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Our Special Men and Women Who Are Doing Things Memorial Tablet to "Founder of Naval Observatory Has Gift of Silence. fPHK about women having the list word ami frequent illusions lu their luve c( conversation come In tor serious contradiction when Ihe rer- onl of Mlu Hi la Hum li considered. Tim fount worr.su wsi tleclfd (rum Ike Seattle district lo (he Washington i Senate. and. i the over, she Lai adhered rlrldly her re-solution In d.llur i l1 lltr flrrt term lu that body.

Bin Las. hoieicr. lain extremely basy in several committees nnd linn e-ariicd the reputation nf being one of the a leelflators In lirr Slate. Ko aid an Impression did shei mike on her ixorlalcfl that it Ihe rlore uf I lie sciulon they presented her with a platinum and diamond whlrh lu Indleatet I hat In Washington at least illeme It lomi thing besides golden. In Seattle Mlti llurn has the reputation fif Iwlng a atid euccrseful Iawcr.

Miu l.lllul recently to fA t- Iri'in Aniledl.1. Urr.cn A. Yarrow. fr-irn We-slryun IVI- i and rerved i Cnl. on his tu Armenia In HP has ln-n ivrslan an I When lhe llusklati armlt-e In Can.

rams redlapscel during ihe war liipl. Yarrnw nn.l his wen- nun- l-ellrd lo ftrc from Armenia. wliere Ihey vcre Tlie) madp Ihrlr way in Vla'rilvcistok. when' Catt. Yarrnw Joined the llnl Cross.

Illi i tailed fur China and remained until her liunbaMl Joined her alter Ihe armlstlcp on his way luck to Armenia. During HIP war Copt. Yarrnw nnd his wife twice driven rut of Turkey, wl.ore Ihey had l.cen missionaries for sixteen jears. Juil Ix-fnrp In- sailed from HIP I'nlteJ Nlatrs he dee a that I.SOO,- Armenians ban- been either massacred or their deaths Indirectly by Ihe Turks i i ihe last right rart Heads Y. M.

C. A. Dclc ation. N. COTTON' Is Ihe senior sec' rrliry of Hip Work Division.

Jntcrnatlonal Committee of Iho Young teclatlon. and head of a delegation of 100 business and professional men and association taries who aro attending the Second World's Conference of V. M. A. work- rrt with which Just being concluded at Portschich, Austria.

Arthur tt. Cotton. tc national authority on welfare work among Ihe younger gen- tratlon, and tils speech at Ihe conference on Tte Placo of lloyhood In Ihe Nations cf Ihe World" attracted wide attention among the 900 eUIegates who attended from more than fifty countries. When not engaged In trips of Inspection, organl- ration and research Mr. Cotton makes hli traiKiurlers In New York.

To Advise Albania. 'PUB Council of Ihe League of Nations wi-nl lu fir off Java la ihcxno Us reprcscnt.illvu ss financial adviser lo the Illtle, kingdom ol J. D.Hun- rer, former (iovercor of has been by Ihe league lo take up HIP task of retting Albania on Us linau- clal feet. Detent reports e.f lhe rlrhnnue of Albanian oil fields and the rumors a many great Interna- tliinal Interests are J. D.

Hunter. lfrklnf Iliere have probably caused HIP apuolntment ot a more nr less neutral Hollander lo this Important Mr. Hunrer IMS In bli country's official service for many jiars. and his record In Java commended him slrmftly tu Ihe leagup. To Deiicn War Memorial.

A mouths of consultation and study lite French llovernment hai fntlly ilullei upon Andre Venire as the artist lo design Ihe monument to be erected at the muutn jr of Ihelllrondelllvcr ie In hotior of of lien. i' i first of Ihe American Expeditionary Forces. M. Venire, has for long been regarded as one ot the foremost architects In Europe, has prepared a lower design for Hie monument, which will enable It til IM K-I-II for great distance. Work has not yet been started on the monument, but It Is expected to bo completed be-fore the cmd of the year, and a great celebration Is being planned for lit dedication.

