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Evening star., 1917-03-09
Food and Fuel Shortage in Spain.

MADRID, via Paris, March 9.-As a
result of a cabinet meeting at which the
growing difficulties in the food and fuel
situation were considered the minister OF
the interior has instructed the provincial
governors to reduce by one-half the light
ing of cities and towns after 10 o'clock
at night and to economize coal. A num-
her of passenger trains are likely to be
suppressed in a short time and the gov
ernment also foresees the early adoption
of uniform loaf baked from uniform
-four as in France.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
President Menocal Gives Pledge.

HAVANA. March s.-President Memo
cal has issued a proclamation stating
that within ten days after the re-estab-
lishment of legal government in San
tiago de Cuba he will direct the hold
ing Of elections in Oriente province.
These elections should have been held
February 20, but were Cancelled by a
presidential decree February 16 be-
cause of the revolution. The present
proclamation promises that every guar
antee for free voting will be observed
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Provisions of Contract.

The individual contract which the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company offers to It's employees contains
n clause that, the business Of said
company shall at all times be conducted
on the oper-shop principle. No schedule
run is TO exceed twelve consecutive
hours Of continuous service" and "the
runs shall be continued"
1t provides that an Individual or an
enploye in the same class of service
representing hi mmay present Eriev-
anceS on specified days Of the month
at the Office of the superintendent
Provision is made for an appeal to the
public utilities commission.
Appeal for discharged men is pro-
vided from the superintendent to the
president and from the president to
the public utilities commission.
An anti-strike section provides that
the siSner OF the contract will not
participate in any strike Of the en-
ployes of said company or Interrupt
ton of the service to the public. and
Will not at any time, or for any rea-
son, engage in any such strike, or
counsel or advise any other employees
so to do, renter into any agreement
OF any kind or character with any per-
son or persons the purpose of which
ployes Of the said Washington Railway
and Electric Company, or any of them,
by concerted action or otherwise 10
guilt the service of said company in a
body or mt II given time"
The company agrees 1t will mot lock
out Its employees in body or close
down It's works. or cease operation of
It's cars. or refuse to employ or keep
In It's employ n force of suitable and
competent men who are willing to
or discharge men wholly without
cause
Evening star., 1917-03-09
St, Louis Primaries on Today.

ST. LOUIS, March AT the municipal
primary today candidates for mayor,
city controller and for fourteen alder
manic places will be nominated. Four
men, including Mayor H. w. Kiel, who
seeks reelection, are contesting for
the republican mayoralty nomination.
Among the three democratic candidates
for the mayoralty nomination is DR..
John II. Simon, who as democratic
nominee was defeated by Mayor Kiel
four years ago.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Chicagoans Must Clean Roofs,

CHICAGO. March 9-Roofs of down
town buildings which collect SCOT and
dust to be blown into the eyes of per
sons in the streets below must be
cleaned regularly, under the penalty
Of a heavy fine. according to the terms
of an ordinance approved today by the
health committee of the city council.
Health authorities assert that un-
cleaned roofs contribute almost as
much as the streets to the discomfort
of the eyes.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Colleges Establish Training Units.

Senior infantry units of the reserve
officers training corps have been es-
tabliShed at Harvard University, the
University of Tennessee. st. Johns
Military Academy, Delafeld. Wis, and
the State University of Iowa A senior
cavalry unit has been authorized for
st. Johns School, Manlius, N Y, and
junior infantry units at Gordon Insti-
tute, Barnesville, Ga. st. Johns Military
Academy. Wisconsin, and the University
Of Nebraska.
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John M. Cunningham Dies.

John NJ. Cunningham, a conductor on
the Pennsylvania railroad for many
years. died early this morning at his
residence, 536 Sd street northeast. Fu-
neral services are to be held Monday
afternoon at / o'clock at his late resi-
dence. Interment is to be in Arlington
cemetery.
Evening star., 1917-03-09

Cen FREDERICK Tinoco, former minis
ter of war, was proclaimed provisional
president of Costa Rica late in January
after a bloodless revolution, which
overthrow the government of President
Gonzalez, who is now in the United
States. The new government has not
been recognized by the United States
and notice has been given by the State
Department that no claims arising
from dealings with the unrecogniZed
government would receive considera-
ton by the United States.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Death of Horatio N. Taplin.

Horatio N. Taplin, a resident of this
city for many years. and who had been
engaged in the real estate business here
for more than twenty years. died. in his
SEVENTEEN year. this morning in his
apartments in the Champlain. 1424 X
street northwest Funeral services and
interment are to be held Sunday at
Montpelier. VT. Mr.. Taplin is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Lille T. Taplin.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Men in Quarantine Visited.

