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Ko. 716-No. 27,262. WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 1918.* ' / | FIVE CENTa
PARIS, FOR
> OUTRIVA1
IN UNRE!
Pershing's Men Join
With Citizens of
Spared City.
Wild Revelry Follows Day of
Acclaim of U. S.
Executive.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, December 14.?This is a
greater night in Paris than armistice
night.
The city is ablaze with illuminations;
the boulevards are thronged
with crowds, dancing and singing and
throwing confetti. The Place de la
Concorde has been turned into a great
dancing pavilion, where American soldiers
are favorite partners.
America is the predominating word
here tonight.
President , and Mrs. Wilson made
their entry into Paris this morning,
greeted by well night half the population
not only of the eity but of the
surrounding districts. Tliey were attended
by President Poineare. Premier
Clemenceau and others among
the most eminent figures of France.
Flowers were dropped around their
carriage, airplanes winged overhead,
guns sounded.
Thic Was Different.
But observers were impressed with
something more than the magnitude
and beauty of the reception by some
quality of warmth that made it different
from the visits to Paris recently
made by the sovereigns of the allied
nations.
The imagination and interest of
France have been stirred by the President
of the United States as no other
leader beyond the borders. All classes
and parties in this country have
united to pay honor to the United
states through its President. They
* greet him as the representative of
ideals now dawning upon Europe.
Represents Invincible Forces.
"In the eyes of the immense crowds
welcoming him." says the semi-official
Temps. "President Wilson represents
two invincible forces-the material
force which permitted the war to be
won and also the force which will
sanctify peace."
Thirty-six thousand soldiers, the
flower of the French army, lined the
avenues from Dauphine gate to the
Murat mansion, which, during his
stay in Paris, will be the home of the
President and his wife. Alpine
chasseurs and Zouaves, fresh from
the battlefields of Champagne, and
colonial troops, from whose uniforms
the mud of the Somme had only a
few days ago been removed, occupied
the post of honor. They gently,
but firmly, kept order among the
enormous crowds which ever pressed
forward in eagerness to have a closer
look at the guests of France.
A number of members of the general
federation of labor met in the
Place de Clichy this afternoon and
paraded through the chief thoroughN
fares, cheering for President Wilson
and the United States.
The Paris newspapers devote almost
their entire space today to the demonstrations
in honor of the President
of the United States, the various functions
and entertainments and to articles
glorifying America. La Liberte
Cays:
v "Paris gave to the first magistrate
of the United States a reception as
enthusiastic as that which greeted
Jn Strasburg President Poincare and
premier Clemenceau. This comparison
jnakes the use of further phrases unnecessary.
It is enough to say that
Paris lavished in it all its lire and
heart."
The Journal Des Debats says: "The
population of Paris showed itself prodigal
of enthusiasm. This is because
the voyage of President Wilson is a
unique event in the history of the
United States and has signification
that is well understood."
britiMIon
day featureless
Women Vote for First Time
and Show Eagerness to
Cast Ballots.
>7 the Associated Pros*.
* LONDON. December 14.?The general
election today Is proving to be
one of the qnletest Great Britain has
Witnessed in years. There is no great
domestic issue before the electors, as
Sraa the case in elections before the
war, while, with the exception of the
' smaller pacifist group, the campaign
has appeared to indicate that there is
BO sharp division of opinion ah to the
country's attitude toward the peace
conference.
Vuch interest attaches to the vote
which the women will cast in this, the
first general election in which they
have had opportunity to participate.
? gnd considerable curiosity is manifest
* as to the number of them who will
exercise the franchise.
Thefts was a rush to the election
booths in London daring the early
hours, but the great majority of the
voters are expected to cast their ballots
Is the afternoon, the day being
S half holiday.
In some districts, particularly those
Inhabited by the working class, the
women were at the polls before the
tnen and in larger numbers In one
district In the East End of London
there were ten woman voters to every
tnmn. The rain, however, kept the
women from the polls during the
tnornlng In the more aristocratic sec'
glona
Polling in the greater part of Ireland
passed quietly except for minor
Collisions between Sinn Felners and
hatl octal lata.
