Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1930, Page 11

. CONGRESS LIBRARY -BROADENS SCOPE Volibehr Collection Is Out- standing Addition Reported by Dr. Putnam. Notable advances in appropriations, in gifts, contents, facilities and service are recorded in Dr. Eerbert Putnam'’s an- nual report as librarian of Congress, Just submitted to both Houses. The outstanding acquisition reported, though acquired just after the opening of the new fiscal year, was the Vollbehr callection of 3,000 incunabula—books ted in the first half century after he invention of the art of printing, and including the Gutenberg Bible, for whose purchase Congress had provided by _appropriating $1.500,000. More than half the Volibehr collec- tlon is now on public exhibition at the Library. This great purchase, the most notable in the Library's history, trebles its possessions in incunabula and puts it well within the first dozen libraries of the world in the ownership of such monuments of the printer's art. Twenty-two new books were added to the shelves every hour throughout the fiseal y 0. day and night, Sundays and holidays included, with 3,912 volumes added at the end of the ear for good measure. The astonishing tal—196,632 volumes—marks the high- est annual the Library since its in the year 1800. At the close of business on June 30, 1930, the whole number of volumes in’ the Library was 4.103.936—which places the institution equal in quantity to any library in the world. In addi- tion £o the books. it now contains 1,161,~ 478 maps, 1.062.194 musical composi- tions, 498.715- prints and photographs and an uncounted number of manu- scripts. ‘The size of the manuscript collection may be dimly glimpsed when 1t is understood that in this single year, besides originals, the additions of photo- static facsimiles of historic manuscripts in foreign archives, through the benefi- cence of John D. Rockefeller, jr., num- bered 551,510. Other Source Material. Other source material in secondary form included 45 volumes of documents relating to the Spanish inquisition in Mexico, the gift of G. R. G. Conway of Mexico City. and several thousand pages of documentary records relating - to Florida, compiled by the late Jeahette Thurber Connor. The originals ‘ag- quired, large'y family papers, includ certain large groups as_the papers of James A. Bayard, first Senator, and of Thomas Les Shippen, but also very numerous individual documents involv- ing names prominent in our history: a manuscript autcbiography of James Madison. hitherto unknown, and what is described as a brilliant item. given by Willlam Evarts Benjamin, Jefferson’s “fair copy” of his draft of & constitu- tion for the State of Virginia. numbers nearly 500 items of extraordi- nary interest. Dr. Puinam notes with special satis- faction several increaces of signal im- portance in appropriations for 1931: ‘Twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars additional for printing and bind- ing and $75,000 additional for the pur- chase of books, including $30,000 spe- cifically for law books. Also the au- thorization of an appropriation of $6.- 500,000 for the propesed annex build- ing on Second street to the east of the present ene. These together give re- markable assurances of the Library's appropriate destiny as an agency for the promotion of culture as well as the | practical utilities. Permanent endowments in the hands of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board now equal in face value $643,275, with a present market value estimated at $765.000. Gifts for immediate disbursement amounted to $290.337.87. These include instaliments of the Rockefeller and Coolidge funds, = from Secretary Melion of $12.500 for the purchase of a collection of Chinese maps. a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of $5,000 to aid in establishing in the oot el M Sl Booeatsesstiosin el Special ROUND TRIP Excursions DEC. 13th—14th sl6 to 1 CHICAGO Lv. Washington, Saturday, Dec. 13,11:10 AM. Ar.Chicago, 7:40 AM. Return Sunday, Dec. 14. Lv. Chicago 5:40 P.M. TICKETS GOOD IN COACHES ONLY DECEMBER 14th $6 Pittsburgh MecKeesport and Braddock Lv. Washington, 12:18 A.M. Return same day. Lv. Pitts- burgh 7:00 P.M., Braddock, 7:18 P.M. McKeesport, 7:29 P.M. DEC. 11 and 28 $5 NEW YORK Lv. Washington 12 Midnight Baturday. Returning Lv. New York, West 23d St., 5:47 P.M., Liberty St., 6:00 'PM Sunday Similar Excursian Dec. 25, Ask Ticket Agent About Bpecial Sightseeing Tours to to DECEMBER 14 HARPERS FERRY Martinsburg, Hancock and Cumberland Leave Washington 9:20 A.M. Returning Same Day Leave Cumberland 5:30 P, M. and 10:25 P. M. Leave Hancock 6:56 P.M, Leave Martinsburg 7:35 P.M. and 12:21 Mid. Leave Harpers Ferry 8:09 P. M. ROUND TRIP FARES TICKETS GOOD IN COACHES ONLY Baltimore & Ohio ncrease in the contents of | A col- | lection deposited, of Hamilton papers, | to Ethel Miller (left), 23, and Myrtle occupied an entire floor of a house. Division of Fine Arts a section of early | American architecture and aflother of $15.000 from the General Education Board for the services of “consultants.” Experts Added to Stafl. * This grant of $15,000 from the Gen- eral Education Board has enabled the | Library this year (the first of several yeaps intended as a demonstration pe- riod) to add to td regular staff & group of men eminent each in some particular field—science, economics, soclology, his- tory, classical literature, current litera- ture and philosophy—to_act as special advisers to inquirers in those fields and to aid in perfecting the collections. This is a service apparently unique among libraries, the librarian says. The experiment has been eminently success- such full advantage of these new rtunities as may be expected when rvice s fully developed and more widely known. The list of consultants | this year includes Prof. Harry W. Tyler, late ‘of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in science; Prof. William H. Allison, late of Colgate, in_ ecclesi- astical and general history; Profs. Henry E. Bourne and Harold N. Fowler, late of Western Reserve University, in his- tory and classical literature, respective- Dr. William Alexander’ Hammond, of Cornell? in philosophy; Dr. Vic- | tor S. Clark, in economics; Dr. M. A. De Wolfe Howe, in current English and American literature; Senor Don Juar Riano, in Hispanic literature; Prof. Jo- seph Mayer of Tufts, in sociology. In addition the Library has the privilege of drawing as needed upon Brig. Gen. | John McAuley Palmer, U. S. A.. retired, in military history; Profs. Albert Perry Brigham, Colgate, retired, and Ray Hughes Whitbeck, University of Wis- consin, in geography: Dr. Kiang Kang- hu, McGill University, in Chinese his- tory and culture, and Dr. E. A, Lowe, Oxford, in paleography. Division of Aeronautics. The year witnessed the establish- | {ment of a division of- aeronautics | through congressional appropriation and |the gift of the Guggenheim Fund, $140,000; the appointment of Dr. Albcrt F. Zahm as occupant of. the chair of | aeronautics and chief of the new di- Smooth, tenced to jail and fined on conviction for operating a liquor stil GIRLS GUARDED LIQUOR STILL Ayres, 20, of Portland, Ore., were sen- The Tiquor plant sociated Press Photo. vision, and the assembling of the finest existing collection of material Since July 1 the completion of new construction work at the top of the southeast bookstack has added 26 new “study rooms” to the facilities for spe- cial research investigators, in addition to new space for 60 additional desks for such workers and space for a hundred new library assistants. The floor space of the building has been increased to 14 acres and the linear shelf space for books to 162 miles. The report contains an extended ap- preciation of Thorvald Solberg, register of copyrights since the creation of that office in 1899, internationally known as an authority on copyright, Who re- tired from active *service last Spring on_his seventy-eighth birthday anni- versary. The chief bibliographer, Wil- liam “Adams Slade, has been selected to take charge of the new Folger Shakespeare Memorial _Library, the building for which, adjacent to the Library of Congress, is now nearing completion. LARGEST Hunter Bags 35-Pound Wild Bird in Cumberland Woods. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., December 11.— The largest wild turkey bagged in this territory in many years was s}t yes- terday by D. W. Harvey of Garrett County in the woods between Town Hill and Little Orleans, this county. It was a gobbler and weighed 35 pounds. Harvey was hunting with Dis- trict Game Watden Harry R. Kenney of this city, who shot an 18-pound turkey. Q Eyestraing-Why Suffer? See Dr. Rose, Optametrist Rose Optical Co. 907 G St. N.W. Headaches and Creamy lcings make your fa vorite holiday cakes so much more delicious. THEY are :uily made wit_h Jack Frost Confectioners XXXX Sugar. Preferred by part And don’t forget fo listen ~ US€ to “The Sweetest Little Fellow” when he broad- casts his Jack Frost Sugar Melody Moments over WEAF and the NBC Chain each Thursday evening at 9:30 Eastern Standard Time. not nam icular ‘housewives for in making smooth cake icings and fillings. Be sure to confuse it with Pow- dered Sugar. Ask for it by e. Insist upon JACK FROST CONFECTIONERS XXXX SUGAR Refined by The National Sugar Refining Co. of N.J, 165A TURKEY SHOT - s v CAMPBELL LAWYER'S HOUSE IS ENTERED Burglar, Found in Charles Henry Smith’s Home, at Alexandria, Escapes Without Loot. By & Staft Corzespondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 11.— A burglar early this morning entered the home of Charles Henry Smith, chief counsel who recently successfully de- fended Herbert M. Campbell in his trial for the murder of Mary Baker, but the man escaped before police arrived on the scene. Nothing was reported mi issing. Aolen:rdln' to police, the man climbed a garage door and entered an open second-story window of the home at 2109 King street. The man had a flash- light, and the noise he made in enter- ing awoke Mrs. Smith, who gave the alarm. Police Sergt. Thompson and Patrolmen Kaus, Welker and Town- send responded to the call, but search of the neighborhood was without result. animnis Electrons Move Swiftly. NEW YORK (#)—The electrons that | pass through the flament of a 25-watt| lamp every second, if enlarged to the size of a raindrop, would reach from the earth to the sun 25,000 times. Ten Payment Service May Be Used During This Sale HUNTERS DIVIDE DEER , AS KILLER IS DISPUTED Settlement Reached in Justice's| Court at Farmington After Hearing of Case. Spedhl Dispateh to The Star,” MOUNT MORRIS, Pa, December | 1;.—A controversy arose over a deer shot in the Chalk Hill district, near | the National Highway, yesterday. Wil- | lis Fox said he shot the deer, but a man from the community reached it | first. and carried it away. Y | The case was tried before a justice of the peace at Farmington and was ' . In the last 6 dczys, 03/ smart men saved %19,296 in this SALE. A several We have funds to lend on improved man ing Fox and Ollie Fox have bagged a buck and a doe this season. Medical Society Elects. MARTINSBURG, W. Va. December 11 (Special) —Dr. Willlam A. Wallace, this city, was elected ‘president of th Eastern Panhandle Medical Soclety at its annual business meeting here Wed- nesday. Dr. C. C. Johnson, Harpers Ferry, was elected vice president; Dr. Richard Talbott, this city, secretary- treasurer. The next purely profes sional session will be held in March, 1931, in Charles Town. thousand Wm. H. S 5. And unimproved REAL !.TA#‘IH D. s c. aund N when you apply MENTHOLATUM K skin smooth “’:nd white nd there's enough for more ¥ e who aren’t too proud to go afte /' savi n