Men in Quarantine Visited.
The following telegram was received
at the State Department today from
Ambassador Willard at Madrid under
date of March Z:
According to a report received from
the Spanish ambassador at Berlin the
steamer Yarrowdale prisoners at Bran
denburg were visited by the Spanish
embassy doctor on March l. who found
that the conditions were as the German
authorities had reported. He gave his
approval of the quarantine.
THE typhus case appeared the Goth
OF February, and unless new cases of
the disease appear the quarantine will
be ended March Z. The doctor stated
that the men complained of the diet
and were pleased to learn that they
were soon TO be released. They had no
other complaint. Only five of the fifty
seven Americans We're in the hospital
with slight colds and five men of other
nationalities are under observation by
doctors"
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Plans for Achievement Club.

The plans for this achievement club
work already have been outlined I'm
The Star The clubs are TO be formed
in various sections under the auspices
of citizens associations, parent-teacher
associa tions or other ORGANIZATIONS. To
join the clubs each child must agree to
achieve four of the suggested units of
achievement.
Mr. Benson pointed to the success OF
efforts Of leagues of this character. es-
pecially those in Chicago and Cook
county, Illinois, and in Elmira and
Chemun~ county. New York. He cited
the results accomplished by the Piney
Branch Parent-Tea chers' Association
and at Takoma Park as evidence nearby
of what might be done with garden
and canning clubs.
One reason why the work has not
been pushed in the District as il has
been in the states IS because the ap-
propriations for club garden and cam
ming work are available only in the
states. District leaders in the commu-
nifty garden movement are discussing
means of getting Congress at its next
session to include the District within
the scope of the appropriations for in
structors and expert advisers already
provided in the states for this work.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Rotorua Sails With 231 Passengers.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, March o
With 231 passengers aboard, the British
steamer Rotorua steamed from this
port early today for London. The pas
sengers stated that while they feared
the German submarines, they had i'm
plicit faith in the master of the steam
er and precautions taken by the Brit
ish admiralty in connection with the
passage of passenger ships through the
blockade area.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Ex-Pepresentative Matthews III.

Former Representative n. E. Mat
thews of Ohio is i'll at the Homeopathic
Hospital He is suffering from heart
disease and is in serious condition. Mr..
Matthews succeeded Representative
Ansberry in the last Congress. He was
not reelected.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Contributing Factors.

The lecturer enumerated and made
plain contributing factors, such as Ro-
man system, stability and regularity:
love of domestic comfort
and of political and religious individu-
atty; Norman love Of and interest in
artistic perfection; the local and home
like adaptation of the Gothic; the con-
tact of Henry VII. and, again. of Eliza
beth with the renaissance; the change
in religious ideals under Henry VIII:
the economical PresbyterianiSm of
James 1; the Puritanism under Crom-
well, which seemed almost to seek to
attain discomfort; the Dutch and Scotch
tendencies of William and Mary, and,
the century under the four Georges, in
which great individual artists, such as
Chippendale. Sheraton and Adam. led.
and which they divided into what we
know as periods"
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Fire at SweetWater. Tenn.

SWEETWATER, Tenn, March 9.-The
main building of the DureX Chemical
Company here was burned this morn
ing. The loss is estimated at $4,000
to $4,000. The origin of the fire is
undetermined.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Unable to Enter Rotterdam.

THE British merchant steamer Prin-
cess Melita was refused permission to
enter the harbor at Rotterdam on
Tuesday because she was armed" says
the Overseas News Agency (the official
German news bureau). She left that
evening and returned to Rotterdam
next day, after throwing overheard her
gun and its mounting.
The Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
says that in the week from February
25 to March 3 only seven ships arrived
in Rotterdam harbor. as compared with
fifty-seven in the corresponding week
last year and 1877 in that week of 1914.
The Handelsblad says that in that week
only i've ships arrived at Amsterdam,
compared with twenty-siX last year
Evening star., 1917-03-09
F|[L|NGVACANC|ES
IN THE COMMITTEES
Changes in Senate 0rganiza-
tion Made Necessary by Re-
tirement of Members.
LISTING BY BOTH PARTIES

