Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1922, Page 11

= e THE -EVENING "STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, DECEMBER .11, " 19; The Six Big Divisions of Library Bureau Service Library Buresu has for 46 years satisfled the fling andrecord needsofGovera- ment departments, manu- facturers, banks, iasurance companies, retailers and practically every other kind of business and —large and small. 1. Speaal Service Stripped for “Action™! ‘When an L.B. Reinforced folder goes into action in your files, it carries not a superfluous ounce of cumbersome weight. But it is ‘‘stripped” with a double-thickness strip at the business edge—the 2. Specialized Departments handling edge. . That’s why L.B. Reinforced folders save a third of valuable file drawer space over ordinary heavy- weight folders. After months and months of handling—handling which would wreck ordinary folders—L.B. Rein- forced folders stand up as straight and alert as if they had just gone on duty. This extra wear is due to the extra protection of the remforced double-thickness edge. Everywhere that L.B. Reinforced folders are tested, they make firm friends. Once they go in [they stay in—on merit. Insist that your next " order for folders be.L.B. Reinforced.—Item No. 2 § 1470-C-1470-F. ) 1prary purcau Founded 1876 Plans |- Makes | Installs ] Card and filing systems ~ Cabinets ~ Supplies R. O. SAUNDERS, Manager Telephone: Main 1188 743 Fifteenth street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Salesrooms in 51 leading cities of the United States, Great Britain and France Main 556 azzd (;fez‘ the most Ti'avel %o]]azs We want the people of Washington to look u n the Travel Bureax as thgem;:n;mo&:’st ce in the City to get travel information an assistance. It makes no difference whether you intend traveling gver lthe Blt:ltt;lmore and 0{2:0 lines or not. Simply ask the operator for Main 556. When you get the connecti k - for the “Travel Bureau.” = The employees in the Travel Bureau are men of long experience and can frequently suggest ar- rangements that will not only add to your con- venience but reduce your expenses. For instance—a business man recently planned a Pacific Coast trip with stopovers enrou We rearranged his plans, providing a more pleasant journey and reduced his travell;ei expenses over twenty dollars. 4. Card Record Systems L. B. Seles Record :k Record L B Clrd Ledger L. B. Visible Record File §. Cabinets—Wood and Steel Card index cabinets Counter-hight uaits Horizontal units ertical units L B. Record Safe Folders L. B. Reinforced folders Plain and tab folders Guides flf‘:d printed aad cellu~ Removable lsbel guides Metal tip guides [IHIHUH But the Travel Bureau’s Service doesn’t stop at just giving you inf ti you the way. Our agents will gladly attend to all of the etzlls :’n ;:orlr:;nmo;::g“s‘}::ew}gg your Pullman and Railroad tickets—check your ake up your itinerary—and assist, if necessary, in securing your hotel accomodations. The Baltimore and Ohio believes that the time is past when a Railroad’s is to “get there on time.” Don’t forget the Aumber—Main 556—then say—"“The Travel Bureau.” - Tickers may also be obra “h ke Smatvl/ouso obtained at the City Ticket Office,-13th and F Streets, N. W., and at From Washw—dle Baltimore and Ohio h: o mediate to its terminals—New York, Chlcnl:o ::: gg&:lst.housand el It serves eight of America’s ten largest cities, il o S Town:fg ies, traverses 12 States and reaches with its own “America’s First Railroad” WMM The Balmnarf s s and Ohio Dining Car Service is noted its excellence. Meals are ed by apen chefs afvz served by alert waiters under tl supmmno courteous stewards. Prices are moderate. Special 7-course table d’hote dinner—$1.25. Commercial Traveler’s Meal—$.75, a la earte if you prefer. 3 only obligation SHOWS OPTIMISM Mr.Hoover, Commerce Head, Tells of Improvement in Past Year. FROPOSES NEW GROUPING 0il Sources Limited, But Measures to Expand Holdings Abroad Are Encouraging. Observing that the general busitess condition of the United States was “s0 Improved over a year ago as to be incomparable,” Secretary Herbert Hoover transmitted to President Har- ding his annual report of the ‘De- partment of Commerce, in which were included an encouraging summary of the accomplishments and expansion of his department, together with a long list of recommendations for im- provements in the various bureaus looking toward their further useful- ness to the country at large. Chief among his recommendations was that of reorganizing government Iugonclen dealing with cummerce, min- manufacturing, \r.nwporml\on land fisheries into three groi {under an assistant secretal To Eliminate Overlapp! as industry, trade and, navigation should be under the Department of Commerce,” he declared, “was second- lary to the necessity of grouping. i order to obtain concentration of pur pose to eliminate overlapping. Ad ministration of these functions af present is divided among seven dif- ferent departments of widely differ- jent major purposes. Under the new grouping a direct saving of over $1. {000,000 “a year in administration ‘“0uld be possible, while many times that amount would be given th {lic in increased v Reorganization n { tected in the Comimere { Mr. Hoover reported, had re year. Appropriations a plained, amounted to the actial expenditure & ‘Department, uring the vear.” he said, bureaus of foreign and deme merce. census, fisheries and T tion have been reorganized pletely as to personnei, administ tion, policy and method.” The person- nel ‘of the other bureaus has been {found eflicient and _their methods { progressive and helpful. Mr. Hoover reported, among other things, that investigation by his de partment had disclosed that the coun sources of oil could last ration, and that foreign < rapidly pre-empting the availablo forelin oil-bearing terric tory. He added, however, that | through the voluntary measures taken by the oll industry to expand its holdings abroad there is measurable