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BED CROSS APPEAL j
TO BE MADE TODAY
I AT TORCHES
Workers Will Solicit Mem
bers?Other Activities for
I Coming Week.
In order to enlist additional mem
bers for the Tranksgiving victory
roll. Red Cross workers are to be
stationed at the various churches to
day. The preachers also are expect
ed to make some reference to the.
campaign from their pulpits.
Reports received at headquarters, :
J|19 H street, last night. showed the j
work to i,e progressing- The govern
ment departments alone have not
made any returns, though their repeated .
requests for additional supplies lead i
the committee in charge to believe!
a surprising result from that source
?will he made.
Now that the reason has been thor
oughly explained in the press why the
Red Cross is taking a fund of $100,000
e r>istrict in addition to the 100,
Pffl m mhe s, evid nc - of a prom lit re
s^onsft from those who have gener
ously contributed in the past, it is de
clared, have already been shown.
1.300 Enroll .at Union Station.
AmonK the noteworthv re[>ou?! from
the workers in the field is the an
nouncement at L'nion station last!
night that more than l.?,"iip men and i
women have b?*en enrolled there, many :
of them being transients. Mrs. George !
W. VV inslow, who is chairman of the 1
Washington terminal auxiliarv, ha*
live captains. Mrs. F. I?. Crillv. Mrs. C.
H. Cramer. Mrs. O. J. Rider. Mrs. C. R.
McKinsey and Miss Alice A. Heale.v.
in charge of more than sixty solicitors.
Among those who are covering the
station, the railroad machine shops '
?Jid yards are Mrs. J. D. Healey, j
Loretta Shea. Leone Pursel, Jessie I
I*ne. Gertrude L^ubach. Nora S;iur,
Mrs. Edith Page, Mrs. Cecile Clark.
*r?. Emma Chadwick, Mrs. Rose Z. 1
Totton, Mrs. Elmer Clark, Mrs. Vir- j
?nta Wilson, Mrs. Theodore Speeden. i
5** ,M"7 Tcabar, Mrs. Hayden.
liaphel Kline. Sophia Lazarus. Nannie
Ross Miss Wolf. Misa Held. Frances
2??.P. ? Helen Tompkins. Helen ?
Cahill. Mrs. Fitfher. Mrs. Whitting.
Alma Cramer, Agatha Bixler. Iverna
Cramer. Mrs. J Gordon Jones, Mrs '
Rosa Taylor. Mrs. Amy C. Young, !
Louise Zink, Marie Koontz, Miriam !
Kroeger. Ruth Hillyard. Marv Bixler
Miss Carter. Mrs. Esther Hughes. Mrs! 1
G. \\. Moler. Miss McKinsey. Mrs. W ,
M? Bowie, Mrs. C. W. Hall. Mrs.!
Charles Holden and Mrs. M. B. Tyng.
Matinee Tomorrow at Garden.
A special matinee is to be given at
Moore s Garden Theater tomorrow aft
ernoon at 5 oVock, through the cour
tesy of the management Tickets are
on sale at the principal enrollment sta
tions and at th- P'^vVuy. ' :chi n
Harding Davis1 "Soldiers of Fortune
la film fofm is the feature.
Tuesday is to be Red Cross tag day
everybody not wearing a button
? _i_ a!,,ced to enroll and place Wash
ington at the front in memberships
throughout the United States.
Open-Air Moving Pictures.
Moving picture? of Red Cross activ-1
w.ere shown in the open air last
night for the first time under the di
rection of Richard O. Schmidt, who for
more than throe months traveled through
Virginia and Maryland showing Red
JJross ?movies" where moving pictures
seen. They will also
morr.?T.and Tuesday nights.
? -EnKraving and Print
ing Kind has offend its services and
will plav throughout the city on Armil
^night for the benefit of the <??,
Women Get Fine Results.
^Vomen's Uniformed Corps has |
turned in more than 12.000 subscrip
f"r 'J1* past Six days." said Miss
Margery Lower, chairman of that
body, at headquarters, 1210 Connecti
'M1 nlghL "?f this num
ber 4 000 members joined today. Mrs.
Lula Grubbs, chairman of the Daugh
ters M America, sent in 344 enroll
ments so far as the result of the ef
forts of her force. I cannot say too
much in praise of the uniformed work
era, who have labored unceasingly
and unsefllshly throughout the week
and who are going to stick to their
task until the end."
Mra. E. B. Van Winkle, Jr., has prov
ed of valuable assistance to Miss
Lower at corps headquarters in com
piling the returns.
Box Nearly Year Late.
Sergt. E. G. Monroe. Battery F. 12th
Field Artillery, who was recently dis
charged at Camp Travis, Tex., states
In a letter to his home in Alexandria
that a Christmas box sent to him a
year ago, this month, overseas,
through the Red Cross, was finally
delivered to him last week at the
Texan camp.
Thomas Bell Sweeney, chairman of
.the roll call, who returned from New
York yesterday, expressed himself as
greatly pleased with the progress of
the drive in Washington. He stated
that this city compared most favorably
in the matter of poster display and In
enthusiasm and results with the cam
paign being conducted there.
HonifoDW
IN THE FARTHEST NORTH]
Military Authorities and Congress
Members to Greet Ship Bear
ing 111 Bodies.
