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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Louise Thompson Weds

Added TO the list Of war brides
is Miss Suzanne Louise Thonp-
son. daughter OF DR.. and Mrs.
ALVIN Thompson, who became
the wife of Donald Hyatt Ballan-
tyne. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
J. Ballantyne of Detroit. form
erlY of Flint. on September 26
IN Toledo. The bridegroom has
enlisted as an aviation cadet in
the army air corps and is await
ing his call
In the midst Of all this war
work, st. Joseph Hospital Aux
Hilary has completed plans for
the annual benefit bridge party
for the hospital as part OF its
contribution 10 the bone front.
The event will open with des-
sert Tuesday noon in the hos
pital lounge. Mrs. Arthur Para
dis and Mrs. Paul Procissi are
co-chairmen. aided by the fol-
lowing committee.
MEsDAMEs
Philip Elliott Clarence J. Martin
A A miller Charles ~. GAnnsy
John ~ pu-ier leo q ssbourin
Matthew Cow James y psysrsaux
Herbert ~ JchrEon Herman Hughes
Thomas A. HaAteit y. A. Jordon
a. 2 GREGG Theresa G. Empey
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
New Century
To Hear Moynihan

JOSEPH A. MOUNTAIN. cir
cult court Judge for Wayne
County. will speak on The Con-
stitution of the United States"
before Detroit New Century
Club at 2 p. m. Monday in 1ngle-
side Club, Woodward and Atkin-
sOf1 aventtas
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Fulton Circle Meets Friday

MRS. FRANK J. CAMPBELL
will be hostess 10 the Fulton
Circle of Kings Daughters, FRI
day at 1890.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Kings Daughters 70 Meet

FELLOWSHIP CIRCLE OF
the Kings Daughters will meet
at 1890 Wednesday in the home
OF Mrs. r. II. Finch in West
Lewiston avenue, Ferndale.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
ST. Andrews Bazaar

THE ANNUAL bazaar and
dinner of the ladies' auxiliary to
st. Andrews Society. will be
held Thursday evening at st.
Andrews Hall. East Congress
street.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
viii Open
On Nov. 10
FLINT,yoct1 II.

FLINT Oct. H.
VNHE play must go on and Flint
n Community players are going
right on with plans for the OPEN
ing production of the year which
will be the Broadway success,
Mr.. and Mrs. North" IL will
be presented November ID and
II. with the curtain going up at
$50 p. m. in Central High audi
forum.
Only a short interval will
mark the opening of the ticket
membership campaign and the
first show, since the drive will
be started at the general men,
bership meeting on Monday.
Allen Polly, well known among
the players. Is ticket chairman
and also will play the role OF
police inspector in the first per-
Torrance.
Mrs. David Pritchard and
Herbert A. Milliken Jr. will have
the leading roles. Others in the
cast include Miss Doris Bahr
and James Blackinton, Martha
Gaulden. Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott
Henry. Harold Higgins and
Lloyd Tyson. The show Is being
directed by Mrs. Dallas A.
Brown
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to old Washingtonians. Nicholas Callan
lived to ripe old age and was for years
secretary of the Association of the Oldest
Inhabitants. Capt. William Easily was
well identified with early Washington,
and some of his descendants are among
our present residents. Jacob Hines, a
brother of Christian Hines, lived to be 81,
and he, too, has descendants living here.
The evidence obtained before Judge
Cranch brought out the statements that
the fire started between 2:30 and 8
O'Clock on Sunday morning; that there
was but one watchman on duty at that
time, which was usual for night work;
that the regular watchman was Ill and
substitute was filling his place; that the
substitute was asleep when the fire
started and had to be aroused by out
siders who saw the flames. and that it
was customary for the watchman to go
to sleep if he wanted to.
In this connection the superintendent
of the building, Andrew M. Laub. read
into the record a letter signed by him
addressed to James Watson when he was
appointed a watchman in the Treasury
Department, February l, 1880, in which
the duties of a Government watchman
of that period are set forth. This letter
is especially interesting, since it shows
the reckless" way in which Uncle Sam
then spent his money. Here is the letter
in part:
81 That you will be at the building on
the nights of your watch at sunset, and
there remain until sunrise.
q. That each night Of your watch
you strictly examine the fireplace
throughout the building, and. in case OF
any neglect on the part of the mes
sengers to secure the fires, you will make
report thereof to me; which examination
must be made with a lanthorn.
49, That after you take charge OF the
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Bv John Clagett Proctor.