Steering committees of the democrats
and republicans in the Senate got down
to work today on the matter of COM
mittee assignments. The retirement
from the Senate of sixteen senators and
the fact that a similar number of new
senators have taken their places have
made 1t necessary to fill many vacan-
cfes on standing committees.
So far as the District committee OF
the Senate is concerned, only one va
cancy was created by retirement from
the Senate OF Senator Works of Cali
fornia- After q meeting of the repub-
lican steering committee, it was said
that so far no senator has been as
signed to this vacancy. 1t is possible,
of course that there will be changes in
the District committee in addition to
filling this vacancy. owing to other
senators retiring, being assigned to
other committees.
Due to Senator Kern's Retirement.
The retirement of Senator John w.
Kern of Indiana has left open the
Craftsmanship of the committee on priv
ileges and elections, and it is expected
this will go to Senator Pomerene of
Ohio. Senator Pomerene is chairman of
the civil service committee, and this
craftsmanship will go either to Senator
James of Kentucky or Senator Hollis
of New Hampshire.
There are three vacancies in the ap
propriations committee, two on the
democratic side and one on the repub-
Hcan side, due to the retirement OF
Senators Lea of Tennessee, Bryan of
L do md W. nf % q
these places are being eagerly sought
Naval affairs has lost four members
Senators Bryan, OGorman and johnson
of Maine, democrats, and Clapp of Min
nesota, republican.
The foreign relations committee has
three vacancies due to the retirement Of
Senator OGorman, democrat, and Sen
ators Sutherland and oliver, repub-
licans.
Chairman Stone Not Displaced.
1t was stated today that there was
no suggestion made that there be a
change in the chairmanship of the for
eign relations committee. notwithstand-
ing the criticism outside the Senate
which has been heaped upon Senator
Stone, the present chairman. for his
attitude toward the armed neutrality
bill.
Senator Stone himself said of the re-
ports of his possible retirement from
the craftsmanship:
Il am not going to resign as chair
man of the foreign relations committee
and 1 am going to be retained in that
Craftsmanship in the Senate reorgani-
zation.'
After being in session only a few
| minutes, the Senate adjourned until
| Monday so that the steering committees
might work on the assignments. Little
| progress was made during the morning g
sessions of the committee. it was said.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Banks Favor Tinoco Government.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rich, March all
the banks here have united in loan of
s3,000,000 to the Tinoco government un-
der the most liberal conditions.
Evening star., 1917-03-09


washington Railway and Electric
Company men did not belong TO tne
union and but forty employees OF the
Capital Traction Company were not
members.
Explanation of the individual con-
tracts the employees of the Washington
Railway and Electric Company are pc
ing asked to sign, the agreement 70
Become effective March II, 1917. ana TO
extend for a period of three years, was
contained in a statement today from
the offices of that company. This state
ment follows:
I'm response to the notice issued by
. Clarence L. King. president OF the
Washington Railway and Electric
! Company conferences were held yes
.terday afternoon with a large numoer
of conductors and motormen in the en-
pIoy of said company. with reference 10
wages and working conditions. lie ex-
pressed the Willingness of the company
to discuss anything that related TO
their welfare freely. now and at an
times hereafter, and further stated that
the company realized that on account
of the high cost of living the men We're
naturally interested in getting as hlgh
a wage as the company would De 1usti-
fed in paying.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Charles II Chair.

What could be funnier than a
Charles II chair?' he asked his hearers
in all seriousness, describing 1t as the
substantial and rather uncomfortable
Puritan article of furniture dressed up
in heavy embroidered Italian brocade
and bedecked with Gallic fringes. The
tastes and origin of the king or queen,
soon prevalent in court circles, tnged
the national artistic expression in re-
markably short time, according to MT.
Parsons.
The passion of bourgeois Anne, she
of the domestic Danish husband, for In
stance for embroidery and needleWork.
spreading through her ladies-in-wai
ing, is the direct source of the preva-
lent American colonial sampler OF our
great-great-grandpa and, un-
doubtedly, also of the thousands OF
hand-wrought God bless our home
and similar notices which generations
now living can so distinctly remember.
Mr.. Parsons emphasized the common
sense basis of English art ideals. stat
ing that what her art lacks in esthet-
icism is more than made up in utilt-
tarianism, comfort and convenience.
The same regime of Anne took from
France the Dutch born sedan chair and
elaborated It, but at the same time.
made it wider, changed the height OF
the back of the seat and in other ways
adapted it to local needs. with not en-
tirely desirable artistic results.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
POINTS OUT
ENGLISH ARTISTIC IDEALS
Frank Alvah Parsons Discusses Va
rious periods" in
Talk Here.

The extended variety OF artistic ideals
that go to make up the English artistic
consciousness were described and the
sources from which they come were
pointed out by Frank Alvah Parsons of
New York in his illustrated lecture on
English Art Periods" this morning. at
the auditorium of Woodward & Lothrop,
the next to the last of winter series
being delivered by the same man. The
last. scheduled for March %. at II am.
will be on American Art Periods and
Present Tendencies"
England. it appears, has for centuries
been a sort of artistic melting pot Its
long line of sovereigns. coming from a
variety of nationalities. often with one
religion from necessity or choice super
imposed on another, has had a notable
effect, the lecturer pointed out.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Extension During the Summer.

