Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1921, Page 14

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\ N follow you on your vacation Call at The Star office or mail check or money order before leaving for the seashore or moun- tains and arrange to have The Star mailed to you | while you are away. ’ Maryland and Virginia 1 Month. 1 Week. Daily and Sunday.......70c . 20c \ Daily only .............50c 15¢ i Sunday only ...........20c. Sc d All Other States 1 Month., 1 Week. ~ Daily and Sunday.......85¢c 25¢ Daily only .. ....60c 20c Sunday only ...........25c 10c | dispatches. Reed and Fiber Upholstered Rockers Choice designs, up-to- | date and attractive uphol- stered rockers, fine qual- ity. $8.98, $11.98, $14.75, $18.65 Tabl This ia th square tapered legs and smooth round cornered top. B. n makes this a very useful table, £6. Dr. Price’s Famous Refrigerators Thoroughly reliable economical Refrigerators, the standard, sani- insulated ice-saving low prices. tary, well kind, at specially Prices start at— $14.75 Last Week of | July. Sale RATES BY MAIL, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Address may be changed as often as desired by giving the old as o well as the new address. The Evening Star is the only afternoon paper L sn Washington carrying the Associated Press |This 3-Pc. D PROPOSES MOBILE: - RUSH WORK FORCE Efficiency Bureau ‘Head Wili Take Up Standard Rates of District Pay. _ Fixing the standard rates of pay for_employes doing the .same class of work in various branches of the Dis- trict government will be one of the alms of the United States bureau of efficiency in ifs survey of the District bullcing. This was indicated yesterday by Herbert D. Brown, chief of the bu- reau. Mr. Brown said he expected to con- fer with the Commissioners early this week to find out from them when and where they wish to start the inquiry. Methods of Dolng Business. Aside from the salaries and their relation to the work performed by the District employes, the efliciency ex- perts will inquire into the methods of conducting business with residents of the city when they®go to the Munieipal bullding. One of Mr. Brown's ideas Is that the handling of large volumes of work that arise in different offices occa- sionally during the year might be fagilitated by having a mobile force of employes that could be shifted as needs require. This already is dome to a certain For example, when taxes are a number of workers from office go to the tax office in handling the crowds of taxpayers. A similar rush occurs in December. when 35,000 automobile owners call {at the District building within a few ! weeks to obtain new license tags. { Mr. Brown said he is desirous of conducting the survey along lines desired by the Commissioners, and, therefore, will have no definite plan of action until he ha’ conferred with the city heads. MADRID BOMB ans DINERS. By the Assoclated Press. MADRID, July 9.—The gate of the Ritz Hofel here was shattered by a bomb at midnight last night, creating a panic among the diners in the hos- telry. One nobleman was blinded by the explosion. The British ambassa- dor. Sir Eamga Howard, was struck lightly on the arm by a fragment of the bomb, but was not hurt. AR DAY IN OUR GREAT, ULY SAL For just one day—tomorrow —$1 delivers practically any article in the store at its July Sale price! This offer is posi- tively for.one dny_‘only. it will not be ;repeated; and it pro- vides _the: opportunity that hundreds of people -in. this community have been waiting for. Profit by it tomorrow! A Bed Outfit, Special Full Size, Continuous Post White Enamel Metal”Bed, with soft-top sanitary Mattres: and good Spring. Speci » —t) Porcelain-Top Kitchen Cabinet $39. ‘This beautiful Cabinet has large table space with porcelain top. deep bins, spacious_cupbeard.and . réomy compartments, and. in- cludes glass for coffee, tea and all ., different gpices, $39.75. 19168 wofold Suite Will Soly Your Housing Problem, $64.75 Diofold enables the residents of this crowded city .to live comfortably in small houses or apartments. ) It provides-additional sleening _accommodations for members of the family or guests. Reed and Fiber .Baby Carriages Latest 1921 models, made by famous makers, on display here this week, carriages ofs practically every style, Tinish and upholstery. Prices— - "$15.75, $19.75, $24.50 Card Table $1.98 Has imitation leather top. For Monday only, $1.98, 3-Hole Blue Steel This: stove 'has_a large.. size oven agd is guaranteed to be a g;aqgl “len%te::n bakrr:-lt is made .of eel and is one of leading specials: - Sl $23.75 S July Sale |FEAR ALARMING DETERIORATION IN FORCE OF THE PATENT OFFICE ‘Best Men Are Bemg The future of the United States pa ent office 18 in the balance, and un- less the stream of resignations from its' staff is checked the manufactur- ing and agricultural interests’ will suffer, according tv a statement is- sued by the patent committee of the American Englineering Council, of which Edwin J.