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Tho Okwawa Skull.
Also "Skull and Bones."
Destroying Religion.
WEATHER:
t loudy thia afternoon
and tonight. Tomorrow
probably fair. Tempera
lurr at 8 I. m. S4 de
gree. Normal ttmptrn
ture for May 14 for laat
thirty xeors, 04 degree.
INAL
EDITION
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NUMBER 11,1(54.
I'ubllihcJ every ainlnr (Including Sund&r)
Enured ai aecond-class matter, at tho
poitofflc at Washington, D. C
WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1919.
PRTCE TWO CENTS.
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Wist Washtnafon
eTtraes
Bj ARTHUR BRISBANE.
(CoprrtKbt, 1111.)
Future ages will bo interested
Sb this paragraph about the
Otanrera Skull, actually included in
the KCTe-inspirinx peace treaty.
"Germany is to restore within
six months the Bkull of
the Sultan of Okwawa, formerly in.
German East Africa, to his Bri
tannic Majesty's Gorernment'
Okwawa was Sultan of an Afri
can tribe whose land the Germans
took.
When African gentlemen looked
upon a Sultan as a first-class
i magician, influential with the
' gods or especially gifted in mur
dering neighbors, they preserved
his skull to bring them luck.
Of all skulls of different Sultans
the skull of Okwawa was most
highly valued.
The German Duke of Mecklen
burg, sent to the land of Okwawa,
took away more than a thousand
skulls, including the sacred skull
of the Sultan. He wanted to
study bumps, the protuberance at
the base, the low angle in front.
Okwawa rests in peace, let us
hope. The fact that his mis
shapen skull finds a place in the
peace treaty alongside the restora
tion of Alsace-Lorraine proves how
wise the English are.
They will soon take over the
German colonies. Important na
tives will gather: an important
British official will appear with
a silver casket. He will open it
reverently, saying: "Behold the
noble skull of the glorious Okwawa
J sent back to you by his Britannic
Majesty George Fifth, who from
now on will be your boss." The
gentlemen in that part of Africa
will bang their heads on the ground
reverently, overjoyed to get back
the lucky skull.
They will say, "King George
forever; he knows a noble skull
when he sees it, knows enough to
. send it back that it may continue
to bring good luck, rain when we
need it, plenty of calves, good
crops, ana other blessings."
The English have the intelli
gence of Alexander. When he
conquered. Egypt be bowed before
the. Sacred Ox and worshiped,
i The Egyptians liked him.
The Persians who conquered
Egypt earlier acted on the Prus-
sian plan. They butchered the
Sacred Ox and ate it. which didnt
do them any good with the Egyp-
- tians.
After many things supposed to
be, done by this peace treaty are
forgotten little boys Teading his
tory will be told about the Okwawa
Skull as interesting evidence of
' the state of development reached
: by humanity in the year 1919.
One trouble with Germany was
too much Xaiser. too little di
plomacy. Tale, and other great colleges,
nresumably, celebrate the end of
war by reviving the "clap on the
back." .The intellectual giant, of
Yale is walking "alone, shivering
with happy anticipation. An older
"man" slaps him on the back and
says, "Go to your room." Off he
f goes, happy; he has been ELECT
ED to something. This slap, at
Yale, means that he has been chosen
a member of "Skull and Bones,"
"Scroll and Key," or "Wolfs
Head." Young gentlemen MIGHT
have invented a more serious way
of celebrating an event that should
make even children in colleges
,think earnestly.
However, secret societies repre
sent an ancient passion in the
human breast dating back to the
tortures of neophytes in early re
ligions and primitive tribes. The
young Indian was hung in the air
by ropes fastened to thorns plant-
ed in the muscles under his
shoulder blades. Thus suspended.
he was swung round and round,
enduring pain without a cry.
The Harvard boy, honored with
the dignity of the "DKE," stood
smiling while holes were burned
into his arm with a lighted cigar.
They abolished the actual flesh
burning recently. But it will take
long to abolish the desire to belong
to something that others cannot
join. Exclusiveness is a passion
with all childish minds.
The Bolshevfld tried to make
money undesirable, flooding the
country with worthless billions of
Russian rubles. That will not
work. REAL money, representing-
past effort and future safety,
will retain its popularity.
Now the Bolshevik gentlemen
seek to brine religion into con
tempt by holding mock religious
ceremonies in churches, sticking
bayonets' into sacred images, even
putting cigarettes in the mouths
of those images.
The Bolshevik gentlemen might
as well go to Niagara Falls, put
their hands in the current, and ex
pect to, keep it from flowing.