M. Andre Venire. Directs Red Croit Work. fPHK first rroman lu be selected as act- Ing director of the New York County Chapter of the American lied Cross It Miss Florence M. Johnson, who hat Just been appointed to luccetd John 8.

Ellsworth in that position. Mlsj Johniou It a former consultant of the United Slates Public Health Kervke and made a wonderful during world war, charge of the tlet of moro than 10.000 serr- Miss Florence M. Johnson. Ing with the army and the navy at well as many others connected with Ihe Ittd Cross both In this country and overseas. A UF-UOIIIAL tablet which pro- tided for by Ihe Legislature ot Virginia, session IKi.

was'un- veiled In (ioshen I'ass. Va. recently In memory of Matthew Fontaine Maury, who founded the United States Naval Observatory, and whose discovery of methods of studying ocean currents, wind directions, rave him undying fame. Sailing on a vast scale Is almost a lost art. find In these days of steam moat leop'r have forgotten what the crossing cif oceans under canvas meant.

The steamship lays her course from port to port, or from thoulder to shoulder of Ihe continents In a straight line, regardless of Ihe winds and Is generally sup- posed that sailing vessels do the tame. Bailors know better, Lieut. (at he was at the time of Ihe founding of the llydrographlc Ilureau at Washington), dared to chart Ihe winds. He created a new school of sailing and the whole teafarlng world acknowl- Us Indebtedaesi to well- grounded and practical vision. charts saved time for tailing vessels or every itased the masteif of vessels where to go and where net 1C go.

where to find the they tvantef and where It couldn't he tound. Sallorv before his day. In the actual choice anf shaping of courses, kept to tradition! Maury took them out of hls beaten trad and systematized their routes: That the winds of'the oceans He It zones and the trade winds blow In cer. tain directions unfalllccly was known be. fore Maury began lo make charts.

What did was to find nev routes and Inspire tailors to experiment and discovery. the course of years he had thousands o( ship masters contributing to his metenro. logical data at Washlnston. He put thlf material In shape, aaj arranged eacl fact In Its proper place with the author. Ity of numerous witnesses behind statements.

Men who went to schoo! under htm as sailors, were graduated, may be said, as navigators. A A Trainer of Nurses. I A lirad of the Nurses Training at llrllevue Hospital In New York tliit-e Mill K. C. ilc I.DUC wai llm recipient ul many eulogistic ex- litmloni at the re- irut eilel.r.tlbii of Ihei i i nnnlver- "I that Inslllu- tlon nn.I icml-centcnnlal eif nursing ai a profcs- rlon In America, fur the llellevuc school was Ilii- flrit American irhool and lias serve-d ai a model for many of Miss K.

C. ilc other tlmllar Initl- Long. tulloni throughout Iti9 country. Mlrs de Ivrng has i i many yiari In practice and ttudy nt her prclalty, livfurr she lamp lo s'-lniol ihn was lonnnted nllh Ihn a i i al I i In Ilalllmori-. Him li proud of tlir Inrt that nursing Is now tlm Urct-st profra- iInn fur women In lbt United Htatn, Ihere U-Ing H-gUtem! nurrm.

Traehlng ranks nnl In lhi number of women who follow It as an avocation. The M'Mtl-centennlil eelelirallou was nf ImiMirlBtire that It mclvril wtirM- wld niillir, fiirrlgn omnirlis iJrlkl- Aicls Armenian Relief. authority cn eiuestlons relating Id Armenia Is Enu-nt A. Yarrow, who resume' bis ilullea as Illr. I I (Inn nil the ('aura MIS nf Aria for the liist lie- II.

f. Hi'believes that the' Mililtltitl of lhe A i a proMim will If found Hi" i i i i lit I 111' of the I'resi nt Armenian In A Philippine Ensign. MOS'il lhe rneiil rraduatlns class of Ihn Stales Nainl Aeailemy Jose E. Ollvarcs, from the Philippine lilands. the first na- llvn born resident of that country In receive his commission as full flMged Kn- slcn In Ihe navy.

