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The broad ax., 1925-09-12
and truly yours,
Jay L. TORREY
The Shoreham,

The Shoreham,
Washington, d. O., April /, 1897
Mr.. Julius F. Taylor, Editor,
Salt Lake City, Utah
Dear Mr.. Taylor
Your very considerate letter OF the
9TH ultimo has not been answered
sooner because Of my enforced atten-
ton to matters here.
should not have asked you to send
telegram if I had known of your
strained relations with the senator re-
ferred to.
Much obliged for the pointer you
give me as to the Hon w. H. King.
I will secure an introduction to him
at no distant date (The Hon. W. H.
King referred to was at that time a
member Of the lower house of CON
gress. At the present time he IS one
Of the United States Senators from
Utah.)
! have on my table now the proof
OF all important Senate document, III
which will appear your last able edi-
torial upon the subject Of bankruptcy
legislation. I have taken the liberty
Of adding a sentence to it, which I
know will meet with your approval.
In the ordinary course, | will have a
copy Of It sent to you.
You may have noted BY the press
that at even this early date in the ex-
ira session, our bill has been reported
without amendment from the Judi
ciary Committee. and that it has now
become the unfinished business" OF
the Senate. A few amendments have
been made Of friendly character, but
they do not 60 to the extent Of strik-
ing out or inserting a section Of the
bill. ! will send you a copy of it BY
this mail.
Hoping that at no distant day to
have the pleasure Of a personal ac-
quaintance with you, I am,
Very sincerely and truly yours,
JAY L. TORREY.
The Shoreham Hotel.
Washington, D. c., May IS, 1897.
Julius F. Taylor,
Editor Of The Broad AK,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Ny Dear Sir
There will be sent to you BY this
mail copy of Senate Doc. No. 1872 of
the last Congress. Commencing at
page 76 you will find an able editorial
from your pen. l hope you will Be
pleased at the company in which you
find it.
Thanking YOU on behalf Of the men
and bodies named on this letterhead
for your kindness therein, and be-
speaking a continuation Of your infu-
ence in behalf Of the cause, am,
Very sincerely and truly yours,
JAY L. TORREY.
1t might not be out Of place to state
right here that only one other news
paper published in Utah at that time
was honored with its editorial in the
senate document referred to and no
other Afro-American editor in this
country contributed anything in favor
OF the present National Bankruptcy
Law which found its way into that
document.
Governor Heber M. Wells and His
Colored Commissioners
The latter part Of 1896 Governor
Heber NJ Wells Of Utah, who was a
strong Republican and actually hated
any colored man who dared to think
for himself along political lines, ap-
oo;p4ad 4ba foffo,,,s.,1r -.fo-aI ..-- -
The broad ax., 1925-09-12

Prominent in Politics and Club Life
In Chicago. A Large Stakeholder
in the Public Life Insurance Com
pany, and is One Of the Directors
Of the Chicago Real Estate Mort
gage and Bond Corporation
Evening star., 1925-03-31
H|T-AND-RUN AUTO
SOUGHT BY POLICE |
Struck Street Sprinkler on
Massachusetts Avenue and
Failed to Reveal Identity.

A hit-and-run motorist whose au-
tomobile struck a District street
sprinkler at Massachusetts avenue
and Fifth street yesterday afternoon
is wanted by the police for failing TO
stop and make his identity known
c. r. Reuter-, 1923 North Carolin;
avenue northeast, was in charge o.
the sprinkler. He was unable to OBJ
tain the license number on the auto
mobile.
George Green, colored, 30, 10 Logan
place. was knocked down at Seventh
and " streets last night by the auto
mobile of Manuel Davis, Summit Ho-
tel. and severely shocked. He was
treated at Freedmen's Hospital.
Mrs. Addie w. Thorne, 62, 1913 Ii
street, was knocked down at Penn
sylyania avenue and Jackson place
yesterday by the automobile of Robert
Burdette, 2S03 Twenty eighth street,
and slightly injured.
Evening star., 1925-03-31

plans are now being made to furnish
it and provide the children with food
and clothing until their father recoV-
ers. The children range in age from
months to Is years.
Comdr. Janus Roberts of the army
appealed to the charitably Inclined
residents of Washington today to aid
the organization to furnish the home
by contributing old articles of furni-
ture, as we'll as warm clothing. The
army workers will call for the con-
tributions IL called at Main SO23.
Evening star., 1925-03-31

