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9 . OTY CLUBENTERS ON 175 THIRD YEAR New Officers About to Take Charge—Tentative Plans . for Buiiding Approved. The ity Club will enter on its third full yvear of existence with the inauguration of new officers and gov- ernors tomerrow night at a meeting to be held at the clubhouse on Far- razut square, with the well founded hope, according to club officials, that by next y clubhouse be ready on for ar the et new will the € site occup: ¥ - club tomor- sress of the 2 eption. Mr. Whattield show with a nucleus of less than 500 from the old Com- rae 1 Club, the City Club, .in two ye has expanded to a membership of . which is now practically in- tact With the prospect that ground will be broken for the new club within thirty days. the report continues, a new and substantial increase in mem- hership is looked for. Such a conclu- sion is certain. Mr. Whitfield says. the City Club will organization in ) its own permanent for big forum dinners and | s well as to bodies, | ook | ize. from the fact t civ compelled for each gathering of any Tentative Plans Approved. Tentative plans for the new building, which have already been approved by the club's board of governors, show a handsome four-story ~building, with a large entrance and lobby on the ground floor and three floors above devoted ex- clusively to club quarters. The building will occupy the entire G street site, giv- ing a frontage of nearly 111 feet and a depth of about 114 feet. This will pro- vide the club with more than 30,000 square feet of floor surface for club fa- ities, in addition to several thousand fect extra in mezzanine floors. Final announcement of the details of the building are to be made soon. 4 Located at the heart of the nation, Whitfield's report says, “this pro- <ed building ultimately should house greatest public forum of the coun- where men of all minds and all may present their conclusions to - Washington public. and. in fact, to leaders of opinion all over the coun- who are more and more making ington the cultural and intellectual ter of the nation. Primarily, it will provide a voice in local and national af- fuirs to Washingtonians now voiceless: .nd it should prove more and more, as he years go on, a center where the views and desires of our citizens may be crystallized and made effective.” Club's History Reviewed. In reviewing the two years' activity nce the club's formation, Mr. Whit- field's report points out what has al- ready been done in this way with the | Iimited accommodations at the I street clubhouse. More than 150 prominent men and women, leaders in vic and national affairs of all kinds, ve addressed the club's forum meet- ings in that time, he says. The list of these speakers includes numerous senators. representatives and govern- %, leaders of labor and farmer or- inizations, big business men, repre- <entatives of eraployers’ associations, Takes Oath of Office To i COL. EDWARD CLIFFORD Of Evanston, IlL, newly appointed an- stant_secretary of ¢the Treawury. ANCIENT WAR SITE 10 BE UNEARTHED Relics of Biblical City of Beth-shan to Be Sought by Explorers. PHILADELPHIA, May 4.—Relics of seven or more cities which success- ively stood on the same site and of nine different civilizations are expected to be uncovered by the excavation of the biblical city Beth-shan, in Palestine, which is to be undertaken in June. The work will be done under the direction of Clarence . Fisher, curator of the Egyptian section of the museum of the University of Pennsylvania. Offi- cial permission to undertake this work has been received from the government of Palestine. Beth-shan is now known as Beisan. It is situated in the valley of Jezreel, just_west of the Jordan and not far south of the Sea of Gallilee. More great battles are believed to have taken place within sight of this city than, perhaps, on any other spot known to history. The investigators hope to find there the keys to the whole history of that section of the world written either on marble slabs contain- ing the laws, decrees, treaties and other information or on bronze tablets or written in clay with cuneiform char- acters. Strategie City. Beth-shan was a strategic point of value to any of the great military railroad executives, noted authors and publicists, foreign notables and heads local and national governmental artments. ‘ollowing Mr. Whitfield's report, the nw officers and governors will be in- alled. They are headed by E. C. Graham, first president of ‘the old ommercial Club, president of the Na- tional Electrical Supply Company, member of the board of education and prominent for years in Jocal civic ac~ t'vities. Roy L. Neuhauser, chairman