Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1922, Page 2

HOOVER'S ILLNESS PREVENTS ADDRESS Secretary Was to Have Spoken at Convention of Bankers Today. BRANCH BANKS OPPOSED| s = | Association Goes on Record Against | Establishment of New e NEW YORK. October 3.--Herbert| Hoover. Secretary of Commerce, who! was to have addresséd the annual! convention of the American Bankers® was unable to do iliness, it was an- President Thomas B. Me- the association. Mr. Mc- he had received a letter from Mr. Hoover thix morning pressing his keen _regret that he would be unabie to appear. Mr. Mc- Adams said e did not know the na- Association today. unt of 50 on acc ronnced by Adams of Adams said ex- Declines to Head New Greek Cabinet Keystone ALEXANDRO ZAIMI Zaimis wax premicr when Cons'. n- tine was expelled from Greees in 1917, and his father hended the Greek cabinet when King Otho I wax de- throned by the revolution in 1862, with small attention to the interests of the gov- were being - carried on ernment or thg people. ture of Mr. Hoover's illness Branch Banking Opposed. Gov. Allen of Kansas today addr ed the third and last of the Banke! on -ndin eneral sessio Associa- the | relations court and the federal reserve system th its court, he declared. K during the coal strike produce Per cent of its uormal output he std. heiped the state not to meet its own needs, fuel At the same time, he continued, the American entic e only | but to expoit court through negotiations with operato s kent the price o/ coal 5 cents below what it otherwise would have been H Ra‘lrond Strike Costl ! ‘It is udterly absurd.” he suid. “io | declare that the Rovernment may pass ! upon the property and the liberty and the life of the citizen but thad it cannot find justice for him in th matter-of wiges and working cond:- tions if he is engaged i Tadu: upon which the public welfare pendent. The recent 1 ¥ i st _the fruit paid abor “wer wing more tha 000 a year in sa-aries I contend.” Te said duty of governrient to to the mén &ho labor the justice ovide smaller 1o them and to thei ustries than vow is pald to carry on an ineffecuta | war, which punished the pubii: und doe: not help the I Gov. Allen the government could not stabilizing influence for powerful as the federal resiive system is in the financial fleld. 1t was his ob- | servation, however, he said. thit gov- ernment was driven by the s powcr as the automobile engme X1 and that the financial explosion had_momentum in ‘t. man can study the oper the federal reserve systen.’ ‘without realizing that i to the great benefit of ¢ of activity and that it staids foday the most dependable financial ent undar government control The Bankers' Association went on record yesterday by a vote of ap- proximately 3 to 1 as being opposed | to branch banking or the establish- ment of branch offices by both horers. expressed that c0.an nt o Ala John L By e Ass The fight of the two parties over the tariff. he said, was carried on to the shame of the American people. It is wholly a business question. he said, and should be treated as such The ¢ o of two new political purtics—u conservative-liberal and a radical— substitution of u Selec- tive system for immigrants for .the present limitation by quotas were advocated Mr. Munsey He based his plea for new political the ground that the old 1 democratic parties had at both divisions or republican ar outgrown usefulness; th Licked el defined issueg; and that th appeated to voters with promises of popular government” differing only on minor points, “because it is their business to differ, to create differences, to work up issue Wvllhl-v out which they would cease (0 exist. rmany can pay her war debts, the F ht Honorable Reginald Mc- Kenna, former chancellor of the Brit- ish exchequer. told the bankers, but h pavment would only be pos- 1! other demands are post- «d for & period which would per- the stabiiization of the mark S Such posipo ent sho be o ex- frended 1o a!! Huropean countries with the exception of England, Mr. Mc- Kennw said. The following were elected by the rational bhanks division ¥ dent. Waldo Newconer, Balti- omas R. members mittee, E. P. Philadelphia:; R. F. Mitch- Ohio: E. (" Melvin. Selma, . W! Carey. Wichita, Kan., and ¥. Hagey. Chicago. Praise McKenna's Speech. inted Press LONDON -Reginald Mc- Kenna's address before the American Bankers' convention in New York is miven promi- Md.: vice president re. ston, Chattanooga. Tenn.: ot Pussmore, the executive con Tol el October ssociution yesterday -nt display In this morning's Lon- 1 newspapers and is the subject much editorial comment, mostly appreciative. The Daily Telegraph thinks the for- mer chancellor's statement — will smooth the path for Sir Robert Horne, present chancellor of the exchequer. when he arrives in America to dis- <« the question of inter-allied debts