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OLD NONRDE TRACT MAY YIELD FOSSILS —pe—— Blue Ridge Foothills to Be - Explored for Remains of Dinosaurs. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. ~nd departing, leaves behind us footprints the sands of Time. That is exactly what unthinking animals—now ex did some 80,000,000 years ago the wet sand some 35 miles from what now the National Capital, and sand mud filtered into thesg mold-hke tracks, which the following ages turned into stone. Thus was the record of the past centuries enduringly preserved for our advanced eivilization and learning, imprinted on the rock formation of the foothills of the Blue 1 Mountains of Vir- ginia centuries ago. Excavations are to be made this Fall on the Oak Hill estate on which President James Monroe built his heme in 1821, near Aldie in Loudoun County, nine miles from Leesburs, some great net— is and optimistic attempt to find | of the dinosaurs that made ks, tail and belly im- ealing the armor of the giant reptiles, some of them in consecutive series showing the course and stride of the creatures have ready been studied by Barnum Brown, curator of fossil reptiles in the Ameri- can Museum of Natural History of New York City, who will direct the | work this Fall. They have been stud- ded also by C. W. Gilmore, curator of vertebrate paleontology in the Na- tional Museum, and Dr. J. C. Merriam, president of the Carnegie Institution. Tracks in Old Quarry . When Frank C. Littleton, a native of the Piedmont region and now owner of the old Monroe estate, was making some renovations in 1923, he found- it desirable to match the flag-stones jwhich Mr. Monroe had placed in the floor of the south plazza. After con- !siderable search the quarry Monroe ,used was found on the property., In taking out the flags it was noticed by Mr. Littleton that their surfaces were covered wifh numerous and regular impressions which appeared to be the footprints of animals. * He brought his find to the attention of the author- itles in the United States National Museum, who pronounced them to be of dinosaurian origin in the Triassic period, which is the fifth great geo- logic period as we trace the ages. Leading sclentists of the country became interested. The find at Oak |Hill was officially chronicled in the report of the Virginia State geologist ‘and the annual report of the Smith- sonian Institution. It was of momen- tous importance, being the first con- firmation to science that the Piedmont section of Virginia was once immersed and had been correctly classified as Triassic. Singe the discovery in the ©Oak Hill quarry the study of dino- saurs and prehistoric reptiles has been given new impetus. It was in the Triassic perfod that the dinosaur first appeared in geological history. Thomas Jefferson was the first to t to the possibilities of traces of oric animals in this region by bing in 1797-1799 in a written treatise the finding of fossilized bones 'of the megalonyx, a glant extinct sloth. Jefferson had a claw or two on ich to base his article and these are now exhibited in a special case in the University of Virginia. . First Found' in This Section. The tracks in the Oak Hill quarry were the first to be found anywhere in this part of the country, although the Connecticut River Valley in New England has lond®been famous for its fossil strata, It was exactly a_cen- tury and a quarter age that Pliny Mobdy plowed -up in his Connecticut farm a rock showing small three-toed imprints similar to those in Monroe's old quarry at Oak Hill. They" he- came popularly known as the “tracks of Noah's raven.” More than 100 kinds of tracks have been studied- in the Connecticut Valley. . A specimen from the Oak Hill quarry, which Mr. Littleton presented to the National Museum and which is now on exhibition there, shows clearly two strides of the dinosaur measuring 'B3 inches. It is estimated from some of the tracks in the Oak Hill quarry ‘that a majority of the dinosaurs who made that region their playground ‘were about 30 feet long and stood 15 Zect high. Emphasizing the importance of the hunt for the fossil skeleton remains this Fall and the rarity of find if one 4s made, Mr. Gilmore points out that, fthough thousands of tracks have been found in Connecticut, only five or six ipartial skeletons have been unearthed iin more than a century of exploration. |_ The footprints so fascinated Mr. Littleton that he has had special |search made for slabs containing%he best preserved series of tracks, and fthese he has I in the flooring of mew porches and walks around the 'old home that Monrve had bullt more than a century ago. Slabs