of the club’s District suffrage group and well known Investment broker, is the new secretary. The other officers, “harles W. Semmes and John Dolph, vice presidents, and T. Lincoln Town- send, treasurer, were re-elected. The new governors are Mr. Whit- field, Claude H. Woodward, president of the Kiwanis Club; Frank P. Wil- cox, treasurer of the Elite Laundry Company, and S. M. Williams, chair- man of the Federal Highway Council 7d a former member of the Pennsyl- ia state legislature. Charles T. va Clagett, Edward L. Stock, Henry F Stringer and John Brewer were re- elected to the new board. Through the accession of Mr. Wood- ward, Kiwanis president, and the re- cint election of Mr. Semmes as head «f the Rotary Club, the City Club gov- erning board will now include the leaders of both these live business or- anizations. Commissioner Claxton to Speak. After the inauguration Philander P. Claxton, United States commission- er of education, will speak on “The City Club and Washington,” Mr. Clax- ton being the guest of honor of the asion. Mr. Stringer and Harry S. vans, head of the entertainment committee, also have arranged a| smoker, buffet supper, music and other entertainment to follow the formal proceedings. The public safety group of the club will meet at the clubhouse Friday at £ p.m.. to take action on two public matters which have been under con-! sideration for some time. { The first is the proposed anti-gun-| “toting” law, on which the group is| cxpected to decide its attitude. The| second matter is the question of fire | hazards in the public schools. which | lias already been discussed at one imewting of the group. H n addition, the group will elect| officers and committees for the ensu- ' ing year, according to the announce- ! iient for the meeting made by W.! Pearce Raynor, chairman. All mem-| hers of the club, whether members of | ihe group or not, have been invited' 1o participate in the discussion of the | pietol law and school-fire-prevention . ~uestion | CHEVY CHASE CHURCH : CAMPAIGN OPENS MAY 16/ Presbyterians of Washington and ‘Whole Country Will Be Asked to Aid $125,000 Fund. A Chevy Chase project which has been { under way for many months—that of crecting @ new church building for | the Iresbyteriun congregation—will be ! brought to a climax during the week of | May 16, when a campaign will be con- ducted to raise the $125,000 that will be | 1oquired for the structure. | of national prominence are giving sistance, and an appeal will be t only 1o the peopie of Chevy but to Washington generally and Presbyterians throughout the untry Cnder the leadership of Dr. Hubert 1tex Johnson. the pastor, and leading embers of the parish, committees have Leen organized and will carry on the ampaign. City-wide indorsement of the cam- Paign was given in resolutions adopted by the Presbyterian Ministers’ Associa- tion Chase, the PUT IN CONGRESS RECORD. Editorial and Rural Credit Article in Star Make Impression. ator Kenyon of lowa yesterday @ printed in the Congressional Rec- svd an article from The Washington Sunday Star by R. C. Milliken, dealing with the rural credits bill introduced by the lowa senator, and also an edi- iorial from The Star on the same sul st Senator Kenyon said that the caitorial was in the nature of con- structive eriticism. Mr. Milliken is the monetary statist for the rural credit committee of the Aurc-bred ldve Stock Associstiony i leaders of ancient times who aspired to try his hand at world domination. It was on the route of all the build- ers of ancient empires. Beginniig 5,000 years ago, it suffered the bl of the armies of Sargon, Abraham, Hammurabi, Sennacherib, Nebuchad- nezzar, Thothmes. Saul, David, Alex- ander, Pompey and Napoleon. Joshua led his troops against Beth-shan, but could not take it, because its de- fenders used iron charfots—forerun- ners of the tanks of the worid war. The crusaders made Beth-shan a point of attack in their vain efforts to conquer Damascus. When the As- syrians came down like a wolf on tne fold. Bethshan was one of the places they took and it has been dominated in turn by the Greeks, Romans and Arabs. The investigators expect to find there the strata of perhaps more than seven cities, each built upon the ruins of the other, as successive waves of invasion swept over and destroyed it. It is within sight of the Mount of Transfiguration, the scene of battles between David and Saul, and the Witch of Endor, who recalled the shade of the prophet Samuel to en- lighten Saul, had her home near this ancient city whose secrets now are sought. BERGDOLL COUNSEL WOULD SHIFT GUILT _(Continued from First Page.) seventy-two years of age, flatly denled [Yoke's 