with American Treasury officials and the debt funding commission It regrets, however. ert’s visit was not timed to precede the adoption of the Fordney tariff bill when the British point-of View might that Sir Rob- | THANBERTORERR | EPORT ON ELROPE Frank Hogan to Tell of Ex- perience and View of Busi- ness Abroad. ank J. Hogan, well known lawyer of this ¢ity, who has just returned from an extended European trip, will make the principal address at the meeting Tuesday night of the Wash- ington Chamber of Commerce, at the City Club. Mr. Hogar, who will speak on his experiences abroad for the first time since- his return, is expected to give chamber members a clear and conc| picture of European business meth- ods and conditions. 5 Several committee reports will be presented ut the meetingk, among them the parks and reservations, fire and police protection and member- ship. Par Check Collection. Referendum 39 of the Chumber Commerce of the United States, whi was submitted to the directors of the local chamber for action last Tuesday waight and which was re- terred to a special committee, will be carefully investiguted and a re- port mada ut the full mceting. The referendum which deals with the par collection of checks is now in the hands of the special commit- itee. consisting of James T. Lloyd, | Charles 'W. Darr, Martin A. Leese, | fdunes H. Badeu und James B. Hen- { derson i . lu connection with the parade next | Sunduy of the loly Nume Socleties of this section of the United States the le tion of the chamber has been in order that business houses e properly decorated. It is un- of h derstovd iha the chamber will ask @ universal compliance with this re- | H 1065 tiie Lusiness houses here, | | parade will form cast of the! Capitol” and march down the south side of Penusylvania avenue to 15th street. thence south on 15th street to| the Monument grounds, where more | than 100.000 persons are expeeted to gather for religious servi To Greet Naturopailis. i An address of welcome to deiegates | to the twentyv-sixth annuzl convention ! !nr the American Naturopathic Asso- feiation will be m tonizit at the | | Willard by Arthur T ur of the b The convention 1 be in session unti! Monday The following conventions have asked by the chamber to make W tington their meeting plice next be | American Dairy Science Association, | National ¢ uery and Butter Makers' | Association National Checse Associa- {tion. A Jersey Cattle Club Holstein Association of Amer- Brown-s H Cattie C A Guernse ttle tional ociation of Inspectors. World's Dairy Congress {Association and International Milk Dealers' Assoctation. ENTIRE COUNTRY I THREATENED BIG RECORD- BREAKING® DROUGHT | Association, oclation, Amer Club, Interna- Dairy and Milk Il «Continued from F west. Gordon Chance, ter M. O. Chance, returned to Washing- | ton today. having been forced by the drought to give up the 910 acres of {land which he was farming in Frank- lin an Jefferson countied, Illinois. The ground in a certaimstrip in I plattorm America to Lose Norwegian Ship Case, Is Report By the Associated Press. October 5.—It 18 re- ported that the arbitratlon court at The Hague has practically de- cided in favor of the Norweglan ship owners who brought action against the United States Ship- ping Board involving 125,000,000 kroner in connection with Nor- ' wegian shipping seized by the United States during the war, says a Central News dispatch 'from Chirlstiania. Arguments ended September 1. 1t was not indicated then that an early decision was expected, as representatives of both govern- ments agreed that the court might extend its time for render- ing a decision to February 1. R, MONTANA POLITICS CENTERS ON DIXON rom First P line democrats are behind him, Al- though he had a background of radi- calism to overcome, he sat down with the regular democratic organization, and a platform was formulated which is eminently satisfactory not only to| con- | be- | conservative democrats, but servative republicans. This is cause the democrats have aimed their at Gov. Dixon's radical policies. which, re concerned, re of & taxation congervatives g Mr. Dixon as m They be. radical than 'h or anti-Dixon. The governor has made up his mind to levy heavy taxes on_the mining Industry. and s at- tempting to justify his action on the {ground of increased ¢xpense in run- ning the state. Tho democrats are shouting economy of expenditure and relief from burdensome taxation. In order to hit at Dixon, who is cam- paigning energetically to get a state legislature elected friendly to his policies, many republicans will vote for democratic candidates right down the line, with one or two exceptions. Former Representative Ilvans, demo- erat, is one of the exceptions. He has indorsed the tax program of republi- can Gov. Dixon. To add 1o tae confusion. J. W. Anderson. wio polled about 