Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1927, Page 9

L 'BUSINESS AID PLAN INDORSEDBY UL, Commerce Department Joins in Program Proposed for Management Week. ~ BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Better management and simplified practice are the remedies which the Federal Government informally has suggested to industry as among the ways to cut down the number of commercial failures which are annual- ly recorded in the United States. The Department of Commerce 1is co-operating with various business committees throughout the country in the holding of conferences in what §8 known as Management week, start- jng next Monday. Ever since 1921, when the Hoover committee on the elimination of waste brought in a re- port that the responsibility for 50 per cent of the waste was on manage- ment and only 25 per cent on labor, there has been a growing recognition that information on sound manage- ment is an essential to business suc- cess. “Incompetence” Chief Cause. 00 business fallures from n% :2911!' inclusive, with total lla- bilities of more than three acd a half billions of dollars, it is estimated by statistical authorities that “incompe tence” is the cause of 35 per cent of the cases, and that “lack of capital” is the reason for 33 per cent more. Causes for the other 32 per ce: scattered among *‘inexperienc travagance,” ‘speculation, etc. In so ‘ar as “incompetenc presses a defect in managerial ability, efforts are made to overcome it by in- tensive study and applicat.on of meth- ods that have helped others to suc- ceed. Oftentimes “lack of capital” is really due to the tieinz up of too much money in slow-moving mer- chandise. Simplified practice is in- tended to help the business man cut down his inventory, get quicker turn- overs and better profits. Simultaneous meetings of an educa- tional character will therefore be held in a number of cities in the hope of promoting a greater interest in the aims, purposes and duties of manage- ment under the general theme ‘“Man- agement's Part in Maintaining Pros- perity.” Last year there were 252 meetings held in more than 100 cities with a combined attendance of executives, ‘business leaders, engineers and others interested in management totaling about 30,000 persons. Sponsors of Meetings. The organizations sponsoring this year's serles of meetings are the American Soclety of Mechanical Engi- neers, Soclety of Industrial Engineers, the Taylor Society, the American Management Association, the Ameri- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THE BLACK JOKER BY ISABEL OSTRANDER. (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) CHAPTER XXXIL Behind the Oak Doors. ITH no definite thought at first, other than to put as grent a distance as possible between herself and the apartment house from which she had escaped, Janet walked on quickly without a backward glance. Had she looked over her shoulder she would have seen another taxi with the same golden-haired woman inside who had followed from the yacht club, but it would have suggested nothing to her. She had decided to ride on some street car or bus as far as it would take her, and then another and an- other 'till she came to a locality where she could get a modest room and lose herself in obscurity after sending out a_wireless call for her father, but for all this she would require money. Be- fore leaving the house she had taken the string of pearls with its pendent watch from her neck and dropped them into her pocket and on reaching the avenue with the elevated road and seeing it lined with small shops of evi- dently humble patronage she turned into the first next the corner. It was a miniature drygoods store, and the woman behind the counter proved both sympathetic and helpful. Yes, there were places where people could borrow money on a bit of jew- elry if it was real; pawnshops they were called, and there were plenty around there, one every few blocks. _|Look for three gilded balls hanging over the door, Janet thanked her and went in .| search of such an establishment, find- ing one with little difficulty. The pawnbroker, a grizzled little man, eyed her with a suspicion that made her quail when she laid the pearls before him, but long experience had made him a keen judge of human nature and her gentle speech a3 well as her air of unmistakable bre¢ding assured him that he was dealing with no crook. 