__ x close analysis of the voting shows
hag the nationalists have been hopelessly
beaten by the Sinn Fein, even
w |n pfacee auwunsfl f b? nationalist
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PRESIDENT
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I "CITIZEN OF PARIS" *
HONOR ALSO GIVEN TO
GEORGE WASHINGTON
PARIS, December 14.?In
unanimously voting, as it did
yesterday, to confer upon President
Wilson the title of a citizen
of Paris the municipal council
was reviving a medieval tra'
dition. declared Councilor Gent,
i who moved the resolution. It
| was formerly the custom to confer
honorary citizenship of the
city upon those who had ren:
dered distinguished services not
: only to Paris but to the entire
country. He pointed out that at
I the time of the French 'revolu|
tion the title had been conferred
on British, Italian and American
personages.
"But wl/at the President will
particularly appreciate," said M.
Gent, "is that one of those to
whom Paris paid the same tribute
that it is today paying him
was the great George Washington.
"The thought that moved me
to make this proposal arose from
a desire to pay a tribute of gratitude
and admiration to the
great statesman who has framed
in imperishable language the
! conditions of the future peace
and of the life of nations."
PRESIDENT'S FLEET ~
SAILS FOR AMERICA
Battleship Wyoming First Takes
Ambassador Davis to
Plymouth, England.
By the Associated Press.
BKEST, December 14.?fhe American
drcadnaught fleet of ten ships
i which escorted President Wilson into
j port yesterday sailed today for New
York. The fleet is expected to reach
its destination before Christmas. The
warships set sail at 2 p.m. They are
the first to return of the American
naval vessels which saw service with
the battle fleet in.the-North s*a- ;
The w lypPljpu"which left today were
the battleships Pennsylvania, Wyoming,
New York, Arizona, Nevada,
Arkansas, Florida, Utah, Texas and
Oklahoma.
The steamer George Washington,
which brought President Wilson here,
is taking troops on board today and
will sail tomorrow with 4,000 American
soldiers. U
PLYMOUTH, England, December 14.
?The American battleship Wyoming,
with an escort of destroyers, arrived
here today from Brest with John W.
Davis, the American ambassador to
the court of St. James, and Mrs. Davis
and Admiral Sims. The party was
met by Admiral Thursby, commanderin-chief
at Devonport. /
The Wyoming immediately put to
sea again to rejoin the other units of
the American fleet and proceed
homeward for Christmas.
LONDON, December 14.?John W.
Davis, American ambassador to Great
Britain, and Mrs. Davis, together
with Vice Admiral Sims and his staff,
who had taken part in the escort
of President Wilson Into Brest,
reached London this afternoon on a
special train from Plymouth. Ambassador
Davis was met at Plymouth
by the American charge d'affaires.
To greet Mr. Davis here officials of
the American embassy, with the military
and naval attaches, were at the
railway station. The ambassador,
who, with Mrs. Davis, had crossed
the Atlantic on board President
Wilson's steamship, the George .Washington,
was conducted directly'to the
embassy.
KING GEORGE'S INVITATION
ACCEPTED BY PRESIDENT
LONDON, December 14 (by the Associated
Press).?President Wilson
has accepted an invitation from King
George to visit England, and it is expected
he will stop here on his way
home.
The British officials have been
awaiting the arrival of Ambassador
Davis before making any arrangements
for the entertainment of the
President.
158TH ARIZONA INFANTRY
IS PRESIDENT'S GUARD
PARIS, December 14.?The 158th
Infantry, Arizona National Guard,
CoL E. T. Grinstead. commanding,
has been detailed as a guard of honor
during the stay of President Wilson
in Paris.
Its band will be the official band.
COMMITTEE TO PASS
I ON n P.. FISPAI PI AN
Senate Subcommittee Begins Consideration
of District ^Appropriation
Bill Tomorrow.
Consideration of the District appropriation
bill will be begun by the
Senate appropriations subcommittee
in charge of that measure at 11 o'clock
tomorrow morning.
Chairman John Walter Smith of the
committee has issued a call for a
ineeting of the committee at that time,
and has requested the District Commissioners
to be present. Members of
the subcommittee, in addition to Senator
Smith, are Senators Hardwick.
