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Evening star., 1924-08-14
VETERANS BUREAU
IS DECENTRALZED
Far-Reaching Order of d.
rector Hines Means Event.
ua| Reorganization.

One of the most far-reaching steps
taken by Director Hines of the Vet
Grams Bureau since assuming Office
more than a year ago was his order
yesterday which eventually will re-
organize the field work OF the bureau
change the present II district offices
throughout the country into about s
district control Offices. and make the
rating officers of the bureau per-
sonally a rdilable to the claimant him
self, through the medium of about so
regional claims and rating boards.
The reorganization comes as the
expected result of provisions in the
World War veterans act of 1924 and
following experiment with regional
boards in this city and at Denver
Colo.
The act Of 1924 made possible the
further decentralization of the bu-
reau to the extent of permitting the
establishment of regional claims and
rating boards. The real effect of the
proposed reorganization will be to
bring in contact with the claimant
those bureau representatives who are
to examine and determine what hos
pitalization. compensation, training
or other relief he is entitled to. This,
it is claimed. will end all paper
ratings
Establish Regional Offices.
In many cases the present subdis-
trict Offices will become regional Of
fees 1t is expected that there will
be at least one regional Office in VIZ
tually each State.
The actions taken by the new re-
gional claims and rating boards will
in each case be final, although. of
course, subject to review by the CEN
traI office board of appeals in matters
tending to show whether or not the
law was followed. No attempt will
he made by the central office board of
appeals to alter awards made by the
new regional boards in so far the
determination of the degree OF dis
ability.
May Set Up District Boards.
Gen. Hines also stated that should
the work of the central Office board
of appeals grow to such an extent as
to delay action on pending claims.
sections of this board would be set
up in the district control offices. Such
sections would have the same powers
as the board acting in Washington
in the central office, and would hold
their sessions in the district control
offices during such time as the num-
Der of claims seem to require.
The heads of the new regional Of
fees Will be given all of the author
ity necessary to transact the business
of the bureau in the areas assigned.
They will deal directly with central
Office.
The district control officers will be
given powers of supervision and con-
troll over certain number of re-
gional offices and over the hospitals
within their area. The heads of the
district control offices will be given
sufficient authority to act in all cases
for the director. ,1 -. b.
Evening star., 1924-08-14
Union Official Dies.

CINCINNATI. Ohio. August IL
Adam Huebner, so. general secretary
treasurer of the International Union
United Brewery, Flour, Cereal and
Sott Drink Workers of America, died
here yesterday after an. illness Of
seven months.
Evening star., 1924-08-14
BAIL JUMPER HELD.
Fake Officer Declared Involved in
Blackmail Case.

TRENTON, N. J., Aust 14.-Ar-
rested Monday in Philadelphia, charged
with impersonating a Federal internal
revenue agent. Thomas Norman. alias
Thomas J. Mccarthy, was held in So. 900
bond by Federal authorities here. He
is now being held here to await re-
moval to Atlantic City, where he is
said to have jumped a $4,000 bail bond
after being convicted of conspiracy
to blackmail Robert L. Haney, . Phila-
delphia business man.
Evening star., 1924-08-14

At the age of % years, Miss Cecil
A. Kirwin. of Chicago, has. attained
the honor of becoming editor of ma
tional magazine with large circula-
tion.
Evening star., 1924-03-23
SENATE RENT DATA
READY BY APRIL |
Workers at District Building Busy
Preparing Report on
Vacancies.
POLICE AID ESSENTIAL
Listings of More Than 200 Realty
Offices Are In ,,''uded.
POLICE AID ESSENTIAL

Unless unforeseen obstacles arise,
the Senate District committee will
have in its possession by April 1, a
complete report of the number of
vacant houses and apartments in
Washington, and the number. Of them
for rent and for sale.
In a small office room in the Dis
trict building, a corps of workers
under direction of Alfred b. Moore,
are busy compiling the data, which
was called for by a Senate resolution
for the information Of Congress in
deciding whether the rent law should
be continued in effect
With only IL month in which to
gather the mass of material neces-
sary, the aid Of the police was OBJ
tanned. The data they collected as
to the amount Of vacant property was
turned over to clerks for compilation.
Realty Listings Given.
The listines of more than 200 real
estate offices also were given to the
clerks to help make the report COM
plete. A field force Is now inspecting
and analyzing the vacant structures,
as to the cause of vacancy and facts
bearing on the rentals, Mr.. Moore
said.
Mr.. Moore said the completion of
the survey within the short time al
lowed would have been impossible
without the assistance OF Maj. Sulli-
van, Inspector Shelby, the police cap
tainS and the full cooperation of the
real estate interests.
Evening star., 1924-03-23