Marked by Imprints. One especially fine, large specimen has heen made the hearthstone of the great fireplace in Mr. Littleton’s study. In thé breakfast porch on the west end of the house a stone floor has been laid that is a veritable museum of ‘"dinosaur impressions. While this work was in progress the stone laid by Mr. Monroe on the south plazza was carefully scrutinized. It was found to contain dinosaur jtracks partially obliterated by chisel to make the floor surface not too un- even and by the footwear of the past century. One very clear impression was unspoiled in the very center of a flagstone, which apparently had mever aroused Monroe's curiosity and speculation, as no reference to it has been found during a careful study of his papers. Mr. Brown spent some time with Mr. Littleton looking over the terri- tory adjacent to Oak Hill, believing that fossil remains of the prehistoric reptiles may be found in.the vicinity. He is of the opinion that the geologic formation warrants the belief that such fossilized skeletons may be dis- coverable. He proposes to make a very diligent search just as soon as vegetation is dead so that the investi- gation can be more easily carried on. Playground of Reptiles. According to the statements of these expert geologists, the area on pression | nosaur tracks, from the Oak arry, first opened up by Pre: dent Monroe in building his homs near Aldie have been used as a porch flooring. Center: Specimen from Oak Hill quarry, presented to National Museum by Frank C. Littleton, which shows measuring 53 inches. Below: Dinosaur footprint found in flagstones laid under President Mon- roe’s direction as a flooring on_ the south porch of his home, built in 1821, TURKEY GLUT FEARED. Canadian Government Prepares to Curtail Imports. OTTAWA, August § (A).—The customs officers have been instructed by the department of national reve- nue that the minimum valuation for tariff purposes for dressed poultry coming into Canada shall be: Turkey, 40 cents a pound: chickens, 35 cents: fowls, 28 cents; geese, 20 cents, and ducks, 32 cents. The department has been advised that there is an overproduction of poultry in the United States and that there is danger of glutting the Canadian market with Jarge quanti- ties from across the border. BY CORINNE FRAZIER. OLITICAL problems and princi- ples of organization are being studied by Democratic club- women in the Summer train- ing school of political organiza- tion conducted by Mrs, Minnie Fisher Cunningham at the Woman's Na- tional Democratic Club headquarters, 1528 New Hampshire avenue. Classes are held every morning, in- cluding discussions of permanent club organization, campaign _machinery, political parties and the Federal Gov- ernment in action. From 12 to o'clock the time is devoted to public speaking, the fifth general branch of the course. One member of the class is selected each day as the official “in- troducer” and presents all of the other members in turn, each of whom must give a short address on any political subject she may choose to discuss. Political problems peculiar to Penn- gylvania were discussed last week in addition to general subjects, as the class membership was drawn entirely from Pennsylvania, with the excep- tion of a few local women and one from California. The school will remain open until August 27, according to Mrs. Cunning- ham. Those coming from other citles to take the course are being enter- tained at the clubhouse during their stay. The class which attended the first week's sessions of the school includes the following women, all prominent in Democratic club work: Mrs. Lynn Perry of Easton, Pa.; Mrs. Mary E. Herbert of Allentown, Pa.; Mrs. George Robertson of Philadelphia; Miss Agnes Hart Wilson of Blossburg, Pa.; Miss Laura Candy of Langhorne, Pa.; Miss Florence Cole of Lehigh County, Pa.; Mrs. Anna O'Day Mur- phy of Scranton, Pa.; Miss Mary Rus- 1l Purman, - Pittshurgh, Pa.; Mrs. rank Paris, Faston, Pa.; Miss Caro- line Roesch, Moylan, Pa.; Mrs. A. P. Allen, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mrs. Dave Doon of Austin, Tex., and the follow- ing Washington women: Mrs. George A. Ricker, Mrs. E. Hilton Jackson, Mrs. John Munce, jr., Mrs. Eva J. Coulter and Mrs. Bertram Chester- man. EE THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO the regular stride of the dinosaur, tion of household essentials. The book beging with the simplest working units and Yleads up progressively and with a thought to avoiding uneco- nomic replacements until complete lighting, heating, cooking, sanitary and labor-saving plants have been dis- cussed. In the matter of running water, the