Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1929, Page 5

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., BIG GREEK ACREAGE; WILL BE RESTORED American Firms Get Contract for Reclamation of Hellenic Lands. JULY 28, 1929—PART 1. 5 The routine of drills and other mili- CENTURY MARK MARINE UNIT TO GO @‘5‘!;‘"&.‘:’&“:‘.:2:&.32:.‘3‘%&‘}&1 tary training will be broken by serles To QUANTICO TODAY The Sumpsuty e cominndediiy Capk of boxing bouts and other forms of ath- letics and entertainment. Amq the Harvey L. Miller, while First Lleut.l . Paul Sullivan, & member of the Metro- | was "gon eices 55,UP With the outfit politan Police, is second in command. | poxer. » ool Shantamwelsnt Because of the large part of its mem- ¥ mnl’lflp }”mfi m.fde uptg: members ':: h = e local police force, company e steamer Kosmos, the first vessel :fif i v:nt h:xll:tlte gfl:rt::mpruuce. dt: g be used excluxl\vely as a whaling fac- ng ma; ry, was recent] Belf! 0 leave here at 8 o'clock | the police members. kit Ire®nd. Y maidies = REACHES The 401st Marine Corps Reserve Com- mnx. ‘Washington's first Marine Reserve outfit, with about 60 per cent of its memsbership made up of members of i the Metropolitan Police Force, was scheduled For Impaired -Vision —couut . E'ye Physician For more than thirty years we have been give ing this advice. We be- lieve that the greatest of care should be exer- cised in the treatment of the eyes—such as only an Eye Physician can Special Dispatch to The Bta. NEW YORK, July 27.—With the an- | nouncement today that Ulan & Co., 120 | Broadway, and John Monks & Sons, 438 Broadway, had contracted with the Greek government in-an 130,000-acre land reclamation project, attention was drawn to the faét that the Ulen Co.'s four-year job of restoring and recon- structing the Athenian water works is near completion. ‘The Athenian undertaking invoR's the restoration to the historic Greek city by American methods of the pres- tige for modern improvements which it achieved in the time of the Emperor Adrian, more than 1,300 years ago. Commenced in 1925, and involving a total expenditure of more than $13,- 500,000, the modernization of the water supply system of Athens and the ad- Jacent port city of Piraeus, resulted in improvements to the anclent but still useful Adrian aqueduct, the building of a gigantic dam and reservoir on the historic plains of Marathon and the in- stallation of extensive sea water street sprinkling systems. Romance in Business. Coptemplation of the enterprise, to- 2 OR 3 PIECE geth®r with the railroad building, sewer | M E N S S UITS e e e Store Closes at 2 P.M. Saturday Practically Everything Is Reduced —for this is the regular Semi-annual Store- wide Clearance—in which even many staples are affected. Things every wardrobe can use —and really ruthlessly reduced. It’s buy-time for you. == O PTICIAN—= 915 TFifteenth Street \VA-S!_-.(I N'G_TON Established 1899 John R. Voorhis, president of the municipal board of elections, and grand sachem of Tammany Hall, New York, who celebrated his 100 birthday yester- day. He is shown here at work in his office in the Municipal Building. City officials held a huge celebration for the man who can remember when Fourteenth street was near the outskirts of town. —Associated Press Photo. TALKING iT OVER WITH HENRY FORD “Wages in Europe Are Bound to Go Up.” | ects being carried out by the Ulen firm in other parts of the world at the pres- ent time again refutes the assumption | that there is no romance in big busi- | mess. ‘The Grecian land reclamation proj- announced today, entails the All ~ Tropical Suits Every Spring Suit and Top Coat This gives you the choice of Fashion Park, Charter House, Ris is one of a series of weekly interviews which Henry Ford is piving The Star and the North American Newspaper Alliance exclusively. In these interviews Mr. Ford will present his viewpoint on subjects of curremt interest, both national ‘and international. AS TOLD TO A. M. SMITH. Dry Cleaned Including Fashion Park Special “INEN and Silk Suits are not included at this price. All other materials are thoroughly dry cleaned and pressed by our customary high-grade methods, and are pleasing the most particular patrons. Our regular higher price will be resumed in the near futurd. Two or more suits called for and delivered WHITE FLANNELS CLEANED, 75c Silk Dresses Dry Cleaned And Beautifully Hand Pressed at Thrifty Prices Beginning July 29 our Office 1734 Con- necticut Avenue will be closed. We have moved to 1627 Connecticut