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Show m$niN(xDW Would Lease Power of Muscle Shoals WASHINOTON. Despite the failure of congress to pan a bill providing for disposal dis-posal of hyuro-eieetrlc current cur-rent generated at Muscle Shoals, plans have been made by the War department de-partment for the leasing of thla power as fast as It Is developed. In a letter sent to the special Muscle Shoals committee appointed by President Presi-dent Conlldge the War department outlined Its plans and asked for the views of the committee on the proposed pro-posed policy. If tile department plain receive the approval of the committee, bids will be asked Immediately for the snle of the power. In this connection, It was pointed out that owing to a shortage of rains In the vicinity of Muscle Shoas there will be a big demand for power this full. No trouble Is expected expect-ed In disposing of whatever power Is developed at good price. In the letter two plana for the sale of the power were outlined. One would be to soil the current as fast as It Is developed by the Wur department depart-ment to the highest bidders under contracts con-tracts revocable at any time. The other would be for the snle of the power developed by the steara plant combined with the power developed devel-oped from the hydro-electric plants to one bidder with some sort of provision In the contract tor the availability of the power for the partial operation of nitrate plant No. 2. It Is the opinion of the department that It would be much better for all the power to be sold to a single concern, con-cern, becnuxe of the Impossibility of estimating the amount of power that may be developed at any particular time. In this connection It Is pointed out that while one of the plants will be ready July 1 It will be several months before It will be operating efficiently. The four plants now being constructed at Wilson dam will ultimately develop 100,(KX) horse power. When the first one Is completed the government would theoretically have 25.000 horse power to sell. Hut because of the tests of the machinery and unavoidable un-avoidable difllcultles, It Is not likely that that amount of power will be delivered de-livered for at least six months. The other three units will be ready January 1 and within six months after tint! time It Is expected that the full 100.000 horse power of the development develop-ment will be available. The Muscle Shoals commission, ot which Former Representative John C. McKenzle of Illinois Is chairman, was appointed by President Coolldge to study the question and report to hlta next fall. Too Many Kinds of Money; Not Too Much I a STUDY by treasury ofllcluls of the problem of the govern-Y govern-Y ment's paper-money expense has led to the tentative conclusion con-clusion that the public Is being supplied sup-plied with more denominations In the various kinds of such money than it needs. Assistant Secretary Dewey, under whose direction the study Is being made, believes It is time to correct this result of a topsy-turvy development develop-ment of the nation's currency over many years by eliminating some of the denominations. If the bureau of engraving and printing's present paper-money output of twenty carlouds annually could be concentrated on fewer denominations, It would mean a material saving through quantity production pro-duction and less confusion to the public. "Without making It too difficult," the asslstunt secretary continued, "it may be explained that the treastiry Is now turning out five general kinds of paper money silver certificates, United States notes, gold certificates, national bank currency and federal reserve currency. "With the latter two we are not i , concerned In this study, but Just consider con-sider the denominations of the first three kinds. They are Issued at Ave, six and eight denominations, respectively, respec-tively, making a total of nineteen types of 'old-fashioned' money Issued directly by the tressury." Mr. Dewey then pointed out that If some way were found to eliminate denominations de-nominations of the silver certificates, for example, so as to leave only the one and bane of the superstitious the two-dollar bill, the necessity for making three types of bills would be eliminated and by the process he thought the average citizen might get a little better acquainted with the silver certificate. Some otticlals who have gone Into the subject favored reducing the United States notes to one denomination denomina-tion the five which would eliminate five denominations of money. Then, i the famed yellowback, from the prince of bills, the $10,000 note, down to the more or less familiar "ten spot," would be allowed to remain the same with its range, Including also the $20, $50, $100, $500, $1,000 and $5,000 note to care for all needs above the small denominations. Octagon House to Get