32,000,000 endowment fund, at the testimony of Ansell in two essential details, and declared with great em- phasis there was no word of truth in|intensive campaign to raise that amount the report that he had been engaged as | before associate counsel, as Ansell had stated, | Was one of a hundred simultaneous { to help get Bergdoll out of prison after |dinners held throughout the country, I he had evaded the draft for nearly two years. As the judge went back to a seat in a corner of the committee room, Mr. An- sell, who had heard purt of the denial, reiterated under oath that every word of his testimony was true. Just as his examination was about to shift to other channels, Chairman Peters, turning to the judge, asked if he desired to be heard. Judge Weseott Deflant. The judge was on his feet instantly. Moving over toward the table across from which Mr. Ansell sat, and re- fusing to be seated, Judge Wescott for five minutes let loose a torrent of denial, declaring that Ansell lacked the physical, mental and moral cour- age to step outside and make the same charges to his face. In the | midst of the verbal attack Mr. Anseli broke in with the demand that if it was to be a debate, he wanted the right to speak Seeing possibilities of a clash, Chairman Peters quickly stopped it, but not until the judge had fired u few more shots. Then, Dicking up his hat, the latter walked out, with a courteous nd smiling, “Well, good- bye. gentlemen™ First depying that there was a shred of truth in the statement by the e D Clarence Gibboney of Ph delphia that he had been em- ployed in the Bergdoll case and paid $1.250 for his services, Judge Wescott declared he never went 1o see Secre- taty of War Baker in Bergdoll's be- half. as Mr. Ansell had testified. and that he knew nothing whatever of the story of Bergdoll's buried gold until he read of it in the newspapers after the prisoner's escape. Karlier in the day Mr. Ansell had testified that Judge Wescott, as one of the defense attorneys. had discussed with Gib- boney and himself the question of urging the War Department to per- mit the dodger's release under guard to go out and find Explains His Aetion. The fact was mentioned that the judge was a warm friend of Secretary Baker and that he was the man who had placed Woodrow Wilson in nomi- nation for President, ut both the Bal- timore and St. Louls oconventions. Judge Wescott .declared his only part in the case was the sending to Mr. Baker of a letter inclosing the Ansell brief in the Bergdoll appeal, which he regarded as a brilliant document and one which should have the Secretary’s personal consideration. Going back to the tale of the buried gold, Judge Wescott, looking M Ansell squarely in the eye, sxclaime “1 never heard of it until it came out with the news of Bergdoll's es- cape. 1 would suppose that if a man of Mr. Ansell's ability could get that crazy idea in his head, and in view of what happened, he would have left the community.” Reiterates His Accusation. Deprecating the fact that two men could be at such variance as to the !Secretary Mellon's Assistant day iall crafts. {he continued, T PRITERS PAY U1 $125 PER WEEK Arbitration Board Ruling Af- fects Four Major Crafts in Chicago. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. May 4.—A wage reduc- tion of $4.35 a week for each of the four major printing crafts in Chicago was announced today by an arbitra- tion board, four members of which were chosen by the cmployers, four by the unions and a ninth sglected as an arbiter by the others. Under the decision compositors iwere reduced to $46.65 a weck, press- men to $47.65, feeders to $39.65 and bookbinders to $42.15. This scale applies specifically to a week of forty-eight hours, according to Harry G, Cantrell, commissioner of industrial relations for the Frank- lin (closed shop) division of the Franklin Typothetae of Chicago. The arbiter on the arbitration board was Ralph Emerson Heilman, dean of the Scheol of Commerce of Northwestern University Reviews Wage Controveray. The wage controvers: cording to Mr. Cantrell. developed last Febru- . when the semi-annual wage re- vision was unacceptable to the unions. 1920 he In February and in August the revision had been upward. tid. at the rate of $5 weekly for This adjustment of wages, had been gauged to re- flect the index numbers indicating se and fall in the cost of living issued by the bureau of statistics of the United States department of la- bor. When the February, 1921, in- dex statistics showed a decrease, Mr. Cantrell said, the unions demanded arbitration of the proposed wage re- duction. The decision, although declared tech- | MI, nically to stand as a separate issue, is bound to affect in some degree the status of the present controversy between print- ing trades unions and employers in the matter of hours of work, in the opinion of officials of the Employers’ Association. Claim 4,500 Men Are Out. APOLIS, May 4.