Avenue. DISTRICT CLEANERS & DYERS, Inc. ect, drainage of large areas in the Struma district which are covered with water | for eight months of the year, and the irrigation of a further large acreage of adjacent and unproductive territory. It is estimated by the Greek govern- ment that the restoration of fertility to these 130,000 acres will result in agri- cultural operations capable of sustain- ing approximately 1,000,000 people at a living standard of high proportions for Europeans countries. Discussing the Athens-Piraeus supply contract, | president of Ulen & Co., admitted to- | day that engineers in charge of the work had retrieved many valuable art treasures which had lain buried {c* cen- [ turies beneath the city of Athens and | environs. { Statuary Found. Statuary, vases and basreliefs in mar- ble, found in excavations for the new water mains, had been turned over to | the Greek government as well as nu- merous sarcophagi of the pre-Christian era and of later times. | Funeral urns of the period when the civilization of Greece was at its height constituted an important part of the finds, according to Mr. Bournell. Ex- | hibiting one specimen. he pointed out | that it doubtless contained the remains | of an old woman because of the ab- i sence of jewels in decoration or con- tents. Old women, he said. were not considered to be in need of the embel- ater C. M. Bournell, vice | DETROIT, Mich., July 27.—Wages in , whole nation economically. They will Europe are bound to go up, says Henry | do it. They always succeed. In this matter success is doubly assured, be- Ford, not because anybody is going t0 | cause all classes and all parties will force an economic revolution, but be- | work together. Neither riches nor pov- cause the people of Europe recognize | erty means much in England any more; that a higher standard of living for the only a better life for the people. workers is the only basis on which to| “For one thing they have been care- build national prosperity. { fully studying conditions of prosperity | _“We are not arbitrariiy setting a new |in this country. They have nevel | mark in wages in our factories and as- | studied us so carefully as they are now | sembly plants in the British Isles and | doing. Some things they don't like | Europe,” Mr. Ford said. “We believe about us because they don't yet under- the European workman can be enabled ' stand them. Some things they wonder | to earn more than he does now, and it | about. especially how it will affect the is only on that basis that any one can old tenor of their life. improve industrial conditions there. | Europe Ready to Try Plan, “We can the more easily take a | chance on the European workman be-| “Wel, of one thing every one is sure— a decent amount of prosperity never | cause we did it with our own employes, many of whom came from Europe. We | | A i i destroys any good thing. Europe does know that good wages are a policy that| ;" ciio ™A merican prosperity is the result of the war, even if statesmen | works in this country. People here are not_different from people elsewhere. | have so explained us. Europe is finding for herself what makes for the | | ,"Give any man enough for his labot | oy so he can improve the environment of o 5 i his life, instead of merely subsisting. | PSOple’s economic security, and is ready | and he immediately becomes a factor 0.1 o7 T think it is becoming clear to them {in the general upbuilding Of Pros-|inat if there had been no war this | peri | country would have gone ahead much | | better.” We lost by the war: we were | retarded. I don't mean that we can! compare our war wounds with those of Europe, but we can certainly show that | the war, far from being a benefit to us, | Flock to $5 Wage. | The days were recalled when the | Ford Motor Co. announced a minimum | 85-a-day wage. Workmen from all over Mode suits and topcoats and Richard Austin, England, top- coats. There are no exceptions— the entire remaining stock is at your disposal. Suits Were $38.00 to $85.00 Top Coats Were $35.00 to $75.00 Now $32.75 Alterations at cost 3-piece 3-piece were $50 & $55 and Mode makes—2 and 3 piece models. $49:75 $32.75 Mode tropical worsted and flasnel suits; 2 and 3 pieces — were $27.50, 323075 i+ nurotex— suits that were $17.50, $20 and s14‘75 $25 .. $30 and $35... Alterations at cost Fashion Park suits, were $65 & $75 Fashion Park suits, Mohair, linen, 630 G Street N.W. 123 B Street S.E. 8§11 Vermont Ave. 1627 Conn. Ave. lishments of precious stones and metals | the country