kitchen drain or sink is first discusse then the water source, pump or well; next the windmill, motor or engin the piping of the house and the run- ning of the water to the kitchen sink, and lastly, in turn, the bathtub, the wash bowl, the laundry tub and the water heater, In each step sugges- tions are made preparing for the next advance, without replacement of origi- nal equipment. An idea of costs— high, low and average—is given on each necessary piece of equipment. The heating problem is similarly reated. Dustless, odorless units that heat the whole house uniformly, either from the basement or the main floor, are encouraged on account of their sanitary advantages and their convenience, One chapter is devoted to lighting and modern equipment. The tendency of the campaign is toward the use of gas or electricity from commercial plants and stations or from home units. The simplest working installa- tions for home plants are described and the subject is developed up to and including the “tying-up” of the home with commercial service. The use of electric current for power- driven home labor-saving devices is discussed and demonstrated. * K k¥ inist movement have been invited to make use of the temporary head- quarters of the International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship, which will be held in Ge- neva from August 29 to September 17, | Assembly of the League of Nations. It is hoped th#t these headquarters, to be located at the Foyer Feminin, {11 Cours de Rive (second floor; tele: phone St. 0034), barely three minutes’ walk from the' Salle de la Reforma- tion, in which the Assembly of the League is held, will be used as the | LUB women interested in the fem- on the occasion of the meeting of the center of the international women’s | CLUBWOMEN OF THE NATION Mrs. Cunningham Opens School of Political Organization at quan's National Democratic Club Headquarters—General Federation Prepares Home-Makers' Manual. will make a point of attending the teas and meeting the friends and ac- quaintances of the alliance. Members of the League of Woman Voters, the afiiliated society of the al- liance in this country, have been urged especially to attend the Geneva sessions and to make use of the alil- ance headquarters during their stay. —_— MEN OF 80TH TO HOLD PITTSBURGH SESSION Veterans to Observe Anniversary of Formation of Division at Close of First Decade. Veterans of the 80th Division, which includes many officers and men from this city, will celebrate the tenth anni- versary of the organization at a five- day national convention in Pittsburgh August 31 to September 4. Reduced rates for veterans and their families have been obtained on every railroad in the country. The 80th Blue Ridge Division was organized at Camp Lee, Va. in Au- gust and September, 1917, and reached France in early June of the next year. It made a distinguished record in the British sector, the St. Mihiel offensive and the Meuse-Argonne, being the only American division officially credit- ed with taking part in the latter of- fensive three times. The Divisional Veterans' Asociation, formed in France shortly after the armistice, numbers 25,000, many of the veterans being from the Blue Ridge States and the District of Co- lumbia. The convention is expected to attract the largest crowd of veterans ever assembled in Pittsburgh. In addi- tion to hotel accommodations, the city's tourist camp will be thrown open to the veterans. o MILLIONS UNDERPAID, LABOR REPORT TO SAY D. C. AUGUST & 1927—PART 1.’ Two contracts were awarded last week for the movement of approxi- mately 560 troops of the National Guard, 425 of them comprising the officers and men of the 121st I ment of IEngineers, to go to Humphreys, Va., and the remaind composing the 29th Division head- quarters troops, including the 20th Military Police Company, to go to Cascade, Md., the new camp ®f the Maryland National Guard, which was formally opened this year. The movement of troops will begin early next Sunday morning from the rmory at North Capltol and D treets of the two outfits named above, but the 260th Coast Artillery, which also will leave the city at that time, will leave from the Unlon Station by the more conventional troop train, proceeding direct to Fort Monroe, Va., where it will begin for the first time instruction under its new assignment as an antl-aircraft battel Every unit of the local Guard will go Into camp this vear during the same period, although there will be three different camp sites, and for a period of two weeks Washington's de- fenders will withdraw for heavy fleld last week that the bids for bus trans- portation