He: was born at lloMo. p. twenty- four ye-ara ago and rccc-ltc-d his early rrhcwllng at Ihe College c.f Engineering In thr libinds. He Jose E. OHrarcs.

eolernl lhe Naval Academy In 1919 and managed to 'make a rre-dllable showing In his classei i.nd In athletics. Discovers Nebulous Star. A NOTIIIMt nib'uloiis rtar has lx--ii ills- covend by Ilr. Daniel Waller More- acting preildent of Drake rlly and an imtrnn- omer ot Interna- llnnal rri'tilatlon. The dlMovery, which has leeii verified by Dr.

Harlow Hhiipley. illrrettir of Iho liar- raid Olxu-r- vatory. Is ronMdered the rnurp valuable to Hit-mine research because nf Ihr rn- calltil tky duit stir. ri'undlnr; It. This Dr.

Daniel Walter raid by as- Moichousc. Itonnmcrn lo le most unuFual. Dr. Murehoure Is from ManValn, i m'd graduate of i rn Chrln. Han nl.o tbn rrrlplent ot degrcTi from Drake Uulverilly, thr I'nl- i of Chicago and the University ut Lumber Queen at 78.

woman lo assume Ibc presidency 1 cif a million dollar a year lumb-r business at Ihe age of 7S seems le, re- ciulro rare ccmragn and energy, yet thai. Is what Mrie. Frank T. Jones ot Tacoma. Wash.

lias iu-l done. Her work will not be Krfunetory. either, for she made '11 known when'shenc- 1, "l' lel that shp would nsrume active charge of lhe The firm Mrs. Frank T. Northwestern Ijim- Joncs.

ber Company ot Ho-, qtilam. amnni; the subsidiary properties 'of iier hiuliand. To Pilot the President. A NKXV iklpper of the famous Halted iitatcs transport Henderson kaj Ixrn apiolnted In the person of Capt. Allan- Hurhacan.

ali'i lias already takes bli ibrf on the bridge of hit latrit ship. He rurmtli Capt, MarArtbur and will pilot I'retldent Hnr- dins and hit official party from Seattle to Alaska early In July. The Henderson It prolnbly the Irct known of the nary luntportt, ai she has Ixrn for many official trips. Including the tnyaje of the Acnapolls rlaii'of 1SS1 to Japan under the guidance nf Secretary Dtnby. California.

Our Restless Women of Business Capt. Allan Buchanan. successful woman Is not nlwayi fa successful In fllllns her leisure lime or life as a whole. After 20 she li not so apt In feel fa self-sufficient unto herself. The thrills and of the first few years of a job may still be yet the begins to feel the need ot other Interests and Bo says Harriet Cunningham, who knows professional and business women so well that she was chosen to hevj the business and professional women ot the Young Women's Christian Association.

As national director she trarels estensirclr. tircanlilnc groups, meeting young bust- ness women In cities and towns throughout the U. S. "The areraje business woman here In New York has had such a strurcle to ar- rlte at her present place In the sun that the Is Individualistic." nlil Mist Cun. nlneham.

-While Invariably warmhearted and racer to help knows In her own office, she Is apt to bl self-concerned. Ilr that 1 da not meal selfish, but that she unconsciously of herself as an Indlfldual rather that one of a larje croup of mnmcn which sh( represents. She'has. perfectly natura! lonirlna; for beauty and happiness an4 often she thinks she Is going to find It In motles, clothes and iwcket money. That Is all very well for a unleis marriage Intervenes, she oftet wakes up-some fine morning and suddenly realizes her'life outside of hei work Is narrow and empty.

She has given no hostage to the future. Kports and outside Interests have been neglected, no! fostered by her. Building Up Chemical Warfare Service Slie'a Hentinr; Hnrjineer. NOTIIEIt llrl.l nt endiMinr which up tu the prcfcnt lias U-e-n deemed ex- csliely iiiasciillne has noir Urn "In- vaileil" by a member i'f the feminine sex. It Ihr heatlui; and Held, and "Imader" Is nallon Is "heating nnd ventll.itlng engl- net nl.d who Is Ineellng with grrat In her ehosen line of en- ele-nvor.