3 “I would like to know how much money you will allow me to borrow from you, leaving these as security.” The unusual phraseology for a trans- action in his sordid shop brought a faint smile to his thin lips and he picked up the string, examining the pearls more for effect than anything else, for a glance had shown him that ;hey‘ were worth seweral thousand, at east. “Well, they aiv; such a good grade, and polls ain’t & demand now, either,” he temporized. “I guess maybe I could let you have 500 on ‘em, but not a cent more.” Five hundred! Surely that was much more than she would require! }1;10 his surprise Janet beamed upon m. “‘Oh, that's awfully kind of you! You see, I want it for only a day or two, just till my—my brother gets can Institute of Accountants, the Na- tional Association . of Purchasing Agents, the National Association of Foremen, the National Association of Office Managers and the Life Office Management Assoclation. The division of simplified practice of the Department of Commerce is keeping in close touch with the con- ferences because it serves as a cen- tralizing agency In bringing producers, distributors and all users of specific commodities together in the hope of bringing them into mutual agreement on_simplification of sizes, standards and varfeties of products. To date there are 76 adopted recommendations in varlous industries with 36 addi- tional projects actively under con- sideration at the Department of Com- merce. (Copyright. 1927.) Spotsylvania Citizen Dies. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., October 22.—John H. Swift, prominent Spot- sylvenia County citizen, died at his home in his eightieth year. Funeral services were held yesterday at Craig’s Church. Mr. Swift served in the Con- federate Army.as a member of Com- pany E, 9th Virginia Cavalry. Sur- viving are his widow, Mrs. Margaret V. Swift, and five children. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., October 22 (Spe- ‘eial).—Rev. 8. J. Goode, pastor of the Christian Church, was elected presi- dent of the Rockville Parent-Teacher Association at the October meeting of the organization, and other officers chosen were: Mre. J. Somervell Daw- son, vice president; Miss Louise Ep, sey, secretary, and F. Bache Abert, “treasurer. The meeting was conduct- {ed by the retiring president, Mrs. iDawson, and was held at the high achool building. The principal, L. L. Schott, talked about conditions at the Rockville High School and some of the needs of the institution, and Mrs. Leonard L. Nicholson spoke on the feasibility of the association sponsor- ing the showing of instructive and wholesome motion pictures for chil- dren every Saturday morning. Action on Mrs. Nicholson's proposition was deferred. Licenses have been issued by the olerk of the Circuit Court here for the mariage of Moris Cantor, 33 years old, of Washington, and_Miss Eliza- beth E. Everett, 26, of Des Moines, Jowa; Leon H. Harley, 22, and Miss Lucille M. Leake, 18, both of Alex- andria, Va., and Walter F. McCann, 25, and Miss Thelma R. Owens, 19, th of Perry, Va. Political School Wednesday. Announcement has been made that the third meeting of the political achool of the Federation of Repub- Ycan Women of Montgomery County will be held in the W. C. T. U. Hall at Colesville next Wednesday, with morning and afternoon sessions. As. sistant Secretary of Agriculture R. W. Dunlap, Paul Sleman, chairman of the Republican State central com- mittee for the county, and Miss Ger- trude Leimbach of Baltimore, editor of the Republican Woman Voter, of that city, have been asked to speak. Mrs. Edward L. Stock, chairman of the federation, will preside and in the afternoon will conduct a round table. Rev. 8. J. Goode of the Christian Church officiated at the marriage here yesterday of Walter F. McCann and Miss Thelma R. Owens, both of Perry, Va., the home of the minister being the scene of the ceremony. November Jurors Drawn. Jurors for the November term of the Circuit Court for the county have becn drawn by Judge Rabert B. Peter, as follows: Laytonsville district, Wil liam 8. Magrudel foward W. Bosley and French Hobbs; Clarksburg, Charles Jasper Price, Barry R. Beall and John B. Lewis; Poolesville, Robert W. Hempstone, John A. Jones, Luther R. Cruitt and Seneca V. Aud; Rockville, James R. Bean, James E. Offutt, Charles Veirs, Leland L. Fisher, Barnard Poss and George J. Hudson, 3r.; Colesville, John T. Beall, John T, Seibel, Joseph L. Aitcheson, Harold L. Bradford; Darnestown, Willlam H. Fawcett, Tudor U. Heeter and Brooke Vincent; Bethesda, William Lyles offutt, Henry Latterner and Henry ‘Windsor Adams; Olney, !