Yonakos were fined SIS and costs in
Police Court for using abusive Ian
guage.
Attorney Henry p. Thomas bought
new suit for $50. He took 1t home
and found he had left his apartment
key at his office. He left the suit to
get the keys, and when he came back
the suit was gone. The police are
looking for 1t.
Mrs. Ida May Mills, &C years old
die'l suddenly yesterday at her home,
a01 East Windsor avenue, Del Ray
Henrt disease was given as the cause
Of death. She is survived by her hus-
bard, Samuel Mills. Funeral arrange
me ITS hANc not be.n made
Evening star., 1925-03-31

parently started in the basement from
an undetermined cause.
A new police captain for Alexandria
probably will begin work tonight at
midnight, although no definite an
nouncement has been made. The res
ignation of Capt. Haywood A. Durrer,
made verbally, will become effective
at that time. william w. Campbell,
former police sergeant, is regarded as
his likely successor. City Manager
Rich said this morning that he had
never been officially notified that Dur
rer had quit.
Ernest Grcver bought asandwitch
at Castos Yonakos' restaurant and
dispute started. Both Grover and
Evening star., 1925-03-31
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 81 (Spe-
ctaD D.-Aroused from his bed by
smoke. L. States, Lloyd and lie Grande
avenues, Potomac. early today seized
his two small children in his arms,
aroused his wife, and rushed to the
door. where he collapsed. overcome
by the fumes and the exertion. He
was soon revived. After about an
hour the Potomac Fire Department t,
aided by an Alexandria company, sub
dued the flames. The damage was
Evening star., 1925-03-31
PATIENTS DRIVEN OUT
BY BLAZE IN HOSPITAL
Babies and Women Are Carried to
Safety-Fire Breaks Out
Twice.
srecIal Dispatch to the Star.

Special Dispatch TO the star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, March 81
Mrs. Emma Arvin, wife of J. n. Arvin,
who was at AlleganY Hospital last
night to see her mother, Mrs. Eliza
beth Herath, n patient, fought fire,
which originated in a waste chute,
while four infants and three mater
nifty patients were carried to safety.
Mrs. Arvin saw the flames issuing
from the metal door of the chute, and,
with the assistance of a nurse, un-
1oosed the house hose from the race,
turned on the water and played on
the flames.
II was thought the fire had been
subdued, but an hour later a second
alarm was given, and every fire COM
pany in the city responded. For a
time the fire threatened to become
general on the first floor, and hurried
plans were made to remove the 65
patients. 1t is thought the fire came
from a match, lighted cigarette or
cigar butt which had been carelessly
thrown down the chute.
Evening star., 1925-03-31

highways, had been Cancelled. They
told of instances where merry
makers returning from a dance had
been attacked by wolves, which were
fought off with gun butts. Royal
Canadian mounted police were said to
have reported the condition serious
in messages to headquarters at Win
nipeg.
Today the police sent to Winnipeg
headquarters the following message
from its local inspector:
NO truth in wolf story, which has
been 81 ossly exaggerated No wolves
known to be in Wilma district Only
"n--otrs"
Evening star., 1925-03-31
CHILDREN HOUSED
BY SALVATION ARMY
2efuge for IA of De Voc Family,
Whose Home Was Destroyed,
Due to Smallpox.

vho were made homeless when the
Iealth Department destroyed their
tome because their father was suf-
aring with smallpox, have been ngiven
efuge by the Salvation Army
A comfortable house has been rent
4 for the children by the army, and
Evening star., 1925-03-31
WOLF SCARE is DENIED.
Canada Reports Alberta Town Not
Beseiged by Animals.