Mits Helen Klip liegan her Innis. technical carter In au n.Tlic. but later became a Undent at Pralfa Institute, where was Ihe only girl In the claw. Her a i for the career soon lei apparent Dial she was maided lo start an cifflee of her which the now conducts i cfflcleney and happy results. Startles British Nobility.

Wilt: Introduction Inlo lhe of Commons by Ihe Hon. Arthur Pon- rrnby of a bill to abolish hereditary titles created more ot a sensation Ixcauie ot the social connections of Its author than because of Its somewhat revolutionary nature. The Hon. Arthur wai at one time a page of honor to Queen Victoria. Is related to many ot the nnble families ot England and at cno time took an artlvo part In Kricllsh society, la hit earlier po- Hon.

Arthur i'onsonby. litical career he was a Liberal, but has slr.cc, become nn Important member ot the Labor party. Ills Mil. although It It cot the first of Us kind with which the Ilrltlsli Commons has had lo deal, was rretlril with wild enthusiasm by Labor members and great Indignation by the Tory memlicrs. The lion.

Arthur declares that although hit bill may tall ot railage this time It will brcontt law before many rears. lly GKUA1.D A reported statement by llrlgOn Amos A.J'rles, U. H. chief the Chemical Warfare Service, that i-ertaln Individuals In ot tlio organizations aro bent nn fitabtlshlng i In America has brought OI avalanche of criticism upon head of that rnrrcetlc. soldier.

He Is charged with maligning peaceful ivrecnis who de- ulro cmly an era of gixxl will and disarmament rather than soviet rule, he Is accused nf lielng an absolute militarist anilims In develop a military caste In Hie Unltdl Stairs, ami the Secretary of War has been asked lo discipline him because of rmphasla be Is placing cm the necessity for preparedness nnd fur the ilfciir with which his views arc- expressed. Secretary Weeks has refused to slleucu him. In fact. Iho presiding bead ot the War Department has lit It be known that be wilt Hand niuarrly Ix-hlnd army iilfUero In tbrlr tprrrhca fur rrrpared- ness and will cncouracr. sueli rxfrrssloiis t.u lonn as they art' c-ouchetl In IcmpcMlo If, houever, an cifHciT writes a magn.

ili.r artlclu nr makes a speech that Is rmisMcrrd rstrainrant and tint rntltely facts Is assumed that ho will Iw cautioned ami. perhaps, told that further putilic vleua will bavu to bo suhnilttcil to a cvnsor. Tbe sensation of lilting at Ihe receiving end of voluminous tertial larrages nr riding out a storm nf hostile criticism Is r.ot a new our for Hen. t-'rles. Ixmj; experience has iuad: bin an adept at dodging brlrUiata nnd nt hurling them also.

Ills career, especially alnce he becamo bead of the Chemtfal Warfare Service, has been a constant struggle not only for onn pxUlencr but for Ihe continuance of Hie branch Ihe military vstabllsh- ment which bp beads. At imp lime It appeared that ho not only had the entire civilian population but the army at well enlisted him, but he has carried on and now seems tu have succeeded In placing his branch on a solid footing with the unqualified back- Ing of the War Drpartmecl. He was a Lieutenant-Colonel of en- gln'eers In August, 1917, when he was appointed rhtef uf the service. American expeditionary IVrces. At that juncture In America's war elort the.

(las Service consisted of Just one man--himself. He bad a vaguf Idea ai to how a gas mask should put on, but this practically tummed up his knowledge and the knowledge of the American Expeditionary Force, about this new lethal weapon. Civilized people--soldier and civilian- hated poison gas; didn't like to thick about It or talk about It- Then, too. there a prevalent Idea that while gaa had accounted for some few Ilrltlsh and French casualties. It waa not going to be a serious factor among American At this time the.

