of the home. is the tomb of
Gen. John A. Logan of Illinois.
The home is open from sun to sun
and can be reached by street cars
going north on 9th street to the west
~H+~ of the home, known as Eagle
gate