-Prindle of New York city is chairman. Alarming deterio- ration has set in, it is asserted, and this country, in the face of aggre: sive action by other countrles to strengthen their patent systems, can afford to-take no chances. Reform of the patent office is one of a serles of steps in the direction of better social, economic and po- hich has a membership 6f ne 200,000, and which organized l1ast November under the headship of Herbert Hoover. The patent commit- nts as “the ne o “the claim of & patent of English most difficult of all piect composition to draw " Effielent Men Drawn Away. hanging in the balance,” the state to Inadequate Salaries, According to American Engineering Council. Drawn Away Owing tion in the practice of patent law out- side of the patent office, many of them, who would otherwise have pre- ferred to remain in the patent ofice, ve resigned until now there is but keleton of the old, efficient organi- on left. scientific engineering and manufacturing men of the United States are a unit in the belief that it is fundamental to the preservation of the prosperity of our country that the salaries of the patent office be raised to a point where competent examiners will be attracted and held. They have asked in the Lampert patent office bill, H. R, 7079, that patent office salaries be advanced to an extent that will 8top the excessive stream of resigna- tions now going on and will attract new men of sufficlent qualifications to become ultimately eficient examingrs. The salaries asked for are the. very ll:lllntlmum that will accorapiish this re- “The bill also voices the demand that the fees for patents be corresponding- ; 1y increased so that the patent office may ren‘ln. as it always has been, a more thah self-supporting institution. This bill has been unanimously. ap- pre by the patent committee of the House of Representatives, and has been made special by the rulescommit- jlee. Speedy and favorable action by both House and Senate is essential.” rnerotare e sevems ovice 18| ARRANGE NEW CONTEST. ment declared. “The patent office has been the cause of the develop- ment of that inventiveness which h: placed us ahead of all other cou tries as a manufacturing country, making even agriculture largely a manufacturing process by giving to it an immense quantity production per man through the use of automat- ic machinery. “The examin office has been and ened by resignations of a large pro- portion of its best men, due to the extreme meagerness of the salarles paid, that the work has fallen behind and has detgriorated in quality. The working staff has been diluted through replacement of seasoned em- ployes by those who are so deficient in education_as to be even unable to pass the entrance examinations. “Unless relief is promptly given by Congress the patent office’ will, to a considerable extent, cease to perform its normal functions and cease to of the great value it has been in the past. The nation cannot afford to take any chances in that direction because other great countries strengthening their patent system: Qualifications of Examiner. “A patent office examiner requires e variety of qualifications not to be found in any other considerable class of government employes. An e aminer must have a scientific know edge of the class of inventions which he has in charge, and also must have some comprehension of it from a practical standpoint before he can perform oorrect judgments. These judgments involve various scientific. technis and practical questions such as whether an in- vention is present in the applieation for the patent which he is examin- ing or only the expected skill of the calling; whether the alleged inven- tion will really operate. and whether the similarities or differences with or between it and the prior art are substantial or only matters of form not amounting to substance. “An examiner must.afso have a legal education to be really qualified for his task. A patent under our la: must define the limits of. the inven- tion for which it is granted. so that] the public may know what it may use and what it may not use without infringing the patent. As almost all inventions are a blending of the ideas of the previous structures or other inventions of an art with more or less novelty created by the inventor. the task of the examiner is a difficult ore. “Such knowledge of an art as an examiner requires can only be ac- quired by years of experience. For a long time after an examiner begins work in a class of inventlons he is of little real use. .exal Questions Encountered. The monopoly granted by the patent must not be se restricted that without the inventor's permission the invention can be used by others by merely making some change “which keeps the substance of the Invention while changing its form. The ques- tions ralsed by these and other con- siderations are so difficult that the Supreme Court of the United States has said that the claim of a patent is one of the most difficult of all |d)ieoes of English cemposition to raw. “There are many other types of logal questions upon which the patent office {8 required to pass. In fact, patent law has been called the metaphysics of the law. His knowl- edge of the law of patents is invari- ably acquired by the examiner in the patent office. An examiner can be- come sufficlerly proficlent, therefore, to have charge of an art only through many years of experience in the patent office. “When he resigns his place can- not be taken by an outsider without disastrous resuits which involve bit- force of the patent is beng so weak- {ter disappointment and discourage- ment to inventors, as well-as lar; expense to the public and sary litigation