Religion was born in man when
the first of his ancestors half a
million years ago began lo wonder
about the wind that roared through
the cave, the lightning that killed
his friend and spared him, the
shadow that followed and looked
like him.
Bolshevism and other "isms" will
rise, fall, and pass. Religion will
continue. It represents man's
effort to understand that which
can never be understood this side
of the grave, and will always keep
him busy.
The Kaiser bet everything on a
fight and lost: Germanv pays the
bill, and in an interesting way is
finding out how men feel when
they go to Monte Carlo, where
the Prince uses the profits of his
jrambTing table on his deop sea
EAPLANE
"BLIMP"
FOE ENVOYS
SEND THREE
EW NOTES
By FRED S. FERGUSON,
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
PARIS, May 14. The "Big
Four" today received three new
notes from the German delegates
relative to the peace terms. Their
nature was not disclosed.
Seven communications concerning
the treaty have thus been delivered
to the allies. The requests con
tained in the first two were promptly
refused. The second two, dealing
with labor and German war prison
ers, were referred to a special com
mittee of experts. It was believed a
reply to the labor note might be
made today.
Confidence was expressed in high
quarters that notwithstanding the
present flood of communications
from the Germans, they will com
plete their objections to the terms
well within the fifteen days' time
limit and that the allies will have
made full replv within another ten
days.
The same authority admitted the
cleverness of the labor note, which
may be used as a wedee for more ob
jections, also as a means of winning
the sympathy of certain radical ele
ments throughout the world.
German Plan for League.
The German plan for a League of
Nations, which was referred to tho
Allied League Commission, sets forth
the following principles, it was
learned today:
First Prevention of International
disputes.
Second Universal disarmament.
Third Freedom of traffic and gen
eral equality of economic rights.
Fourth Protection of national mi
norities. Fifth Creation of an international
workers' bureau.
Sixth Regulation of Colonial Ques
tions. Seventh Union of existing and fu
ture international institutions.
Gighth Creation of an interna
tionaltional parliament.
"Would Include All Belligerents.
The league, under tho German plan,
would comprise all belligerent states,
including those established as a re-
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E
ASBURGLARCAUGHT
DURHAM. N. C May 14. William
Beverly, alias Johnny Coleman,
wanted in Washington on a charge
of housebreaking, was arrested her
yesterday afternoon and will bo
turned over to Washington authort-
j ties who are en route to Durham.
Beverly was caught through a
telegram Bent to Washington. When
arrested he made no effort to re
jsist, and said he would accompany
j the Washington officer without ex
! tradition papers.
TODAY
fishing and other scientific investi
gations. If you lose everything at Monte
Carlo and look as though you
might commit suicide, the gam
bling authorities give vou enough
to go home. They don't want your
dead body kicking around the
grounds of the Casino; it hurts
trade.
You are reminded of Monte
Carlo's generosity when you hear
that Germany, having lost colonies,
navy, army, coal, iron, and twenty-five
billions of dollars, will get
from the allies, which probably
means from the United States, a
loan of twelve hundred millions to
go on with. It looks as though the
allies, having taken all that Ger
many has, do not want her to
commit suicide. Her dead body
kicking around the middle of
Europe would be bad business
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G HUT
MAN WANTED HER
REDS TO FEED FOE
BUTREFUSETO
BE DUPED
PARIS,
Bolshevik
May 14. The
government at
ivioscow nas sent a wire
less dispatch to Berlin
stating that the Russians
are willing to contribute
food to Germany, hut will
not "be duped," nor will
they cease hostilities, ac
cording to information re
ceived here today.
II BAl
OF KAISER
Bjr LOWELL MELLBTT.
United Press Staff Correspondent.)
PARIS. May 14. Hanging- the
former Kaiser, or otherwise punish
ing him. is proving less simple a mat
ter than the majority of the responsi
bilities commission anticipated.
The majority plan, adopted by the
"Big Four" over the objections of
the American and Japanese members
of the commission, provided that one
of the wronged countries should act
as the prosecutor. Now it is difficult
to And any country willing to act in
that capacity. Belgium, the obvious
choice, has allowed it to be known
that she does not want to assume the
role.
It is apparent that Belgium remem
bers she is a kingdom, too, and that
it would not be a wise policy to start
treating kings as criminals. There is
a possibility that Germany may
come back" seeking vengeance. No
other country has made known its
willingness to be the prosecutor,
though France and Great Britain
have been sounded out.
Despite the fact that Premier Lloyd
George was practically forced b
Lord Nortbcllffc during the last elec
tion to make punishment of the for
mer Kaiser one of his campaign
planks, the general moderation of
the British character may impel the
government, to go .slow through fear
of a reaction from Britain's natural
sports instinct.