NEW YORK. November 8. ? The
United States will accord war honors
to the bodies of 111 American sol
diers who died in the Army's ?'farthest
north" expedition?out of Archangel,
Russia?when the transport Lake Da
raga, due tomorrow from Brest, arrives
here.
Military honors and official repre
sentation from both houses of Congress
and the state of Michigan, where many
of the dead heroes lived, will greet the
funeral ship. Detachments of troops
frorti the port of embarkation will lower
the caskets from the steamer to the
pier, where, with solemn ceremony, an
American fla? will be draped over each
coffin.
The salute will be given and "taps"
sounded. Then the cortege, headed
by the 13th Infantry Band, will move
to the chapel, where the bodies are to
lie in state until they are ordered
sent home.
Except for two bodies which were
returned from Russia "irregularly,"
these are the. first to be brought back
from the American forces fighting on
Russian soil. Sent from Archangel by
steamer, they traveled nearly 5,000
miles through the White sea, the Bal
tic and the English channel to the
French port, where appropriate honors
?were accorded them by French and
American troops.
LETTS CLAIMING GAINS
OVER AVAL0FF-BERM0NDT
COPENHAGEN, November S?The
Lettish Press Bureau announces that on
the fourth day of their new offensive
the Letts are gradually enveloping the
forces of Col. Avaloff-Bermor.dt and
bombarding his lines of retreat with the
assistance of the allied fleet.
German counter-attacks, the press
bureau eontint;e.i have been beaten off,
bat obstinate fighting continues. Rus
sian detachments, with their officers,
are demrtinc to the
LEGION CONVENTION
OPENS TOMORROW
District Had Only Complete
Delegation to Report at
Minneapolis.
From a Staff Corrrepondcut.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., November 8.
Everything is in readiness for the
opening- session of the first conven
tion of the American Legion here
Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Im
mediately on calling- the convention
to order, Henry D. Lindsley, national
chairman, will call for nominations
for temporary chairman and secre
tary of the convention.
1 he address of welcome will l>e
made by Mayor J. E. Meyer of this
city, followed by Gov. Rurnquist of
Minnesota. The convention will pro
ceed to the regular business before
the three-day meeting.
State Commanders Meet.
The first meeting of the.state com
manders from states and territories
was held today. These representa
tives from every state in the Union
constitute the temporary executive
committee until a permanent body is
selected. The state adjutants were
also present at the all-day session in
the Hotel Radisson.
Suggestions were made for presen
tation to the various delegations and
later to the convention for final action
tor thiamins the American Lv.,>. , :..r
the coming year. A meeting was held
after secretaries of the state delega
tions made arrangements iur
the delegates Monday morning and
distribution of badges.
D. C. Delegation Complete.
The District of Columbia delegation,
consisting of seventeen delegates and
seventeen alternates, was the only)
complete delegation reporting and the
only delegation with a woman serv
ing as secretary. Mrs. Anna E.
Thompson is secretary of the District
delegation.
Tomorrow morning at 16:30 o'clock
a meeting of the District delegation
will be held in the headquarters in
Hotel Andrews for the purpose of
organizing-. E. Lester Jones, state
commander, has selected the following
delegates to serve on national com- J
mittens: legislation, H. !. R AtVis-on:
next meeting r lace. U. J. Davis: perma
nent headquarters, Daniel J. Donovan;
post activities and memorials. Hose !?*
Stokes; employment. Kenneth A. Mr
Rne; war risk insurance. Madison L
Hill; beneficial legislation. Ken'netV
n ?,.cRae: military policy. Charks B
Rollins: anti-American propaganda
Oliver V. Keasier; resolutions. Julius
I. Peyser: credentials. State Adjutan'
HowardIS. Fisk: rules of conventions
Henry Leonard: constitution and or
ganisation. E. Lester Jones: pprrr,*.
^ent organization of convention. H. L I
K. Atkisson: emblem \ o . ,.
Mann: eligibility. A. s. imjrie; politi
cal restrictions. Alfred L. Stern
finance and national dues. E. Lester
Thp n,aV*''iaes- Alice B. Harvev
fhT ? -r ?CCoIumbia delegation to
by * LeSter Jones' 8tate
Three big propositions already re- I
the'To^caVinn""T ?f the dete<ation are i
ters , permanent headquar- J
f? ?LthXleeion the 1920 conven
tion and the commander-in-chief of 1
* organization of war veterans. j
^*tional CaP'^*l ?s one of the I
cities that are in the running for ner 1
VewC V Jlea^1uarters- Others are !
M^nneapoMg. ? Indianapolis and
Ca?didat':* ??? the field for eom
mander-in-chief Include E. Lester
Jones, Washington. D. R d Gar
City; Hendy D.'Mathew
Edward McDer
mott. Nebraska, and C. R. Wilson 'fn
eastern man? t Jone" '?th?"??
?if. , " to be mentioned as yet. 1
r-iiSi'n-* the next invention in- !
elude W ashington. D. C.; Seattle In- *
is1na? I* Chiraf?? Minneapolis
s in gala attire and a warm welcome
as the7aerr,it"ded lhC WOrW *ar ">?n
wborMegates
AT MOUNTVERNON
Representatives of More
Than 30 Nations Pay Trib
ute to Washington's Memory.