Artistic Marker His ashes rest In the Congressional cemetery and his tombstone bears the chiseled motto, "Deo Spes Meo." The land on which the Octagon house stands was acquired by Col. John Tayloe, a wealthy land owner of Virginia, from Gustavus W. Scott for $1,000, and he arranged with Mr. Downing for the erection there of a winter home for his family. During Its construction, which began In 1799 OOrAGON HOUSE, nt the corner cor-ner of New York, avenue and Eighteenth street, closely Identified with many Incidents In the early history of the national capital, Is to be more distinctively marked by the American Institute of Architects, which acquired the property prop-erty several years ago and has used It as Its headquarters ever since. Leading artists have been Invited to Revise a suitable marker for the building, build-ing, the winning design to be selected at the national convention of architects archi-tects In New York city. The sturdy old building Is considered consid-ered one of the best surviving examples ex-amples of the Eighteenth-century type of American Georgian or Adam period :yle of town house. It was designed ly William Thornton, one of the plo-leer plo-leer architects of the United States, who also designed the main Capitol building, which formed the nucleus of Ihe present structure, and also the plan of the University of Virginia. He came to this city with his family from Philadelphia In 1703. He held the office of-fice of commissioner of patents for ! several years, and died here In 1828. rind occupied three years' time. General Gen-eral Washington, who was a personal friend of Colonel Tayloe, showed great Interest In the work, and Inspected It every time he visited the city. From the time of Its first occupancy until the death of Mrs. Tayloe, wife of I'.enjamin Ogle Tayloe, son of the origlmri owner, In 185o, Octagon house was celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic for the generous hospitality always to be found within Its walls and the many brilliant social assemblages assem-blages held there. Its most eventful experience, however, how-ever, was Its occupancy by President Madison and family for nearly a year after the burning of the White House by the British durlng the War of 1812, "Career Men" in Diplomatic Service FKANK B. KELLOGG, secretary of state, Is the embodiment of a new Idea of diplomacy, and his direction of the foreign affairs af-fairs of the nation Is significant of a new deal all around. Washington Is Just beginning today to realize that "dollar diplomacy" Is a thing of the past, and there is the suggestion that the United States, consciously or unconsciously, un-consciously, Is building up a diplomacy of the Old World. In other words, the United States rapidly Is falling into the custom of the old countries of creating and maintaining professional profes-sional diplomats. "Career men" they call them at the Department of Stnte men who have started at the foot of the diplomatic ladder and are climbing slowly but surely 'Into the front rank of the country's coun-try's representatives abroad. Such a career mun, Wurren Delnno Xtobblns ot New York, who bus been counselor of the embassy in Berlin, was gazetted recently as counselor of the embassy at Rome. Eventually Mr. Robblns Is to become a minister. Maybe May-be he will go nn to ambassadorial rank, although the career men have not yet attained that exalted positioa Secretary Kellojrg Is committed to the new Idea. He may be said to be an expression of the new Idea In his present station, for he has been pro moted from an ambassadorship to head of the State department. This Is In line with the policy of Old-World j diplomacy. The promotion of Mr. Kellogg Kel-logg marked a new epoch In Amerl- can history. Whether be will remain long at the department, or whether other I'residents will follow Mr. Coolldge Cool-ldge and select ambassodors to head the cabinet, are questions which oulj history can unswer. It Is a fact, however, that for the first time within recollection there Is a man In the State department come freKh from diplomatic service and diplomatic dip-lomatic associations in the Old World. Washington Is wondering what will be the eventual effect of the new American diplomncy the creatlou of ministers from counselors of embassies embas-sies und.the promotion ot career men or professional diplomatic representatives representa-tives all along the line. Heretofore ministers and ambassadors have been appointed for political, personal or commercial reasons. They have not had diplomatic training, but they have carried abroad a real, red-blooded Americanism. Some observers have felt that these untrained Americans have been at a disadvantage In dealing deal-ing with the professional diplomats of other countries, but there Is nothing of Importance In the historical record to bear out such contention. i |