—Optimism over the progress of strikes to inforce demands for the forty-four-hour work week in job and book printing offices throughout the country was expressed by International Typographical Union officials here following the compilati of reports from subordinate unions. “We have reports that 240 subordinate unions are signed, all on the forty-four- hour work week basis,” said J. W. Hay: secretary-treasurer. “Those signed in- clude one-half of our members who work in the book and job printing branch of the printing industry Strike reports received from 125 local unions show that 4,500 men are out, Mr. Hays said. Vote Strike in Baltimore. BALTIMORE, M May 4.—The pressmen of this city and both the men's and women's branches of the bookbinders at meetings last night voted unanimously to go out on strike today for the forty-four-hour work-| ing week instead of the forty-eight- hour week. Officials of the two unions claimed after the meetings that about 800 members of their organizations would be out on strike with the 400 members of the Typographical Union, who walked out Monday. Preasmen Accept Pay Cat. NEW YORK, May 4.—A cut of 12 per cent in wages of cylinder and job pressmen, press assistants and paper handlers, employed by the book and job printers’ trades here is an- nounced by a committee on arbitra- tion approved by both employers and. employes. The cut was based upon the decline in living costs. Pressmen Return to Work. GLENS FALLS, N. Y. May 4.—Thel first break in the strike of printers| and pressmen in the plants of the: Post-Star and the Glehs Falls Times| came last night when the newspaper | pressmen announced that they would return to work under the same condi- tions which prevailed when they went on strike Sunday. Strike Closes Newspaper. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., May 4.—The Mitchell (S. D.) Morning Republican | announced it would suspend publica- | tion as a result of a printers’ strike. | Printers in other South Dakota cities remain at work. VICE PRESIDENT MAKES PLEA FOR MT. HOLYOKE Declares He Is Especially Inter- ested Because College Provides So Many Teachers. Introduced as “Mount Holyoke's Am- herst cousin,” Vice President Coolidge last evening made a plea for Hol- @ dinner at the New Willard Hotel which marked the beginning of the May 30. The dinner here which were attended by more than 7,000 Holyoke alumnae. “1 am Interested in Mount Holyoke for three reasons,” said the Vice Pres- ident. “First, because of my residence in the nearby town of Northampton. Second, because of the number of friends I have among the alumnae and trustees of the college. Third, be- cause of my interest in the education of this republic. “l am interested in Holyoke espe- cially because in the prescnt teacher erisis it iz able to provide so many teachers. I believe that popular ed- ucation is derived from institutions of high learning. We look up for our ideals, and not down. I believe in popular education in the broadest sense of the term. But it is from the institutions of higher education that! our common schools get their ideals. “Holyoke is a pioneer in establish- ing ideals of education for women, because it was Mary Lyon, its found- er, who still stands as a beacon light for the education of women.” Mrs. Bugene Stevens was toastmis- tress. She introduced Dr. Ada Laura Snell of the English department of Mount Holvoke College, one of fifty- five members of the Holyoke facully who attended dinners in various parts of the country last evening. William Knowles Cooper explained the business organization of the cam- paign. Miss Margaret Motter, chair- man_of the campuign fund commit- tee for the Washington district, an- nounced that the capital already had 600 of Washington's $28,000, which will be raised this month. Dr. Emma Tucker. a Baltimore alumna, who will start tomorrow on @ “walking tour around the world,” told of her contemplated trip. She and her walking companion will earn HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, NEW U. S. TREASURER AT HIS DESK. Tk FR. INMUSIC READING Lawrence Much Gratified at Results Shown in the Training Classes. shington presents ideal possibil- ities for pioneering in community music, Robert Lawrence, organizing manager for local “music week,” an- nounced today, ond night of the music center lead- ers’ training class in the Central High School music room last night. Jupiter Pluvius with his rain can and