Owen, Smith of Arizona, Curtis, Jones
of Washington and Weeks. i
The committee will pass upon the
House provision doing away with the
half-and-half plan of appropriating
for the District of Columbia. It is expected
that the committee will strike
out the House provision and insert the
language of the old law.
Senator Smith, chairman, and other
members of the oommlttee are known
to bo opposed to this change in the
law. "J
WILSON,
CE NIGHT"
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Mr. Wilson Escorts
Mme. Poincare
at Luncheon.
French Custom Followed in
Presentation of the Distinguished
Guests.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, December 14.-r-Presldent
Poincare's luncheon at Elysee palace
at I o'clock was attended by 200
guests. The presidential party arrived
at 12:45, passed through the lines
of the 11th Alpine fchausseurs, who
acted as a guard of honor in the
court.
The President of France and Mme.
Poincare met their guests and. President
Poincare giving his arm to Mrs.
Wilson and President Wilson to Mme.
Poincare, they proceeded to the drawing
room where the other guests were
assembled. Then, in accordance with
the French custom. M. Poincare pre
sented the men and Mme. Poincare
presented the ladies to President and
Mrs. Wilson.
Presidents Side by Side.
The tables, set in the form <ft a
horseshoe, were decorated with red
and white roses and large bunches of
parm^ violets. The two presidents
were seated side by side, with Mme.
Poincare on President Wilson's right
and Mrs. Wilson on President Poincare^s
left. M. Loubet, a former President
of France, was to the left of
Sirs. Wilson.
On the table in front of the Presidents
was a mirror on which rested a ship of
blue and white violets, with two little
American flags as the masterheads. The
other table decorations included two airplanes,
also made of violets.
The guests included the presidents of
the senate and chamber, rremier Clemenceau
and his ministers, former premiers
and former foreign ministers
and marshals of France.
Pictures Prance's Struggle.
President Poincare in his address of
welcome at the luncheon said inclosing:
" "Mr. President: France 'has struggled,
has endured and has suffered
during four long years; she has med
at every vein; she has lost the best
of her children; she mourns for her
youths. She yearns now, even as you
do, for a peace, of justice and security.
"It was not that she might be exposed
once again to aggression that
she submitted to such sacrifices. Nor
was it in order that criminals should
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their heads again to make ready-for
new crimes, that under your strong
leadership America armed herself and
crossed the ocean.
Faithful to Memory.
"Faithful to the memory of Lafayette
and Rochambeau, she came to
the aid of France because France herself
was faithful to her traditions.
Our common ideals have triumphed.
Together tye have defended the vital
principles of free nations.
"Now we must build together such
a peace as will forbid the deliberate
and hypocritical renewing of an organism
aiming at conquest and oppression.
"Peace must make amends for the
misery and sadness of yesterday and
it must be a guarantee against the
dangers of tomorrow. The association,
which has been formed for the
purpose of war, between the United
States and the allies, and which contains
the seed of the permanent institutions
of which you have spoken
so eloquently, will find from this day
forward a clear and profitable employment
in the concerted search for
equitable decisions and in the mutual
support which we need if we are to
make our rights prevail.
Safeguards May Mot Avail.
"Whatever safeguards we may erect
for the future, no one, alas, can assert
that we shall forever spare to
mankind the horrors of new wars.
Five years ago the progress of
science and the state of civilization
might have permitted the hope that
no government, however autocratic,
would have succeeded in hurling
armed nations upon Belgium and
Serbia.
"Without lending ourselves to the
illusion that posterity will be forevermore
safe from these collective
follies, we must introduce into the
peace we are going to build all the
conditions of justice and all the safeguards
of civilization that we can embody
in it.
"To such a vast and magnificent
task, Mr./President, you have chosen
to come and apply yourself in concert
with France. France offers you her
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America. She knows your rectitude
and elevation of spirit. It is in the
fullest confidence that she is ready to
work with you.
"I lift my glass, Mr. President, in
your honor and in honor of Mrs. Wilson.
