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WEATHER.
Fair. continued cold tonight and to
morrow; minimum temperature tonight
about 14 degrees.
Temperature for twenty-four Uoura
ending 2 p.m. today: Highest. 25. at 2
p.m. yesterday; lowest, 12, at 3 a.m. to
day.
Full report on page #?
CLOSING SEW YOHK STOCKS PAGE ?.
No. 26,898.
WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15,
ONE CENT " WASHn,OTO* **? ****** i
two cEVTt Kxacwmsax.
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Kef OhmtaMn, *Mtk ?f Jltnattf,
117. Daily Average, nmi S?a4ay. HI.
Spreckels Declares He Pro
tested Their Appointment to
International Committee.
SAYS PUBLIC HAD NO VOICE
The bugar investigation was resumed
today, with the Senate committee refus
ing to permit counsel for the food ad
ministration to cross examine any wit
nesses. Chairman Reed said the com
mittee would inquire into any phase
suggested by the food administration or
other officials.
Claus A. Spreckels. president of the
federal Sugar Refining Company, on
resuming hii testimony today said
that he protested to Food Administra
tor Hoover Against including refiners
on the international committee creat
ed by the food administration to pur
chase alf raw sugars for reflr\#rs.
Spreckels stated yesterday that, ac
tions of this committee had worked
against his firm and to the benefit of
the American Sugar Refining Com
pany.
Fixed Prices. He Charges.
He stated that the price of S.90 to be
Paid for Cuban raw sugar was fixed by
the three American members of the in
ternational committee, all of whom
were refiners. They also fixed the price
of 8.20 at which the refiners could sell
the manufactured product, he said.
"Was the public represented at this
price-fixing meeting'."* asked Senator
Reed.
"Xo." answered Mr Spreckels.
Mr. Spreckels said he had much diffi
culty in seeing members of the interna
tional committee at the New York head
quarters. Ill Wall street. He said at
?very visit he first had to see E. E.
Hooker
ir?,!10. Hookpr*" asked Senator Reed.
AH I know is that he formerly was
an employe of the American Refining
Company," was answered.
Connection With Committee.
\\ hat is his connection with this
committee?" Reed asked.
1 should say he was a steering com
mittee of one." said Mr. Spreckels. "to
JUT?e "h~u,d visit the committee."
In <?ri?L ?k r>?P*r,ment had a hand
* lhe, price of * *" for raw
Cuban sugar f. o. b. Cuba, but to what
1! w" not brought out for dip
to?!?. H- Curtis Llndley. at
stated 0,1 a<,m,n'?tration,
Rolph stated that he had
- 'OHferencea with the state De
CTSty.g.'?,? ""H*?1 and Mr. Lind
nidered b
,.n,'*aoe^ hfc said he com
Coianaug4n- n<"nK he ra,ae<1
*r. Spreckels Makes Charges.
During his testimony before the com
mittee yesterday afternoon Mr. Spreck
ChV*Ad thut K*rl A. Babst oresi
, nk of the American Sugar iieflnInt
erafman t"d "?"** M "olphTSl"*
-ffA ?< ?he Cajifornla-Ha
Tk i " iUfar Reflnln'g Company in
theJr positions as agents of the food
Administration had been unduly active
*n getting raw supplies for the Ameri
Mr. Babst Is chairman
h**r!,,atlon*1 *u*,r committee.
1. h? administration, which
Jixed the price to be paid for raw aura
coming: from outside the United StatM
; "P'o,':hrr!L?r"'. ftSKS
;??;??! "! ,ad of ,he 'o*"1 admin
Istratlons sugar division and a mem
?, ?!!! ,"t^rn??|onal committee.
Mr ?' Protesting to
. Ir. Hoover against a contract whereby
the American hugar Refining Compsny
was to obtain 100.000 tons of the Louls^
'r"arr?P He said his company had
,S'f'tnf any of that crop
f05d administration had
fixed nn price, and that he was astound
nivhi '.v" lhe American company
making the contract aftar a price of
MJ" for the Louisiana product had
l>een agreed upon at a conference par
Ral?* by Mr" Ro,ph and Mr.
Haw Sugar Held In the West.