of the troops was found to be considerably cheaper than rail sportation and will be much more satisfactory, cutting out many of the long dels incident to transferring troops at various points en route. Un- der the bus method the troops will step into the busses right at their armory and be delivered directly into camp, whereas, for instance, 1f the Engineer regiment had been sent by special train, it would have to march to the Union Station, there entrain and proceed to Accotink, Va., where they would be unloaded, and_then placed on Army trucks for a 5-mile trip to camp. All of the heavy march ing packs will be carried in the busses with the troops shington Rapid Transit Co. arded the contract for the movement of the regiment of KEngi- neers to Fort Humphreys at a cost of $1 per man per round trip, 30 cents cheaper than the rail transportation, which did not include the long haul from the Virginia station to the camp site. The Blue Ridge Transportation Co. of Hagerstown, Md., was the suc- cessful bid&er for the movement of the units to Cascade, Md., at a cost of $4.80 per men per round trip, or 60 cents per man cheaper than the railroad estimate. The trip to Fort Humphreys will require 45 minuf®s, while that to Cascade will require 3 hours. . The division troops, according to of- ficers of the Guard, have by far the best camp site of this season, high in the western Maryland mountains, and with permanent camp equipment that has no equal in the East,*it was said. Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, command- ing the local troops, and also com- manding general of the 29th National Guard Division, comprising the militia of this city, Maryland and Virginia, with members of his staff, including Lieut. Col. Peyton G. Nevitt, division adjutant, and Maj. E. H. Grove, divi- sion headquarters troop commander, returned last week from an inspection trip to the Maryland camp site. Gen. Stephan said that the camp was one of the most attractive he had ever seen, and although it was only estab- lished this year, he said the Maryland Guard officials had made great head- way in fitting it out. The gigantic mess halls, he said, present something new in such camps. They are built of cut stone, quarried on the camp grounds, fitted with factory steel gin- dows, concrete floors, and at the ‘end of each is an open fireplace. The mess table equipment is so constructed that it folds neatly against the walls and can be hurriedly placed out of the way when it is desired to use the hall for other purposes. The water supply is adequate and pure, being obtained from the clear mountain streams, run direct into a reservoir which has been built. The supply is obtained without pumping at any stage. He is enthusiastic about the camp, There is a possibility, it was said, that efforts will be made to have the regiment of Engineers sent there next year, instead of taking their annual training at Fort Humphreys, the Army’s eastern Engineer training base. There has been some opposition for some time to sending the local troops there continuously year after year, because of the effect on the morale of the men, most of whom de- sire to go to a greater distance from the city to take their annual field training. However, the War Depart- ment has always objected to sending these troops for a greater distance because of the facilities for training them as engineers at Humphreys, and also because of the expense. However, it was learned last week that the War Department had order- ed a Washington Reserve regiment to Camp Devens, Mass., for its annual period of field training, and it was pointed out that if this can be done for. a Reserve regiment, then there can be no valid argument against allowing the additional money for sending the local Guard troops for such a comparatively short distance as Cascade next year, taking into consideration also the fact that it will be ‘of great value in maintaining the esprit of the regiment. Company C, 121st Engineers, Capt. William F. Jorgensen, commanding, is planning an automobile outing for the members of the command and its friends to Morgantown, probably soon after the return of the outfit from its annual period of fleld training at Fort Humphreys, Va The Headquarters Detachment of the 260th Coast Artillery again heads | the list in National Guard attendance for last week, according to figures compiled at brigade headquarters from the weekly muster lists of the various organizations composing the local, Guard. This organization had a per centage for the week of 91.68. Th other organizations, in their relat| order, with percentages, follow: Headquarters, Band, 121st Engineers, pany. A, 372d Infantry, 7 . 