I drink to the prosperity of the
republic of the United States, out
great friend of yesterday and of other
days, of tomorrow and of all times."
Flowers at Hurat Home.
When President and Mrs. Wilson
returned from the Elysee Palace they
found in the drawing room of the
Murat residence many beautiful bouquets,
which had been left there by
all classes of the French people.
During the late afternoon Presiden!
Wilson received a number of officials.
Among those who registered
were Premier Venizelos of Greece, the
ministers of Belgium, Denmark,
Switzerland, Venezuela, Sweden and
China. Marquis La Fayette and members
of the French government.
In the evening the President conferred
with Secretary Lansing. Ht
declared that he had been greatly
touched by the cordial reception giver
to him by the people of Paris, which
he would never forget.
Triumphant Entry of City.
The luncheon followed the triumphant
entry of President Wilson to the
city.
In the procession from the railway
station to the Prince Murat home, in
the Bue de Monceau, the first carriage
was occupied by President Wilsox
and President Poincare and the second
carriage by Mrs. Wilson, itme
Poincare. Mine. Jusserand and Mibi
Margaret Wilson. Those in other carriages
were:: Third. American AmlitOjilor
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BERLIN HAS DRAFT
OF CONSTITUTION
Commission Finishes Labors
on Measure Based on
American System.
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN. Friday, December' 13.?
The commission appointed to make a
preliminary draft of a national constitution
has completed its deliberations,
and the department of the interior
shortly will present , the proposed
charter to the Qerman federated
states for approval*.
to have been modeled after the American
and English charters, provides
for an executive who will be more restricted
in authority than the President
of the United States.' The upper
chamber, it is proposed, will be made
up of delegates from the federated
states, while the lower house will be
composed of general and popular representatives.
Referendum is j.rovid
ed for and suffrage will be universal, j
direct, equal and secret.
WhJc no names are mentioned in
connection with the appointment of
German peace delegates, it is known
that the government has the subject I
under discussion. The appointment of
Maximilian Harden, editor of Die Zukunft.
as a special advance delegate,
appears to be much In favor. The editor's
admirers are even urging him
to go to the United States for the purpose
of presenting Germany's case.
Eisner Denounces German Acts.
MUNICH, Friday, December 13 (by
the Associated Press).?Premier Eisner,
at a meeting of Independent socialists
to discuss the coming elections,
declared that he disapproved of
the use of machine guns and hand grenades
in putting down political opposition.
He 'expressed a dislike for the
acts of the Berlin revolutionary government
because right was a better
weapon than might, adding:
"But if anybody dares to disturb revolutionary
accomplishments, then it
must be force against force."
Responsibility for the war, the
premier continued, must be laid on
Germany, because she had operated
abroad, not only with money, but
even with the use of poisonous
bacilli.
He assailed the Bavarian and German
press, which, he said, was more
dangerous, 'more ' devilish and more
poisonous than alcohol. Although a
newspaper man for twenty years, he
advised his hearers not to read the
newspapers.
MUNICH, Thursday, December- 12
(by the Associated Press) .?Spartacism
appeared in Munich openly and officially
for the first time last evening,
when "the bloody events in Berlin
and the guilt of the government"
were discussed at a big meeting. By
a small majority the crowd adopted
a rPBAlntinn ralline- for the immediate
creation of a tribunal of workmen
and soldiers, the resignation of
Premier Ebert, Philipp Scheidemann;
Mathias Erzberger, Dr. Solf and
"other opponents," and the arrest of
Scheidemann, Ebert and others con
nected with the "blood bath of Berlin."
The resolution also urged the arrest
and trial by the Berlin council
of Field Marshal von Blndenburg, by
, the transference of German army
headquarters to the control of soldiers'
and workers' councils, and the creation
of a red army by the army of
, all workmen. It also called for en.
ergetic propaganda of world revolu.
tion, appeals to the proletariat in all
entente countries and the transference
of all law-making powers to
the soldiers' and workers' counqil.
Premier Eisner visited the meeting
, and deiied the Spartacan leaders. .His
speech was received quietly. \
General Electric Strike.
BERLIN, December 13.?The employes
of the General Electric Company
have presented a new wage
i schedule which provides for an annual
. Increase of 120,000,000 marks.