,h* shortage came into sight
iu *aat. th* witness aasarted more
he?d l?n* of raw "u?*r waa
.M*est. of which the Cali
fornia-Hawaiian Company held 40 000
to ?il?.w' *,M h? ?pp'"ttI*d to Mr. Rolph
k *''ow some of this to come east to
,nf P refineries going, but was
Informed It was necessary to keep the
jupply in the west nntil the new
Haw aiian <-rop came In.
l'I>?r,hUrnHrtn0^ h,I rhar*? th*t Messrs.
i,.., V favored the American
' ?Tnp*n>'- Mf- Spreckels related aji In
cld?nt that brought out how two com
operating chain retail stores,
recently had sugar when none was to
be Procured at many stores. He said
born & Co. of New York.
J'ZV- ron""acted for two car
af v.Cf ?S" raw ""*,r for delivery
?ir?itfo*T? offered It to the In
i sugar committee in October
mlttee d. u P?und?. but the com
areasonf without giving
Asks Aid in Financing Seal.
Mr. Lamborn came to him soon aft
erward. Mr Spreckels said, for means
i i.? fu/,htr "nance the deal and ^old
him that within fifteen minutes after
I ** declined the svjgar
InXVYoX An,'r,ean ha*
r-anles. heard at t h i t .'j a fIon 'purehasTd
"UKar for '7 "? and. with the per"
,h", 'ood administrator, had
nee S ?d h> M" federal and the War
dred ,R '"""""i* tor *'??<> a hun
aftek cub ah sugar.
Senator Brouswrd Hopei to Get Part
of .Crop for United States.
Seaator Broussard left Washington
last night for Louisiana to hold confer
ences with sugar mill owners In re
gard to converting Cuban sugar Into
"plantation granulated." He will then
m*l" * uip to Havana for negotiations
. with President Menocal through which
he hopes to bring a part of Cuba's big
sugar crop to the United States to be
refined at mills in Louisiana. Those
behind the plan claim that the' raw
product can be turned into "plantation
granulated and sold a cent a pound
cheaper than white augar p ?
The <l?clslon of Senator Broussard to
Vh *"d Cub* ,n ,h? Inter
est of th? government s probe into the
sugar shortage in this country followed
C conferences here and In New York be
) of'Th.
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Approximately 1,500 D. C.
Registrants Today Receive
? the Questionnaires.
Approximately 1,500 registered men!
of the District, the first 5 per cent of I
the entire number of 32,000 not yet
I called to the colors, received question
naires today.
Officials of the eleven local exemption
boards vied with cacli other in putting
into the mails the first 5 per cent of
the questionnaires, which will go out in
such installments for twenty days.
Before the last ifiail delivery is made
this afternoon, city post office officials
stated, practically every one of the 1,500
men included in the first 5 per cent will
have received his questionnaire.
First to Beach the Hails.
Boards for divisions No. 3 and No. sj
were the first to pet their question
naires in the mails. Postmaster Chance,
chairman of the board for ' division
No. 3, from his strategic position, had
his set of questionnaires in the city
post office exactly at midnight last
night. Clifford Lanham, chairman of
No. 5 board, got his to the post office a
few minutes later. Both sets of ques
tionnaires, however, received the 12:30
a.m. postmark, so both chairmen may
claim the honor of having been first.
Boards for division; No. ?, 7. 9 and
II put their first 5 per cent of ques
tionnaires Into the post office this
morning- before noon, and boards for
divisions Nos. 1, 2, 4, S and 11 had them
in the post office in time for delivery
on the last mail. It was possible that
some few questionnaires of the first
mailings might not be delivered until
Monday, it was stated, but city post
office officials are to make the deliveries
their special care for the next twenty
days, and every effort is being made to
put out the entire first 5 per cent be
fore the sun goe.s down.
Registrants whose order of liability
falls between 1 and 300, approximately,
received questionnaires today. Returns
must be made in seven days, but as the
datea of mailing and Sundays are ex
cluded from the calculations, those re
ceiving questionnaires today or Monday
will have until Monday before Christ
mas in which to fill them out and re
turn them to the several local boards.
Throughout the nation today the
questionnaires went out to approxi
mately 5 per cent of 9.000.000 men.
Classification will begin immediately.
The day after Christmas probably will
see local boards begin work upon the
actual classifications, and the work wt?
w** ntirjufd thereafter as the ques-1
Bftrly tan for Hew Draft Expected.
Pressing an "early call for tb* sec
ond xAtonal Array, Instructions went
to the District draft boards today to
call for physical examination all regis
trants as fast as they are placed In
class 1.
There Is every prospect that a large
number of men will have been classi
fied. examined and recorded as availa
ble for military service by New Year or
shortly thereafter.
Eleventh-hour changes in the per
sonnel of the boards which are to con
duct the new draft were announced to
day by acting Adjutant General Dono
van for the District.