Tangible results in Keeping chill
dren in school who otherwise would
leave before completing their courses
are being obtained at the Lenox-
French vocational school in Southeast
Washington, where the, boys and
girls, by vocational work given to
them. are kept interested in the
academic work.
Making radio sets is but one Of the
latest developments Of a curriculum
that since 1915, under the direction
of H. F. Lowe. the principal, has been
keeping the boys and girls of the
community hard at their other studies.
Samples of their work at meeting
held Friday at the Hine Junior High
School, under the auspices of the
Southeast Community Center. were
self Explanatory. A program of
songs, dances. drills and other fea-
lures was given, under the direction
of Mrs NJ. W. Davis, acting assistant
partment of the public schools.
rn:ents See Drills.
A. q. HerrmanS president of the
Southeast Citizens Association. is
chairman of the advisory committee
of the community center. Interested
parents and others witnessed phySl-
cal culture drills by the pupils of the
seventh and ninth grades. and lis
tened to three-minute talks by the
various teachers.
This vocational school. one of the
two for white children in the city,
has been in existence since 1915. Be-
ginning with the sixth grade, the
children are given two eighty minute
periods twice week in the various
vocational branches taught:
These include printing. shop work.
Evening star., 1924-03-23
POWER AND LIGHT
FROM STRAW GAS
Home Distilled Product Takes
Place of Coal. Electricity
and Gasoline.

Straw soon may be lighting the
farmers house. cooking his meals,
substituting for coal TN winter and
even running his automobile.
The United States bureau of chem
istry has discovered a practicable
method by which a ton of sun dried
wheat straw will yield 10000 feet of
illuminating gas, 10 gallons of tar
and 625 pounds of carbon residue
which is excellent fuel. says Popular
Science Monthly for April. The gas
is said to burn successfully in man
tie lamp, producing IL blue flame that
is restful to the eyes. 1t is also said
to supply an efficient fuel for internal
com buStion engines.
1t is estimated that 800. 900 cubic
feet of straw would do the cooking,
house lighting and heating on the
average farm for year. OF this. 3d..
600 cubic feet would be used for cook
ing, $4,000 for lighting. 201.000 for
heating the house and $4,000 for heat
ing water. About 235 cubic feet
would be used daily during the sum-
mer and about 1.750 during the win
ter.
From forty-five to fifty tons of dry
straw would be needed to produce this
would be used as fuel in distilling
the gas. Experts of the bureau of
chemistry have designed special re-
tort for the process. The gas bubbles
up through water and then through
fine-meShed screens and a layer of
coke and charcoal. Thus purified, ii
passes to storage chamber. About
500 cubic feet of straw gas is said to
be sufficient to operate an automobile
for fifteen miles.
The retorts necessary for distilling
the gas are said to be inexpensive to
construct and simple and safe TO op-
Evening star., 1924-03-23
SODIUM NITRITE DUTY
INCREASE is ASKED
Washington State Delegation in
House Urges President to
Raise Tariff.

President Coolidge was urged by
the Washington delegation in the
House yesterday to increase the tariff
duty on sodium nitrite under tn.
authority conferred upon him in the
flexible provision Of the Fordney- Me
Cumber tariff act
The tariffs commission recently
completed an investigation of thu
duty on sodium nitrite as the result
of an application for the, maximum
so per cent increase possible under
the flexible provision made by tho
American Nitrogen Products Com
pany of Seattle. Submission of a
report to the President has bee
withheld pending the outcome of
mandamus proceedings directed
against the commission by the Nor
wegian Nitrogen Products Company.
The President also was asked Iy
r. j. Silverman. president Of the
Great Northern Chair Company Of
Chicago, 10 direct the tariff cornmis-
sion to Investigate the adequacy of
the existing rates on bent wood
furniture.
Evening star., 1924-03-23
VOCATIONAL TRAINING BOOSTS
INTEREST IN ACADEMIC WORK
Satisfactory Results Obtained by Uniting Courses
LenO1-French SchOOl-Keeps Many Chill
dren From, Deserving CLassrOOms.