10000 fvetes cut of 70.000 in the republican primurtes for United States senator purcly on the platform of diseatis- fiction with tiv Harding administra- | tion. has cuarried his antlpathy to! President Harding to an-! nounce that he will support B. K. | Wheele the democratic nominee for the Senate Carl Riddick, the republican nomi- nee for the Senate. was a_minority choice in the primaries. While he came from the ultra radieal group | and was a member of the Non-Parti- san League, he poscs as a conserva- | tive and the friend of President Hard- ink. Gov. Dixon is quietly keeping out of the scnatorial fight. but the | expectation is that he and Ri ck will sooner or later get together. Dixon Hns Machine. Wheeler's chances of victory | in a coalition of demo- progressive and con- ielinatlons, regular repub- U1 thosa who will vote for state candidates who are opposed to the Dixon tax program. In the primaries Mr. Dixon's men won the republican nomination in half the number of legislative districts. Here. as in North Dakota. the voter will have to do a good deal of scratch ing to 3 his purposes. I M lie entirely crats of both servative Heans and and national banks in any form After the passage of a& resolution sxpressing this opposition, steps were en by bankers from Missouri. Ilinois. Wisconsin, ew Jersey and Connecticut to form an association of national and state banks and trust companies opposed to branch banking to undertake a campaign for the passage of a federal statute prohibit- Ing national banks from having | branches or more than one office in any state. Murray McLeod. vice presi dent of the Irving Park Natlona Bank, Chicago, was elected chairman of the organization. A committee | composed of three delegates from | each of the forty-eight bankers' as- soclations will meet in Chicago soon 1t was announced, to plan a national campaign. Messages from President Harding and Sccretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon were read by President Thomas B. McAdams. In his letter to | the bankers. Secretary Mellon wrote that a foundation for an early and healthful revival of business had been established through the response of the bankers to the Treasury offerings of the short term notes issued during the past elghteen months to retire victory notes and other early matur- ing obligations. President Harding's message was a plea to the bankers that they “lead in recommitting our people to sane expenditures, to ways of economy and thrift to the consideration of muni cipal and national problems in that conscience which builds the temple of confidence.” Milwaukee Man President. { In the election of officers John H. Puelicher of Milwaukee was chosen | president; Walter W. Head of Omaha, Neb., first vice president, and William W. Knox. second vice president. The resolution opposing the es- tablishment of branch banks was placed before the convention by Samuel B. Jefferies, vice president of the National City Bank of St. Louis. Waldo Newcomer, president of the National Exchange Bank of Baltimore, ied the opposition. An attempt by the anti-branch forces later to have the resolution adopted by the national bank division failed. Frank A. Munsey addressed the convention on the problems of the hour. and said that the operations of the republican and democratic parties - September Circulation 83,742 irict of Columbi : FLEMIN GOLD, Business Manager of THE EVENING and SUNDAY STAR. does solemnly swear that the actual number of copies of the paper named sold and distribute aring the month of September, A.D. 1822, wi s follows: 1 i i D DAILY. Das: Coples. Days. Copies. i 16 ... 81445 2 18 88.7: 4. 19 B7 4 5 20 . 87.666 | [ 21 . 87,638 4 22 86.908 s 23 | 8’3217 9! 25 87.060 55 36 ! /048 i 27 13 . 28 14 29 15 30 Less adjustments.... 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JouNT, ibarrier i Aoy have been urged with a rather bet- ter chs its influencing American opinion The realize “how nobody can McKenna newspaper says better than Mr effectually that unfortunate the tariff) must check the of that exportable surplus from Great Britain to America whereby we could best pay our debt The Morning Post conzratulates Mr. McKenna on the “dignified and tactful | which he handled he British debt to the and deduces that he nd of joint action by to relieve the manner the question_of United States fators momS o the creditor countries sitnation The Time: MeKenna' MeKen in wives great praise to Mr. speech. saving that Mr ndered good service b emphasizing the fact t we have the capacity to pay our debts and it is. our ermination to honor . our bond in full,” and proceeds: “If. as we believe they will, the British funding mission also makes this point crystal clear to our friends on the other side of the Atlantic, the mischief the Balfour note did may vet be undone.” HEFLIN WRITES