Sidney Roche, deputy auditor of the
District. haB been relieved as a mem
ber of board No. 7, of which he was
chairman, and Dr. Elmer S. Newton
principal of Western High School, has
been appointed to the vacancy.
On account of his being named chair
man of one of the new medical advis
ory boards. Dr. Sterling Ruffin also has
seen relieved as a member of the board
for division 3. his place being filled by
Dr. Elisha White Titus.
Dr. Ross McC. Chapman has been re
placed by Charles R. Ely on the board
for division 11.
Final Instructions for Hailing.
Final instructions regarding the
mailing of the questionnaires were re
eved by Mr. Donovan this morning
from the office of the provost marshal
general, and their contents communi
cated to the local hoards. The War
Department has called for a report to
be made December 17. a-s to whether
the questionnaires have been sent out
by all boards, in accordance with in
structions.
I^ocal boards also have been adviBed
by the War Department that it is of
the utmost Importance to the selective
features of the draft and to the ef
fective employment of the manpower
1 tPm ?irmr V1*1 the occupational
qualifications of every resident l>e set
forth with precision in his question
naire. Registrants' answers, according
to rhe Instructions, must without fan
specify his particular job within his
Industry, by answering, for example
not merely railroad man, but track
layer or trainman or carshop repairer
If questionnaires filed are not specific
enough, it Is directed, boards should
secure adequate answers under sec-!
tion one hundred, paragraph three, be
fore proceeding to classify. I
On the eve of initiating the mailing
of the questionnaires. Provost Marshal
Gen. Crowder Issued the following
statement:
'The plans have been made, the ma
chine has been built and with the loval
co-operation of the local boards so
amply demonstrated by their past ac
complishments. the millions of regis'
trants will, within the space of slxty
days. stand marshaled for their place
in the world's war, each in the class
to which his economic worth entitles
aim. [
General Praise for Plan.
"I have not the slightest hesitation '
in predicting the absolute success of
the classification system. From every
part of the country has conic praise
for the plan. It will provide armies in
a steady stream; armies built from the
body politic by the body politic.
"Never before in the history of the'
world have armies been chosen with
the scientific precision of the new sys
tem. Men will shoulder the gun first
who should by all the laws of reason
offer themselves first to their country
and only grim necessity will compel us
to invade the more deferred classes- but
If such necessity does arise, it will'find
the country ready.
'Through the governors of the states
a legal advisor* board, to assist re*in
trants to make Intelligent answers to
their Questionnaires, has been assigned
to every local board: through the same
agencies the leaders in medicine In
every community have pledged ih.?
selves to aid and assist in medical ex
aminations. The creat majority of the
men who are building the new
have offered their ?eivl?sfreeof
charge to their government
"The completion of the classification
will practically complete ,h7m?
work of the local and district boa?d.
W"1 A? ""ach in thelr
mEEVS- IZ"" rifetTO
may oocur, and will consider ch^e?
At Least Give Congress Power
to Americanize Them by Full
Representation in Congress.
IN EQUITY DO IT AT ONCE
Theodore W. Noyes, Editor Star.
Prejudice against Washington's plea
for national representation is created
and fostered by the erroneous idea that
the community seeks to wrest from
Congress, representing the nation, con
trol of the National Capital; or, if not
so bumptious as to make this attempt,
that at least the community fights to
cut down for its own benefit this power
of Congress. Our campaign for H. J.
Res. 73 and S. J. Res. 64 is pictursd as
destructive, radical, almost revolution
ary.
Apprehension* of danger and of evil
both to nation and capital spring to
life In the Imaginations of the natfciak
Ing ak a result of the exploiting of this
bugaboo.
Our proposed constitutional amend
ment, giving Congress power to grant
national representation .to the resi
dents of the seat of government (In re
spect to whom it already has the power
to exercise exclusive legislation), does
not lessen but increases the power of
Congress. It extends on natural* logi
cal and equitable lines an existing
power of Congress.
This provision is appropriately in
i serted at the end of section 3, article
IV of the Constitution, which gives to
Congress power to admit new states
and to make all needful regulations
respecting the territory belonging to
the United States, from which these
new states are carved. It is under this
section that new senators, representa
; tives and territorial delegates come to
the Capitol. The three political subdi
visions of the United States under the
Constitution are states, territory (in
cipient states) and the District con
stituting the seat of government of
tho United States. Wkn oar ,hhm<
amendment la adopted tfcte aeetlon will
be rounded oat and perfected and the
power of CmfTtM In reapect to na
tional representation will be equitably
extended ?? all tbree of the parts lata
which the United States was thna In
the beginning In effect divided.