assurance of future supplies unde American control. Transportation Needs. | “Some reliet.” he said, “could be {given to the farmer by readjustment lof railway rates in such a fashion as to impose larger burdens upon high-priced commodities and lower rates on primary produce. A greater relief would be given if he were pro- Tided \ith. adequate tran portation Further relief would be g b { provision of an adequat tem to mect his necd periods in excess of federal reserve facilities and at nearer the commer- icial rates of interest’ generall exports . Secretary the needs for revision rallway legislation to prevent the strangulation of industry and com- merce through a shortage of trans- { portation. “We must have increased trans- portation,” he sa v maintain our grow hercfo of systematic part of our mileage a {the denudation of our railway man- agers of their responsibilities and | { initiativ Stabalization of of the hiluminnus coal indust: he asserted, would teliminate ful one-third of the na- itional coal bill. Unless there is economy in labor through less lost time, he contended. the ranks of the! miners will be difficult to filll, while ithe very real human sufferin due to part-time employment and strikes | presents a national problem warrant- { ing every effort toward stability. —_—— Mile. Cecile Sorel, the French ac. tress now appearing in America. in cludes in her wardrobe a hat said 1 be worth nearly $90.000. Tt is ma of gold lace. and its brim is de rated with diamonds and small e eralds. The company that ins it consented to issue a policy only condition that the hat is guarded i by a private detectivo whenever it is| not actually on the actr: h | Supply Co., M. 790. 806 12th “Whether these groups, designated { Ited in | Exclusive Washington Distributors. BUSINESS REPORT ~ |GOTHAM MOVES TO CURB | SEVEN MYSTERY FIRES IHOLIDAY LIQUOR PARTIES | GAUSE $20,000 DAMAGE i Police Are Stationed in Every Place Raided Heretofore to Check on Sales. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, December 10.—Further steps in the campaign to make the metropolitan Christmas dry were taken last wight in the issuance of drastic or- ders to every patrolman in the city. The new regulations are designed to check up on every saloon, restaurant and cabaret in the city. and also to check up on the police who enter them. Officers stationed in premises previ- ously raided are required to submit at the end of the dally hours of duty a report which includes a brief descrip- tion of the premikes, the names of the bartenders and er aysistants: the approximate num- her of customers served daily: whether or not the place Iy equipped with dumb- waiters running to floors above or be- low. and what supplies are carried thereon; whether there is a stock ticker and the number of persons interested in the ticket information: the kind of liquor served to customers and the prices charged therefor as shown on the cash register, and the names of all po- lice who enter the establishment. —_————— [WILL DISCUSS KU KLUX AT GOVERNOR’S PARLEY Henry J. A!Ien Picks Klan as! Topxc—-mtchle on Reor- ganization. RICHMOXD. December 11— Lee Trinkle of Virginia, Morgan of West Virginia, Hardee of Florida, Albert C. faryland and Henry J. Al- s will deliver addrésses at the fourtcenth annual conference of the governors of the United States at White Sulphur Sy N Thursday, Friday aud week. Va < Pr A the “Brotlens it Creates Ritchie on he Reorgani the State rument of M n “The State . Morgan will del address of welcome and Go Hardee tho response. have better according 1 rule, me Women, ght gfie’%@&%’&@%‘fiw as a than Ez 2 : @ g : [°4 Just The Thing ,{,3 To Give HER Arm Bags gof finest leathers Ig She will appreciate one of these Convenient Little Baqv Coupletely Fitted and in the Latest Designs. Leather Goods ¢ have a Choice Sc- lrrhan of other LEATH- ER GOODS, including Billfo[d:, Pocketbooks and Bricf and Sccretary Cases of the HIGHER GRADEL. ! &5&%%%&%&%@!& 5‘ 0 G - < =y 2 A ] Q NW. Authorities of Monroe, Mich., Tak- ing Precautions Against Incendiarism. By the Associated Press, MONROE, Mich., December 11.— Seven fires, all of unknown origin, | which broke out simultaneously in. widely separated parts of the city and | resulted in an estimated damage of to believe an Incendiary is operating here. a $10.000 loss. At the same time a smaller blaze was discovered at the Consolidated Paper Company. while another blaze broke out at the Beck Lumber Company yards and still an- other at a residence in a different part of the city. Several alarms that were sounded. one after the other, served to divi EDMONSTON “Ori Oxfords for Men, AR SGRASARAREND 10% Discount $20,000, led county and city authorities| Four fires occurred at the River. Rasin Paper Company plant, causing | ginal” FOOT FORM Boots and “Quality Is Important”. Orn Children’s and Misses’ 1334 F Street . 25 years. l!-eh-dw-l THE PARKER PEN CO. Singer Bldg., New York City Factory and Generai Office, Janesville, Wis. flames. The series of blazes follows the dis- astrous fire which swept the plant of the Monroe Paper Company last Sun- day, with an estimated loss of $60,- their properties n: —_— Numbers of lovely women whose names still live in classic story. Mnyor James H. Gilmore, while the | cluding Helen of Troy, wer fires were still burning, felephoned | seased of red hair. |UPHOLSTERING HAVE YOUR FURNITURE PUT IN PERFECT CONDITION BEFORE THE HOLIDAY SEASON ARRIVES 3-Piece Parlor Suites $ 1 2 —reupholstered and Labor Only | finished like new, special this month at Phone, Write or Call Man Will Bring Samples 627 F St. NW. ’S — Home of the Women and Children —*“Fit Is Imperative” " in Business With a Sale That Will Be Long Remembered We want to get stock down to the lgwest possible point by l)ecembm 30—that 'is, just before Stock Taking—and are cutting prices regardless. 15% Discount ) 5 on Strap Pumps on Women’s Oxfords on Women’s Boots Black ands brown kid. 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