Representatives of more than thirty i
nations, composing the international
labor conference, went down to Mount
Vernon yesterday afternoon and paid
tribute to the memory of George
Washington. Secretary of Labor Wil
?on. chairman of The conference, pilot
ed the party about the estate. The
trip was made on the presidential
yacht Mayflower, and Secret" of thi
Navy Daniels acted as host
A huge bunch of chrysanthemums
the WiaS r'Iaced on the tomb bv
clust^reCnfOSnOVa delegation beside a
cluster of flowers, still marvlnusl
.K B,|B?','SS Kl? Albert ?f
SET
S0y,e? deI^at?- a? he clasped the
. and of Secretary Daniels, after com
thf i?Ui 'nclosure where rests
the body Of Gen. Washington.
We are proud to have been a?tso
p'lfed W y?U'" the Secretary re
Spent Day Wandering.
Delegates spent the afternoon wan
tnL"*J MU*V'i-e srrounds an?l build
fhiTi u.Mount, Vernon according to
l^k *h,.ms- Leon Jouhaux French
labor delegate, recalled the words
of the first President, which he char
? as a ProPhetic phrase":
..." ? naVe BOWn the 8eeds of lib
f. y n(* union, which will snrnnt
OntieHby "ttI.l throughout the earth
One day on the model of the Tnited
r n ?c, America Will be formed the
10!^- of the world. The Unit
aU natlftn bR the ,eKisIator for
a,) nations, he quoted, and added
Our presence today at this nliee
attests that this prophesy, profound
Jhuman, taking the form of the
society of nations. Is in a fair way of
humanity." f?r th? Breat Kood of
GAME SEASON TO OPEN.
Starts Tomorrow in Maryland;
Bans Until December 24.
8peri?l ninpatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md.. November 8.?The
game season in Maryland opens Monday
and runs until December 24. With fa
vorable weather an active demand is
anticipated, with good prices, particu
larly for such lines as partridges,
pheasants and rabbits. Shippers are
warned by the Baltimore produce ex
change that, with the exception of rab
bits, only Maryland-killed game can be
handled on this market, and must be
{lacked separately and the exact con
tents plainly marked on pacKaee. The
exchange this week also calls attention
of shippers to the fact that the federal
law known as the net weight amend
ment to the food and drug act. which
decrees that food in package form shall
be deemed misbranded if "the quantity
of the contents be not plainly and con
spicuously marked on the outside of the
package In terms of net weight or
measure or numerical oount," is to be
rigidly enforced.
I
BETHLEHEM CHAPEL OF WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL CONSECRATED.
Bishop Harding Says Work
on Other Parts of Build
ing Will Be Rushed.
Construction of Washington Cathe- |
dral is to continue as rapidly as
finances and labor conditions will per- j
mit, according to lit. Rev. Alfred I
Harding. Bishop of Washington, who j
officiated as consecrator yesterday at !
[he consecration of Bethlehem Chapel
of the Holy Nativity.
' With thanks for all that God- has I
wrought for us," said the bishop near
the conclusion of his sermon, "let us j
turn our faces to the future. There is I
still before us the task of the cathe
dral. We must work while it is day." ,
Difficult Problems Met.
i
One of the tasks that maSe the con- I
struction of the chapel difficult, he |
said, in reviewing the work already
done, was meeting problems that af
fected the cathedral as a whole, such
as the selection of the kind of stone
to be used, the type of architecture
desired, the lighting and heating sys
tems and the general plans of con
struction. With these Issues out of
the way the work on other parts of
th?* building can proceed more rapidly.
The scene at yesterday morning's
service showed the chapel at its best,
and the congregation was representative ,
of Washington's religious life. Two I
small vases of chrysanthemum* stood
on the altar beside the gleaming can
dlesticks. and Just behind th.m rose
the delicate gray tracery of the carved
stone reredos. the chief decorative fea
ture of the chapel. Grouped about the j
altar were the robed choir and the Epis
copal clergy of Washington in their |
vestments, while, the background was
formed by the brilliant windows, made in
England by the best talent obtainable.
Bishop Harding spoke with the
deepest feeling, and it was apparent
that he was niuth Inspired by the
success that has attended the con
struction of the chapel and the liqui
dation of the indebtedness against it.
Early criticism berause of this In
debtedness, he said, had been si- i
Jenced by the manner in which the !
work had been carried on.
Assisted at Services.
Canon William L. DeVries was
master of ceremonies at the consecra
tion service, and other officiants in
cluded Canon G. C. F_ Brathenahl,
Canon Austin, Canon Walden Myer,
Rev. Dr. Randolph H. McKim. Rev.
Dr. oland Cotton Smith. Rev. Dr. H.
S. Smith, Rev. G. F. Dudley. Rev. J.
W. Blake and Rev. Lewis R Levering
Dr. W. C. Rives, Charles C. Glover and
Charles J. Bell represented the lay
members of the church.
Bishop Harding received a message
yesterday from Rev. Dr. W. T. Man
ning of Trinity Churcn, New York,
saying that a service was being held
in that church, where they would
join in prayers for the cathedral here.
It was announced that the recum
bent effigy of the late Bishop Satter
lee, first Bishop of Washington, in
whose memory Bethlehem chapel has
been erected, had been completed In
Kngland and would be placed above
the vault containing his body with
appropriate ceremony on its delivery
here.
The first suggestion of a memorial
to Bishop Satterlee was made by J.