The Conatitution does not define the
political status of the future population
of "such District (not exceeding ten
miles square) as may by cession of par
ticular states and the acceptance of
Congress become the seat of the gov
ernment of the United States." Nop'
change this status s? .tint it ahall 40
"utus
In Status Less Than Aliens.
It has resulted from this unintention
al omission or oversight that the resi
dents of "ouch District** have a stand
ing as suitors in the courts of tho
Hutted States which the Supreme Court
has said Is less than that of aliens i and
a relation to participation In national
legislation and presidential elections
which Is the same as that of alleas.
It was not intended that *fsuch Dis
trict" should remain uninhabited. The
United States advertised its Washing
ton lots for sale not only in the repub
lic, but in Europe, and attracted set
tlers and let purchasers here by glow
ing assurances. George Washington
predicted that the capital's population
would in a century be certainly ex
ceeded only by that of London. It was
not intended that these Inhabitants
should be from any point of view per
manently aliens.
? It was not intended that the people
of the capital should forever remain
politically outside of the United States,
no matter what the number and charac
ter of the population. Sympathetic
commiseration of the District's lack of
national representation has been ex
pressed in Congress and the White
House at intervals from 1800 down to j
the present day.
When it had only the population and ?
resources which entitled its people to
the nominal representation of a terri
torial delegate, a voteless legislative
agent in the House (not contemplated
by the Constitution), that representa
tion was vigorously urged by President
Jackson, was heartily seconded by
President Johnson and was given under
President Grant.
District National Representation.
The words of these Presidents and of
a long series of national legislators and
other statesmen, who argued forcibly
and convincingly for territorial repre
sentation for the few residents of the
District in their tfme. are today equally
Round and convincing arguments for
full national representation for the
present District. In 1017 genuine nnd
equitable America*! representation for
the residents of the sear of government
approximates their status to that of
rltlsens of a stnte nnd not of a terri
tory. A voteless; almost negligible,
terrflprlal delegate Is obviously lnade
qunte.
The seat of government of the United
States now has an intelligent, Ameri
can, public-spirited population, exceed
ing those in 1910 (the latest national
census) of six of the states?Nevada,
Wyoming, Delaware. Arizona. Idaho
and New Mexico. Its population then
was 331,069. It Is shown today by the
, police census to approximnte 400,000.
: The population represented under the
I latest apportionment by each repre
sentative in the House is 212,407.
The time has now vwie.i cue na
tion should by constitutional amend
! ment either give direct to the resi
dents of the seat of government the
status of citizens of a stat*? for tb*? ??wr
| pose of national representation only; or
i should at least, uu/
I pending constitutional amendment, give
j to Congress the power to deelnre. In Its
| discretion, when they shall have this
stntus to the extent of enjoying this
natlonnl representation.
FLAGS OVER WASHINGTON PEW
New York Ceremony on 118th An
nivemry of Hii Death.
NEW YORK, December IB. ? Repro
ductions of the continental flag and
the flag used by Washington at hts
Valley Forge headquarters yesterday
were placed In permanent position over
the pew in St. Paul's chape) which Gen.
George Washington occupied during
his residence in New York city as
President.
The flags were presented by the Sons
?of tho American Revolution. The cere
monies attending the placing of the
emblems commemorated the lltth an
niversary of the death of the first
American President. Soldiers, sailors
and marines participated In the obeerv
SAYS REPRIMAND
K NOT MM
Gen. Hoyle Disaproves Sen
tence Imposed on Sergt. Fau
teux, Accused of Inhumanity.
A reprimand Is not adequate punish
ment for an art of Inhumanity. So de
clared Gen. Ell D. Hoyle, former com
mander of the Eastern Department, In
reviewing the proceedings of the court
martial recently convened at Washing
ton Barracks to try Sergt. Louis Z.
Fauteux of the Medical Department of
the Xrmy on the of vlMaUnr tl?
ninety-sixth article ofwar.
8pcciflc Charge.
It was specified that Sergt. Fauteux.
having been detailed as non-oommls
sioned officer in charge at night at Wal
ter Reed Hospital, September 13 last,
violated standing orders of the hospital
by failing to report to the officer of the
day, Capt. D. M. Roberts. Medical Offi
cers' Reserve Corps, that an emergency
case was at the hospital requesting ad
mission. and himself refused such ad
mission "by which act of inhumanity he
brought discredit on the military serv
ice." The case in question was that of a
watchman of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, who was struck by a train near
Sliver Spring and fatally Injured.