BANKERS. Senator Heflin, democrat. Alabama, today made public a letter to Presi- dent Thomas B. McAdams of the American Bankers' Association, urg- ing that the bankers. in convention at New York, should not adopt a reso- lution indorsing W. P. G. Harding of Alabama_for reappointment to - the Federal Reserve Board. Senator Heflin said he had heard a rumor that Gov. Harding and friends had been “active for weeks trving to select delegates to the American Bankers' Association who would fa- vor the passage of a resolution in- dorsing him for reappointment.” “If they should try to do such a thing.” Senator Heflin wrote, I trust that you, as the honored head of a great’ American institution, will use vour great influence to prevent such action. * * * I can think of nothing that would so Injure the great bank- ing fraternity of America with the masses of the people as a deliberate indorsement by vour convention of the deflation conduct of W. P. G. Harding.” Senator Heflin's letter reiterated his charges in Senate speeches, that an alleged credit-deflation while Mr. Harding was governor of the Federal Reserve Board. had “paralyzed business, closed industries, drove millions of wage earners from employment, caused thousands to kill themselves and destroyed property values by the billions.” NEW “WALLY” REID FILM SEEN BY STAR CLUB Pre-Release Movie Shown at First Fall Session of News- paper Workers. Members of The Evening Star Club turned out last night for the first fall meeting of the year. to enjoy a brief business discussion, a pre-release Lasky-Famous Players film starring Wallace Reid in “The Ghost Break- or,” and a luncheon served in the club lunchroom, 5 So speedily was business transacted that in less than an hour after the first fall of the gavel the clubroom was darkened and the Fox Film Cor- poration’s comedy, “The Reporter, was thrown on an improvised scree allowing newspaper men * selves as others see them.” ‘The Wally Reid film will be shown at local theaters in the near future. It will be a crowd collector if Wash- ington feels the same enthusiasm as ‘was evidenced last night. It tells the haunted castle in Aragon and shows the methods employed by an American to break up activities of & number of spurious ghosts that are in the employ of a gentleman who is seeking the fortune of the beauti- ful Dona of Castle Aragon. Lila Lee, always convincing as a Spanish sweetheart, gives the superlative support necessary for the success of the presentation. After the meeting the members ad journed to the lunchroom to discusa ‘hot dog: and potato salad, with sweet cider or coffee on the side. policy. these counties, Mr. Chancy said, was 80 hard that it was necéssary to have. a man sit on the end of the plow even when a tractor was being used. in order to get the shear to sink into the ground. There has been virtually no rain in ain places in Illinois. about sev- -five miles east of St. Louis, since April 22 he said, until early in Sep- tember, when there were a couple of slight showers. which did not help the dry. dirt much. After struggling against nature in 2n adverse mood. the son of the post- master of the National Capital decid- ed to take the tip of some of the old- er farmers. who aiso had complete crop failures. He hired a freight car, packed his household goods and horses in it, and climbing in himself, resigned him- self to the railroads, whose engines {Just hauled his “outfit” into the Dis- lar drought conditions threaten serious damage in many parts of the United States, the weekly weather and crop review of the Department of Agriculture just issued by the weather bureau declared. Grain Crops Favored. Late growing crops are adversely affected.’and the lack of moisture has materially slowed down fall seeding. | The warm and sunny weather, on the other hand, has been favorable (o some of the many grain crops. Stating that light rains fell during the week along the Pacific coast, the review said: “Drought conditions pre- vailed in most other districts, and there was insufficient moisture for the proper growth of vegetation. Streams, ' springs and wells were very loav in parts of the southwest and In a good many places from the Ohio valley southeastward. Pastures, range: meadows and late truck crops were unfavorably - affected, and molsture was needed in many central and southern states for the germination of fall sown seed Situation Regarded Serfous. The dry weather has practically matured the corn crop, although in some of the late corn sections the drought has cut the prospects to some extent, according to the review Prof. J. Warren Smith, editor of the review, sald today that drought in this country is not offen so wide- spread as the present one. He said he would characterize the situation serious as to pastures, meadows and water supply. —_— FALLS 3 STORIES, UNHURT Window Washer Drops Before Crowd Watching Series Bulletin. MINNEAPOLIS, October 5.