Leading manufacturers of Berlin
! declare that the armitrary demands of
. the workers will eventually result In
provinces, as otherwise they will be
. provinces, as other wise they will be
, wholly eliminated from the world's.
competitive markets. The governi
ment, through Emil Barth, a member
i of the cabinet, is endeavoring to persuade
the workers of the unreasonableness
of their demands, and is further
pointing out the danger of German
industry being crippled.
> Attack on UebknOcht.
LONDON. December 14.?The soi
clalist Vorwaerts of Berlin, which has
, asserted repeatedly that Dr. Karl
. Liebknecht. leader of the radical socialists,
had gone mad. now earnestly
requests him to consult a nerve
| specialist, according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen.
" I (The newspaper say* it will not take
, I Lfebknecht's .'word seriously until a
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To the thirsty citizens of Washington:
If .you are contemplating a trip
to Baltimore to replenish your supply
of alcoholic refreshments for
Christmas, do not apply to the authorities
for a permit.. There is no
8.uch thing as a "personal use passport."
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This, in substance, was the communique
which Assistant District
Attorney Ralph Given, in charge of
whisky prosecutions, issued to the
"drinking .public" last. night.' He
Spoke in the . hope .that, the announcement
would save him in. future
from the deluge of 'requests
"^rffew* dws'tor^ermita"ie',|>t!S? *
liquor into the city" without being',
arrested
Where the idea, originated, that .
he had been named custodian of whisky
permits, Mh Given does not
know. He does know, however,
that he has been besieged both at
Police Court and at home by
thirsty Washingtonians for permission
to bring their "rye" from Baltimore
unmolested by the police.
To all applicants Mr. Given has
made the same reply: That he is
not controller of wine cabinets, and
that if you bring liquor into the
city you may De asttea oy mc
to explain whether it is for yourself.
U. S MEOUIDN aFFER
ISM TOME
Interpreted as Meaning It Will Not
Act Unless Invited?Buenos
Aires Papers Chagrined.
BUENOS AIRES. December 14.?The
American offer, of mediation as between
Chile arid Peru has caused satisfaction
in Chile, where, according
to advices from that country,, it is interpreted
as assurance that the United
States will not interfere unless invited
to do so bjr both.Chile and Peru.
Some of the daily papers of Buenos
Aires show chagrin, for, they say, the
Argentine government misinterpreted
the original note and went beyond the
invitation offering mediation,- and is
now left alone'to act. 1
El Dlaro says: "The declaration by
the United States that it would not offer
mediation until invited to do so
by both republics leaves the Argentine
government in a grave position,
because it has already offered to mediate,
although only asked by the
United States to study the possibility
of -a - conflict. The invitation was
made to all the Latin American republics,
but Argentina thought it was
only made to it."
1S1 Diaro calls for the publication
of all the notes in order to make clear
the Argentine position.
G. W. Hayes Head.
NEW YORK, December 14.?Charles
W. Hayes, general manager for the
Selwyn A Co. theatrical interests, died
here today, aged fifty-one years.
,
Stephan OHeara of Boston Head.
BOSTON, December 14.?Stephen
O'Meara, police commissioner of this
city and formerly editor and publisher
of the Boston Journal, died at
his home- here today.
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Home by Christmas, Cry
of D. C. Boys at Gordon
The . following - letter was received
by.The Star yesterday:
. Dec. 12,' 1918.
Editor of the 8tar:
It is only IS more days before
Christmas' and. there is
about 200 Washington, D. C.,
boys that is in the 45th Infantry
at Camp Gordon, Atlanta,
they sure would like to eat
Christmas dinner home, others
are leaving for home every day.
Now I wish the people of Wash,
would make a move and try to
have us home by Christmas, if
they only have us sent to a
camp near home we will be
satisfied. Trusting that you willtry
to get us .home at once I
will close. /
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CONVENTION. ' r
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W. R. &E. PATRONS
Through Service Takoma tCL
Congress Heights'Ojie
New Feature.
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Through street, car service'from Takoma
Park-to Congress'Heights will
^e inaugurated today by the Washington
Railway and Electric Company.'