Plead* Not Guilty.
The accused pleaded not guilty.
The court found him guilty of the
charge and guilty of the specification,
excepting the words "violate standing
orders of the hospital by failing." sub
stituting therefor the word "fail." The
accused was sentenced to be repri
manded. ?
Brig. Gen. Hoyle. the reviewing
authority, returned the record to the
court for revision of its sentence with
the remark "that under the findings, the
accused had been convicted of an act
of inhumanity by refusing to admit an
emergency case to the hospital; and
that the fact that the allegation as
to a violation of standing orders was
excepted from the findings was unim
portant, since no orders were needed
to prompt the accused to perform a
simple' act of humanity."
Court Adheres to Decision.
"Under the?? circumstances," said
Gen. Hoyle. "a reprimand which In
general is Inappropriate as a punish
ment for an enlisted man is wholly in
adequate in this case."
The court, however, adhered to Its
original sentence and Gen. Hoyle dis
approved It as "entirely inadequate."
That action exhausted official proced
ure In the case and "the incident is
ciosed."
TO AID FREIGHT HANDLING.
Retail Merchants Appoint Commit
tee to Relieve Congestion.
St^ps looking: to the clearing up of
freight and cartage congestion in
Washington will be taken immediately
by a special committee of the Retail
Merchants* Association, appointed today
by R. P. An#ew?, president of the as
sociation.
The personnel of the committee fol
lows: R. P. Andrews', chairman; J.
Philip Herrmann. T. W. Bolgiano, Samuel
S. Prescott. John I*. Newbold, Elijah
Alvord. E. C. Graham and W. W. Grif- :
flth. .The first, meeting of the commit- J
tee will' be Tuesday afternoon:
The immediate need is the appoint
ment bv the government of a super-1
visor who will have authority to issuQ
priority orders regarding the unloading
of freight and the commandeering of j
equipment and labor to meet the situa- !
tion here. I
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utors :
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The Associated Newspapers. ^
Correspondents for this page are sending the big news
to The Star from the great capitals *n4 frpm the .other
important cities over tne seat by cable, by mail and by
wireless. ! - ?
TINKHAM INJURED IN ITALY;
AUTO SKIDS OFF MOUNTAIN SIDE
By the Associated Prew.
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN NORTHERN ITALY, December
14<-An army automobile in which Representative George H. Tinkham
of Bocton was riding today on a visit to Moftte Grappa, on the north
ern mountain front, skidded over the mountain side and dropped twen
ty feet. It made a double turn and was crushed to pieces, but the
representative and the other occupants escaped with bruises, the
chauffeur being seriously, but not dangerously, injured.
Representative Tinkbam, who fired the- first American shot
against Austria, received slight injuries'and was cared for by a mili
tary surgeon.
1,200 GERMANS QUIT D. C.
ax -
? Ifrtijjpintyr
Majority of Departing Alien Enemies Go to
Baltimore; Some to Alexandria and
Nearby Maryland Towns.
The exodus of unnaturalized Germans,
which began with the Issuance of the ex
clusion proclamation of President Wilson
last month and ended at midnight yester
day, reduced the population of Washing*
ton by nearly 1,200, according to the
estimate of United States Marshal Splain.
About 400 Germans who fell under the ex
clusion ban appeared at the marshal's of
fice and made responses to the question
naire prepared for them by the Depart
ment of Justice.
While a number of these were unmar
ried, Deputy Marshal Q'Meara, who inter
viewed each applicant, is of opinion that
the majority of the men banished from the
District took with them the members of
their families^ which in many cases ex
CROSBY IS MADE HEAD
OF ALLIED COUNCIL
LONDON, December 15.?The inter
allied council, which is to take up
questions of war purchases and
finances, met in Lgjpdon today. Oscar
T. Crosby, assistant secretary of the
United States Treasury, was elected
president. .
SEEK HOLIDAY LEAVE.
Soldiers Anxiout to Be Among 20 j
Per Cent to Get Furloughs.
CAMP McCLELiLUN. Anniston, Ala-, j
December 15.?There is a rush here to
get in on the roster of the 20 per cent
of the men who will go home for the
holiday furloughs authorized by Maj..
Gen. Charles G. Morton. Under these
orders the men selected are to be pick
ed from those whose soldierly behavior
recommends them for consideration.
Private Dennis R. Mahoney of the
District of Columbia company of
104th Field Signal Battalion has been
transferred to the 30th Engineers and
ser.t to Washington. Sergt. John T.