—While a crowd nearby watched a world series bulletin board here yesterday, Lester Garceau, thirty-five vears.old, a win- dow- washer, fell from a third-story ledge to the sidewalk. Horrifled spectators thought he had been killed. {But he was uphurt. “What's the score?” were his first words as he came out of a daze. CONSTRUCTION CO.lx Builders 407 Blackistone Building 14th and H Sts. N.W.—Main 7823 Whether Your Job —is small or extensive we'll get busy om it, and move it right along to early comple- & tion. That’s our idea of de- pendable service to those de- siring Store or House Re- pairs, Alterations or new construction. £ No troubie to estimate. PHONE MAIN 7823 - stead of T or against the Non-Far: Leacue. as was the case two v, aro. to support or destroy Dixon built up quite rot uniike t vo + powerful machi of La Follette fn Wis- consin and H Johnson in Cal fornia. It is cupposed he wants to £0 back to the United States Senata iwo vears hence. when Senator W democrat. will he up for re-eclectior Although the republicans polled 70.000 votes and the democrats only half that number in the recent prima there is a divided opinion as to the meaning of the result. Some hold the view that the overwhelmingly repub- Tican admin tion will mean the election_of Riddick. republican, United States senator by a comfo able margin. Others insist that. ing to the splendid harvest. thousands of voters did not have time to go to the polls in the rural districts. and that many who voted in the republi- can primaries did so out of personal friendship for the many candidates entered in that race. Democrats Stronge One thing is clear in Montana. The wave of dissatisfaction with the Harding administration, which is noticeable farther cast. has hardly produced a ripple in Montana. It is true -many democrats their party in 1920 because of opposition the league of nations have gone back to democracy’s ranks, but it is very good strategy for a re- publican here to point with pride to the Harding administration and solicit_votes on a stand-by-the-ad- ministration platform. This state was carried by Woodrow Wilson in 1916 by about 50.000 votes. It_went for Warren G. Harding in o 1520 by the same majority. The pendulum swung evenly from one party to the other. State issues will diminish the re- publican majority and may even send Wheeler. a democrat, into the Senate. though the chances are rather against such an outcome. (Copyright, 1922 AUTOS PATROL BORDER. REGINA. Sask., October 5—Pro- vincial police of Sascatchewan will patrol the international boundry in fast automobiles, equipped with ma- chine guns. in_ their efforts to stop depredations of whisky runners and bank bandits, by it was announced to- day Police Commissioner C. Maho This action was decided on follow ing the slaying at Bienfait, Sask yesterday of Paul Matoff, employe of 2 Regina liquor firm, the robbery of $6,000 from his body and the seizure of a_truck load of liquor which Matoff had just sold. 8o far as| stamp | thought Mr. Wheeler ever could | fight here s really pro-Dixon| ax | ow-! who deserted | their | URGE REPUBLICAN Registration D_ays Are Now Close at Hand in Many States. . With their registration days close at hand, absent voters from Ohio, New, York, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Vir- ginia temporarlly residing In the District of Columbia are being urged by the local joint republican campaign’ committee to attend to this require- ment of thelr respective states in order that they may be qualificd to cast ballots on November 7. The local committee estimates that there are more than 13,000 men and | women In Washington entitled to ) vote in these five states, and accord- Ing to a most recent tabulation more than 65 per cent of this total are re- | publican 3 | In Ohio, New York and Indiana the | contest is expected to be close and | the local leaders are anxious to send | every possible republican vote to | them to help bring vielory to their | party. In Ohlo the resistration days are today, Qctober 12, 20 and 21, and ac- cording to the laws EOVerning regis- | tration ‘and voting the voter may | efther register in person or by mail. sary to send an affidavit. | S(ate Requirements. The laws of New York permit the voter to vote by-mail. but he or she must register in person. in greater New York the registration dates are October ¥ to October 14. In all other cities of more than 5,000 population the dates are October 13 and 14, and 20 and 21. In all other election districts the dates are Octo- ber 14 and 21. In Indiuna it is possible for the ab- sent voter to register either in per- gon or by mail. The registration day is October 9. Permeylvania does not extend the privilege of either voting or register- ing by mail. Eoth of these