Ho'.dsworth Gordon, a lay member of
the church, said Bishop Harding, and,
though $50,000 was the first figure
proposed, the chapel had eventually
cost five times that amount, but much
of this expense, such as the drawing
of plans, etc., was for work that
would apply to the cathedral as a
whole. The many small contributions,
he said, had made the building of the
chapel a tusk of loving sacrifice. The
completion of the cathedral was urged
i "as a thar.k offering for the self-oola
tion of the men and women of
j America in the great war."
| LACKAWANNA STRIKERS i
KEEP THE POLICE BUSY
BUFFALO, N. Y? November 8.?
Sporadic fighting between state troop
ers and the steel strikers and their
sympathisers continued at Lackawan
na today and tonight. It was indi
cated tonight that an appeal for fed
eral troops might be made next week
if the rioting continues.
ICarly tonight a mob of men and
women stopped a trolley car in the
I outskirts of Lackawanna. Bricks and
I stones were thrown through the wln
! dows and one girl passenger was In
jured. When troopers arrived on the
scene they were met by a volley of
bricks and red pepper, but dispersed
the crowd.
A short time later a steel plant
woi ker was attacked by twelve men
and badly beaten before he was res
cued by troopers.
The police patrol, answering a riot
call, was bombarded with bricks and
one policeman suffered a broken arm.
CONFIDENCE MAN LEAVES
MINERS'UNION PENNILESS
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.. November
8.?The local miners' union at Mc
Roberts is penniless.
It was fleeced out of 81,000 yes
terday by a confidence man who
posed as a government agent sent to
adjust differences between miners
and operators.
G. 0. P. Man Leads for Congress.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., November
S.?Unofficial returns from 236 pre
cincts out of 259 In the fifth congres
sional district give J. W. Harreld, re
publican nominee, a majority of 1,040
over Claude Weaver, his democratic
opponent.
RT. REV. ALFRED HARDING,
Dinhop ?( WaufctBKtsa, nkt
President and Ambassador
y ? ?
? Also to Have Part in $10,
*$$0,000 Campaign.
ITHACA, November 8.?A pfjnee, a
prwidepV- ^nd a Plenipotentiary are
aittoYv^' th*'' prominent Cornell Uni
versity alumni in foreign landS who
are enlisted in Cornell's international
campaign for an endowment fUnd of
$10,000,000, half of which will be used
to increase the salaries of its faculty j
to "a decent living scale" and half to
meet the need for increased equip
ment and other needs of the uni
versity.
These three distinguished Cornellians
of other nationalities are:
Prince Victor N. Narayan of the
state of Cooch Behar, India, godson
of Queen Victoria and graduate of
Cornell in 1908.
Mario Garcia Menocal, president of
Cuba, Cornell, 1888. ,
Alfred Sze, Cinese ambassador to
Great Britain and member of the Cor
nell class of 1901.
Are Notable Graduates. -
Prince Narayan, whose country is
one of the wealthiest states of north
ern India, is the younger brother of
the Maharajah of Cooch liehar. H?- was
a student in the college of agriculture
of Cornell in the class of 1908, and
during his undergraduate days was
one of the stars on the 'varsity hockey
team. Since leaving Cornell he has
been the secretary of agriculture of
his native country, and has introduced
among the people the scientific meth- |
ods of farming he learned at Cornell.
President Menocal. as a student at
Cornell from 1X84 to 1888. was identi
fied with student, social and other
interests, and was initiated into the
Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. In
a cable to the Cornell campaign com
mittee he said that were it not for
a Cuban law prohibiting its chief ex
ecutive from leaving the country dur
ing his term of office hp would com" to
the United States and help canvass for
contributions. As the next best
thing. President Menocal is heading
Cornell's drive in Cuba, where there
are eighty-two known Cornell
alumni.
Ambassador Sze Is the> foremost
Chinese Comelllan. and the number
of citizens of the Asiatic republic
who attended Cornell is approximate
ly 150.
Alumni Cover Vast Scope.
Alumni records made public J?y the
Cornell. campalgrn committee show
that there are Cornell graduates In
virtually every country In the world.
Canada heads the list with 294,
every province being represented.
Mexico has 46. Cornellians also are
found in every Central and South
American country and in the West
I Indies. Th'ere are 38 Cornellians in
? Panama and the Central American re
; publics and 13S in the South Amer
j lean countries. Brazil leading with
? 65. There are 98 in the West Indies,
j 82 of whom live In Cuba.
In Africa there are known to be 27,
21 of whom are in South Africa. Asia
has the large number of 245, the dis
tribution being China. 143; Japan, 58;
India. 29; Asiatic Turkey, 7; Slam, 5;
Burma, 1, and Palestine, 2.
In the East Indies-South sea coun
tries there is a total of 111, 22 of
i whom are in Australia. The Philip
pine Islands Is the Home of 85 gradu
ates of the Ithaca university.
In European countries Cornell men
are located as follows: Austria, 2;
Belgium, 2; Bulgaria, 2; Denmark, 2;
England, 35; France. 17; Germany, 10;
Greece, 1; Holland, 3; Hungary, 2; Ire
land, 2; Italy. 4; Norway, 4; Russia,
11; Scotland, 6; Spain, 1; Sweden, 2;
Switzerland 5; Turkey, 8.
SOCIALIST DISORDERS
IN MILAN AND GENOA
ROME. November 8 (by the Asso
ciated Press).?Disorders occurred at
Milan and Genoa as a result of so
cialist celebrations of the anniversary
of th<? Huwiian revolution by which
the bolsheviki came into power. Shots
were flrefl' and >#nany arrests were
made'at Milan, where the socialists
clashed with former soldiers.