> This will be one resujt of . new
schedules worked out for the fourth
kroup o'f^W. .R.& lE.- lines Included in
| tJHj sfcroutlnfe; feebem'e 'of A.
Beater, ..traffld espeft for the' PuMte
Commission. Another result
promised is in *' reduction- of the
headway on tije Una, frdm
fiva tt> three and1 thret-Sioarter! minutes.
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Schedules, t6.be reajy.in about three
wetkS, are now being Worked out
under Mr. Beeler's direction for the
fifth and last group/ Including the
Mount Pleasant and Be - Droit Park
se'rvices. . . .
Some Complaint by Ken.
While the company and' the public
Utilities Commission -anticipate the
changes will Improve the service to
the public, at the same time improving
the working conditions of the
men, the trainmen, it is stated, are
not altogether satisfied. Complaint
[ is made that the new schedules will
! reduce the number of dally trips
i mudA hv Rome of the men. consentient
ly reducing their pay. It is stated
| that in some, instances the pay for
a "day's work will be slightly more
than *3.
W. M. Casey, superintendent of
transportation, declared that, while
some trainmen have been working
eleven and twelve hours a day under
the labor shortage conditions, the new
schedules will have the effect practically
of establishing a ten-hour
working day. This, he claimed, would
not work a hardship, but would be
better for tne men.
Under, the new conditions, he asserted,
only 19 per cent of the trainmen
who now receive the lowest rate
of pay, ,43 cents an hour, will make
less than %i a day, with the remaining
81 per cent making more "than
that amount.
, The group of lines on which.' the new
schedules' become effective today are
9th street,, comprising Soldiers' Home
to wharves, Brighjwood to Anacostia!
Takoma' Park' to Congress
Heights, and Forest-Glen to wharves
services; 11th street, comprising
services to-bureau -of engraving and
printing and to 4% street and Missouri
avenue, and-De- Droit .Park to
wharves, .via 14th street. . ,
Eleventh as well as 9th? street is
to have increased frequency of service
Ouring non-rush- hours. The commission.
yesterday state.d that caps
have been -provided in the schedules
In .sufficient number to give ample
service to all passengers, in accordance
with observations made in
recent traffic counts.
' The base or normal- headway on
9th street now consists of fourteen
cars an- hour, twelve of them spaced
five minutes apart and two running
extra at thirty-minute intervals. The
Beeler changes call for sixteen cars
an hour, evenly spaced throughout
the hour. - .
On 11th street the two twelve-minute
routes are replaced "by two ten
minute' rout , imib running to mt
bureau of engraving and the other
to iH street and Missouri avenue.
' Because of the new route from 11th
street to the bureau of engraving, the
present bureau line from North Capitol
and W streets. It is announced,
will be run from North Capitol and W
streets to the loop at 11th, F, 14th
and ~ G streets during the non-rush
hours, extra cars continuing to go to
the bureau during rush periods.
Use of Handbrake Cars.
It is announced, also, ..that the company
will endeavor to segregate its
equipment, its plan Jn this respect
being to operate only hand-brake
ears otit of 'the' 11th street barn. The
hand-brake cars will :be run never the
11th. street .and Ic Desalt Park routes,
/considered the most.stijtahle lines for
this type of equipment. It is believed
this .standardisation . will result--is
better service and more efficient operation.
v
"If the cars called for. on. these
schedules are operated," stated Mr.
Bedldr in a Communication 'to the
Jitillties commission yesterday, "uniormly
better service will result. Attention
should be called again, howeverT
to the fact that one requirement
that Is absolutely essential to
godd service is the accurate observance
by trainmen of leaving time at
terminals and time points. In order to
accomplish this, a -clock giving the
correct time must be ' available fei
the use of the man onqpchllne, an<i
these clocks should bp controlled by .a
master clock. Each man should have
a watch and see that It is kept or
fli MI PRIVATE
FIRMS PAY BETTER
THAN U. S. AND D. C.l
r e
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; j
Officials Also Consider Living
Cost in Asking Salary
Increases.