121st Engineer: 0th Coast Artillery, ters and Service Company, gineers, 67.34; Company E, gineers, 3! Company F, gineers, 64.71; Medical Detachment, 121st Engine 63.64; Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery, 63.47; Company { A, 121st Engineers, 62.30; Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery, 61.11; Company D, 121st Engineers, 60; 20th Military Police Compan: .94} Company B, 121st_Engineers, 50.83, and Headquar- ters Detachment, Special Troops, 29th Division, 44.45. Only one unit, Engineer Company D was last week reported as below | Division: Percy E. Poole, 3145 Mount Pleasant street, Headquarters Detach- ment, 29th Division; Howard L. Pet son, 816 Sixth street northeast, Com- pany A, 121st Engineers; Irvin H. C. McConnell, 212 Fifth street northeast, 9th Military Police Company; Charles R. Drexillus, 442 Manor place, Quar- termaster Corps Detachment; Harold Minerd Ayers, 500 Florida avenue, Battery C, 260th Coast Artillery; Wil- liam Mills, 524 Eleventh street south- cast, Company B, 121st Engineers; Vincent H. Williams, 237 Willow ave- nue, Takoma Park, Md., Company B, 121st Engineers; Earl M. Meiners, 303 Ethan Allen avenue, Takoma Park, Md., Headquarters and Service Com- pany, 121st Engineers; Wesley W. Wil- liams, 311 Pennsylvania avenue, Head- quarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers; John E. Minnick, 1803 Bilt- more street, Headquarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers; Charles W. See, 1420 A street southeast, Head- quarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers, and Edward R. Devers, 319 C street, Headquarters and Serv- ice Company, 121st Engineers. The promotion of Second Lieut. Le Roy S. Mann, Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery, to the rank of first lieu- tenant, and his assignment for duty to the same command was announced by brigade headquarters. Capt. J. C. Jensen, Ordnance De- partment. in charge of rifle practice of the local Guard, reported the fol- lowing qualifications on the range at Camp Simms, Congress Heights, D. C., last week: Sergt, E. D. Andrus, Com- pany E, 121st Engineers, expert rifle- man, score, 241; Sergt. E. G. Wheeler, Company E, 121st Engineers, sharp- shooter, score, 216; Staff Sergt. B. Smith, Company E, 121st gineers, expert rifleman, score, 240; Pvt. C. C. Williams, Company A, 12ist Engi- neers, marksman, score, 191. Pvt. W. M. Slavik, Company E, 121st Engi- neers, qualified as a marksman with the pistol, score, 68. Pvt. Leo H. Roche has been ordered transferred from the reserve list of Company B to the active list of Com- pany E, 121st Engineers. Pvt. Herbert E. Smith, Company E, 121st Engineers, has been ordered honorably discharged from the local Guard to enlist in the Regular Army. The honorable discharge from t a | TYPEWRITER TRADE | storage—there being no true need for BALKED BY MARL War Department Unable to Get New Machines for 11,000 Oid Ones. Attempts by the War Department to trade in 11,000 “used and un- serviceable machines” to a typewriter company in exchange for a much smaller number of new ones, with no cash transfer, have been balked by Controller General McCarl, who has ordered the department to pay into the Treasury of the United States the credit allowed on the old ma- chines. The matter came to the attention of McCarl through a complaint filed by a competitor in the typewriter business, the Underwood Typewriter Co., which protested against the pro- cedure by which the deal had been made with the L. C. Smith & Corona Typewriting Co. “No Showing of Actual Need.” 1f only two or a few more typewriters had been handled in such a deal, M Carl told the Secretary of Wa would possibly be no objectio he added in warning, “the transaction in question appears not of this type, but rather a trade of surplus pro erty—some 11,000 non-serviceable type- writers—for a stock of new type- writers, with no showing of an actual need for immediate use in your de- partment. This might readily result in the acquiring of a stock of new — e Guard of Sergt. Francis Lee, Head- quarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers, ordered on July 22, has been revoked, the soldier having just notified his company commander that he s returning to this city from St. Louis, Mo., in order to go into camp with the regiment. Marvin L. White, Battery B, has been’ di Pvt. e ——— — 1 typewriters through use of surplus property for other disposition under the law, with the possibility of such new typewriters becoming non-seiv- iceable through deterforation while in their immediate use. “The transaction