flocked to Detroit. Criti when launched on their journey to the | ¢ism from captains of industry, econ- unknown. On the contrary, girls and | omists and financiers rained upon Mr. YOUSERwom Few ere Hhought o irequise ) | “It is this: Industrv—all kinds of in- them. Their ashes were interred with| = 1t was held that he was likely to UP- | qustry. in which the humblest workman | necklaces, bracelets and rings and the | set the entire working basis of capital| makes’ enough to meet his necessities, urns in which their remains reposed ' and labor, inviting ruin for his own in- | ang enough more substantially to ime bore frescoes testifying to their pre-|dustry and spreading dissatisfaction and | prove himself and his conditions of life. possessing appearance and amiability. | strikes among other established indus- | That puts much of the wage money Passing to the material side of the | tries with their comparatively Iow Wage back into circulation, besides bringing | Athens operations, Mr. Bournell said | gcale | new and useful elements into the lite that at the close of the war when the | ““well” Mr. Ford said, “we weathered | of the workman, He feels himeelf on an influx of refugees from Armenia and that storm, found that we did not suf-| entirely new basis. Opportunity is other countries had swelled the popu-, fer in our own industry and proved that | given him that matches whatever per- lations of Athens and Piraeus to weil | the theory of liftng general prosperity | sonal ambitions he may foster. It is up over a million people the question of | by giving the thousands of Working | to him, then, to become & better citi- water supply became very acute. The | people the money with which to buy zen, more capable workman, himself . Adrian Aqueduct and its supplementary | worked. leader in industry. = systems were delivering less than three | “Now that is & point to get clearly.| “And there is a crying need through- | You can't wait for the people to create out the world for leaders in industry. ' All Stiff Straw Hats 80 Per Cent Complete. | prosperity and then give them back & | With money saved the workman can knickers—were $7.50 and | little of it in their pay envelopes. Some- | certainly improve his condition if he is | s:.'e " % were s3 to 86 ‘The new system, built on Amnfltnn‘hody has got to start the prosperity | anything more than a dullard or a cull. lines, already delivers 20 gallons a day | pai] a-rolling. Somebody has got to fire| “The people of Europe understand Wool and shetland knickers, were $10, $12 Now 51.50 to 83 per capita and this will be increased 0 | the first round with his own money.|that this is a sound basis for general and $1S......... Metropolitan 2406-2407 505 C Street N.E. was & blow. Every European of sense | knows that. They know the real secret | of our prosperit | Summer Trousers White flannel and serge $ 8 75 THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS AT THE SAME ADDRESS $10 and 5 Striped s flannel trousers, $12, $13.50 and $15.... Nurotex and linen Strap some extent when the project is finally | You can always have prosperity if only | prosperity. I am certain that a new dealt with. It is now 80 per cent com- | somebody will start it. The material is | economic era is dawning for Europe.” Watches . .. Fashion has demanded definite style changes ODAY . . . the strap watch for day and sport wear is entirely changed . . . since its advent into extreme popularity, size and shape vie with color and time-accuracy to offer the prospective buyer an unusual opportunity for originality . . . the A. Kahn Inc. collection comprises the many famous makes . . . we present three of the ever popular “new” GRUENS: For Men . . . GRUEN IMPERIAL TANK—a good looking strap watch with curved back that fits the wrist snugly—the stem will not sso pull out—the case is 14-Kt. solid gold, the price is...... 15-Jewel Movement. For Women . . . GRUEN WRISTLET —and this is but one of the many Gruen models we highly rec- GRUEN CARTOUCHE—a 14- Kt. solid gold case whose dainty design immediately stamps it as a remarkable ommend—the case is of 14-Kt. value at the standard reinforced gold $40 $29.75 price. 