domestic science and art. ln addi
dion to the usual articles made by
boys in manual training work. much
repair work is done for the schools,
while the printing shop turns out
work of a most creditable nature for
the community centers and rhe pub
lie schools.
Subjects for Girls.
The girls in the domestic art
courses are taught sewing. millinary,
textiles, design and economics, while
in home economics the courses cover
house selection, house furnishings,
santa tion, hygiene, child care, first
aid. home care of the sick and
cookery.
Domestic science. as taught at this
up-to-date school, is not simply a
course in cooking, as many persons
believe when the term. domestic
science" is used, but is d broad
course that prepares the girl for her
whole future life.
Principal Lowe. who has been con-
nected with the local school system
since 1895, believes that the pre-
vocational training is keeping many
children in school who otherwise
would leave il.
I'VE feel that the reflex action
is that the pupil sees the need of
the academic work at the same time
that he is being kept Interested by
the vocational work." Mr. Lowe said
He explained although the child
gets twice as much of this sort
of work as in the regular grade
schools. his other studies are not
slighted.
Evening star., 1924-03-23

voted themselves to an exchange of
Hoosier amenities, including Federal
Judge A. h. Anderson Of Indianapolis; :;
J. S. Thompson and Clarence Kenyon,
past president Of the Indiana Society.
both of Washington.
The invocation was pronounced by
Rev. James Shera Montgomery. chap
lain of the House of Representatives.
and musical entertainment was pro-
vided by Mrs. Rose Maxwell Dickey.
violinist: George @. Stonebraker, bari
tone. and Miss Amelia Ellis. pianist.
Alton P. Hastings, president of the
society, headed the executive commit
tee in charge of the occasion, which
also included: Mrs. Nellie Ross Ellis,
secretary; S. +. Jones, first vice presi-
dent: Jasper y. Baker. second vice
PRESIDENT; J. r. Henry. third vice
president: Miss Kate Curry. fourth
vice PRESIDENT: J.. A. Huston, financial
secretary: Victor A. Garrigus. treas
urer; Miss Rhea Fulghum, Charles
Cottingham and NJ. w. Lewis.
Evening star., 1924-03-23
new ZEALANDERS
STUDY U. S. DRY LAW
Sir George Fenwick Says Country
Is Not Ready for Total
Prohibition.

Although New Zealand has been
watching with intense interest the
results of prohibition in the United
States for several years, public senti-
ment there does not yet favor na-
tional dry laws, according TO Sir
George Fenwick, prominent news
paper publisher from New Zealand.
who is stopping in Washington for
few days en- route to England.
Sir George. speaking informally in
an interview, said the prohibition
forces in New Zealand had sent OBJ
servers to the United states and they
had returned with interesting stories
of benefits accomplished here as
result OF prohibition. Jails have
fewer prisoners. hospitals less pa
tients and insane asylums fewer in
mates. he said were reported by dry
leaders as some of the beneficial eff
fects of the national dry amendment
in America.
Prohibition Is Defeated.
a comparatively recent vote. how
ever, failed to enact similar legisla-
tion for New Zealand. and A condi
tion comparable to the local option
districts of a few years ago now eX-
lists While some districts have voted
against licensed saloons. others have
favored them. As result, part OF the
country is comparatively uESs "Ille
the rest is wet. Persons living in
dry sections, however. may import
from wet districts liquors for their
personal use.
Sir George is enjoying what he
termed his first real vacation in many
years. His visit is purely informal.
although he has delivered lectures
in several American cities. Upon
reaching London. he expects to con-
fer with other leaders of the British
Empire Press Union on the affairs of
the press of the dominion. 1t viii
be his third conference on that sub
ject in London. in the past ten or
fifteen years.
Sir George is described by his
friends as the dean of journalism
of New Zealand. With background
of sixty-five years of active service as
a printer. editor and publisher, he
is one of the leading men of the
dominion. and is chairman of the New
Zealand branch of the British En-
pire Press Union. The union is
pow erful organization of British
publishers formed a few years ago
by the late Lord Burnham, and it
has accomplished much in bringing
to the attention of the British gov
ernment certain needs of the press
CT the various sections of the empire
and establishing the press on very
high basis in government quarters.
Evening star., 1924-03-23
One of Life's Irritants.

From the Uirich. No. Herald.
No person in the world folds q
newspaper the way he found il.
Evening star., 1924-03-23
SAYS POPULAR VOTE
DEGRA6ES SENATE
Representative Moores, in Address
ing Indiana Society, Deplores
Public Investigations.