Troops at Genoa dispersed proces-1
?ions of socialists carrying red flags
and pictures oX l<nln.
Eplncopal eltHJiw of tfce ?rt*fdr?l a<all and the local diocese entertnK
?he chapel jmrtrrdar for the wrrion.
What Congress Is Doing.
The Senate, having rejected all pro
posed amendments to the covenant of
the league of nations, began considera
tion of reservations proposed by the
committee on foreiijn relations. By a
vote of 48 to 40 tha preamble to the
ratifying clause of the treaty was
adopted. The essential feature of the
preamble requires the acceptance of the
reservations by exchange of notes with
three of the other great powers.
* * * *
The Senate also agreed to the first
reservation offered by the foreign re
lations committee by a vote of 50 <o
35. It is intended to make the
United States the sole judge of its right
to withdraw from the league of na
tions, and it gives Congress the power
to Initiate the withdrawal, without ap
proval by the President.
* * * *
A special presidential commission to
attempt arbitration of the coal strike
is proposed in a bill introduced by Sena
tor Kenyon, which will be considered by
the committee on labor.
* * * *
The Senate committee on military
affairs favors through a majority of
its membership fixing the peace-time
strength of the Army at 275.000 or
300,000, as recommended by Gen.
Pershing.
* * * *
The Senate confirmed the nomina
tion of Representative Webb of North
Carolina, a member of the House of
long and distinguished service, to be
federal Judge of the western district
of North Carolina.
* * * *
The report of the special Army
board approving the theory of a sep
arate department to consolidate air
services was transmitted to the Sen
ate by Secretary Baker. The Sec
retary, however, dissented from some
of the Important recommendations.
* * * ?
Co-ordination of all war-making
[agencies under a secretary of nation
al defense was recommended by As
I sistant Secretary of War Crowell. He
| would also authorize the appoint
ment of a peace-time director of mu
nitions.
* # * *
The House committee on merchant
marine and fisheries recommended a
privately owned and operated Ameri
can merchant marine. The House
passed the bill for sale of the gov
ernment fleet to American citizens
and for continuance of the Shipping
Board with regulatory powers.
? ? * *
Upon recommendation of Attorney
General Palmer. Chairman Xaugen of
the HouBe committee on agriculture
introduced a bill extending for six
months after the proclamation of
peace the food and fuel control acts.
Mr. Palmer said this was necessary to
curb high prices and profiteering.
* * * *
Republican leaders of the House de
clared that the House will not con
sider a temporary M.ilroad bill, but
will proceed with proposed perma
nent legislation.
Continuance of federal control over
sucar during the year 1920 is propos
ed in a bill reported by the Senate
committee and placed on the calendar
with a view to action befoYe the end
of this session.
* * * *
Control of the Interstate Commerce
Cot* p>ls.?fon over coastwise and in
ternational water carriers was elim
inated from the draft of the railroad
bill under consideration by the House
interstate commerce committee.
* * * *
The House passed the Edge b'f
providing for financing foreign trade.
* * * *
Congress designated a committee
consisting of Six senators and six
representatives to proceed to New
York and act as a committee to re
ceive the bodies of 111 American sol
diers. who lost their lives in Russia,
arriving at New York today.
* * * *
The government's nitrogen plants in
Alabama are to be taken over by a
federal corporation provided for in
a bill introduced by Chairman Wads
worth of the Senate military affairs
committee, at the request of Sec
retary Baker.
* * * *
Transcontinental aerial mail routes
will be established in the near fu
ture, the post office committee of the
House was told by Assistant Post
master General Praeger. An air mail
route to Alaska is also being consider
ed.
* * * #
Advocating a 30 per cent increase
in the pay of naval officers, and 50
per cent for enlisted men. Rear Ad
miral Cowie told the House committee
on naval affairs that the allies have
Increased the pay of their naval offi
cers 7S per cent. The committee au
thorized an unofficial notice to the
petty officers that they will get a
substantial increase.
* * * *
In a report on the steel strike a
subcommittee of the Senate commit
tee on education and labor places the
blame for the strike on both workers
and employers. It censures the radical
element, which has sought to control
during the strike, and proposes legis
lation to deal with the "reds." It
also proposes a permanent federal in
dustrial commission to settle disputes
between employes and employers.
# * * #
The bill to increase the pay ot Bre
men in the District of Columbia, al
ready passed by the House, has been
referred to a subcommittee of the
Senate District committee headed by
Senator Calder of New York.
* * * *
The police pay increase bill is on
the Senate calendar and may be pass
ed this week.
* * * *
The Senate District committee de
termined that It will endeavor to
draft legislation to curb profiteering
in foods in the capital.
* * ? *
A bill to substitute electrocution
for hanging in cases of capital pun
I ishment in the District has been fa
I vorably reported by the Senate Dis
' trict committee.
| LIQUOR OFFENDERS TO FACE
! MORE SEVERE SENTENCES
Bootleggers and other persons ar
rested for selling liquor will hereaft
er experience additional troubles
with the federal authorities, the lat
ter having decided to institute prose
cutions under section 3242-a of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States,
| part of which reads: "Kvery person
who carries on the business of a rec
tifier. wholesale liquor dealer, retail
liquor dealer or manufacturer of stills
without first having paid the special
tax required by law shall, for every
I Buch offense, be fined not less than
$1,000 nor more than $6,000 and be
imprisoned not less than six months
nor more than two years."