T
.C.
Have you a Jojb for a returning
Washington soldier?
If you have, notify E. M. Kline,
Federal director of the United States
Employment Service, who has sent
out an appeal asking Washington
merchants to list their vacent op
portunities with the service.
More than 1,000 Washington boys
are expected to arrive home within
the next two weeks and, said Director
Kline, 'They are looking to the citi
zens of Washington to make a place
for them."
Questionnaire cards from men of
the 110th flield artillery. Twenty
ninth division, which sailed from Na
zalre, France, Monday are being
taken from the men on the transport
and they will ?oon reach, after the
arrival here of the boys, Mr. Kline.
So get busy. Mr Merchnni if ..
have a job open for tHe District boys,
ana jei air. .njine Know all "about it'
1
LONDON'. May 14. The commercial
air stage has been officially ushered
In by Great Britain.
Civilians arc traveling on seven
great airways, radiating from Lon
don to all parts of the United King
dom and to points outside. One hun
dred and twenty aidromes and land
ing stations have been placed at th'e
disposal of commercial air traffic,
thirty-four main airdromes being
opened at onca.
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$AGE
TO WOMEN IN
APPROVED
The minimum wage of $15.50 a
week for women employed in the
printing and publishing trades, as
recommended by the conference ap-i
pointed for this purpose some time
ago, was today approved by the Mini-
mum Wage Board, and June 13 set
as the date for a public hearing: on
the subject
According to the minimum wage
law a public hearing shall be held
thirty days after approval by the
board of the findings, and all per
sons opposing or favoring the recom
mendations of the conference will
be given a chance to air their views
at this time.
60 Days to Adjust Scale.
If no reasonable arguments against
the putting into effect of this law
develop the employers will be given
sixty days to adjust their payrolls
before putting the new.wage scale
Into effect.
Indications are that about August
15 women who have been employed
in printing and publishing work for
a year or more will receive the $15.50
minimum weekly wage. Apprentices
will receive not less than ?8 a week
for the first three months, $9 for the'
second, $11 for the third, and $12 '
weekly for the fourth three months '
of their apprenticeship. i
The operation of this law will not'
in any way affect those receiving ,
more than the $15.50 minimum, but '
was designed to assure all women
in the District minimum wage on i
which they can live comfortably and )
decently irrespective of any help
they may be receiving at home.
U. S. PAY BILL FIGHT
i
Extreme pressure will be brought
to bear upon Congress during t.ie
coming session to afford relief to
the thousands of civil service em
ployes in the District of Columbia
Mid throughout tho country by the
passage of the so-called McKellar re
tirement bill providing for the pen
l sioning of civil service employes.
j Senator Le Baron H. Colt, of Hho-lf
, Island, one of th staunchest Hepuoii-
ran friends of the measure on Hie
Civil Service and Retrenchment Com
mittee declared today he was posi
tive favorablo action would be taken
on the measure during the coming
session. '
It is directly in lino with the ten
dency of legislation these days," said
Scnator Colt, "and the bill has been
threshed out until it is in such shape
as to guarantee its passage." j
While Senator Colt has not been '
offered the chairmanship of the Civil j
Service Committee, he Is one of the
Senators in line for iU lie did say. j
however, that if he were compelled ,
to accept the position of chairman he )
would do everything in his power to ,
expedite the passage of the McKellar
bill The principal obstacle in the '
way of its early passage is the oppo
sition of Senator Pomerene of Ohio,
who has a substitute bill which he
wishes to debate. ,
Senator McKellor of Tennessee in-
i tends to reintroduce the bill at
icarliest opportunity
of lls assac-
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NEW YOHK, May 11. Mr.v Ther
dore Roosevelt, widow of the ex
President, returned from Eu"-pe to
day on the Italian liner (Jiitscppn
Verdi after visiting the grae of he.
son, Lieut. Qucntin Roosevflt. in
France.
Mrs. RoobcvcU maae tne trip alone
She kept to her state room during
practically the entire trip from Genou.
PRNT IDE
WILL BE RENEWED
S W DOW BACK
FROM SONS GRAV
TAKB BKIX-AN8 BEFORK HEALS Had
Me how fine rood digestion makes you fl.
Adrt
REACHE
NAMEDBYG.O.P.
PRESIDENT OF
SENATE
SENATOR CUMMINS,
Iowa statesman who was nomi
nated by Senator Borah and
unanimously elected President
pro tern of upper bouse in next
Congress.
U. S. Si FIRES
I'KNtf. May 14. A dispatch from
Sm rna sayp that an American
' cruiser fired two shots at an Italian
warship on the morning of May 12
for disobeying allied naval orders.