represents a sale of Government property rather thun an authorized purchase in which an unserviceable article is given in e change or part payment. The so- called exchanges as made being un- authorized, the amount allowed for each of the old typewriters under the schedule of allowances, as printed in the general schedule of supplies for the fiscal year 1927, should be charged against appropriations of the War De- partment available for the purchase of such supplies at the time the trans- action was effected, and tha total of said amount covered into the Treas. ury to the credit of miscellaneous re. ceipts, as required by section 3515, Revised Statutes, OUTINGS ARE ARRANGED. Outings at Chesapeake Beach will be given by three organizations this week, Harmony Lodge, No. 9, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and the District Master Barbers’ Asso- ciatlon, Wednesday, and the Women's Unfon of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Saturday. Dr. Thomas J. Gates is in charge of the Odd Fellows' celebration; H. R. Bouilly is handling the barbers' arrangements. — Woman Burned in Blast. SAN DIEGO Calif. August 6 (#).— Mrs. Mable Wilmot, an employe of the United States Health Service, was probably fatally burned in an ex- plosion that occurred in a drug closet of the Health Department on the third floor of the Federal Building here today. The cause of the ex- plosion is unknown. Practically_all the clothing was burned off Mrs, Wil- mot's body. — Accused of Kidnaping. FORT MYERS, Fla, August & P)—A. Darwin Cook, former real estate operator, was taken into custody on Useppa Island, near here, today by Constable A. C. Jones on a warrant issued by Minnesota au- thorities, charging him with kidnap- ing an 11-year-old boy. The boy is the son_of Dr. Walter W. Eberhart, former Fort Myers dentist, and Mrs. Cook, divorced wife of Dr. Eberhart. Announcing in the BALTIMORE, MD. A Scholarship Gas Engineering Course Johns Hopkins University Beginning October 4, 1927 Through this course it will be possible to procure ultimately from the University men technically trained in Gas Engineering, including such branches as the manufacture, distribution, utilization and service : Ho*,'cvcx.', the instruction is designed to equip a student for service ¢ only in these units, but also in the many other industries which require fundamental training in both mechanical engineering and of gas. chemistry. the local high schools. Open to Examination or Approved Schools $450.00 Reappoint- ment » to young men of ambition and abilit scholastic year. Offered by the 2L ECOGNIZING the need of scientific instruction in Gas Engineering, The Washington Gas Light Company has united with other mem- bers of the Southern Gas Association in establishing such training at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. opened in September, 1924—the University making it of equal rank with its Electrical, Mechanical and Civil Engineering Courses. The Scholarship Offered To establish this course in Gas Engineering on a permanent basis, and give c n ty an opportunity to prepare for desirable posi- tions in an important and expanding business, the Company is now offering a third scholarship in this course for the scholastic year beginning in October, 1927. The scholarships. offered in 1925 and 1926 are held by two young men, graduates of The scholarship is worth $450.00 per year for four years, which will cover the payments of tuition, laboratory fees and other incidental University expenses up to the total amount specified. The appointment to this scholarship will be for one The holder will be eligible for re- The first course was Washington Gas Light Co. OF WASHINGTON, D. C. This scholarship is open to residents of Washington or vicinity supplied with gas by the Company or its sub- Sldl.aHCS, such residents, of course, to be able to meet the University requirements for entrance. Applicants may qualify for admission by certificates of graduation frem an approved high school or by exami- nation (entrance examinations September 19-22, 1927). ) the maintenance strength required by the War Department in order to re- tain Federal recognition and support. appointment from year to year if he conforms in char- movement and the meeting place for | ik . acter, industry and ability with the standards and re- which Oak Hill stands was evidently, ages ago, a tidal basin and the play- ground for these reptiles. They place HOME-MAKER'S manual, to which the American housewife and her business partner, the American hus- | Secretary Davis to Show Classes of { feminists who are passing through Ge- | neva and for all who