It is the claim of the government
that prosecution for selling liquor
does not bar prosecutions ucider the
federal statute and, it is stated, all
persons convicted in the Police Court
of selling liquor may expect later on
to have to meet the more eeriov^ of
fense set out in the statute quoted.
Persons interested in enforcement
LAUNCH UPSETS: EIGHT
BELEVED DROWNED
MEMPHIS, Tenn., November 8.?
Eight persons are missing and are be
lieved to have been drowned and two
others were Beriously injured when
the launch Dubalong with a hunt
i ing party from Harrisburg, 111., was
swamped in the Mississippi river
about twenty-five miles north of this
city late last night, according to Jo
soph H. Pierson, a member of the
party, who reached here late today.
Those reported missing are S. O.
Davis, Clyde Davis and his son, Sam
1 uel Russell. Burton W. Peak, Henry
Baker, Henry Nichols and Albert Har
ris.
Wilson Pankey and Free Potts were
reported seriously injured.
Besides Pierson, the only other
known survivor is Fred Hancock, the
steward. All were members of the
Harris Hunting Club of Harrisburg,
and were en route to Lake Providence,
La.
According to Pierson, the boat, a
forty-foot motor launch, was overturned
. when it was swept against an over
! hanging tree. Most of the members
| of the party were In the cabin, he
I stated, and were carried down with
the craft. Pierson and the other sur
vivors floated about on driftwood for
several hours. before they were res
cued.
Pankey was brought to Memphis by
Pierson for medical attention.
Potts' condition, it was stated, was
too serious for him to be moved, and
he is being cared for at a farmhouse
near the scene of the accident.
Senator Martin's Condition.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.. Novem
ber 8.?Senator Thomas S. Martin's
condition continues favorable today.
He had a quiet, restful night and his
physician reported this afternoon that
his puis* and general condition war*
unchanged.
of the dry laws arjrup that the Shep
pard law haw been ih force for so
long a time that persons arrested for
violating its provisions should expect
no mercy at the hands of the courts
or prosecuting- officers. They prob
ably will receive none, it is argued.
Several such cases have been called
before United States Commissioner
Isaac R Hitt the past few days. In
each instance the cases were brought
to the attention of the commissioner
by federal agents, the defendants
having already been before the Police
Court, It U stated, and in each in
stance counsel for the accused waived
a preliminary hearing.
Commissioner Hitt held the defend
ants in real estate security to await
the action of the grand Jury, and the
required bond was furnished. Two
members of the police woman's bureau
were mentioned as witnesses in one
case, the third witness being an in
ternal revenue officer. It is said an
effort will be made to have the cases
investigated by the grand jury with
out delay.
60 RADICAL LEADERS
ARRESTED IN BERLIN
By Cable to Tfce Star aad Sew York
W'orM. Copyright, 191*.
BERLIN, November 8.?The iron
flsted minister of war, Noske, nipped
an attempted celebration of the anni
versary of the revolution today and
squelched a political general strike.
Before the radical leaders could get
going Noske administered a knockout
to spartaclsm'and bolshevism in Ger
many by raiding the radical headquar
ters here and arresting more than
sixty leaders of the independent so
cialists In a big political houseclean
Ing. It Is reported that quiet prevails
now In Berlin and throughout Ger
many and no further serious trduble is
expected.
All day the Wllhemstrasse was bar
ricaded with barbed wire and cordon^
of "green coats," the new militarized
police, and squads of the Noske guards
patrolled the danger sections.
The important developments of the
past twenty-four hours and the par
ticularly strong hand shown by Noske
has Increased confidence in the sta
bility of the present government
8ADOTJL, ABSENT, CONDEMNED
Death Decreed for French Officer
Who Dealt With Boliheviki.
PARIS, November 8.?CapL Jacques
Sadoul was oon&emned to death today
by a unanimous ? vote of the court
martial oonvened to try him for Intelli
gence with the enemy. The charge was
based upon his relations with the Rua*
aian bolshevik! Ha was not present at
the trial, being still in Russia.
Speakers at Mount Pleasant
Citizens' Meeting Call
Conditions Shameful.
Washington is faced with a very crit
ical public school problem and ther*
must l>e sufficient schools erected with
in the next three years to house the
numbers of new pupils sure to keep
pace with the growth of the city, speak
ers declared last niRht at a meeting of
the Mount Pleasant Citizens' Associa
tion at the Brown Hetty Inn. lfith street
and Park road.
Characterizing conditions here as
shameful to a deffrfe and asserting that
within thre?? years the public schools
ami particularly the public hi;;!! schools
will lx> so crowded that there will not
possibly be room for more pupils, Wil
liam H. 1.ink ins. chairman of the as
sociation's school committee, and Rob
ert A. Mauler, acting principal of th?
Central High School, urged erection of
a school in the Mount Pleasant sec
tion.
Says Teachers Overworked.
"The strain of war work has so
affected teachers In the District pub
lic schools," Mr. Linkins said, "that
there are cases every day of teachers
giving- up their work, actually fail
ing In the performance of their duties,
because of classes much too large
for them to handle. Many teachers
have classes of sixty pupils, where
the normal average should be thirty
five at the highest. To this is aildejj.
the absurdly small salaries paid th<?
public school teachers, and for that
matter to all government employes.