The shots were fired across the
( Low and stern of the Italian wtrl
craft, the dispatch said.
PAIUS. May 14. No official report
hnrt henn reeeierl tnduv nf the nffiee I
..,. , . ,
,01 Aoroirai .nenson. v. o. r.., repini-i
i intr thp unofficial reDort from Athens i
that an American cruiser had fired '
I two warning shots at an Italian war
ship off Smyrna.
American naval officials refused to
discuss the report.
NTO DALMATIA
LONDON, May 14 A News Agency
"Patch from Belgrade today report-
ed that large Italian forces had been
landed at Zara and Scbenico. in Dal -
matia, and were marching into the in-
tPrlor; fortlfyjnK the mountain pa.-ses
as they advanced.
It is planned to sell all the horses
iter t " " , 'iiH
ON ITALIAN
CRUISER
ITALIANS IA
ARMY WILL SELL
M ULESjNFRANCE; GEO. GOULDSTOLE,
hi.s,and mules with the army in France
He i? confident y July 1. tlic war Department an
inounced today.
I There will then remain 60.000 ani
mals with the third army in occupied
fJermany. it was stated.
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HENRY L KAUFMAN.
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OGCUPY GHAIR
Senate Republicans in caucus to
day unanimously selected Senator
Cummins of Iowa as President pro
tem. of the Senate. Formal election
merely awaits convening of the next
Senate.
Senator Cummins was nominated
by Senator Borah on behalf of the
"Progressives."
Complete harmony marked to
day's organization caucus, Senators
declared.
The following additional slate of
officers was chosen:
George A. Sanderson, Chicago, sec
retary of the Senate.
David S. Barry, Washington, D.
C, sergeant-at-arms.
Senator Curtis, Kansas, party
whip. x
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PARIS, May 14. Chancellor Kenner. I
head of the Austrian peace delegation. I
ucviai cu ut uit iiucixcrt nun i
1 aaIawaiI m a a 1 fsrrr t l 4nA I
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AUSTRANS IN
N GERMANY
Basie correspondent of the Agenc-1 baa weatner, got away tor J repassey Day.
v?enntwuhhlVDetacediatrwtnrend! There awaited Commander Towers with seaplanes
the sufferings of his country. iNC-1 and NC-3 with everything in readiness for start on
"I intend to follow the decisions of j.. , r.. . . .
the national assembly while at St. J the long tllgllt tO the AZOreS.
fngThaensufnf erlnglr "fly "oKyV ? "he j Weather reports from Commander Towers, at Trepas
was quoted as saying. ( sey, said the weather is improving, but is still unsatisfac-
aithugwe'notanfmitory for starting the Azores flight. Navy officials took
years ago.
ldSinShrcI'choK'this to mean Towers would
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K'.J"Br?i;fia a"?. "i"nana ,n
a. tiuac iruciaLiuu. xjul III"; LZOt
and Jugo Slavs are now our rnemie-
and the situation, unfortunately, is
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WORKERS ON STRIKE
NKW YORK. May 14. Cloak and
'
.,,, .u, ,
, ; , - " "".-,
ins- tuion jii-iwiiuancrs siaiea mat i
I50 - 000 workers have quit.
Minimum weekly wage of ?50 for
j operators is demanded by the strik
ers. They also ask a 41-hour week.
'guarantee oi eigne momns worK ai
year, right to inspect books of em
ployers, and guarantee deposits by '
employers in union treasuries
NKW YORK. May 14 Argum nts '
in the suit of Frank J. Gould to re
move hi.s brother. George Gould, from
management of the Gould estate were
continued In Supreme Court here to- ,
day. following charges yesterday by j
lawyers for Frank Gould t lint. George
Gould had ' stolen" money from the !
estate. !
A sale of Western I'nion stock be
Icnging to the Duchess Do Talleyrand
(Anna Gould) and Frank Gould, it
was alleged, netted a large sum for
George Gould, which, it was declared,
he retained until forced by threats
of a suit to return to the estate
Other alleged
quest.' -"liable
SFAMSII FLYERS KII.l.KI).
TETUAN. Morocco. May 14.- Two
aviators were killed here Monday in
the fall of their airplane Both were
captains in th Spanish army.
NEW YORK GARM
SAYS HIS BROTHER
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rar to
HALIFAX, May 14. The
noon at 1:10, Eastern time.
nart after a hripf stav
Acting Secretary of the
radio message to Commander
lllf;
received a reply two minutes later, establishing what is be
lieved to be a record for an exchange of this sort.
"What is your position?" Secretary Roosevelt's message
read. "All keenly interested in your progress. Good luck."