EDMONTON, Alberta, March 81
The Dominion department. of immi-
grafton last night branded as false
or grossly exaggerated special dis
patches sent out from here n st
March Is describing Wilma, a nearby
settlement. as "besieged by a large
pack of starving wolves"
The dispatches said al social af-
fairs, involving nighttime use Of the
Evening star., 1925-03-31
CHURCH OPPOSES CRAIG.

BELFAST, March 31-The Ulster
Nethodists are at odds with Sir James
Craig, the premier, over his views
with regard to the liquor question
The Methodists last night called on
the members of their church to cast
their votes against any candidate who
supports the pledge of Premier Craig
not to take up the drink question in
the new Ulster parliament
Evening star., 1925-03-31
Bow Hurt in Fall From Fence.

While playing with companions in
the yard at Brightwood School yester-
day afternoon, Theodore DeFay, .,
$3.50 Georgia avenue, fell from a fence
and sustained a severe injury to his
leg. He was given surgical aid at
Walter Reed Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-27

"stuns" right royalty in the pur-
chase of such equipment. For eX-
ample. pipe may be of the same size
and diameter vet one style of casing
will have eight threads to the inch
at the connecting ends. another nine
threads. a third 10 threads. and so on.
It is impossible to link these pipe to-
gether in one oil well line with maxi
mum safety.
Some castings are threaded for a
space of only two inches at their con
Meeting ends. Others are threaded a
distance of three and one half inches.
Obviously, the longer the span of the
connecting joint, other conditions be-
ing equal, the stronger the union
Furthermore, pipes which classify as
of the same size may differ appreciably
in internal diameter. And the diff
ferences in the tools and tool stocks
used in the petroleum industry are
even more marked and vital than
those which occur in the case of
piping
At present there are 2a9 900 pro
ducing oil wells in the United States
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and the ink dried. her optimism would
expect reprieve. But when she
faced that upper room TO which they
We're shown her hope failed again.
At the foot Of the bed stood Mrs.
Luther Burns. She was a captain OF
woman, az her husband had said.
She was not large. but she was In
credibly definite: Pointed eyes. pointed
chin, pointed nose, pointed elbows--it
was astonishing that she could radiate
in such sharp points without becom-
ing star. But she had no light.
that was 1t. She was as blank and
thick as clay.
1T was Minnie that sent for you,
but it was me that wanted to speak
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into place. Finally, the pipeline was
lifted. Immediately, the union with
the improper threading broke. The
entire line of casing corkscrewed and
collapsed. This accident cost that
particular owner in excess of $35 900
There has been no uniformity what
soever practiced in the manufacture
of oil well pipe, fixtures and fittings.
Each manufacturer has made and dis
tributed what he considered to be
most satisfactory. There are hun
dreds and hundreds of different styles
and models which differ only slightly,
but which cannot be used interchange
ably. The results as reflected today
in the producing oil fields are con
fusion, chaos and financial con-
sternation.
If you know much or anything
about petroleum production, you will
appreciate that the smaller companies
and producers logically utilize large
quantities of used or second hand
equipment" This procedure is justi-
fable in view of their limited capital.
II inexperienced, they frequently get
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-27

srried passionately. I've worked as
Aard as any man. What makes me
the one?"
They stood before that abyss.
It's the best we can do he said
duly.
She echoed: It's the best we can
do and was able to add. almost
Eayly: And no more worrying"
X X X
A VOICE came into the room, as if
It were arriving on It's own ac-
count voice of life. girls voice:
"Darlings," she said, Il want you
TO knew Dean. I want him to know
you, teo, You're all thres angels
and hes also an artist"
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guess I can get to the telephone. You
always talk so silly"
Michael shouted: This is a pretty
time to improve my habits"
And with voice which still trem-
bled from her agoniZed fear lest he
had killed himself, Esther. creeping
to the telephone, rasped out at him
on the way,
Il know it. It's too late to do you
any good"
They sat in wretched silence until
the doctor came. When he had left
his direction for Michael not to step
on his foot. Esther broke down and
cried.
Seems like we got out Of touch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-27