15-jewel move- filled, engraved, Members of the Amsterdam Diamond Ezchange Ofiidfizfin C)]nc. 37 Years at 935 F Street Jewelers Platinumsmiths Experienced AdvertisersPrefer Fhe Star | ben used in the place of stone. pleted. In connection with the building of the huge dam on the Marathon Plains, | the historic athletic field of ancient Greece, Mr. Bournell sald that tons upon tons of fine Italian marble had It was the only material available. “This marble, if available in the United States, would be almost price- less,” he declared. “Some of our engi- neers who _thoroughly appreciate its value and beauty, actually shed tears when they were first called upon to use it. Of course, concrete and steel are bzing used for strength and stability: The use of the marble results in a fin- Dust Interferes. ‘The Athenian project was com- | plicated at the start of dust nuisance, not only in Athens, but in the unim- proved streets of Piraeus and for the 15 miles of connecting roads and sub- urban areas. The first move by the Ulen Co. high pressure sprinkliing system. Ameri- can steel pipes were laid and sea water utilized. e result was more health- ful and comfortable living conditions for the entire population. The swirl- ing dust storms, which for years made Athens an unpleasant place to tarry in the hot weather, have now almost en- tirely disappeared due to this system and to the tendency to install hard sur- faced streets. But the Athens-Piraeus water works and struma reclamation projects are only two of the big undertakings in for- eign fields which the Ulen Co. is carry- ing out at the present time. The Persian Railroad, being built from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf in conjunction with German engi- neering interests, is the principal enter- prise on the company’s books at the present time, A recently completed task was the building of railroad lines and bridges 1,300 to 1,400 feet above sea level in the Tupiza section of Bolivia for the Villazon-Atocha Railroad. A French engineering firm had this contract about the time the Great War broke out. One of the principals of the firm was killed early in the conflict and the contract was subsequently awarded to the American concern. Had Polish Projects. Since the war the Ulen Company built extensive water, sewer and other public improvements in the four Polish cities of Lubin, Czestochowa, Radom and Plotrkow. In the first named, ex- cavaitions revealed extensive under- ground tunnels used centuries before as a means of entrance and egress from the famous walled city, the ramparts of which are one of Europe’s most unique sights today. In these ancient subterranean bores the skeletons of more than 1,000 persons, men and women, were found by the Ulen engineering parties. Gold, silver, jewels and other valuables were also found in such quantities as to lead to the belief that during one of the periods of sicge, numbers of the inhabi- tants had hidden from the invaders and perished of starvation. Polish his- torians are aj present engaged in seek- ing the solution to the riddle of the 1,000 skeletons. Tramways and electric light plants in the Argentine, a reclamation project in Chile and other undertakings in ish that is more or less in keeping with | the traditions of Greece.” | therefore, was to install a Sl | always here, but those who have it hang onto it. They lack faith to know | that what they lose to start prosperity | | come back again. nd now in this country you don't | have to argue high wages at all. In re- | cent years wages all along the line of industries have steadily risen. The country has not suffered. We are more prosperous than ever. The business | man is seeing that his biggest customer iz the workingman. Unemployment now bothers business more than it does la- bor. Steady employment at high wages is the only security American business { Adds Leisure to High Pay. | “Add to high wages more leisure for the working people with which to im- prove themselves and their homes and get acquainted with their neighbors and the institutions of the surrounding country. Ambition to improve, to raise the standard of living. is the logical re- sult of more money in the pocket and more time to devote to personal de- res. “Squandering time and money under these better conditions is the exception, not the general result. Everybody in the world with good sense. and a good workman usually has his share of good sense, is ambitious to improve conditions for himself and his family. A mere living wage gives him very little chance to do this. the cost of living, to be saved for the improvement of the family, gives the workman an entnirely new outlook on life. And it makes him an essential factor in the general prosperity of the country. “It is this idea that is engaging the people of Europe now. They want to live under better conditions, and they want to preserve