"The younger teachers are standing
up well under the strain, but the
older teachers cannot stand it. and in
consequence the schools are daily los
ing experienced teachers of which
they stand more In need now than
ever before. I recently read a story
which stated that drivers of laundry
and bread wagons earned in many
cases as much as $75 per week. Our
school teachers start at about 1660
per year, and may be able to work
up to $1,300 or $1,400."
Mr. Linkins said that inferentially
after a talk with Mr. Brownlow he
gathered that there will not be avail
able for incorporation in the esti
mates for 1920 any money available
for the erection of schoolhouses. He
urged that a schoolhouse be built
somewhere in Mount Pleasant section
and named the site at Adams Mill
road. Klingle road and 20th street
northwest as the one combining all
the features desired.
Mr. Maurer said that the high
schools of the city were never in
tended to hold the large number of
pupils that are now crowded into
them. He said there are 6.500 pupils
In the high schools an unprecedented
number, and that more are applying
daily.
49 Admitted to Membership.
Reports were submitted by precinct
presidents of the nine precincts, ap
pointed by the association to canvass
its territory for new members, as a
result of the first week of the can
vass. forty-nine new members were
admitted to membership last night.
Herman A. Phiyips. president of the
canvassing organization, predicted
that the association will have upward
of 600 members on its rolls within
two months, and urged every member
to get behind the movement for in
creased memberships
A proposal from the Columbia
Heights Citizens' Association, urging
he Mount Pleasant association to get
behind a project for erection of a vic
tory memorial arch on 16th street
near Columbia road, was referred to
the committee on parks and parkings.
This committee urged purchase of
seven tracts of land for playgrounds,
chiefly in the northwest section of the
city, at a cost to the District of about
$2,300,000. A resolution to this effect
was passed, and a letter urging the
purchase of this land will be sent to
the District Commissioners.
STEEL STRIKE EFFECTIVE,
DECLARES ORGANIZER
NEW YORK. November 8 (by the
Associated Press).?William Z. Foster,
secretary of the national committee
for organizing steel workers, who
was driven out of Johnstown. Pa.,
yesterday, addressed a mass meeting
In Madison Square Garden here to
night at whi"h he d chr d "despite
what the lying press has said, this
steel strike is effective." The men
are going to stay out on a strike, he
added.
The meeting, under the auspices of
the Central Federated Union, was
held for the benefit of the strikers.
Foster told in detail of how he was
forced to leave Johnstown yesterday
by a mimb<-r of citizens, who. he said,
were aided by city detectives and
newspaper men. The action was tak
en, he asserted, because business men
at a meeting the night before had
decided that as long as Foster and
other organizers were allowed to re
main there the strikers from the
plant of the Cambria steel mill would
not return to work.
Financial aid for the strikers in
pledges, checks and cash, taken in
amounted to more than $295,000, it was
announced.
The Amalgamated Clothing Workers
of America pledged the largest amount,
$250,000, and gave a check for $100,000.
The Indies' Garment Workers gave a
check for $35,000, and other checks were
received from the Furriers. Actors'
Rquity. White Rats and Boston police
strikers.
A resolution was adopted condemning
the bill In the House of Representatives
providing for the deportation of interned
aliens.
RAW MILK AND CREAM
Boiled milk is much easier
digested by babies than raw
milk and also easier than pas
teurized milk and most of the
digestive troubles of bottle-fed
children are due to antiquated
ideas regarding the alleged
value of raw milk.
Milk labeled "pasteurized"
may not be "properly" pas
teurised. Washington has no
laws requiring or controlling
the pasteurization of its milk.
To protect children. Invalids
and those who are in a run
down condition against milk in
fections. raw milk and cream
should be avoided.
Many outbreaks of typhoid,
scarlet fever, diphtheria, sep
tic sore throat, etc., have been
caused by raw milk, even by the
special or certified kind.
Properly pasteurized milk and
cream, carefully cooled and bot
tled, is the only kind adults
should drink. It this cannot be
obtained get good raw milk and
scald it.
It has recently been estab
lished that Creamy Mi'k Pow
der, dissolved In boiled water,
agrees with babies and causes
them to thrive, when they can
not digest any other food. '
The Health Officer of the Dis
trict of Columbia will give you
the sanitary rating of your lo
cal milk supply at any time you
should apply for it.
Literature on application.
SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION
OF SICKNESS
1458 Columbia Road
E. BERLINER, Secretory
This bulletin paid for by the
Society for Prevention of Sick
ness. (Legal notice.)
CITY ID CELEBRATE
ARMISTICE DAY ON
LAFAYETTE SQUARE
Rattle of Musketry and Aerial
Demonstration on Pro
gram Tuesday.
Kattle of musketry, which ceased
along: the battle fronts in Europe after
four years of devastating warfare,
will mark the Armistice day celebra
tion at Lafayette Square next Tuesday
morninif. where a platoon of forty
eitfht soldiers, sailors and marines will
reproduce the sounds of conflict, for
oik- minute before 11 o'clock, the hour
at which the armistice became effec
tive.
Th*? order to the tirinp platoon,
which will be commanded by Maj.
Oen. Barnett, commandant of the Ma
rine Corps, will be to "fire at will."
but it will be governed by the record
made on sound-ranging instruments
on the American front November 11,
1918.
President Interested.