require- ments must be attended to in person The date for registration is Octo- her Absent voters may vote in Virginia ¥ mail, but are required to register in person, and the latter can be done any time up to October 7. ; Members of the local campaign committee are especially anxious to impress upon voters the neces- sity for registcring if they have any tntentfon of exercising their rights of suffrage when election day rolls around. Information Bureau. Therefore the committee has been iirecting especial attentlon to the Lsent voters from those states where the registration days are not far off and where prospective voters can af- ford to lose little time in attending to this formality. Of course in many of the siates, except in first-time voters. no re-registration is required. at least not each year. However. these details and others re- garding qualifications of a voter and of requirements can be readily and fully explained at the headquariers of the republican.committee, at 1338 G street. A. E. Chaffee. reading clerk of the House of Representatives. who has been busily engaged compiling a di- gest of the reg'stration voting laws of the stat nnounced today that, commen. with this after- noen. the fo rien and women engaged at exp g the state jaws will be doubled and within & eck will again be Incraosed to mee demands of the rush during th homestretch of the campaign. He M. Camp. chairman of the campaign and voters' i committee, announceda that deavoring to obtair of the railroad trunk lines a reducerd rate of fare for absent voters. Meeting Tonight. There will be a meeting the G {street headquarters tonight of the executive committee of the League of Republican State Clubs of the Tis- of e is en- 2 of the league, announced he is anx- ious to concentrate efforts of the members in getting out the voters from their respective states and discuss other plans concerning ampaig WOULD ERECT NEW U. S. BUILDINGS NOW. (Continued from First Page.) the nia avenue and on the east by 17th street. In that letter Senator Smoot points out that already more than 20.000 government employes are now work- ing in that area. He explained that the public buildings commission has several projects in view which will materially increase the trans portation needs of that section. He also emphasized that the gov ernment is now buying this tract of land in that area on which there are temporary buildings. which will probably soon be replaced by modern type ofice buildings. to house many thousand more government workers. $1.500,000 for Sites. While Congress appropriated §1.- 500,000 to purchase these sites Lieut. Col. C. O. Sherrill, officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, has re- ported that negotiations now in progress indicate that these sites can be bought several hundred thousand dollars under that appropriation. Col Sherrill _is particularly pleased with the relatively low prices at which the | government is securing the properties in comparison with the much higher values placed on other property in the same section. It can be stated positively that the public buildings commission is eager {o start the work on the erection of several bulldings to replace the tem- porary war work buildings just as soan as Congress, through a public build- ings bill, authorizes the expenditure. STILL BURSTS; KILLS TW0 CHICAGO. August 5.—Max Spector and William Lyons died vesterday as the result of burns and injuries incurred when a large still exploded. The day's bootlegging casualties lalso included one man injured in I another still explosion. i very the deteriorating moist air. PAINTERS’ GLORY LEAR, dry Fall days and the smooth, Siant contents of a can of ARMOR- SHIELD House Paint give your home a whose beauty lies deeper than Their strong lead, zinc and oil ingredients establish a barrier on yoar property against Armorshield House Paint, $3.50 Gal. MADE IN WASHINGTO! C O 1317 . MYM%@ coat surface alone. effect of wind, rain and FACTORY PRICE Main 2844 Varaishes C.. THURSDAY, ' - TOCLAIMBALLOT In the case of the latter it is neces-| formatian | from the officiais ' to ] i OCTOBER 5, 1922. NEEDS OF PUBLIC _ LIBRARY SET FORTH BY THE TRUSTEES Cantinued from First Page.) with which the trustees’ report deals in detall. The increases are required for four principal reasons: The statutory salaries of the exist- ing establishment are grossly inade- quats and should be increased to the extent of 331-3 per cent over exist- ing pay plus bonus. Such an increase 18 called for in the pending Sterling- Lehlbach reclassification bill, en- actment of which the library trustees urge as offering a solution of -the problem of obtalning and retaining ‘lcompetently trained persons in the library service. This bill, the library trustees state, “giv to the classification clalms of libra- riang among the scicntific, technical