American Army had practically nn knowledge of gas warfare, rllher offensive or defenslrp, no gaa or chemically trained officer personnel, and. unfortunately, an Idea that It was a comparatively unimportant side line. There was not a single gas maik or acy other protective appliance la the Araer- lean Army. Ills greatest straggle wai against the general apathy and even hostility which existed In regard In gas even among Ihe staff officers ard Gen. Fries Is frank In Ihe admission that bad II not been tor Ihe constant support ot lien.

1'rrihlng the upbuilding and maintenance of the gas service would have tiet'n an Impossible Indeed, to this day there are many In the army who refer li Ihe "Comical" Warfare Iho came brrath with the Y. M. C. A. and oilier welfare organizations.

Hut' theso skeptics arc rapidly becoming extinguished. llesldes combating thli tendency to minimize Ihe Importance ot gaa warfare and to placp Its Interests at the bolloni nf the list. lien. Fries had first In obtain to Irtitn that In that It night lake up the work ot AT- Amos Fries. U.

S. A. Instructing the army, to obtain supplies, In plan and Install repair factories and shell-tilling plants and, by a vigorous and widespread propaganda. Ui Instil Ihe fact In the minds of Ihe troops that to the unprotected and untrained gas warfare. means death and that lo the trained and protected men jt should hold little fear.

Personnel was obtained wherever possible and, until It was possible to set up American schools, trained with the Ilrltlsh forces, supplies were requisitioned and the work started. The little office In Ihe old French eaterne at Chaumont pit the spirit, for lien. Fries Is a man who Inspires his subordinates with his own self-sacrifice will to win; Kvery Improvement, every Increate In- personnel when additional men were so badly needed, every bit of tonnace for Its necessary supplies, every growth and particularly the Idea of the offensive use ot gas had lo be fought for. On September 4 Fries accepted a commission ai Colonel ot national army, and upon the reorganization ot the ttas Service and creation of.the Chemical Warfare Service therefrom he was. August 1C, IMS.

com- mlsiloned Ilrlgadler-Reneral, United States Army, and placed In charge Chief of Chemical Warfare Service, A. Commencing August 12. IS17. with hlm- ttlt alone, Fries built up the Chemical Warfare Service until on tho day ot the armistice this service overseas ocnfUted of more than (00 oCcers and l.COO men. with a further great expansion In prosreii which would hare given It more thin 1.SOO officers and H.OOO men ly the summer of 1JIJ.

From Indifference toward gas the American Army hail tamed to the earnest conviction that only by cartful tralloc could they protect themselves from lie- coming casualties. From antagochcv ngalnst the offensive use of gas encountered at first the army had been converted lo Its eitenilve the shell program on the day of the armistice providing fcr 21 per cent, ot gas shell, and also the use with the armies of more than lhre- limes the Snl authorized number of special gat troops. For his service not alone lo the Amcrl- ranr arms but also to their own and to Ihe allied cause In general Fries wai decorated by France with the Cross of Commander, legion of Honor, tinder date of October 30, 1SIJ. He also received the Cross of the Companion lit SI. Michael and St.

George of Kngland ard the Distinguished Service Medal. lll work with the Engineer Corps, t-'nited States Army, was about as varied as usually falU to the lot of any officer. Including dredging work. Jetties and breakwaters, road and vrork upon fortifications. He had charge of many of the details ot the project for the Dalles- Celllii Canal connecting Hie upper and lower Columbia niters, dredging of the Columbia Itlvcr, the construction of Ihe fortifications at the mouth of the Columbia, work upon the various harbors of Oregon, and for short spare ot time Ihe work In conniption with the building of roads and trails In Crater I-at-e National I'ark.

Orrcon. Perhaps his greatest work with the Corpa of Engineers was that In connection with tlie Improvement of Lf Angeles Harbor. Tho original project for Los Angola Harbor and the harbor lines as laid out would not have given this city a particularly good port, In studying His situation. Captain Fries found that there were In Ihe harbor- some 1400 acres of tide lands, the title to which had been rcserted at the lime the United confirmed all the old Spanish grants, after the Mexican War, but that the State of California had con- vryed nr had attempted to convey title thereto to Ihe Southern Pacific Itallroid Company. Title to these tide lands wat absolutely necessary to be vested In the I'nlted Stales were a project ever to Btr adopted which would give to Los Angeles a harbor worthy of a city of that sire.