Arrangement of this part of the
program was not made until Fairfax
Vaulty. orpanizinK the celebration.
had consulted Admiral Cary Grayson
to learn whether the noise would dis
turb President Wilson. Dr. Grayson,
after consulting: his patient, said be
would not be annoyed, but on the
contrary would be much interested
by the demonstration which would
present in a sraphic way the coming
of peace after the long conflict.
President Wilson's Armistice day
message to the American people will
be re.ad by Mr. Kauity. who will also
call the roll of the states, to which
representatives of the various com
monwealths will answer.
Prayer From Airplane.
An unusual feature planned for th,
celebration is the offering of an aerial
prayer at the opening of the exer
cises. If Lieut. Maynard. the "Flying
Parson." is in Washington next Tues
day, it is expected that he will ofTer
the prayer from his airplane, flying
above Lafayette Square, and the
words will be transmitted through a
wireless telephone instrument and
repeated to the assembly.
r Trees to Be Planted.
The two California redwood tre^s
which will be planted In honor of the
civic and military efforts put forth
by America reached Washington yes
terday afternoon and have been tem
porarily piao d in the earth at the prop
agating station of the forestry serv
ice. They were sent by Judge F. A
Cutler and the citizens of Humboldt
county, <"alif.
The trees will be given opportunity
to unfold their foliage and will be
transferred to Lafayette Square and
properly bedded on Monday afternoon.
Room will be left for the symbolical
planting of the Maine. Florida. Wash
ington and Texas earth at the roots
on Tuesday morning. Under Col. Rid
ley the actual work of the tree plant
ing will be done by Supt. Gilleti of the
public buildings and grounds and
Supt. Henlock of the propagating sta
tion.
Col. Wyllie of the general staff has
received the earth from Fort Wil
liams. Portland. Me.; Key West bar
racks. Fla.; Brownsville district, Tex.,
and Fort Worden, Puget sound. Wash.
He will deliver it in the original
packages of shipment to the presid
ing officer on Tuesday. A pat'ehment,
bearing the autographs of those who
will participate, will be hermetically
sealed in a heavy glass container and
deposited among the roots of the trees,
Together with a copy of the declara
tion of war against the German Im
perial government and a copy of the
armistice terms. The glass container
will be hermetically sealed, and aa
glass is practically impervious to de
cay. it is expected to remain there in
situ for centuries.
Aerial Demonstration.
There will be an aerial demonstra
tion, the details of which are now be
inp perfected, during the observation.
The exercises will begin at 10:SS
o'clock and will last until after 12. It
is expected that at the roll call of the
states, immediately after 11 o'clock,
the thoroughly metropolitan character
of the District of Columbia will be In
dicated by responses from every state
in the Cnlon. Alaska and the posses
sions. Symbolical of peace, there will
be a flight of carrier pigeons to con
clude the observance.
D. C. Will Be Vibrant
With Song for Eleven
Minutes Next Tuesday
From 11 o'clock next Tuesday morn
ing until eleven minutes after that
hour Washington will be vibrant with
songs from tens of thousands of
throats. for government offices,
schools and department stores have
arranged brief programs to celebrate
the termination of hostilities In Europe
one year ago.
The singing will be under the di
rection of the Community Service of
the District of Columbia, formerly
known as the War Camp Community
Bervice. and Commissioner Louis
Krownlow has asked the general pub
lic to Join in the celebration by sing
ing with whatever organized choral
service is most convenient to the in
dividual.
In addition to the song Bervlce in
the schools there will be a special ob
servance of the day at the Force
School, on Massachusetts avenue near
18th street, where, at 9 o'clock In the
morning, the pupils will plant a tree
in the schoolyard in memory of Quen
tin Roosevelt, killed in France, who
was at one time a pupil at that school.
Stores Make Plans.
Elaborate plans for song services
have been made by the large depart
ment stores under the direction of
leaders appointed by the community
service. At the store of S. Kann 4fc
Sons Co.. for example, a piano will be
placed on one of the large elevators
and moved from floor to floor. At
Woodward & Lothrop's the staffing
will be led by the store glee club and
a unit from the national community
chorus. Those in charge of the store
programs include the following:
8. Kann Sons fk Co.?Miss Mary W.
Sigman, educational director; Miss
Ida M. Larson, in charge of chorus;
Miss Ertna Calvert, accompanist; Mr.
Butts, general leader.
Lansburgh & Bro. ? Miss Ida
Thrasher, educational director; W,
R. Schmucker, in charge of chorus
unit. .,
Hecht & Co.?Miss Josephine Howe,
educational director; Miss Gaye Duke,
accompanist; Louis Dorfman, vio
linist.
Goldenberg's?Mrs. Shekell, educa
tional director. Song leaflets will be
furnished all employes and all cus
tomers present.
Woodward & Lothrop?Miss Laura
Rowe, educational directsr; William
H. Starnell. in charge of chorus unit.
In the public schools the song pro
grams will be under tbe direction of
the school principals, and this will be
one of the most enthusiastic features
of the day's varied promun.
SPECIAL ELECTION CALLED.
Successor to Sepreaentatire Webb,
North Carolina, to Be Chosen.
RALEIGH, N. C., November S.?Im
mediately upon receipt today of Edwin
T. Webb's resignation as representative
from the ninth North Carolina district.
Gov. Thomas W. Bickett issued a call
for an election to be held in that dis
trict on Tuesday, December IS, to se
lect his successor.
Congressman Webb recently was ap
pointed 'sderal Judge of th* western
North CareUm district.