The message was dispatched at 11:18. At 11:20 mis
reply was flashed back by Commander Read:
"Thank you for good wishes. NC-4 is now twenty miles
northwest of Seal Island and making eighty-five miles an
hour."
The message was picked up all over the Atlantic
Reports from Government .radio stations along the
North Atlantic coast this afternoon indicate that the navy
The "Blimp", when last
average of forty miles an
along at eighty-five miles and probably will reach Trepas
sey bay before 9oclock tonight.
The dirigible C-5 left Montauk, N. Y., at 8 a. m. for
St. Johns, N. F., under orders to attempt a flight to Eng
land if the present cruise shows it advisable.
An hour and five minutes later the NC-4, held at
Chatham, Mass. for several days by engine trouble and
. f t rrn
before the hnal jump on.
"BUMP" ON NON-STOP FLIGHT.
MONTAUK POINT, L. I.. May 14.
Tho big navy dirigible C5 left the
Montauk naval air station at 8 o'clock
this morning in an attempt to fly to
St. Johns, Newfoundland, without
stopping
Weather conditions were excellent
when the balloon lifted anchor. A
PROGRESSOFNAVY
FLIERS
MO.NTADK, N. Y. fS a.m.). The
dirigible C-5 left for St. John's.
CIIVTHAM; Maaa. (0.-O5). Sea
plane XC 1, delayed herr several
days by engine trouble and bad
weather. got avray for Tre
paey. VINEYARD SOCN11 LIGHT
SHIP (O a. m.). The t-5 passed
here at "peed of forty ml lew an
hour.
CII.VTHA1I. Mass. flOilO).
Navy dirigible C-5, flying at mod
erate height, passed over aviation
hate, heading northeast.
IRO IN'CETtm.V. Mass. (10:55).
IJlrljtfblr C-5 passed out of
sight of land In easterly direction
vi hen the passed beyond the tip of
Cape Cod.
V vrinrless from the NC-4 re
reled early this afternoon said
that seaplane irould atop at Hali
fax for a few minutes before pro
ceeding on to Trepassey.
BOLSHEVIK ARTILLERY
SILENCED BY ALLIES'
LONDON. Mav 14. Dolfehevki artil
lery on the Archangel front that was
violently shelling allied positions has
been silenced, said an official dispatch
today to the wan ofrtce from General
Ironside, the British commander In
no iern Russia.
EHIND
a
NC-4 arnP5fl
Commander eM m
- &
Navy Roosevelt
Read, aboard UuTNC-4, and
heard from was making an
hour. The NC-4 is speeding
wait at least until tomorrow
south wind, blowing at the-rate of
fifteen miles an hour, will aid th
dlrlglble in her test flight.
There was no official announcement .
that the "Blimp." as the dirigible i
called, was headed for Newfoundland.
But it was Ioarned shortly after her
departure that the radio station hern
had notified stations at Chatham, Bar
Harbor, and Portland to look out for
her. A message announcing the de
parture of the balloon -was also sent
broadcast, to be picked up by all
ships and radio stations along: tho
coast.
Notify Washington.
A message was also sent to Com
mander Maxneld at Washington in
forming him that the C-5 had started
and that everything: went off in tip
top shape. The station heic aske..
Washington to report the darartura
to the United States cruiser Cnicago.
which is at St. Johns awaiting th
"Blimp's" arrival.
Every "Gob" at the naval station
j was ordered out at 5 o'clock thi morn
; ing in readiness for the flight. Ser
eral men had been working on tho
balloon all night, following her test
flight to New London yesterday after
noon. At 5:30 the doors of the hangar
were moved back and at 7:15 a blast
from the siren signaled all handc
The men piled from their mess hall
with a cheer and rushed across the
grass to the hangar, where they lined
up on each side of the dirigible.
Lieut . junior grade. Ralph Norria.
, of Chelsea. Mass.. gave orders to th
men as 300 "Gobs" assisted at th
launching Ten thermos bottles, con
J taming coffee and water and boxea
i containing sandwiches and the navy
standby beans were placed on
! her, r?
At another blast from the siren tha
men grabbed the ropes to hold th
dirigible down. In response to a, faw
sharp orders they moved her off 1,000
feet from the hangar, directly faemjt
the south wind. Ofnccrs of the ta-
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the crcw
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i etta, Unio. the commander and pilot.
was the first to get into the basket.
The others in the crcw followed. They
were- Coxswain (lieutenant, junior
grade) E. O. Campbell. Lynn, Ky.;
Filot (lieutenant, junior grade) J. B.
Lawrence, St. Taul. Minn.; radfci
operator, Ensign M. H. Estorley.
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