are interested in | Workers Which Get Small the date about 80,000,000 years ago. On the most conspicuous exposed | surface in the quarry is a sandstone slab across the surface of which are two distinct impressions of the belly of a reptile with the gcales or armor showing. This slab is to be carefully removed under the direction of sclentists and preserved in either the American Museum of Natural History or the United States Museum for future generations as a corner stone of scientific erudition. It antelates by many centuries the tablets of Moses, for it was a body impression Bges before there was any form of writing, but it is decipherable to the scientists of today @s a historic Pacord. T John E. Hand Dead. . ATCO, N. J.,, August 6 (®).—John :E. Hand, 77, president of the John I Hand-Co., manufacturers of nautical imstruments, died today. band, can turn for unbiased informa- tion on the question of home equip- ment fundamentals and how to ac- quire them is being prepared by the General Federation of Women's Clubs and will be ready for distribu- tion in the early Fall The survey of nearly 8,000,000 urban and 40,000 farm homes to obtain ac- curate information on their equip- ment, which the General Federation recently completed, ylelded the fact that two-thirds of the farm homes and 16 per cent of the urban homes of America are without even the sani- tary essential of running water at the Kkitchen sink. Follow-up cam- paigns calculated to raise the stand ard augurated in a dozen States. The handbook is a feature ol this work. The handbook in no sense replaces the commercial catalogue, as it fur- nishes only non-competitive informa- tion on technical, economic and plan- f home equipment are being in-| | the movement. lafternoon (except Sunday) from 2 1) 4 yo'clock, and it will be possible to huve tea there, to read the newspapers and other current publications, to male appointments for meeting people, to {the whereabouts of well known fem- Ilnlsm who may be in Geneva at the time, ete. as clrcumstances permit, the Assembly of the League. On each Monday afternoon during feminists who are in Geneva for the League sessions, At these teas a se. | ries of talks will be given on questions of international feminist Interest. Mambers of the board of alliance who will be in Geneva at the time, especially the president, Mrs.”Corbett Ashby of Great Britain, and the sec- ning problems felative to the acquisl- retary, Mlle, Emilie Gourd of:Geneva, The headquarters will be open evary | obtain useful information, to learn of In addition, members of the alliance will be able to ohtain, as far cards for i this period, at 5 o'clock, the alllance will serve tea informally to all of the Share of Prosperity. A forthcoming report of the Depart- ment of Labor will show that millions of workers receive but $10.34 a week. Secretary Davis, it is to be pointed out, has found that from 10,000,000 to 20,000,000 persons, including women and children, are not sharing in the Natlon's prosperity. 'Morally, economically and on the grounds of simple humanity, this in- equality should not be allowed to exist in the richest nation in history,” Mr. Davis will in making the report of the department. Lumber workers are paid $17.17 a week for 57% hours, 200,000 railroad laborers average but $17, machine- shop laborers $11.78, bituminous mine laborers $10.34, woolen dye-house workers $21.9: boxboard factories s blast furnaces $24.34, foundries $25.25 and motor vehlcle factories $28.7 . The following men were réported to ;| brigade headquarters as having en- listed during the week in the unite Jesignated following their names: Har- old H. Cooper, 2119 H street, Head. quarters Detachment, 29th Division; Samuel J. Sugar, 3011 Porter street, Headquarters Detachment, 29th Divi- sion; Kenneth G. Jose, District Heights, Md., Headquarte: D ment, 29th Division; Edgar N. Chace, 6 West Virginia street, Chevy Chas Headquarters Detachment, 29th Dir sion; Charles W. Ackerman, 1833 Call- fornia _street, headquarters, 260th Coast Artillery; Joel Reznek, 201 Fif- teenth street northeast, Headquarter: Detachment, 29th Division; Ellis N White, 21 Sixteenth street northeast, Company F, 121st Engineer: Ibert A. Knowlden, 2835 Wisconsin avenue, band, 121st Engineers; Howard I. Pier, 1303 Potomac avenue southeast, Com- pa ¥, 121st Engineers; Herman 1. Lavenroth, 404, velfth street south- cast, Het\dqumle. Detachment, 29th YEyy G quirements of the University. The@Washington Gas Light Company reserves the right to decline any application Applicants should apply to the office of the Secretary, Washington Gas Light Company, 413 10th St. N.W. 7S