‘Aunwn B. Riggs, William P. Jones, Eugene Har- riss and Lynn M. Campbell; Gaithers- burg, Williem McBain, Walter M. Magruder, Charles A. Vollner and Charles T. Johnson; Potomac, Charles ¥. Bodine, Chester F. Clagett and Charles E. Snouffer; Barnesville, here. Thank you ever so much!” “What name?” This was a contingency she had not anticipated, but a convent friend from England leaped to her mind and she replied without hesitation: “Sibyl Crabtree.” With the ticket and roll of bills which he handed her she hurried from the shop and within half an hour hag metamorphosed her appearance. In a soft, gray cape and ribbon-trimmed hat with a veil, gloves and handbag of the same neutral color and a simple silk gown beneath, she rode for hours about the city, changing from: one public conveyance to another untl, al- most dazed, she was sure she had left thl;edviclnuy of Park avenue miles be- nd. Alighting at last in an old-fashioned quarter, evidently fast falling into decay, Janet saw that almost every house bore placards in the windows announcing rooms for rent. She en- tered the first of these and negotiated with the sour-faced landlady for the third-floor hallroom for a week. ‘The woman accepted ten dollars and then sniffed suspiclously. ‘Where's your baggage?” “I've just a bag,” Janet smiled upon her. “You see, I only came from the country for a few days and I left it at the station. I'll bring it when I come back.” The room was shabby and none too clean and Janet shuddered as she left the house to seek an office from whence she might send her wireless call. She passed a taxi standing just a few doors below, a taxl that with untiring patience had followed her every move, but she did not glance at the woman inside, nor know that it had turned again to trail in her ‘wake. The messaye sent, Janet's spirits rose and she entered a modest res- taurant for a belated and hearty lunch, procuring some fruit and sand- wiches o that she would not have to »| 80 out again at nightfall, and with a stack of newspapers returned to her uninviting room to while away the time as best she could, Could all the exciting events of the past week have gone unnoticed by the press? Janet opened the news- papers, eagerly scanning them one by one, but it seemed that although tri- vial local accidents were reviewed with the most minuté detail, the sen- sational happenings which had ac- companied her flight from Daneholm and the subsequent chase had utterly failed of attention. At length she came upon a brief paragraph stating that one Sidney For- rester, whose plane in making a land- ing during the recent flight of the Metropolitan Afrcraft Club had dashed into a stone wall, .had dled of his Injuries. Janet read it carefully, shuddering the while, but no mention was made of that lone motor cyclist who had faced the ring of descending planes. In another paper was a some- what longer description of the search for the practical jokers who had set oft fireworks from Skullcap Mountain in the Adirondacks late on Sunday evening, to the surprise and terror of many natives and campers in the district. The use of the word ‘“jok- ers” was significant in its inadvert- ence and Janet dropped the papers with a sigh. If she could only know what those three green rockets and then the burst of purple stars de- noted! If only she might have gained a clue! Then her thoughts went back to the apartment from which she had fled that morning, and she pictured the scene that must have taken place when Mrs, Kerr learned that her vic- tim had escaped her! She must have communicated long since with both factions and started a city-wide search, but in her security the girl laughed to herself, Tomorrow or at latest the next day daddy would come here to this very house for her and she would tell him everything; the wheels would be set in motion to punish the woman who had betrayed the friends of the Black Joker . . . A low but siaccato knock at the door interrupted her meditations and she glanced toward it in sudden alarm. Who could be seeking her out here? Could it be that already the Barroll, Willlam Klausman, John W. Anderson and Henry W. Scherger. The garage of Donald A. De Lash- mutt, Rockville, was broken into Wednesday night and something over $36 taken from the cash register. At the request of the local authorities, Samuel Mathers and Charles O'Bersky, each 26, who claim Pittsburgh as their home, were “picked up” in Washing- B. Jones, Demoral D. }"fi&"ufl Richard T. White, jr.; Pamascus, George D. Moyer, Elis] [ 3 er“fi.flll u‘d David L. Ward; ton and turned over to county officers. They are being held in jail here for Investigation. Finger pints will be used to determine w! er they had Srneiay iats 7. Casholh Moreis ke AyLbipe 10 G5 Wi 1he £abbery, agents of Mrs, Kerr had tracked her down? s Cowering in her chalr, Janet held her breath, praying that the intruder would go away, but the knocking con tinued and realizing the futility of putting there was no means of escape from | COUNTY TO LAUNCH DRIVE FOR HEALTH Importance of Pure Milk and Clean Surroundings Urged in Prince William. Special Dispatch to The Star. MANASSAS, Va., October 22.