Recently the writer was called upon
for information regarding the original
Treasury Building in washington, of
which a picture was said to have been
lately discovered. However, never hav-
ing seen this particular picture, 1t was
impossible to say whether 1t was an
illustration of the original building or
not. Indeed, as a matter Of record, the
only view of this building in existence.
80 far as known. is rather crude wood
cut appearing for the first time in THE
National Calendar and Annals of the
United States" for 1890 by Peter Force.
The foundation for this building was
dug out "by the middle of November,
1885," and was lat feet long by 81 feet
inches wide. The building as completed
was mainly of brick probably taken from
the brick kilns to the rear Of the White
House, with little stone added. 1t was
two stories in height, and contained
IS rooms on each floor. which was more
than ample for the SO persons then on
its rolls, and for awhile space in the
building was given to the State Depart
ment for its seven employees, and prob
ably for the Navy's Is workers for a brief
period. The plans were drawn by George
Hadfield, and the contract for erecting
the building was let to Leonard Har-
baugh for s39,5ll.
A view of this building, as depicted in
Forces Annals, shows three-story
building with a large central window of
the dormer type at the roof, whereas the
building that replaced it after the burn
ing of Washington had basement,
first and second floor and an attic with
three dormer windows.
The first Treasury Building covered a
part of the site of the present magnifi-
cent structure, its south front being on
line, east and west, with the south of the
White House, and the east front facing
at about street.
AS might be expected, it was not
pretentious sort of building but at that
1t was greatly in demand when the Gov
eminent first made its home in this city.
But it was not destined to be in existence
for many years, and, indeed, came very
near being destroyed by fire on January
20, 1901, when it was saved by fire.
bucket brigade of We olden time, with a
number of prominent public officials in
line passing the bucket-a procedure
which may have given rise to the present
popular course of passing the buck" a
seemingly popular way of evading per-
sonal responsibility and shifting it on to
the shoulders of others.
At this date a fire engine was kept in
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the construction Of the new Treasury
Building and Patent ONCE"
The same author tells us in 1910 that
"the new Treasury and Patent Once
Buildings are now occupied" and in
1855 notes also: THE extension of the
Treasury Building has commenced, and
q considerable portion of the cellar
foundation walls laid Of hammered
granite, thick and solid work" The
following year he says: Great progress
has been made on the south Treasury
Building Extension, the front of which
is Of granite"
In 1866 the old State Department
Building, which stood about opposite
G street, was removed and work on this
wing Immediately commenced and suffi-
ciently completed by March T. 1869, to
permit Grants inaugural ball to be held
there. Both the north and the south
extensions were designed by Thomas U.
Walter
This massive structure is one Of the
most handsome public buildings in
Washington. Its modified Grecian
architecture and Ionic columns appeal
to all lovers of art, and it is not strange
that the suggestion has been made to
modify the State, War and Navy Build
ing. to the west of the White House, to
conform to this beautiful structure.
Its location has never seemed to be
in keeping with the original scheme.
which was to leave an unobstructed
view from the White House to the Capt.
stol, but if any serious blunder was made
in placing it where it is, this fault Is
almost invariably charged to President
Jackson, who, according to tradition, be-
coming impatient at the delay OF the
architect in selecting the site, walked
over the ground one morning, planted
his cane in the extreme northeastern
corner, and said: Here. right here, !
want the cornerstone laid "
AS We al know. this picturesque story
has been often told and retold. and no
doubt will be told many times more, and
yet. as a matter of fact, Mills, who
designed the central part of the build
ing, did not draw the plans for the south
wing which tends to obscure the White
House from the Capitol since this part
of the building was designed by Thomas
U. Walter, and it was not completed
until l6 years after President Jackson S
death, or in 1851 The west wing was
completed in 1854 and the north wing
in 1862
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How OtherWars Affected
u. S. Consumer Goods