Playing the Senate as "degraded''
making it's members elective, Repre-
sentative Merrill Moores. republican.
of Indiana, last night branded the
present tendency in congressional in
vestigation as "a scandal and a shame
to the republic"
Addressing. the Indiana Society at
it's annual banquet at the New Ebbitt
Hotel. Representative Moores de-
ciared the American people were
now being treated to an extraor-
binary spectacle when the public
lis in dire need of intelligent public
service"
They are running the Senate for
snaring purposes" hotly declared the
Indiana representative. They are
doing work that ought to be done
by q grand jury in secret, instead of
breathing scandal into the oDen, and
they are getting no results.
Such a congreS SSional inVeStiga =
tion in public defeats the law and is
a scandal and d shame to the re-
public
Against Amendments.
DepIoring the attempts to amend
the Constitution, which were said to
amount at present to somewh hc re
between twenty and thirty amend :
ments,' Representative Moore de-
clared he would vote against every
proposal.
Especially did he regret" the
change in government effected by
"one of the idiotic amendments.
which makes the senators elective
by popular vote" This amendment,
Mr.. Moores said. has degraded the
Senate as whole"
PraisiuG the Indiana delegation,
however. Representative Moores re-
cited the history of eminent Hoosiers
in American official life. and declared,
Thank God, Indiana is maintaining
its high character at the Capitol"
The tendencies of today also were
deplored by the postmaster, Rev.
Earle Whitley, pastor of the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church, who said
America was in need of a tonic of
faith"
I'VE are very sick, nauseated. dis
gusted,' said DR. Wilfley. eff not in
deed discouraged at what is going
on. Our country needs a tonic of
common ordinary honesty and de-
cency. 1t needs faith restored in the
legal profession, and in the bench
and in the lawmakers of our repub-
lie. The American people need to
breathe the fresh, invigorating ozone
of the tonic of faith"
Other speakers of the evening de-
Evening star., 1924-03-23
GOOD ROAD MILEAGE, 26,526.
Combined Length in America
Enough to Encircle Globe.

From the Popular Mechanics Magazine
More than 5000 miles of roads of al
types were completed with federal aid
during the year which ended June -
1923. according to a government report
This. added TO the mileage completed
previously. brought the total for finished
projects up 10 26.J36 miles, or NOR
than enough TO circle the earth The
projects under construction at the clos
Of the year amounted to 14.772 mile.-
and were estimated at 53 per cent com
plete.
Evening star., 1924-03-23
PLAN TENNESSEE NIGHT.
D. C. Democratic Club Members to
Hold Rally.

Tennessee night" will be observed
by the National Democratic Club of
Washington on Tuesday night when
A rally will be held at the Raleigh
Hotel.
Senator Kenneth Mckellar and Rep
resentative Finis ]. Garrett will be
the principal speakers. Senator Nc
kellar will discuss sc fares in the
District among other things and Rep
resentative Garrett will give the dem
ocratic outlook in his state. All dem
ocratic members of Congress from
Tennessee have been invited and an
effort will be made to get every
democrat from Tennessee in the Dis
trict out at this time.
The Washington times., 1924-12-24
LIGHTER AND
LIGHTER
BY Alice LangelieT

international Neyp Service Staff
Correspondents
PARIS.
ENEMININE lingerie is growing
Il lighter and lighter every day.
With the silhouette getting more
and more slender, things that 90
under the frock must follow suit.
Softest silks and crepes are tax
ing the place or fine linen and
mousseline that had the prefer
ence last year. Colored silks are
in order; even the underwear
must be bright. Gay green and
bright yellow are very popular,
and always the full range Of pinkS
and roses.
Lace, once almost taboo, has re-
turned with q rush. The finer va
rieties, such as Binche, Chantilly
and tulle, are the most used. En-
broidered tulle 10 very effective,
done in old ochre in rustic de-
sign Of differene thicknesses. 1t
is used in wide bands. often double,
on chemises and nightrobes. The
latest movement Is to trim col
ored silk lingerie with ochre lace,
or even with black. One Of the
speciality shops has a primrose
pink silk wolfe, trimmed with
three.inch bands of ochre Blnche
about the top of the chemise, and
another set, in green, has black
lace. vaIenciennes Is still the
aristocrat of laces. A charming
apricot-colored silk wolfe is cut
deep at the back, with ribbon
shoulder-straps to hold 1t In place,
and bordered above and below
with delicate Valenciennes, in deep
cream color.
with the coming Of the deep "
back on smart evening gowns,
lingerie makers have had to de.
sign deep-cut chemises ana com.
binations which sink well below
the low cut. Many smart women
are adopting the two iece sets,
usually wearing but one during
the evening. 80
The Washington times., 1924-12-24