Hooe and Private Henry H- Hooe of
Company C, 110th Field Artillery, have
gone to the 315th remount depot at
Camp Jackson, South Carolina, trans
ferring: to he Quartermaster Corps.
Private First Class J. A. West of the
Siprial Battftl&aev has been assigned to
duty at the division headquarters.' Ed
ward Minor and Samuel Morgan, draft
men, have been sent tb Camp Dodge,
Iowa. .
ueeded the average estimate of five to a
family.
It Is estimated that nearly 60 per
cent of the departing Germans will lo
cate In Baltimore, at least temporarily.
Xjw Wk and Philadelphia will receive
a large number, and others will be dis
tricted among the other large centers
of population.
About fifteen families are expected to
take up their residence at Alexandria,
Va.. and some few will be distributed
among the small towns in Virginia.
Tbe~Mirvland towns adjacent to Wash
ington will become the hofnes of not a
few of the District unnaturalized Ger
mans. Several have signified their in
dention. ' it is said. of. going to Chevy
Chase beyond the District line: to
Mount Rainier. Hyattsville and Bla
densburg.
waited fob. his laundry.
I ?
German Officer Bring* His "Wash"
to Allied Trenches and Surrenderi.
WITH *HE AMERICAN ARMY IN
: FRANCE, Friday, December 14. ? A
story of- how German officers are sur
I rendering is told by an American
j officer just returned from the British
front, where he had been undergoing
instruction. One night recently a
German officer crawled across no man's
land to the British wire, raised liis
hands and cried: "Comrade!" British
solders covered him with rifles, where
upon'the-German said: "Excuse me if
I lower my hands; I've got a package
here.* "
The surprised Britishers granted the
request and the German dropped into
the trench. In his hands he had a
package of laundry. He said he had
decided to surrender a week before,
but had waited until his laundry came
back.
VOTES AID TO HOSPITALS.
Cuban Senate Approves Appropria
tions Following War Declaration.
HAVANA^ December 15.?The senate,
which yesterday afternoon unanimously
adopted a resolution, declaring that a
state of war between Cuba and Austria -
Hungary exists, also approved a reso
lution appropriating $600,000 annually
to be used by the president of the re
public tn aiding any hospitals, am
bulance corps and similar institutions
that may be established by the national
Red X^ross; $2,400,000 annually for use
dfrectty or through the American.
French, English, Italian and other al
lied n&tione, in relieving the sufferings
of the civil populations of the war
strtcken zones and soldier victims and
their families. The measure now goes
to the house for approval.
FINDS FAULT WITH SIGNALS.
Halifax Inquiry Witness Says Belief
Skip Disobeyed Navigation Boles.
HAtilFAX, N. S.. December la.?Jean
Baptist* Glockln, first officer of the ill
fated-munitions ship Mont Blanc, testi
fying today at the resumption of the
government inquiry to determine re
sponsibility "for the collision between
that vessel and the Belgian relief ship
Imo, which caused th* Halifax disaster
declared that the signals given by the
felief ship Just before the collision
were contrary to the ru'-* of navigation.
Testifying that the munition* stip
had followed , the'rules throughout the
whole happening, he said he was sur
prised, at the signals given by the Imo
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Assistance Vitally Needed if j
Number of Capital Homes
Are Preserved.
$7,228 IS SUM NEEDED
Following its custom since 1910 The
' Star today presents for the Associated
Charities to the Christmas giveis of
Washington fourteen golden opportu
nities for human helpfulness.
j. Fourteen families need immediate as
sistance to preserve their homes.
In eight of these the mothers are wid
ows. four are deserted wives, one is
a family of orphans cared for by the
grandmother and in one the mother
is blind and the father partially so. m
these fourteen horoes-to-be-saved there
a.dUf-:of "w&m TrV old
*ftough to begin earning.
Each'Family Well Known.
Kaeh family is well known *? th? fns'
sociated <^;ties wh.ch itafte^ going
?rimatedmt^
1 yea^toW?^irome.?Wher
asked for in aid of these eig? >
PTMs"Slirgir:?um than for previous
lar staple articles of diet.
Several Nationalities.
-SS'SS
;iK.r
^3opt"Esome oTth. orphan children
bEve^?doilar contributed will be used
for these families without ctiar^ fo
either to The Star office or directly iw
John Joy Kdson. treasurer Associated
Charities. 9=3 H street northwest.
? a?l SSSSr-BS
Edi St?
keep her home together. Will you no
the year.
OnDort?nl(f No. 2i Dtl#f Her Part*?