EXPENSIVE SURVEY MADE
[; BY LABOR DEPARTMENT
Bequests Transmitted to Congress
Based on Investigation Which j
President Wilson Suggested.
Requests transmitted to Congress
by heads of government departments
land by the District ConnfiissionersI
asking Increases in statutory salaries
for government employes were
based on a comprehensive survey of
tvages paid by the government and
by private employers in the District
of Columbia for the same class of
work, and upon careful computations
of increased cost of living, it was
; learned today.
In transmitting- their request."? to[
Congress tnanv of the departmental j
heads mentioned that the increases j
asked for were based upon investi!
rations by the Secretary of Isibor.
i These references aroused considera'
ble interest, since it was not- gen|eraily
known that the Department of
j Labor had undertaken a survey for j
this purpose.
- * I
| Investigation Made Quietly.
Such an investigation was carried
on quietly but thoroughly, it was learned,
with the result that there are many
surprising discrepancies in salaries to
be found here in Washington between
federal and private employes.
The history of the survey dates back
to last summer,, when President Wilson
requested the Secretary of Labor to
look into the matter, upon representation
of his cabinet members that
| government wages, especially for
' skilled labor and unskilled labor, and
I certain special lines of work, made it
increasingly difficult, tor i.ncic nam 10
compete with the soaring wages of
private employers.
The Secretary of Labor authorized
Ethclbert Stewart, statitistician of the
btfreau Of labor statistics, to conduct
the survey, and ho did so by gaining
the ^ co-operation of the chief clerks
of all departments and the District
Commissioners. In most cases the
recommendations contained in tlie
Survey were followed by the departmental
heads in flic increases recommended
as contained in The Star of
Triday.
Survey Is limited.
The wage survey was limited
largely to mechanics, experts in special
lines, such as engineers and elec- I
tricians, anil unskilled labor. In these {
fields the union scale fixes a standard
upon which to base comparisons, but
wages paid in non-union establishments
also were considered. In many
cases the government wage scale
falls below the non-union scale and in
most cases below the union scale.
In regard to the clerks and employes
of the government occupying
positions requiring special knowledge
such a comparison could not be made,
so the increased living cost was con
sidered. Increases recommended, tlie
figures show, generally are considerably
below the percentage oC higher
living cost.
A second purpose of the survey was
to equalize the wages paid in various
departments themselves for practically
the same sort of service. It was
found that in some cases these comparable
wages varied widely, so that
one department could fill easily some
positions, while others, paying a low(Continued
on Seventh PageT)
DR. ANNA HOWAI
MEMBER OF D.
Noted Woman at Age of Seventy-One
Realizes Forty
Years' Ambition.
Proudly Displays Badge to
Friends?Blows Whistle
to Greet Reporter.
'A forty-year ambition of Dr. Anna
Howard Shaw, honorary president of
the National American Woman's Suffrage
Association and one of the best
known women of this country, has been
- ?hn are of seventy-one. She
IUUUtcu c
i is now a policewoman of the Metropolitan
pAllce force of the District of
Columbia.
Dr. Shaw was sworn In at a special
f policewoman with unusual ceremony by
' MaJ. Raymond W. Pullman, superintendent
of police, in his office at the
District building yesterday. The swearing
in , of the distingushed polcewoman
| was wtnessed by Commissioner Louis
; Brownlow, William Phelps Eno, Mrs.
1 Arthur Spingard, director of woman's
' work of the police department, and several
other members of the police de'
partment.
i Proud of Her Job.
When seen at the National Amerl>
can Woman's Suffrage Association
. headquarters on Rhode Island avenue
> last night. Dr. Shaw was proudly
- displaying her police badge to mem'
bers of the association and other
' friends. When The Star man was an'
nounced Dr. Shaw approached, giv'
ing several blasts on her police
whistle, which she had attached to a
: loag chain.
i When asked if it was true that she
> is a policewoman. Dr. Shaw said it
" was, and that it was the fulfillment
I of an ambition she had cherished for
1 ft"2T f" '
. "Forty years ago after I had studM
to* theology and later took to mediijtfae
r did work In the slums of Boatntilku
7Mn<
HEARST ARTICLES
READ AND BRANDED
AS ANTI-AMERICAN
Editorials and Cartoons Pre?