ing victory, and so 1t was. Before ra-
tioning might have become necessary
peace ensued.
Going back still further, to the Civil
War, the situation was somewhat d1-
ferent. Real scarcity "rationing was
felt all over the divided Nation. Al
though for some months secession was
imminent and there seemed no solution
short of war, the United States, the
North, had done nothing about building
I'D stocks of goods available only from
the South, which would have been only
too glad to sell to the Yankees. So
when war came. the North was caught
short of sugar, cotton, tobacco and less
important products, regaining them only
as reconquests were made.
Soldiers Jared better than civilians
when the conditions were right. AT
night, when the opposing lines were
close, soldiers would 60 out from each
camp, under flags of truce, and swap
coffee for tobacco and razors for sugar,
but these we're small-scale transactions.
1t was not possible to trade bale OF
cotton, which the South had, for agri-
cultural machinery, which 1t had not.
Blockade runners brought the Con-
federacy a limited amount Of goods
from England and other neutrals but
not nearly enough.
The North, controlling the sea, was
able to take much of the sting out OF
its own shortages by trade with the
no iy Yriya.
tions of the war were below the Mason
Dixon Line. Ration cards calling for
coffee, tea and most manufactured ar
ticles would not have been of much use
there. Civilians and Army alike got
along as best they could.
As the war advanced, the South be-
gan to experience 'rationing" far more
severe and sinister than a mere short
age of goods whose distribution was
regulated by cards. 1t was imitation.
The wealth of the South, largely agri-
cultural was insufficient to stand the
financial strain of war against
nation whose resources were agricul-
tural, mining, manufacturing and for
eign trade. The greatest strength OF
the South lay in hope and fervor. and
1t made a tragic attempt to convert
these great but Intangible assets into
cash. As more and more money was
needed, the presses at Richmond turned
it out, and the faster they ran, the
faster they had to run to prevent over
night collapse. With little back Of the
notes but hope, they deprecated rapidly
until iron-clad rationing was assured by
price alone. II government had
wanted to discourage the purchase Of
shoes, 1t would be difficult to find q
more effective method than that Of
raising their price to 500 a pair.
In the present war we are determined
to have neither initiation nor profiteering.
The currency is controlled, as Is the price
Of consumer goods; measures not only
extremely important. but popular as well.
To these measures we are now adding
the control Of quantities Of consumer
goods In certain categories. In other
words. rstionins. Intelligent limitation.
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ney, Asbury Dickins. Charles Pryse,
Westol M. Hone. william M. Stewart,
John r. Clay, James W. Shields, Charles
Lyons, Daniel Boyd, George Crandell,
Nicholas Callan, Phioi Hale, E. H. Cum
mings, James H. Causten, Samuel C.
Potter, John N. Lovejoy, jr.: Thomas
Scrivener, Richard Stewart, William
Archer, F. D. Dorsett, J. L. Anthony,
william Thompson, Charles L. Coltman,
William Morton, J. D.. Freeland, John P.
Pepper, Jacob Hines, Charles Petit, David
Brearley, Alexander Mcdonald, James
Moore, Charles B. Davis, Joseph Lowell,
William c. Goddard, s. M. Mexican, John
Woodside, F. A. Dickins, William Easily.
John Kennedy, A. r. Watson and Fielder
r. Dorsett.
Some Of these names will be familiar
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have been in line assisting in passing
the fire buckets until persuaded to desist
by his friends. Though, perhaps by this
time the fire was nearly out. since the
fire is said to have been confined to
rooms occupied by the auditor, and that
the loss was a small one.
Fired by British.
When the British came here In 1914
and started their several little bon
fires throughout the city, the original
Treasury Building was designated as
being among the public buildings best
adapted for celebrating the grand en-
trance of Gen. Ross and Admiral Cock
burn into the District of Columbia, and
truly these gentlemen must have been
especially fond of fires, for it is related
that after burning the Treasury Build
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building, no person is to be permitted to
enter, except the clerks belonging to the
same, and Immediately after they de-
part you must see that everything in
their rooms is secure. No mechanics or
laborers can be allowed to work after
night, except by the special order Of the
superintendent.
a. There being no appropriation for a
Sunday watch. and one being considered
necessary, 1t Is required that the night
watch will perform that duty alternately.
Having now stated your duties. I will
merely remark that every confidence Is
placed in you that you will use every
exertion for the safety and protection
of the building while under your charge.
"The $500 appropriated by Congress for
the watch of the Treasury Building hav-
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Bv Basil Gordon.