and professional people on the basis of:comparable education, training and experience and complexity of work required.” The library trustees point out that, compared with the salaries of librari- ans of other large municipalities, the salary of the chief librarian is ex- tremely small and should be speedily increased. The library trustees urge this “in the light of Librarian Bower- man's standing among the foremost {progressive librarians of the country, {in the light of his high professional qualifications and in view of hig cighteen years of devoted, effcctive service in’ the library’s upbuilding.” New Positions Necessary. | | Seventeéen new positions are re- lquired for the present establishment jand for general admission. No new positions were granted in last vear's estimates, in spite of the fact that an average of ten persons were being employed from the substitute and desk funds and it was necessary to the Mbrary at 3 pm. on Wed- Eight additional required for the and four each school libraries. Substantial increases are also asked for books, binding. substitutes, Sun- nd holiday funds, contingent ex- pse8 and for repai and improve- ments to the buildings. OwIng to the higher cost of books and the Stocking of the new branches an {ncrease of 317,500 is asked in the estimates for books. It is pointed out that supplies and equipment are in arrears and that the contingent fund should be substantially enlarged Se Libraries. assistants outheastern for the three will be branch high Branch and ol The new branches are of two classes. The first includes the South- eastern branch m a separate build- ing and the second includes three new branches in high 1001 buildings. The lib fwith b appropriations for |for the remainder of sutheastern branch can be open ttle more than half time, namely. |fifty-one hours a weck, instead of vehly-two, the customary minimum v that service year the trustees point out staft allowed will be much too small to meet the demands that are sure to come from the population of 40,000 people which the branch will serve. Eastern High School branch library will be the first of a serics of branch- {es 1o Le opened in school buildings in faccordance with the agreement be- tween the hoard of education and the ibrary boar It is expected that this and all other branches in school buildings will be opened all week days, including vacations, and will srve not simply school pupils. but {the general public of their neighbor- {hoods. In junior high schools there Lwill b | Proper Library Support. The report points out that the libra- {ry has never had sufficient funds to |carry on'its work. “It is not only {necessury to strengthen the present |organization at every point, but also ary now looks forward with expectation to a great en- gerient of its service through the blishment of new branches. This ‘extension should be rapid that ] within five or six years the Public Library will be able to extend its service to the entire population of the District. instead of serving only is ithe lib cont ost trict. Willlam Tyler Page. president , minor fraction of the population as | {present. Such development can he secur=d only through large increa in library support The trustees raise the question as te what constitutes a proper basis of spert of @ public library in an intelligent, progressive city. and {state that just as the question of dequate support for eity public ‘hool systems has had the attention of the National Education Associa- tion; se the question of r support for municipal publ ries has had., during the last few years, the earnest consideration of {the American Library Association Thi 1 body of near! 6. i | i { i i i i To Avoid or Never use gasoline Be careful about s start fires. Clean out paper, rags from basements, shafts, storerooms and Keep matches in matches. location of nearest fire-al suffering, and property. W. A. H. CHURCH, President Phone Main 1180 just recognition | throughout the country, and that tne | ‘Opportunity waits for no man.” When your oppor- tunity comes to engage in business, be ready to grasp it— if you pass it by, some one else will take it. It you ever expect to get ahead—if you want a business ot your own—there is one definite outstanding thing vou must do— You must save—and you must save regularly. Ke'ep a fire extinguisher near and know Observance of these rules will save life or Mfitual Fire Insurance Company Advertisemen BRINGS BULGARIAN | ART T AMERICA | Treasure Caves Are Discovered In City’s Streets in the streets sure caves of Washington. Doesn't sound reasonable, does it? But it is true. Money was found there vesterday. /A workman found a gold watch the other day. mingled with dust and dirt accumulated with months. For the caves are beneath loading platforms of the street car companies, Some were being renewed at one of