. and Of hanging presents for good
children on it,"
when are we going out to
cut down the tree?" asked Bunny.
Right now" said 1, reaching
. for my goloshes.
Off we went, way out into the
woods. We didn't take the first
tree we saw-not at all. We Sc
lected one very carefully, and
then l started to cut away. Each
blow of the AK rang out clearly
through the still December eve
ming.
"Crash!" Finally down came the
tree. We tied rope around it and
dragged 1t along like sledge.
Bunny Jumped on the tree and
rode along for a while, but then
he ran ahead - perhaps he was
cold and needed to get his blood
circulating.
"Foxy Grandpa" said Bobby,
"look for Bunny. You hardly can
see him in the snow-his coat is
just as white as the snow
A perfect protection against
enemies, isn't it," I pondered. "A
man would have q hard time to
shoot him II he hunted him in the
snow-or even a wolf would have
q job.
''That's one reason why ali ami.
mails turn white in winter in cold
countries-even brown animals turn
white. In summer they match the
landscape, and when the landscape
turns white, they turn, too" said
"Oh," said Bobby. "Bunnys in
luck, isn't he?"
Just then Bobby stopped aud
said:
clark! Do you hear anything
in the sky?'
"What?" I asked.
at thought heard the tinkling
Of bells" replied Bobby in a hushel
voice. 81 believe it's the bells on
Santa Claus's RENDERS. How
wish could see him tearing across
the sky"
I'm afraid you couldn't see him
in this light, Bobby" said, "be-
cause, you know, reindeers often
turn white in winter, too, and
Santa Claus lives way up toward
the North Pole
'ohg said Bobby. ~In bet
that's the reason we never see
him. do believe his eight tiny
reindeer turn white"
at wonder If they dor" said I,
smiling at Bobby's upturned face.
Copyright, 1924 international Feature
Service Inc. 1870
The Washington times., 1924-12-24
Sayings of Mrs. Solomon
T0DAY;S PHILOSOPHY IN YEsTERDAYS WORDS
Hf.1As m..ulA.l
Helen Rowland

only women who served and
women who bought.
Then I said, ''T1a, ha! The sages
were wrong! For this Ii still q
woman's world, and the men are
as lost pins, whcih disappear,
never to appear again.
But the married women Knocked
me with ha-ha's and winkings,
saying: "Oh, thou Foolish One.
thou Innocent Dumbbell! Where
fore dost thou seek the men in
SERIOUS places?
"Go thou to the sporting fields,
even the links, and the gridiron
and the baseball diamond. Yea, go
to the pool room, the chess table
and the poker table! Seek them
upon the indoor tennis court in
winter, and beside the fishing
stream IN summer! Seek them at
the clubhouse and the lodge meet
ing!
There shalt thou find all the
men gathered together. For, 10,
all men are PLAYBOyS! And at
this moment half the men in the
world are out upon the links play
ing golf and the other half are
within the house, solving cross
word puzzles!
Every, verify, this rs a Woman's
World! And, SO long as they are
permitted to play. the men are
content that the women shall
RUN it!'
SEIAATY!
Copyright. 1924 King Features
Syndicate, Inc.
The Washington times., 1924-12-24
DO SANTA CLAUS REINDEER TURN WHITE IN
WINTER
WINTER?

TT was Christmas Eve and we
were in the country. thought
u that Bobby looked rather
glum for a little boy on Christ
mas Eve, so toward evening I
said:
What's the trouble, Bobby;
what's wrong?"
II thought we were going to
have a Christmas tree, Foxy
Grandpa" murmured Bobby.
$50 we are" 1 answered, and
Bobby's face frightened at once.
"oh," said he, Twill we have
time to 60 to town to get one?"
1--WE. don't have to do that"
answered. ''WeIl go out ana
cut one down ourselves, like
Martin Luther did years ago in
Germany, when he brought home
the first Christmas tree to his
children"
did he do that?"' asked Bobby.
who was Martin Luther"
HE was a good man, Bobby,
who lived years ago IN Germany.
One Christmas Eve as he was
coming home in the evening he
was struck by the beauty Of the
stars as they shone through the
fir trees. He thought the stars
looked like candles on a tree.
So he cut down a small tree, car.
ried 1t home, put candles on it
and Lit them. And all of the lit
tie Luthers were as happy over it
as thousands Of children have
been since that first Christmas
tree"
"oh," said Bobby, II thought
1t was Santa Claus idea"
II think Santa Claus got the
idea Of 1t from that tree, Bobby,