First sugar, then tires, now gasoline
and what's next' The question OF the
ration is the question Of the Nation.
Ration" is an unpopular word, espe-
cially in a democracy, where citizens are
used to handling their own affairs with
out interference and spending their
money as they see fit, with no Govern
ment to tell them what they may or may
not buy Even the most patriotic Cit
izens, whether they say so or not feel
irked at restrictions, or at least at the
necessity of them.
But rationing has another side, the
good side. 1t is like the other side OF
the moon-it is known to exist, but not
SEEN Rationing is not just measure
to keep you and me short OF things we
want: 1t is, conversely, a measure to
insure us of reasonable supply OF them,
and to prevent the few from boarding
against the many.
It case of word that has acquired
a bad meaning. Other such cases exist.
The word politics" has come to have
such an unsavory significance that many
high-class politicians prefer to say that
they are in public service" In exactly
the same manner. rationing might be
better described as intelligent limita-
tion." Rationing has been in effect for
many wears among fishermen in our ma
tional parks-for what else is 1t but ra-
tioning when the angler is permitted
to take only so many trout per day? But
in this illustration, the purpose Is clear.
1t Is not to punish, frustrate or incon-
venience the sportsman; 1t is intelligent
limitation" to insure continuance OF
sport. 1t is not too much to say that
war with rationing may be better"
war than one without 1t.
In our past wars We have had ration
ing of one sort or another, even If not
by civilian card as at present. 1t has
been either voluntary by appeal to cit
izens, or the Government has so re-
stricted wholesale deliveries that the re-
tail consumer was in effect rationed.
unless he happened to be among the first
few in line just after the store got its
stock. Haphazard rationing. this, only
half effective. 1t did save goods for mill
tary use. but made no provision for fair
distribution for civilian consumption.
In the last war, the big one that was
to end all wars and make the world for
ever safe from aggression. the principal
examples of voluntary rationing were
gasless Sundays and 'meatless and
wheatless" other days of the week. Dur
ing this period there was no shortage OF
gasoline, meat or wheat products. People
merely did without them on the days
required, and on the whole the COM
pliance was good.
Going back further, to the war with
Spain, "rationing" was at a minimum.
If the Government bought heavily of
a commodity, 1t automatically became
that much scarcer for civilian use. and
there was little more to it than that.
The Gay '9os were carefree. happy
so.lucky era, II was thought that the
war would b over soon. Ia overwhelm-
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Lafayette Fought for Our Democracy