Washington's_ busiest corners, 15th street and New York avenue. No sooner were the old planks turned up than workmen began digging ithrough the dust and refuse for money—and_they found it. No one knows just how much was there, be- cause each one potketed what he found. Beneath some have been found as high as six or seven dollar: A beautiful gold watch was pulled from a pocket. “I found that under one,” said a workman. “Either some ||| fellow must have accidentally drop- ||| | ped it and forgotten, or else it was stolen and the thief, fearing exposure through the monogram, hid it be- neath the platform. its a good watch.” The old platform on New York ave- nue had been down several years. | Workmen are hoping to move or re- Iplace others right soon. At least, | therell be a few car tokens there— the caves of Washington. ATt, in a good many cases, is | simply « matter of determination {and a little hard work, plus the | pFoper ching,” Mme, Nadejda S, Vasglileff, late of |Sofia, Bulgaria, and now with Oppenheimer's Shop Unique. |Eighth and E streets. Mme. Vas- {slileff instructs in china and parchment lump shade painting. According to her. the modern hand decorating of chinaware and parchment for shade and shield purposes ix a comparatively simple matter and not near so 'difficult as one would imagine. judging from the attractiveness members, including libraries as in- stitution members, librarians and library trustees, last January agopted through its council a resolution de- claring “that $1 per capita of the f 2 population of the community served; I;‘]g‘:h“"r:?at:lr;lil::ll"‘llf‘l;.“bhevl;rn'vg: is a reasonable minimum annuall 8 s rews revenue for the library in a com- || €lass rooms of Oppenheimer's. | munity desiring to maintain a good || Where she is daily making a ho modern public library system with | Of friends in the art circles of trained librarians,” but t com-' || Washington. She is a person of unities desiring their libraries toi ictie personality and much isupply these needs extensively andi| ability. although laboring under twith the highest grade of trained | the siight disadvantage of the service will find it necessary to pro- || lack of a full command of the i a support much larger than_the || English lanzuage. ‘ minimum of $1 per capita.” This | ~She is a graduate of Sofla Girls action of the council of the American ||| Gymnisia of Sofia, Buigaria, and | Library Association was in June re distinguished graduate of the uffirmed by the trustees’ of vear superior classes of the the association. National Academy of Libraries of Other Citles. el s "'lfer training hu:’ cov. In order 1o show lhu‘z their dimindq ey ‘4!,;:1(“"!;‘*‘4"‘35- embroid are neither unreasonable nor Utopian o e - the library trustees quote the figures || .50 Bovular have become her of library expenditure of other cities | 10 iy ugurate clisses Tuesday and The city of Cleveland. the report || i [AUEUTALE cluss iesday cites, wpent in maintaining its public (|| FhUTHGay evenings of cach week {library Tase vear $1.0S per capita ||| (frough the o hose employ Several smaller cities spent or £ e daw. > 3 notably Brookline. Mass. s148 New: | T e decin art manifesi {ton, Mass. $1.25 nd..’ $1.13; i er designs dis v r | Pasudena, Calif. $1.16. and Mason City. || from th Conventional flowers of Jowa, $§1. Among cities above 200.000 ('-d‘ i nds. -0. common ah; population several are now spending (| [ERLEA In this country as th approaching $1 per capita_on their|f fandard of chinaware decorative ipublic libraries. including Boston, 89 aln JehetE h‘e.u. e us |cents: Pittsburgh. §3 cents: Seaitle, ||| SEBlEns of a sort that savor with |89 cents; Portland, Ore. 99 cents:i| ofientalism er pecullar sense ! Providence, 56 cents. and St. Paul, 88 || o€ color ix evidenced by the ex |cents. The average for all cities above || dhisite ~ ha rm onious “colorings 200,000 population was 50 cents. || #@dopted 1 her wor ! Washington spent 1 vear 35 cents! — | per capita on its Public Librar: of Wanted which 82 cents came from congres. | sional appropriations )F‘::m (pllpl\ gl:')\ ing of what is beinz Business property lis ings in Georgetown. done elsewhere the library trustees idraw the conclusion that “if Wash {ington were to spend the minimum o CKEEVER wiGOS REALTORS 1415 Eye Street Main 4752 section | | i i !$1 per capita required for furnishing : isimply good (not the best) public 1ibr. service to its citizens, the Public Library would need an annual ncome of $437.571. The estimates as sent by the library trustees to the i District_Commissioners for next year otal $275,118. They represent but 63 cents per capita, and, measured by this standard are. therefore, modes | The: searcels & few Washingionians who remem i ber when BUDD first started H muk! nis famous ICE ! 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