Mr? C can work all day away from
home?oh, yes. ea.ilS . but^Jjen who
??yd efght.Tmi?Els^. nine, out of
takes* inUsewingeI* T&
small is scrupulously neat. and the
0PPort.",y No. ?.a??
SS?. 'Kth'tKl?"inCd""trious. loving
mother, appealed to ??? ^ "f
Ittwaw that little Harry, seven years 01
age, lias a weak back, and no one can
look after him like his ."".T^hat he is
^Un"over,',e ss^T
'.SSVK amW?on
?and talks continually of the time ?when
he will be a lawyer and make nio"e.y ,
for them all. Tie is such a talker, while
at the same time such a famous helper
in practical ways, that his mother
thinks he may accomplish hU arobltjon.
aUwe "k,*V*VVl ^or' the > <^r.
?ST"?- ? fo'rnMo^rr ?d
es?ted by her husband.
Mrs. Camp is bravely trying to make a,
home for her four children, under
?leven vears of age, who are unusually
promising! Sammy, the firstborn, is a
isturdy little chap. He says he is going
to be a soldier and fight for his mother
a.nd his country. Mrs. Camp needs help
to keep Xhe wolf from her door until
i Sammy is able t.. shoulder arms in her
"then Jtiii" will be married ana ner
muteoi.i will hell), and witl. Julie s and
mv sewing " ml washing and mending
and Giuseppl's good tr^de. and the ga
,len that Gluseppi md my little Jea.n
?o"so-'keAn this* nice'plan if Giuseppi
does not go to war. The second draft
will find him ready if needed, for he
loves America. Mme. X's husband
died last summer. Besides seventeen
year-old Julie, there ifl little of
the lame knee, and "La Petite Sauter
elle." as her mother calls her. because
Kh?? never keens quiet lontf cnoueh to
grow plumand happy little Pierre
the "child of charity that is lo\e. H.t- ,
mother called him so when he came ,
at the time when the father was ill. It
was the kindness of the big city that,
seemed so wonderful to Mme. N "h*"!
she found that a way was provided for ,
her to keep her little flock together.,
Mme X and Julie make the larger ,
part of the incom?. by their thrift and
industry, but a week, or is
still needed for the coining year.
Opportunity J*o. ?? U?ttlioc f"1"'
(kroilr fit Health Poverty.--Al
mo? constant ill-health has made the
flght against poverty doublj hard foi
this widowed mother. Her five children
are devotion itself. The oldest chtld. a
girl of sixteen, never strongs has spent
much time in the hospital. Jack. an
Sfbitious lad of fifteen, is his mother s
right-hand man. He is a fine stuient
and works out of school hours and on
Saturdays. Last summer he and his
mother had a very successfuwargar
den. The three younger cMMlrwiare
well and do what they can to help their
...j-LtVirr On account of so much sick
ness US a wtek is needed or $832 for
the year.
Opportunity So. T> A ?l?Wer KnJI of
Chlldre*.?Ten children In one family
hard to believe these days! The indus
irtous father, a Greek, died a year ago.
leavinK his widow with ten children un
d'er fourteen. He was stricken sud
denly and his family were utterly j*n
nlless There was no insurance. The
Greek Church is helping generously.
Relatives out of their small earnings
are doing more than they can afford.
The children, intelligent and attractive,
have the making of good American cit
fi^L They responded beautifully at
Camp Good Wfll laat summer. On thetr
(fhwfpv* "" Blxth ra*a->
GERMANS GETTING.
SUPPLIES OF RUS
"Fog of War" Hangs Over
Slavic Nation?Counter Re
volt Situation in Doubt.
MONARCHY IS PLANNED
By the An?oci?te<l Pre?*. ^
LONDON. December 15.?Prew <H?*
patches from Petrograd throw littta
light on the military situation in sooth*
em Kussia. The official statement*
sued in Petrograd are confusing ??4
there are various reports regarding
Kaledines and Gen. Korniloff, who*
present whereabouts and fortunes ?W
not known definitely. "The foft of WW
lias settled down over all the Russia#,."
savs the Petrograd correspondent of th*
Post, "although very little actual wars
fare has developed." ?
The Germans already have beg?int?
obtain fats and other sorely needed ?a<#
plies from Russia, according to inform*.
tion reaching PetrogTad. It was
nounced that credit institutions bert
had been informed that trade had bMjl
resumed with the Germans at Minak
and other points near the northwester*
front. New shops have been opens4
and the Germans are exchanging metal?
and chemicals for vegetables and fit*
and especially snap. The price of soap
| is 15 rubles a pound.