Maybe I might as well chop up
little kindline for the morning" he
suggested.
Esther laughed happily. Il
d know" she said. but l better set
some bread"
They moved before their old hearth.
The light of the room bowed about
them in that exceeding brightness.
Up in their low room Minnie and
Dean looked at each other breath
lessly.
Dean" she said, did you--''
He nodded with: Did YOU"
She cried 4 knew YOU did, too,
Just now. 1t was exactly as if We
We're the two of then1-we both felt
it-oh. | think we were them, just for
minute
AS If we were in their places and
felt as they do, looked from their eyes
at this home
Dean. il was wonderful.
AS If mankind were all one sub
stance" he quoted, solemnly. Min
ME. to feel that even once is better
tran Paris
She was falling asleep when sh"
heard him say:
And I'll paint them for all Paris,
by Jove. Two peasant figures, in
monotype done in snow and in
light"
Listen she said.
The kitchen clock was striking i.
The stair door opened. They heard
the two voices:
Happy New Year
They answered And il was as If
the four voices were one voice
fCopyricht 1923
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-27

~ is ironing the wrinkles from
the American petroleum in
dustry and Is mobilZing standardized
practices. which will potentially save
our extensive oil we'll business more
than 500, 900 900 annually.
Uncle Sam. out Cleveland Park
way IL the expert engineer. who is
holding the throttle and guiding the
petroleum industry into the smoothest
sea upon which il has ever Travelled.
Representatives of the Bureau Of
Standards are perfecting and testing
delicate gauRes-the future official
yardsticks of oil well equipment One
set OF these standard gauges will he
kept under secure lock right here in
Washington. They will be the ever
lasting units Of measurement for
vast enterprise which during the last
II months marketed $3.50, 500, 900
worth OF petroleum.
Another set Of the standard gauges
will be maintained in the Oklahoma
oil field district. a third set in the
California petroleum district, while
fourth outfit will be stationed AT
Pittsburgh, where most of the oil we'll
machinery, equipment and accessories
are manufactured The Government
gauges at Washington will be the SUI
preme court Of last appeal from which
all other gauges will be adjusted. cor
rected and standardized.
MANY additional gauges for use
under field conditions will be pro
duced and distributed by commercial
agencies. but all such will have TO
quality under the standard require
ments set forth by the Bureau OF
Standards and will he subjected to
necessary.
These gauges will add standardized
ton of pipe. casing. unions, collars,
tool joints, tools and other equipment
to our Millionaire petroleum business.
At present multiplicity of shapes.
sizes, STYLES, models. and types which
are not intercha ngeable cutters and
congests the industry, adds puZZling
complication and causes vital losses,
where none such should occur. The
petroleum industry grew by spurts
and jumps and pursued roundabout
courses. Each company engineer. APP
parently, followed his personal ideas
in the use of equipment. 1t was
kind of free-for-all scramble.
To the most of us, the matter of
the thread pitch of oil well castings APP
pears relatively unimportant. Yet this
Is a highly important factor in the
determination of the ultimate success
or failure of various pipelines.
Here Is point in case. Three thou
sand feet of oil well pipe We're hanging
in an Oklaho oil we'll recently.
More casing was being added, prepare
tory to lifting and lowering the new
pipe into the future 'gusher." The
foreman of the job ran out of the
regulation couplings or unions used
in connecting the casing. He sub
stituted coupling that had a slightly
different thread taper. 1t was screwed
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with an annual output Of 714.000.00O
barrels of oil. worth in the neighbor-
hood of $1,250. 500 900. Experts esti-
mate that each producing we'll at
present experiences a loss of one
tenth of its gross investment due to
the lack of standardization in pipe
lines, fittings, fixtures and general
equipment. This means that the in
dustrY suffers a total loss OF consid-
erably more than 800, 900 900 a year
through the fact that its tools and
working parts are not interchange
able. That is why the American Pc
troleum Institute is cooperating with
Uncle Sam in the testing of gauges
and the perfection of methods which
will develop essential unification and
uniformity in equipment and which
will eliminate the mill run of unneces-
sary sizes now produced.
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the captain" to big Minnie, to Mrs.
Luther Burns.
We'll. say" she id. II don't know
hut that's A good idea. We've man
aged to pay for the wedding somehow
even without the north forty. And
must say, it's been good deal of a
chore 10 have YOU two folks to wait
on.
And though nothing could well have
been more ungraciOus. at her words "A
breath Of warm relief stirred in all the
others.
y x x
MR.. AND MRS. LUTHER BURNS
A'A took their leave early-Luther
Burns humming a bit. underhrea tn
as if something pleasant had hap
pened.
When the sound of the car had died
away. the four stood in the warm,
bright kitchen.
We can't tell you--'' said Esther,
NO Use trying" said Michael
lie put his arm round his wife.
They stood before their old hearth.
The light of the room flowed about
them. The whole room seemed sud
denly exceedingly bright.
We're going upstairs now" Minnie
said to them. Your things are in
Your old room"
You lock up and put out the
lights" said Dean.
Michael suddenly Strengthened.
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It's Happened Before.