downpouring moisture found that the spirits of the local community music pioncers were waterproof. They came in large numbers, Mr. Lawrence said, and more score of new applications were added to the list of 200 pupils in training for music center leadership. “You certainly have talent in this city,” Mr. Lawrence, who is from 1y well pleased with the enthusiasm displaycd and gratified at the exhi- bition of leadership talent shown at last night's class.” The classes for music leaders will close tonight. Starting tomorrow night the course of training will be 5 e the applicants who have! Conifined. to Lhe oy iduring a low tariff year. put in an appearance during the first three nights of classes. The training school for leaders will continue throughout this week and; the next. At the close of the course of training leaders will be ussigned to each of the twenty-five music cen- ters in the city, with instructions for organizing “music weck” programs for Washington's community music period between May 29 and June 4. The object of the classes i3 to teach persons with talent for organization and leadership the fundamental re- quirements for the special organiza- tion of music centers. The oenters will be permanent. Other large cities of the country have conducted sim- flar campaigns. The national result within a few years is expected to be a chain of community centers in each sizable city, rendering programs for the public which will give the aver- {age citizen greater appreciation for the art. It was reiterated today that abso- lutely no applicants wiil be consid- ered after the cluss entries for to- night are closed. SCHOOL BUILDING CUT SURPRISES Surprise was expressed by members of the House appropriations commit- tee today that the supplemental esti- mate sent in to the committee yes- terday by the District Commissioners {for the school building program was so small. Members of the committee had been expecting estimates for about $5,000,000 Instead of less than $2,000,000. Members of the committee, both re- publicans and democrats, expressed themselves as very anxious to make whatever appropriations may be found necessary for adequate school service in the National Capital. Individually, a number of the committee said they thought a mistake had been made in cutting down the estimates by the Commissioners from the program sub- mitted by Supt. Ballou. Pledged to Generosity. There is assurance that the com- mittee as a whole is ready to be very gencrous in considering the school needs of the District. and the com- mittee would have been better satis- fied to have had the whole program before them so that they could pro- vide funds as far as possible for the more urgent needs. Chairman Charles R. Davis of the subcommittee in charge of the Dis- trict budget said today he believed the people of Washington will be per- 1o tly satisfied with the action taken the appropriations committee on the school budget, and that he was much surprised to find the estimates sent in by the District Commission- ers 8o small. Want Larger School Yard. Representatives of the oitizens and parent-teachers’ association in Pet- worth have called upon Mr. Davis in regard Lo u larger school yard at the Petworth School and the advisability of securinz a larger site now for the school plant. It was pointed out by these citi- zens, who are taxpayers in that sec- their money as they go and will put aside a weekly allotment toward the $305. which every alumna has been pledged to raise. — e facts, and lacking the right of cross- tion, that it would be real economy now to buy the adjacent property now occupied as unsatisfactory rent- ed quarters than to wait a few years when the price will be much higher. Following the interview today, Mr. Davis said he thought the spokesmen examination, Judge Wescott said he | for the Petworth School district had wanted to reiterate in Ansell's pres- ence “and in his very teeth” that the made out a strong case and he be- lleved tho committee on the District latter knew when he testified that | budget would give earnest and sympa- statements concerning him were un- true. Ansell had ‘refused to recognize him in the room when they were only a few feet apart, which led to much questioning and to the remark by Judge Wescott that the lawyer must The judge told the committee | made. thetio consideration to the proposal —_— JOHN E. CLARK DEAD. have been conscious then of making [Succumbs at Home of His Uncle statements he had no authority to mak But all doubt as to personal rela- tions between the two was cleared away later by Mr. Ansell, who said |the home of his uncl had refused to see Judge Wescott | Houlton, he in Randle Highlands. John