— Prince William County will launch off the evil moment, since |il8 greatest health campaign Monday, when committees working in 14 com- » room, she took the revolver | munities will direct public attention to the litlle room, Ane Hitred Lo the | the need of pure milk, clean surround. door. “Who 1is it?” she asked in a low, | tense tone. “A message, miss,” an aged, qua- vering feminine voice replied. “P’lease open the door, miss, I've got to speak to you.” “You have made a mistake In the room, perhaps,” Janet suggested evenly. “No, I haven't! If you'll just open the door, miss, and talk to me! Maybe you'll remember me, too, though I doubt it; you was that young_when they sent you away! It's Letitia Evans.” The name seemed to touch some faint chord in Janet's memory, but it was too vague to be grasped, She had been young when she was sent away. . . . Letitia . . . Yes, there was something . . . “Please open the door, miss,” the old voice implored again. “I came ail alone, and I—I've got to see you! Please, Miss Janie!” Janie! Only one of the servants of long ago could know her by that name! Still, it might be a trap! Slipping the revolver back into her belt, but with her hand upon it, Janet opened the door. A tall, stooping old woman stood there in neat black, with an astonish- ingly luxuriant mass of gray hair drawn tightly back from her deeply lined face. She held out trembling, black-gloved hands. “‘Oh, Miss Janie, don't you remem- ber me, dear? I was the housemaid at Daneholm for three years before your dear mother died and they sent you to foreign parts- to school! I didn’t hardly expect you'd know me, but there wasn't anybody else to come.” Letty, the housemald! Janet re- membered in a flash that there had been such a person, but she could call to mind no picture of her. There was something vaguely familiar about the aged face, and she drew her in. “Sit down, do. You were at Dane- holm?” she asked gently. *“I recall the name, but that is all. How did you know'I was here, and why have you come?’ “Well, Miss Janie,” the old woman folded her hands in her lap, “it's too long a story to tell now and little 1 thought ever I'd lay eyes on you again, but after you'd gone I opened up a shop with a little money I'd put by and your father helped me. When I sold out and settled down I couldn’t stand being idle so I got a place as housekeeper for a very fine gentle- man, a Mr. Wyckoff, and he turned out to be a friend of youn father's, s0 I've seen him now and again through the years. He told me about going to see you at the convent and what a fine big girl you was getting to be—that’s neither here nor there. This afternoon your father turns up unexpected . . .” “What!” Janet exclaimed. “Yes, miss, all the way from Eu- rope. He—he seemed to be in trouble and him and Mr, Wyckoff talked a long while, and then a man came to see him who sald he'd got his in- structions by wireless and had trailed you from some place in the moun- tains down to a flat on Park avenue. He was walting around to see would you come out and you did, but by the servants’ entrance, so he'd fol- lowed you all over town in a taxicab till you came here. Your father banged the table at that and yelled, ‘Letty,’ and I walked right in, being as I was listening at the door any- 'ways, and he says I must come right down here and get you, that you'd remember me and he'd trust nobody else! He says he was in great trouble and couldn’t come himselt but you'd understand . . .” Letty paused out of breath and Janet cried: “‘Oh, I do! I do!” Turning to the wardrobe she seized her hat and cape and, picking up her gloves and bag, she fairly dragged the old woman to the door and down the ;":gl. She was going to daddy! At A limousine stood at the curb with 2 chauffeur in smart livery holding the door and Letty sald: “Back to Mr, Wyckoff's, Henry, as quick as you can. This is Mr. Wyck- oft's own car, Miss Janie. You've heard your father speak of him? But you'd not recall, since it's five years ;r;:l. more since you saw him, isn't The old woman chattered on gar- rulously, but Janet paid little heed. Her heart was beating so with joy that it pained her and quick tears sprang to her eyes. This unexpected happiness after the long strain had been almost too much to endure and the moments of their brief journey lagged as had none during her hours of greatest suspense. At length they pulled up before a stately, brownstone mansion of a past era and Letty opened the door herself with her key. “He's waiting in the library for you, Miss Janfe.” She pushed the girl gently before her down the richly ap- pointed hall. “There, behind them oak doors!’ Janet needed no second bidding, but BALANCED NUTRITION @OUR best health practice for the bal- ance of your life is to eat Wheatsworth Crackers. Nature balanced the vital food elements for you in whole wheat. In Wheatsworth Crackers there is 1007, whole wheat. It is an act of balanced judgment to # your Whe:swortb T e . 0t 0% 100% Whele Whest GRAHAM CRACKERS Distributed by THE CARPEL CO., Inc., 1361 H Street N. E. | gasp. | ings and regular fooll and sleep. Posters, jingles and paragraphs for school children, in the newspapers and on the signboards, have been ar- ranged, store windows will be dec- orated, and there will be meetings ‘eatured by films and addresses. peakers from the United States De- artment of Agriculture or the State extension service will make the |'nur'|‘du. The drive will continue all el flew to the great double doors and flung them wide with a little cry “Daddy!" Then she recolled with a strangled The man who rose and faced her from behind the writing table was Philip_Marfott! (Continued in Tomorrow's Star.) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 192T. Razing of Cumberland Loading Wharf Seals Doom of Old C. & O. Canal| SHOW UPWARD TREND Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., October 22.— All doubt as to abandonment of the historic Chesapeake & Ohlo Canal as a waterway Is removed by action of the Cumberland & Pennsylvania Rail- road in starting this week to remove the canal basin loading wharf and the railroad tracks here. This dock was known as the Con- solidation Whart, and from it all boats consigned to Willlamsport, George- town and other points had been load- ed for 60 years. A gang from the railroad’s mdin- tenance forces with wrecking crane is removing the timbers and chutes. Heavy timber work arched the canal loading basin, wide enough for two or more boats to load. All the rails on its tracks, extending from the Bal- timore & Ohlo Canal track on the “Hog-pen” grade east of Oldtown road up to the rear of Midcity Base Ball Park, will be removed and the old rotting ties taken up. This rail is of the small, obsolete type. There were several tracks on which small wooden cars, used in the canal coal trade from the mines to the wharf, were switched and unloaded. ‘When the canal was in operatlon these coal cars were hauled by a horse over the chutes, the car bot- toms dropped and trimmers leveled the coal in the holds of the boat. The average canal boat was loaded from 115 to 120 tons. During the World War period the bridge work was reinforced with steel girders so as to permit the unloading of cars of heavier capacity than the wooden cars. There was a towpath with its wooden cribbing under the dock from which boats after being loaded were poled out into the main canal stream. The period following the Clvil War, when the canal was in the heyday of its prosperity, saw in operation other loading docks for coal and timber on Wills Creek and the Potomac River. At that time a score or more of boats received cargoes at Cumberland daily and were dispatched to Georgetown. The canal wad the big industry in Cumberiand then. Dirt Clogs Vacuum Tanks. Vacuum tanks, among the most ef- ficlent units of the modern automo- biles, rarely give trouble. When they do, the cause usually is found to be dirt collected at the point of gasoline outflow. It can be removed fairly easily, but the motorist should be careful not to go beyond simple cleansing. Otherwise, the delicate mechanism may be upset. Real vacuum tank repairs usually are the province of the killed mechanic. INDUSTRY PAY ROLLS Review of Nation’s Employment Conditions Reveals Increase Except in Building Operations By the Associated Press. Industrial employment conditions in the Nation, as seen by the Labor De- partment, were well sustained during September, and gave evidence at the end of that month of so continuing. The department's monthly review on the subject, made public yesterday, reported that outside of building oper- ations, which showed a seasonal de- cline, there was a.i Increase in the number of persons on pay rolls in Sep- tember as compared with August. Coal mining, iron 'and steel oper- ation, railroad shop work and shoe manufactures were among the lines mentioned as contributing to the im- provement. The terminati.n of grain harvesting had not brought about un- employment, it was dded, the laborers concerned having been absorbed to an unusual degree in other outdoor em- ploymen:. ‘The review also reported a gradual recovery in Southern territory from the depression produced by last Spring's Mississippi flood. The only definite surplus of labor in the country was found in the office labor fleld. e 9 CHILD KILLED, 4 HURT IN CRASH OF AUTO Funeral Party in Accident Near Boonsboro, Md., When Attempt Is Made to Pass Bus. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md,, October 22.— A child of B years was killed and four persons were seriously injured when an automobile in which the party was returning from this city to Rohrsville, Md., after attending a funeral was wrecked in trying to pass a bus on the Natlonal Highway near Boonsboro late yesterday. The dead is Leona Avey. Fred Avey, father of the child; Mrs. Carry Avey, his wife; Miss Laura Avey, sister, all of Rohrsville, and Benjamin Dale of Hagerstown, are in the Washington County Hospital suf- fering from various injuries. Two other occupants of the machine escaped injury. The funeral was that of Marion Avey, infant son of Marion Avey, a relative, —_— As the result of the collapse of a large building fn Cornhill, a thorough testing of buildings is in progress in London. ,MARYLAND-NORTH-OF-WASHINGTON FPreston Blaw Ltee ~ Silver Spri ”g. Mo’ Y BUY or BUILD in Maryland-North-of-Washington ASTES differ. One man wants to plan and build his own house, so that it will express his own ideas in every detail. Another prefers to buy his house out- right and be relieved of all construction details. One likes dignity, another informality. One man prefers a mansion. Another is more happy in a cozy bungalow. One likes spreading acres, while another wants the comforting closeness of neighbors. It is this difference in taste which saves our homes from monotonous similarity. Maryland - North - of - Washington ARYLAND-NORT H- ’ OF - WASHINGTON is an association of twelve inde- pendent communities, bound to- gether by proximity and certain Adapted to common advantages. Each community has its in- dividual charm and character- istics. Many if not all of them will appeal to you as the place you want to live in. In some of the Maryland- North-of-Washington nities, able planned homes which conscien- L] O district of country estate and commu- architects have ANl Tastes tious builders have erected. They are homes that any one would be proud to own, well-built, attrac- tive, lasting. They are priced for men of varied income. In other communities Maryland - North - of - W a s h- ington, land is available—by the foot or by the acre. hills for country estate homes, or lots in zoned residential sections. |A Play Spot in Maryland- North of -Washington ~. of Rolling You can buy a home already built, or build in Maryland- North-of-Washington. There is a place to suit your taste. Washington’s Most Delightful Suburbs suburban motor bus A few minutes by wotor or down Sixteenth ing laws, wise health precau- streets overladen with traffic homes is so close to the heart of the city as Maryland-North- of-Washington is to the heart of Washington. Communities Silver Spring Blair Blair-Takoma East Silver Spring Woodside Woodside Park North Woodside ‘Wynnewood Park Seven Oaks indian Spring Terrace Indian Spring Park Four Corners Street, or by trolley, bring you from the healthful wood- ed elevation of these charm- ing suburban communities to the business district of the nation’s capital. Maryland - North - of-Wash- ington varies in altitude from 290 to 360 feet above sea level, averaging more than 300 feet above the altitude of the White House. Stringent zon- NORTH--WAS SILVER SPRING CHAMBER OF COMMERCE tions, and the tonic atmos- phere of these Maryland hills, combine to make Maryland- North-of-Washington an un- usually desirable home place. In spite of their easy ac- cessibility to Washington, these communities offer none of the disadvantages of city life, only the luxuries and con- veniences. The congestion of row houses will never be pos- sible here. The dangers of will never threaten your chil- dren here. Parks bound this district and parkways cross it. Nothing has been omitted to make life comfortable. Paved streets, sidewalks, sewers, water, electricity, country clubs and sport and recrea- tion centers abound. Write to the Silver Spring Chamber of Commerce for in- formation, HINGTON OSPERITY,