Srendthrift-Lerd me 50 and will
be eternally indebted to you.
Tightwad-Yes, I'm afraid %.
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Uncle Sam Standardizing Yardsticks
For the American Oil We'll Industry

RGANIZED common sense
which travels under the dis.
tinguished name Of science,
Is ironing the wrinkles from
the American petroleum in
Evening star., 1925-03-15

Mrs. Theodore W. Noyes, Mrs. Mimi
gerode Andrews, Miss Mabel Board
man, Mrs. Delos Blodgett, Mrs. Eu-
gene Byrnes, Mrs. Blair Banister, Mrs.
William T. Chamberlin. Mrs. c. G.
Calhoun, Mrs. William +. Dennis. Mrs.
Henry +. Dimock, Mrs. Beale r.
Howard, Mrs. John Allan Dougherty,
Mrs. George d. Hope, Mrs. William
Atherton Du Puy, Mrs. Edward w.
Eberle, Mrs. Franklin Ellis, Mrs.
Hayne Ellis, Mrs. Frank b. Noyes,
Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis, Mrs.
James Carroll Frazer, Mrs. Arthur
Foote, Mrs. Harley Calvin Gage,
Mrs. Frederick H. Gillett, Mrs. Fred
erick Dent Grant, Mrs. Luther L.
Gregory, Mrs. Eugene Hale. Mrs. Eli
A. Helmick, Mrs. Borden Hartman,
Mrs. George Harvey, Mrs. Anne Hend-
ley, Mrs. Rose Gouverneur Hoes. Mrs.
Stilson Hutchins, Mrs. Austin kautz.
Mrs. William Mather Lewis, Mrs.
David NJ. Lea, Miss Esther Linkins,
Mrs. Ellis Logan, Mrs. Z. A. Liscum,
Mrs. Gideon A Lyon, Mrs. Adolph Cas-
par Miller, Mrs. Francois Berger Moran,
Mrs Avery c. Marks, jr.; Mrs. John
Mock, Mrs. Newbold Noyes, Mrs. Susane
Oldberg, Mrs. G. Logan Payne, Mrs
Henry Riggs Rathbone. Mrs. Howard
S. Reeside, Mrs. Theodore Tiller, Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend, Mrs. Harvey
Evening star., 1925-03-15
Costumed Music Revue
To Open Festival of
All-American Artists
Members of Di ip o m a tic
Corps to Be Honor Guests
at MayAower Tomorrow.