their economic inde- pendence. They feel that life can be organized so that the decencies and op- ) portunities of life can be secured, and the belief is growing that they are right. “England has carried a heavy burden, but is now courageously tackling a ques- tion which no people have ever had to tackle before—how to rehabilitate a neering firms of those countries is at tributed by Mr. Bournell to its unique financial methods. Get Statgd Fee. “We do not bid in lump sum con- tracts,” he said briefly. “We believe the engineer and contractor is a _profes- sional man and as such is entitled to a fee as in the case of a doctor or lawyer. We work at cost and receive a stated fee for our services.” In the case of the Athens-Piraeus water works project, the Polish cities improvements and other similar under- takings, Mr. Bournell explained that financing was made easy for the foreign interests through the flotation of bonds which were accepted by the company as work progressed. In many cases these bonds were accepted when there was no other market for them. The improve- ments resulted in additional revenue for the cities and areas concerned, enabling the payment of bond interest and the creation of a market for the securities. n this way.” Mr. Bournell said, “our own and other companies operat- ing similarly are aiding in the recon- struction and improvement of foreign countries, in particular those suffering from the after effects of the recent war.” Stone & Webster, Field, Glore Co. has. | Something over and above | (Copyright, 1929. by North American Ne paper Alliance.) MISS WHITNEY JAILED WITH FRISCO RADICALS | Demonstration in Front of Chinese Consulate Results in Arrest of Ten. By the Associated Press. | SAN FRANCISCO, July 27.—Anita | Whitney, noted radical, and nine other persons were arrested today after a demonstration before the Chinese con- sulate here. Police said some 50 mem- bers of the Communist party were the | demonstrators. Banners denouncing China for seek- ing “with imperalistic help,” to “force Soviet Russia into war” were seized. Miss Whitney, who is 62 years old, was arrested previously and convicted on & charge of being a member of “a crim nal syndicalism organization. She waged a seven-year fight against the constitutionality of the alifornia criminal syndicalism law and lost. She was saved from serving a term of from 1 to 14 years in San Quintin prison only because, in 1927, Gov. C. C. Young | intervened and pardoned her. Because of her prominence as a club woman, lecturer and author, the case attracted | nationwide attention. | The 10 alleged demonstrators ar- |rested today were charged with a | felony and misdemeanor, the purported | felony was a violation of the California penal code which forbids use of a red flag or other propaganda “of a sedi- tious nature.” The misdemeanor was alleged violation of the statute against disturbing the peace. Bail was fixed at $1,000 on the felon charge and $20 on the misdemeanor count. Miss Whitney | gave bond 'ENGLAND ON VERGE OF COTTON WALKOUT {Half-Million Operatives to Quit Monday Unless Wage De- mands Are Met. By the Associated Pres MANCHESTER, England, July 27.— Half a million cotton operatives will | be idle on Monday unless the unforseen happens before negotiations for settle- ment of the wage dispute in the Lan- cashire cotton trade ended in failure today. The weavers' amalgamation definite- ly refused to continue the negotiations with the employers which had lasted through the week and the latter’s notice of reduction of wages hy 121, per cent became effective today. S The differences over wages are of long standing. Mill engineers and firemen, + who are also affected by the wage cuts, agreed to remain at their posts over the Warsaw, Brazil, France and Colombia |and the American & International Cor- | week end on the slim hope that settle- ":rmm the activities of the Ulen | poration, are associated with the Ulen | ment might permit the wheels to turn Company at the present time. ‘The organization far-flung operations and successful competition in foreign countries with contracting and egi- . in its extensive financing operations, the most recent of ghlch was the of- fering of 75,000 s of common stock on Thursday last . as usual on Monday. It was understood that in some cases the owners might open the mills to test the unity of the employes. Mode Shirts $2.50 Fancy Shirts; separate coll or tached. and $3 sl.sg 3 for $4.50 collar at- Now... 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