he was in the American Army. He would
not be there if the leaders of the revolu-
ton were not men of distinction.
The American Armies lacked arms and
munitions and clothing Washington s
army was so ragged that he apologized
for its appearance when he first showed
1t on parade to Lafayette. The arms and
clothing could be purchased in France,
but the infant American Government
had no money to pay for them. Now.
with Lafayette serving as an American
general, the governing powers at Ver-
sailles took a different view of the mat
ter. The French government made secret
loans to the American Congress and the
much-needed supplies began to arrive in
shiploads.
Clothed His Troops.
During the whole of the American
Revolution Lafayette never drew his
salary as general, and he contrib
uted many thousands of dollars to the
American cause. On one occasion, when
Washington gave him command Of Q
brigade, with orders to march into Vir.
ginia and fight CORVALLIS, Lafayette
found, upon joining his troops that they
were in rags. With his own funds he
clothed his entire command of several
thousand men.
He had a profound effect on the
American Revolution, and America had
an equally profound effect on him.
When the war was over and he returned
to France he was believer In democra-
cies, in human freedom, in political
equality. These ideas shaped his life
thereafter. He lost his fortune and spent
years in prison for defying despotic men
and measures.
If he were living today, where would
Lafayette stand, as Frenchman?
Would he be a supporter Of Petain and
Vichy, or defiant fighter, like De
Gaulle? There need be no doubt as to
the answer to that question. He would
never give in to the Nazi ideas, or "col-
laborate" with any conqueror who stood
on French soil.
On his final visit to the United States,
in 1925. when the Marquis was SO, the
whole country gave him a welcome that
has never had an equal before or since.
Among other honors conferred upon
him, he was given perpetual American
citizenship for himself and his family.
This distinction Is unique in our history:
no other person or family has ever re-
ceived it. Any of his male descendants
may enter the United States as citizens
and vote at our elections. Besides this
gift Of citizenship, Congress made him a
present of 100000 and township Of
land in Florida. He needed these gifts,
for he was virtually destitute. His large
fortune had been used In supporting the
cause Of democracy and freedom In
France.
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alarm. Many of the records Of the War
Treasury and Navy Departments were
destroyed; some were saved, less by any
care than by the tempest which arrested
hostile destruction before its completion
and drove the enemy from the Capital.
After their departure several of the writ
ten books of the departments were found
in the mud, soaked with water from the
rain which so opportunely fell-which,
by drying them In the sun and rebinding
them, we're recovered. Great numbers
Of books and papers, however, were ir-
recoverably lost"
Naturally plans were soon under way
to construct new building, and by 1919
we find an appropriation Of 5000 for
covering the building with slate, which
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ing; knows Of but two points from which
water could be obtained, in addition to
the pump in the south yard, which gave
out-the hydrant on Fifteenth street and
between the Treasury and State Depart
ments and pump near the corner OF
r and Fourteenth streets
"The engine brought py witness used
the water from the hydrant at the State
Department, which was not sufficient
supply for it, and then gave it up to
another engine, hoping to draw better
supply of water from the creek by means
of hose as before stated"
Subsequently, Richard White and his
brother, Harry White, were suspected OF
having set fire to the building for the
purpose Of destroying certain papers
on file in the Treasury Department The
former was tried four times and finally
acquitted because of the statute Of limi-
tations. The case was prosecuted by
Frances Scott Key. author Of THE Star
Spangled Banner" who was at the time
United States attorney for the District
Of Columbia, and who vas assisted by
mis- son, John Ross Key. r. J. Brent ap-
peared for the defendant. The first trial
took place in December, 1886.
Harry White Conviction.
Harry White was convicted OF the
crime Of arson on January Is. 1887. and
a new trial was asked for but denied,
and the prisoner sentenced to 10 years
imprisonment, but whether he actually
served his sentence is doubtful. Among
the jurymen who sat in the third trial
Of Richard White which began April 20,
1887, and which resulted in hung jury,
was Michael Larner, member of a well
known local family of that name.
Immediately after the destruction of
the Treasury in 1888, the Secretary, Louis
McLane, sought to obtain temporary
quarters for the department, and was
successful in procuring, the five con-
tiguous buildings on the south side Of
Pennsylvania avenue nearest the east
ern gate of the Presidents square" This
entire square is now occupied by the
United States Information Center
Building, temporary war structure.
The design for the centra' part Of the
present Treasury Building is that of
Robert Mills, which was accepted in
1886, and no doubt work was commenced
upon it Immediately, for Sessford tells
US in his Annals for the following year
that great progress has been made in