in the courts. Inadequate Salaries. “These tralned men of the patent office, of whom 8o much is expected, were paid, when their salaries were fixed in 1848, $2,500 a year, the same compensation as members of the House of Representatives and United States distriet judges. While, how- ever, these other salaries have been raised 300 per cent in the interven- ing seventy years, the examiners dur- ing that "perio ve been rajsed only 10 per cent. Since competent ex- aminers command large compensa- EVERY . PICTURE nneces. | I take, whether large or small,” [ comes out fine because I get GROVE, 1210 G, to develop my films. (Signed) Amateur Photographer. “If Your Tooth's Not Right Just - " See Dr. White' A painful tooth is bad indeed and makes you i1l at ease. Sometimes, unless the “cause is: checked, it may Iead to disease.- So. when, your teeth. begin to hurt, just come.to Dr. White, ‘and he will treat’ tiem painlessly and leave them fleling right. = " Easy Payment Tetms to Al , 407 Tth St. | . ' l Clubwomen to Prepare Another Set of Bible Questions. Plans are being made by the Bi department of the Districs of Copton bla Federation of Women's Clubs for another Bible question contest to oben in February of néxt year. The Plans for this contest, which will be the fourth, were discussed at a meet- ing of the workers in the contest| recently. closed. It {s planned to take the Questions for the next contest gt f the Kings, Israel and t was reported that the of the meeting for the presentation of the awards and certificates, held at Foundry M. E. Church, June 19, was entirely carriyd out. Mrs. Louise | Harding Earll. chairman of the Bible | department. gave a report of the contest. Mrs. J. A. Edgar reported testimonials from contestants, and upon her motion a rising vote of thanks was given ‘Mrs. Earll for her efforts in conducting the contests. It was announced that many re- Quests have been received from those Who were in the first three contests asking the Bible department to start another contest. Tt is expected the contest, which will consist of 100 questions. will sta; guet wit rt February 1 and ENJOY OUTING AT BEACH. King's Palace Employes Take Trip to Chesapeake Bay. Employes of King's Palace, fto- gether with their relatives and friends, held an outing at Chesapeake Beach yesterday. The party gathared in front of the store and after having a group photograph @aken proceeded by special cars to Chesapeake June- tion, where they boarded the train for the beach. Picnic lunches were s ing which thére were hletic con- s, for which prizes were given, and a long program of entertainment. Refreshments were served in the evening, and there was dancing. The entertainment committee con- ted of Mrs. Luckett. Mrs. Johnson, Annle Burke, and S. King. —_— Canada produces 30 per cent of the worl bal price. “There are ten salesmen—anxiously awaiting vour call. -Here is the most popular style Leonard, ,made of ash with quartered oak panels, " three shelves and with the wonderful one-piece, seamless porcelain lining that will not chip, craze or peel. "~ _.| “This Leonard is only -$69:75.- The very - best refrigerator in the world for-the . 1922 Prices Now For the Famous Mamgon 34 “ Since May 2nd this reduction has beenin effect and hundreds have profited by it Nordyke & Marmon-Com- pany has saved thiousands of dollars for its customers by making its reduction over two and a half months ago. It was the leader in price reductions. This policy indicates the constant desire of the Com- pany to keep the Marmon 34 an cconomical car both in first cost and in ownership. To owna Marmon 34 means a permanent in- vestment—its Stabilized De- sign knows no 7-Passeager Touring 4Passenger Touring (§3085.00 §3000.00 Club Readster . . . . changing sea- sons. Its Ad- vanced Engi- MARMON 34 PRICES neering: gives it exclusive Toown & Marmon 34 means daily enjoyment.of a de luxe car st unusually low operat- ing and maintenance costs. ‘For $3985 you get the finest Marmon ever built, a car ehat can be kept constantly new, a car that will so win your admiration that you'll never give it up. _Price— performance — per- manency; these wow was are items to dis- cuss and consid- er. Maywehave the opportunity of talking them over with you? MARMON &4 T. V. T. Motor-storporation 1501 Connecticut Avenue At Dupont Circle .. NORDYKE & MARMON COMPANY Buastlished 1z North 7853 INDIANAPOLIS* They Are Safe Kiddies Whose Mother Uses a Leonard Cleanable Refrigerator Safe! because there’s not a crack or crevice about a Leonard Cleanable Refrigerator in which a germ could even find a place to hide. Its glis- tening white porcelain Jining is as perfectly clean and sanitary as it looks to be. When you BUY pure food you are very careful to see that you GET pure food. Now why shouldn’t you be just as careful to see that it is KEPT pure, so that that ruddy, healthy glow that comes from plenty of pure food will remain in your kid- . dies’ cheeks? ~ Just for your own satisfaction—won’t. yait eome down tomorrow to the Lifetime Fur- * niture Store and see just what kind of a refrierator _this. Leonard Cleanable really is? You'll find it everything that you expect it to be—and a whole lot more. There are over fifty pat-> terns on display—enough, surely, from which to-select. - ’ .

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