Watch Constituent Assembly.
The people of Petrograd are ?aid *?
be more interested in the attitude or
the bolsheviki toward the constituent
assembly than in the Russo-Germa?
negotiations or civil war In the sou til.
The bolsheviki are still represented M*
being determined to prevent the con
stituent assembly from taking on atf
complexion except a reflection of tkw
own views, but there apparently la ?
sharp disagreement aniong the le*d??
i as to the methods, and angry dtscu??
ciona are reported to have occurred.
All advices agree that force la iu
only law- In Russia today, and tl?
strongest force for the
wielded by the bolahev'ki. wlwra?
the guidance of 1-enlne and TrotitJ
are said to have established a deep?
regime against which many of the w
shevikl are murmuring.
Newspaper* Suppressed
According to the Post's co
virtually every newspaper in
continue to be ctoee*
union, niuierto more or ley.
now being brought under bolsheviki
""uenlne- he says. Is an Invisible ml
inaccessible and closely guarded, J>
given up making *P?<=hes ami now
Sing publicity. Trotsky. on Uie other
hand, speaks frequently and is very a*
cessible.
1 Monarchy Bolsheviki Aim. *
The real aim of the bolsheviki Is a mu*'
I archy. at least, and P"ssibl> ? deppetilg,
in the opinion <rfUje ,Petrocrad
:r.pondent of the Poet. Hewireathatw
[more than a month the *"Jw?22iL?f2
been openly preparing public opinion!*
acceptance of what, he says, after aU. t?
the only fit form of government for Ra*
Sl^t is this design of the bolshevlki.
correspondent asserts, which is the wtuy
of their antagonism to the social re<n?n?
tionists, social democrats and?>nstln?
tional democrats. all of whom wera
formidable enemies of the old regime.
Active propaganda has Ions been carrtja
on under cover on behalf of the Romanoll
family, he says, and this propaganda In
cidentally turned the Ruasians against
England, which is reported to ha\e de
sired the overthrow of the autocracy.
People Half Won Over.
The bolsheviki will in one way or anotk>
er re-establish the throne, and posetWJ
re-erect the despotism, the corresponosm
adds. "The populace already is half
over to this, by methods which arejrwj
understood by those who know Ruaua.
After saying that space prevents detail
ing the subterranean propaganda. By
writer refers vaguely to the ?unprece
dented and unfortunate division ?n
Romanoff family." which he says raMg
it impossible to judge the precise sohrty
of the problem those behind the b*<e
sheviki eventually will rerch.
Japanese at Vladivostok.
Up to'a late hour last night the Brit
ish foreign office, the Daily MaH "'J
had not received confirmation of Ja^
anese occupation of V 'adivosto^k K
is said the foreign office
ing concerninp the matter ue>oi??
newspauer reports. . .
!>ord Robert Cecil, n.nisterorbloch
ade, in his weekly talk with th# A?
sociated Pre.-s. replying to a
in regard to a recognition of the boO
sheviki government of Russis.
??We shall gladly recognize any fOT
ernment which we believe repreeeWJ
the Russian people either de facto or
de jure. We are not yet satlsflad thy
the bolsheviki are entitled to
"wifen asked whether the ^nlt*
States would join h'r aU'f",' tiS
steps taken in regard to Russia. L?*?
Robert said: -
"i should be sorry to see any cog*
siderable step taken in the condoct?T
the war or any preparation ma?* W
neace without Amertcan parttel**
peace
tion."
In regard to rumors that the *"><*<!?
viki government now was planalnjr
the establishment of a constitutional
monarchy the minister of blocks*
"?'?? considering rumors I always re
mind myself that nine-tenths of what
i?; said in a revolution is untrue. Hot
some such scheme may be In German
minds. Certainly the <}ermans woul4
have no sympathy with a republic.
However. I cannot imagine any
so foolish as to wtsh to be a consti
tutional monarch under the boimv
viki regime."
FOOD EXPERTS NEAE FEOIIT*..'
Six U. S. Eeprwentativai to _
Conditions With American Pnwij
WITH THE AMERICAN AHKT ?|
FRANCE, Friday. December U.-rBtx n#
le-en tat Ives *of the United States ftW
administration arrived today at the AM*
lean Army ?one for a four-day Tlstt
the troops. They were entertained ?X
uncheon by Gen. Pershing. Inspected bee*
quarters and then Irfttors
jn, the United. BU*s.?o,?
the fbod I'fTlfTsTfc e
(? .