Keen interest is being displayed by
all branches of Washington society
in the Spring Festival of AllAmerican
Artists, which opens at $3.50 tomorrow
night under distinguished patronage,
with a brilliant "Costumed Music
Revue" arranged in honor of the dip
lomatic corps. The revue will be
given from the stage of the May
flower ballroom, and the fact that
this stage is so arranged as to al
low its being projected several feet
from the proscenium into the ball
room, will add greatly to the enjoy
ment of the audience.
A number of boxes have been sold,
the promenade feature of the eve
ning's entertainment making the Civ
ing of a box party particularly en-
joyable on this occasion. This prom
enade will take place during the 20
minute intermtssion, when the audi
ence may promenade through the
beautiful corridor adjoining the ball
room, with the privilege of meeting
tho artists; Mrs. David Allen Camp
bell. chairman of music of the Nation
al Council of Women, and members
of her advisory committee. The re-
ception committee for the promenades
includes Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman,
Mrs Cuno Fl. Rudolph and Mrs. Victor
Kaufman.
Diplomats to Attend.
In the honor guest box will be seat
ed a number of the official represent
atives of foreign governments and of
the Presidents official family. Among
the diplomats who have accepted the
invitation of Mrs. David Allen Camp
bell to be honor guests at the series
of Ave concerts are the Spanish am
bassador and Nine. de Riano, the Brit
ish Ambassador and Lady Isabella
Howard, the Minister of Panama and
Nine. Alfaro, the French Ambassador
and Nine. Daeschner, the Netherlands
Minister and Nine. de Graeff and Mr..
A. Rossi, crage d'affaires of the
italian Embassy.
Adelina Patti, who was born in
Spain, but who achieved great tri-
umph in England, will be represented
on the evenings program by Karolyn
Bassett of New York: Milan Lusk,
violinist, Of Illinois, will impersonate
the great Paganini of Italy and
Jerome Uhl, son of the famous por-
trait painter, will give his charac-
terization of Monsieur Beaucaire" of
France.
Cabinet patronesses for the con-
certs are Mrs. John Wingate Weeks,
Mrs. Harry S. New Mrs. Curtis d. Will
bur, Mrs. Herbert Hoover and Mrs.
James ]. Davis.
9th er Prominent Patronesses.
Among other prominent patronesses
are Mrs. George Sutherland, Mrs.
Pierce Butler, Mrs. Edward Terry
Sanford, Mrs. Theodore Douglas Rob-
inson, Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman,
Mrs. Cuno H. Rudolph. Mrs Rudolph
Kaufman, Mrs. Victor Kaufman,
Evening star., 1925-03-15

Wiley, Mrs. Laura c.. Williams, Mrs.
Charles b. Wood, Mrs. G. NJ Wilkes,
Mrs Kate T. Abrams and Mrs. Nc
Pherson Crichton.
All subscribers to season tickets
will be seated in the court of honor
both at the May flower Hotel and the
Washington Auditorium
In addition to the reception commit
tee, other members of the advisory
committee are Mrs. Eugene Byrnes,
Miss Alice e. Broas. Mrs. Mcpherson
Crichton, Irs. William Atherton Du
Puy, Mrs. Walter E. Hilton, Mrs. Da-
vid NJ. Lea. Mrs. Francois Berger Mo-
ran, Mrs. Henry Riggs Rathboue and
Mrs. Ruby Smith Stahl.
The executive secretary and treas
urer of the series is Mrs. Daniel G.
Chace, Mayflower Hotel
Evening star., 1925-03-15
10O-YEAR-OLD KITCHENS
DISPLAYED IN BERLIN
Show Window Competition Makes
Striking Comparisons With
Methods of Today.
Correspondence Of the Associated Press

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
BERLIN, February 23.--kitchens Of
1925 were a feature which attracted
much attention in Berlin's recent
show window competition, designed
to show the progress which the last
100 years have brought in house fur
nishings.
Inconvenient and back breaking as
the cooking equipment of 100 years
ago must have been, there was a
beauty about the ancient kitchens
which provoked much comment from
women who know only the cleo
trically equipped kitchen with all its
modern equipment
Many of the old kitchens repro