E. Clark. died early today at William _J. Ran@le 1609 23d street, with Gibboney some time ago and | Highlands. The body was removed to never would meet him again. Judge Wescott told the committee | Wright, 1337 10th street. the §$1,250 he had received from Gib- the undertaking parlors of J. R. Interment will be at Cedar BIluff, Annapolis, boney was for services in another | Md. Friday at 3 p.m. case, a3 his books would show, and that they would be &£ produced -if |Mra B L. Clark, and & broth Mr. Clark is survived by his mother, Leen- ard A. Qlark of Annapolis, = following an encour-{ l“_‘ia[lul[: turn-out of pupils -for the sec- than two! New York, said today. “I am extreme- | K WHITE TALENT EXHIBITED HIGHER OLIVE OIL TARIFF 1S 0PPOSED Figures Cited to Show U. S. Produced Less Under High * Duty Than Low One. Opposition to an increase in the tariff on olive oil is heing expressed by the Olive Oil Importers’ Associa- tion. Figures are cited in a statement issued by the organization showing that the American industry has pro- duced less under a high tariff than un- der a low one. “In 1920, says the statement, “Cali- fornia produced about 2 per cent of the amount of olive oil consumed in the United States. The highest amount that they have ever produced was in 1916, and this was about 4 per cent of the amount consumed, the average importation being about 4,- 000.000 gallons of edible oil "he following is a quotation from a Washington paper, April : ‘Pro- tection would enable the California and Arizona producers to expand their business and provide competitive con- ditions, thus stabilizing prices” We ask why the production of olive oil in California remained around 100.000 gallons in the ycars of 1907 and 1912 when olive oil Aldrich tariff of 40 and 50 cents a gallon? We wish to advise that the highest production of olive oil California was in 1916, when 200,260 gallons were produced and this was Will Raise Fish Cost. “If the duty is raised to 60 and 70 cents it will mean that the Califor fish canners will increase the cost of operation by $300,000 per year for the amount of olive oil they have to use, which must be passed on to the con- sumer.” . The California packers of sardines, it is declared by the Olive Oil Im- porters’ Association, use three-quar- ters of a million gallons of olive oil yearly, which is imported. “It’is known in some cases for olive | trees to bear In approximately eight years, but these olives cannot produce the desired grade of olive oil the American public demands. and in most cases the olive oil which is im- ported from Europe comes from trees not less than fifty years old, and in many cases there are records of olive; trees bearing at from 300 to 400 years of age,” continues the statement of the importers. “An increased duty to 60 to 70 cents per gallon, as demanded by the Cali- fornia Olive Association, would tax the consumer for the next fifty years approximately $100,000,000. ‘This $100,000,000 is almost four times the present value of the entire olive in- dustry of California.” MRS. McNABB SUCCUMBS. ‘Was Resident of Washington Since 1882—Funeral Tomorrow. Msr. Myra Robbins McNabb, wife of James McNabb of the Gladstone apart- ment, died at an early hour yesterday. Mrs. McNabb. a native of Ohio, had been a resident of Washington since 1882, She came here from Cleveland, where she had been identified with the public schools. In 1884 she mar- ried Mr. MoNabb. Mrs. McNabb was an active worker in many organizations in tha District. She served as treasurer, vice and regent of the Dolly Madison Chapter, D. A. R., and for years held the office of treasurer of the Junior Republic. Funeral services will be held at the S§. H. Hines Funeral Company estab- lishment, 2901 14th street, at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. Interment will bt made in Greenmount cemetery, Baltimore, Md.: oYX eI—X XTI+ eI==Xs. It's So Easy to Make the Change saa-ifi’anbomming awr; ce in from the ills which some- times come from tea and cof . fee, when you decide on INSTANT POSTUM ‘Then you have a rich, full-bodied the taste —and ient to harm nerves or meal-ti ‘Thousands the as and they don't S mSE “There'’s a Reason for Fostum D. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 received the Payne- in; regent | 1921. BUILDING UPKEEP IDEAS EXCHANGED Newly Organized Association | of U. S. Superintendents Discusses Efficiency. There was a general discussion and interchange of ideas for the better- ment and the promotion of efficienc in their respective departments by the members of the newly organized Association of Government Building Superintendents, who met last night in the grillroom. on the top floor of the Interior Department. The chief ject of discussion was that of cost accounting and a questionnaire ro | garding the purchase and issuance of supplies for the various government | The occasion was the monthly meet- ing of the association, and prior to the discussion of business served In the absence of James F. Gill president, R. H. Chappell. superintend- ent of the bureau of engraving and printing building. presided. The prin- cipal address of the evening was made by James L. Wilmeth, director of the bureau of engraving and printing. who formerly was superintendent of the Treasury Department building. dinner was | POSTMASTER OF HOUSE ROBBED OF HANDBILLS TAKEN FOR GOLD NOTES That “all is not zold that elit- ronstrated to the in- dividual or today | who removed what appeared to be | a pile of gold notes from tho desk | k Collier of the presentatives office buildi The person evidently thought he was in possession of a rich haul, but instead it was a package of about three inches thick of hand- bills advertising the exposition of the District of Columbia Chapter, Rainbow Division, now being held near the Union station plazi. On one side of the handbiils is printed the advertisement. while other bears an imitation gold | rtificate. Representative Reese Pad arranged with Mr. Collier to distribute_the bills today to mem- bers of Congre Chey had dis appeared from the postmaster's desk when ho arrived at lus oflice this morni MRS. EFFIE B. GORHAM DIES AT SWARTHMORE | Was Widow of Former Senate Sec- retary and Prominent in D. C. Social Circles. | Mrs. Effie Bassett Gorham, widow | Discussing principally the various meth, of properly caring for the physical condition of the public build ings and the “best methods for the superintendents to handle purchase and supplies, Director Wilmeth de clared that to do these things prop- erly and to the best interests of the| government requires eternal vigilance | a e :nt organization on the part | of building superintenden He said | that the disposition of useless mate- | rial and the proper calculation of| building and machine depreciation are necessary factors in the general efficient operation of big institutions F. L. Averill Talks. F. L. Averill, who has charge of the Library of Congress building. gave an account of the methods used by him in keeping this large building clean and in perfect condition. He paid a high tribute to the char force, to which, he said, was due much of the credit for the cleanliness of the building. Others who spoke were R. H. Chap- pell. H. E. Dameron, secretary and treasurer of the association and su- perintendent of the war risk build- ing, and Harold Tomlin, inspector in charge of the Interior Department | building. Besides those mentioned there was in attendance at the meeting John Harvey, chief clerk of the Interior Department; S. H. Marks, assistant| chief clerk, Treasury Department; C. A. Harbaugh. Treasury Department; Charles E. Turner, Red Cross build: ing; H. G. Porter, Civil Service Com- mission building: R. L. Woodward, | |Civil Service Commission: T. J.{ Howell, assistant chief clerk, Post Oftice Department, and W. E. Wilson. M. B. French, H. R. Owen. W. H. Tre- land_and Alexander B. Eodie. all of the State, War and Navy building. Membership of Twenty-Six. The association has a membership of twenty-six, representing twelve executive departments and independ- ent establishments of the government. the American Red Cross and the Un versity of Maryland. It was formed | for the purpose of furthering the in- terest of the government through an interchange of methods and_experi- ences of its members. in the hope | that more efficient methods of organ- ization and operatian might result. | One of the objects in forming the association was because Congress now requires a report annually as to cost | of operation per square foot of all| buildings occupied by the government ; in the District of Columbia. It has: been learned through the medium of | the monthly meetings that these re-! ports vary according to the opinion | of the superintendents in different | departments. some including items of | expense which others do not include. | The association is endeavoring to| adopt a more uniform method. ! —_—— |NATIONAL HOSPITAL DAY INDORSED BY D. C. HEADS Observance Here May 12 to Be Part of Nation-Wide Movement. The District Commissioners have indorsed National Hospital day, May to be observed here as part of the country-wide observance. Writing to the local hospital day committee, Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph said: “Your letter of May 2, bringing to the attention of the Commissioners the fact that on Thursday, May 