It was decided that the State had had no right to convey the title to these tide lands to the Southern and alter a long and arduous fight. In which the proceedings were carried through the Supreme Court of the State ot California, and through the Fnprrme Court 'of ihe United States, wai found that the title to these lands was vested In the United States and that tho Southern Pacific had no title thereto. Thus was the war opened whereby the present harbor of the city of Los Angelci mltht be developed. At the present this harbor, modeled after the harbor of Antwerp. Iltlflun, one ot the finest In the United Stales.

At the time ot Ihe outbreak ot the war Lieut-Col. Fries was In charge of the construction of roads, and bridges In Yellowstone National Park. The project Included the rebuilding acd adaptation, to automobile traffic ot over tour hondreJ miles of road In addition to the building ot numerous bridges. As all ot this work was done at an altitude of between 7,000 and 8.0«0 feet the working season vat only about four months a year, and tor certain sections of the road BBCfa less than this. It was necessary lo carry on this wol at an absolute maximum during all ot th time that conditions permittee" and frequently necessary lo forward al supplies, subsistence and forage to work.

Ing parties over 1:0 miles from the near cst base. lroliabl)- no other non-milltar) work ever so closely approached war coil dltlons as the road work of Yellowstow I'ark. Karir In Ills career Con. Fries wai brought Into contact with (ten. John J.

Penning. On one expedition Into tin hostile Moro country Capt Pershlng. who commanded the expedition, had Flnt Lieut. Amos A. Fries with him as his chief engineer officer.

No doubt the energetic way in which he performed his duties as engineer officer of Ibis expedition had much to do with Ihe choice made by the Commander-ln-Chl-f of the United States Expeditionary Forces when he looked around him for a man with sufficient Initiative and driving force tu head the newest department of his army. Other- work performed by him In the Philippine Islands was the construction cif wharves'for deep draft vessels to avoid the expense and delay of lightering ashore all materials, a task which, to use his own words, was rather a heartbreaking one, as-he had but little ot either materials, men or money with which to it. From January S2. 1911. to June 10, 15H.

he was director'ot military engineering at lhe Engineer School, Washington Harracks. 1). daring a portlot of which lime he was In command of the First Battalion ot Engineers. For about a year and a halt le vras business manager for itrmolrt. 'official publication of the Corps of En- plneers, and for about two years editor of this same magazine.

He was born on March 17, 1S7J, In little log cabin on an open hillside In Vernon county, Wliconsln, and attended the country school of Ihst neighborhood. While yet a small boy his people removed to Missouri, where he continued his studies, removing about thirteen years later lo Oregon, where In 1S5J he was graduated from the Medford (Ore.) High School. While attending school In Missouri his teacher. M. E.

Savllle, was appointed' to West Point Military Academy, something which made a profound Impression npon the boy and his future aspirations. Ills teacher of that day latei became Lieut-Col. M. E. Savllle, I'nlteC States Army.

After graduating from high school ht taught school for about one year, but, neier having forgotten his ambition "to enter the array, had requested appointment to West Point Iron Congressman lllrger Herman, then representing Oregon In Ihe House. In 1SSI Congressman Herman caused a competitive examination to le held in Salera. Ore, the snc- cesjful candidate to receive appointment to the military academy. Amos A. Frlci tuccteded In distancing coapelltors In his examination, and, receiving me ap- polntment, entered Ihe academy the sane year.

He was graduated fron West Point, No. 7 In his class, April on twenty-four hours the class belni graduated tlx weeks ahead of lime on ac- count of the outbreak ot the war with Spain, at which tlaie Le was assigned la and commissioned Second Lieutenant ID the Corral of Engineers. United statcf Army. lie was married to Miss Elliabttl n. Wall of Mtdford.

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