/\l Dmnoninrl^ UoO%
SUliicu cti nufjayanun ivw
ing Before Committee.
CAPT. LESTER, WITNESS,
GIVES ALLEGED PURPOSE
States One Article Aimed to Prevent
Effectual Participation
by America in War.
Anti-British editorials and cartoon*
apj>eariug in the New York American
after the United States had entered
thy war against Germany were read
and shown yesterday afternoon to tho
Senate subcommittee investigating proGerman
activities in the United State*
prior to and after this country became
a belligerent.
Capt. C. L'. Lester of the Army intelligence
service continued before the
subcommittee, presenting (numerous
cablegrams from Willi^i Bayard
Hale, Berlin correspondent of the
Hearst papers, and also alleged paid
agent- ol" the German government.
Liberty Loan Cartoons.
Senator Sterling read into the rec-J:.?t?l0
fpnm t lit)
oI'd a number 01 euiiuiww ... -
Xew York American and other Hearst
papers and produced cartoons which
he sought to show, by questioning:
Capt. Hester, were "pro-German, antiKnglisli
and anti-American." He produced
one cartoon published in the
Xew* York American July 1017. just
after the first liberty loan, showing
an American beauty rose bearing
money bags in its heart, with insects
Hying overhead with flags of the allies
as wings, and another, published
| in a German; language newspaper
| June IS. 1017, showing Columbia
(pouring gold into Uncle Rain's hat, while
the British lion was extracting it by a
hose.
A cartoon published April 16. 1017.
ten days after the United States declared
war, pictured John Bull asking
an American Army officer. "Are ypu
training these boys to fight for itoc
over here"" and receiving the officer's
reply, "They are trained to light for
the American nation only." ?
i declared the object of
I
f this was t?> convey the tm>ught "that
I when our Army was raised and drfllen
it should b? used onh within the
United .States."
| Senator Nelson interjected*
j "That was at tlie time when there
i was au agitation to keep the National
| Guard from leaving the United
States."
j Proposed Cutting- Off Supplies.
| An editorial from the New York
j American of April 11. 1917. live days
I after the declaration of war, "but be!
fore the passage of the espionage a?*i."
las Senator Sterling explained, urged
Congress to prevent the sending of
food, munitions, supplies and money to
Kurope.
Senator Sterling read another editorial
from the American, published May IT. .
1927, saying, "Our pari In the war is to
I pay the bills of the allies." and picturing
i 1 for domination over
iJMJgtttim .ia a. v.?
the world.
j "The effect of that article, if believ}
cd. would he Die absolute severance of
any relations witli England and the
refusal to linance the allies," com
men ted Oapi. Lester.
{ "Was the purpose to prevent effei
tual participation of America in the
war?" inquired Senator Sterling.
! "Yes, sir. that was the purpose of
i it."' replied ''ant. Lester. It would
(Continued on Seventh J'age.)
ID SHAW NAMED
C. POLICE FORCE
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DR. ANSA HOWARD SHAW.
soon brought to my attention the
need of having police authority," she
said. "I announced it to some of my
friends and the newspapers soon got
hold of it and I was caricatured In
the paper in full uniform dragging
along the streets a big burley man."
Dr. Shaw said the conditions in the
slums showed her that a woman should
have police authority to take care of
some of the cases of young girls, women
and children and that she had from
that time wanted such authority.
How It Happened.
"I made an address at a reception
given by Mr. Eno at his home Friday
night in honor of Maj. Pullman and Mrs.
Arthur Spingard," said Dr. Shaw, "in
?ki.h r lih nf mv fortv vears' ambl
tion. MaJ. Pullman then Invited me to
come to hie office today and be sworn in
as a special policewoman."
Dr. Shaw said she has all the author
Ity of a policeman except to draw a
salary, fit is simply an honorary position."
she said.
When asked if she Intends to ctlW a
revolver Dr. Shaw said she did not relieve
It would be necessary, as she ls_ to
leave Washington tomorrow for IWH
aM will bo away from Urn city tpc M?