12, | National Hospital day will be cele. brated and that more than twenty of the larger and most of the smaller hospitals in the District of Columbia will_keep open house to the public on that day from 2 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon, has been received. “The Commissioners note the sug- gestion of your committee that those who have friends in the hospitals might remember them on that day either by visits or by gifts of flowers, fruits, etc. and those who have no friends in the hospitals might adopt some ‘unknown' patient and remem- ber such patient in a similar. manner, by addressing him or her in care of the superintendent of the hospital. “The Commissioners of the District of Columbia heartily indorse this sug- gestion and hope that the citizens of the District of Columbia will per- form these kindly acts and thus make the day one of joy for those who through misfortune or illness are un- able to enjoy the blessings of health.” T—Xe =X+ X eI —X*E=X+Xx there's no d to Postum drink turn back. the result. of Ge secre and Gorham, fo ary of the Unit prominent in_ so hington, died ) at Her home in this 63 Q strect northwest srham, who was the daugh- | ter of the late I Bassett, for| many years sergeant-at-arms of th United States Senat sided with her daughter, Gorham, who holds the chair of k lish literature at Swarthmo; lege Her husband died in 191 he was the second wife of Mr. Gorham. At the time of thelr mar- riage her father and husband both held prominent positions in the Sen- ate. Sir. Gorham was the owner of the | National Republican, a prominent newspaper in this city for many ye He was prominent in politics and at one time ran for Governor of California. The body will be brought to Wash- ington for interment in Rock Creek cemetery. in | city w i Mr: One British military cemetery in | France, just outside Boulogne, con- tains nearly 12,000 gra: { the | northeas MAMMOTH RECEPTION HERE FOR MASONIC CLUBS Arrangements Completed for Opens | ‘ ing of Convention of Na- tional Organization. Arrangements were completed at & »mmittes meeting yesterday aftera noon at convention headquarters in the Ebbitt House for the mammoth reception that will mark the epeBing of the convention here of the al League of Masonic Clubs. ro= ception wili be held Monday evening. ay 9, from 8 to 10 o'clock, in cottish Rite House of the Templey, 16th and S streets. Stirling Kerm | chairman of the reception committee, presided at the meeting yesterday, Willlam Musser. thirty-second vice chairman. and Georgoe ing Moore, thirty-third degree, 80v— n ° grand _commander, Southern Scottish Rite, among it ommander Moore a ation to deliver decided to have a stringed stra play in the auditorium of an inv it wa i the temple during the reception, the { selections not to interfere with an recital by Paul Fishbaugh in Supreme Council _chamber. A noted Masonic cheir {rom Baltimore » may participate. The commit- agreed on plans for coatroom and other facilities. The receiving line will be made up of the grand master of Masons of the District of Coluthbia, the sov- ercign grand commander of the South- ern Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite, the grand commander of Knights Templar, the grand high priest of Roval Arch Masons, the illustrious pofentate of Almas Temple, Mystic Shrine; the monarch of Kalipp Grotto. Veiled Prophets of the En- chanted Realm, and the grand matron and the grand patron of the Order of the tern Star. organ PAINTER DROPS DEAD. George B. Sengstack., fifty-eight vears old. a painter. of 619 12th street ., dropped dead shortly after noon today while at work on the third . floor of a vacant house at 1402 31st street. The body was picked up by ‘harles M. Cake of 116 C street north~ east, a fellow workman. caused by heart trouble. Collections——All Varieties xceptionally Low Prices PEARLMAN'S %% SHOP 933 G St. Open Evenings M WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC SEWING MACHINE Sews Without Effort Quickly—Accurately COME IN AND SEE DEMONSTRATION THIS WEEK all the time. 1204 G St. A Low Spring UDDIMAN , EASY WAY TO SEW And when not opened for sewing, it's a well de- signed good-looking desk or serving table. It's useful C. A. Muddiman & Co. WATERTOWN Smart and comfortable LION & 1. UNITED SHIRT AND COLLAR CO , ALSO MAKERS OF LION SHIRTS, TROY, N. ¥ FOR PERMANENCE. People will soon forget the first cost of a road, but they can't overlook its every-day condition. Highway officials know this and have made their reputa- tions secure by building of Concrete. PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION i/ 616 12th St. and Summer

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