During the coming summer season
extension of boys and girls club work
will undoubtedly make a selection OF
some one or a few projects as the
major projects for their work. In
view of the high cost of living and tho
great amount of waste garden space,
il will not be difficult to determine
that home garden and canning club
work is one of the most important
projects to organize and promote
throughout the District during the
coming year.
The long summer school vacation.
started by the early pioneers for rural
schools. was planned from necessity.
This system OF vacations became
precedent thoroughly fixed. and WAS
later, as towns. villages and cities de
veloped. adopted by the city people out
of stupidity.
Rural childhood is more fortunate
than city childhood. city boys and
girls. not the rural, need our SYM
pathy."
Mr.. Benson then recommended tho
plan worked out by the conference of
civic leaders. including officers Of par
ent-teacher associations called by Mrs.
Giles Scott Rafter. as one which would
put the boys and girls of Washington
to work for the summer.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Ship List Not Received.

'-Third-Early in February the relief
commission was notified that the Ger
man authorities would require a list of
ships and their whereabouts, with a
view of taking measures accordingly.
This was not received by mid-Febru
ary, hence it was evidently not per-
mitted by Great Britain.
"Fourth-The commission being un-
der the patronage of America and
Spain. it is not clear by what right
England has forbidden it to furnish
such information to the German author
tiles. The assertion that Germany
might use the information either for
treacherous purposes or for the torpe-
doing of relief ships is wholly incom-
prehensible. Not knowing the ports
from which relief ships sail. the Ger
man admiralty cannot instruct the sub
marines. as. otherwise, English ships
would be too much tempted to abuse
the distinctive signs of the relief COM
mission"
Evening star., 1917-03-09

The assertion that the birds of South
Africa are not songbirds has been
disproved.
Evening star., 1917-03-09

by the route it Germany laid down
for them at the beginning OF February,
only to declare that 1t was still unsafe
at the beginning of March"
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Report Result of Negotiations.

Mr.. Wilburt, ]. H. Goodman and W.
B. Pollitt of the employees committee of
the Capital Traction Company called
at the District building today and saw
Commissioner Brownlow. AT Mr..
Brownlow's office it was stated that the
men simply laid formally before the
Commissioner the result OF their nego-
tiations so far. particularly the dec
lination of Mr.. King to receive an au-
thorized union committee as such.
The explanation for the call at union
headquarters vas that permission was
being sought from the police depart
ment for the distribution of circulars
advising the men of the mass meeting
tonight.
The conference of officials of the
Capital Traction Company with the
employees committee adjourned at l
o'clock, after an all-morning session,
for luncheon, to go into session again
at > o'clock.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Scale of Wage Increase.

after full discussion the company
agreed to the following increases IN
wages: .. oc,k ,.n+s
to "a cents per hour. o,,L
Second year increased from -f8
cents to IS cents per hour 49,,
Third year. increased from "a Y eeh's
to % cents per hour. ,,,
"Fourth year, increased from -f72
cents to 81 cents per hour- 49,,
Fifth year. increased from 241s cents
to 81 cents per hour.
sixth year, increased from Sof2 GENTS
to Is cents per hour - os,l
seventh year. increased from Zo12
cents to IS cents per hour.
Eighth year, increased from 2o12
cents to % cents per hour.
Ninth year. increased from Zoa2 cents
to % cents per hour.
.sTenth wear, increased from 2o72 cents
to % cents per hour. a.
Ten wears and thereafter, from q
cents To 80 cents per hour
Extra men to receive one-haif pay
from time of reporting for work until
excused for the day or assigned TO
run.
scale of wages was the hiShest !hat
the company could possibly AFFORD to
pay in view Of the low rate of fare
now existing, but announced that, IN
addition TO the wages above stated, al
conductors and notormen shall De en-
titled to their share of any oohus or
profit sharing plan the company may
adopt. frankly telling the men. how
ever, that there could be nothing OF
this kind unless the rate OF 1ale was
increased To . cents.
LAS to hours: no scheduled run TO ex-
ceed twelve consecutive hours of con-
tfnuous service and at least eight
hours rest in each twenty-four hours 10
be provided.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Warning to Commission.

LONDON. March Sir Maurice de
Bunsen. undersecretary of the foreign
office. in another statement to the As
sociated Press, refers to the warning
given to the American commission for
relief IN Belgium that all its ships must
leave British ports by the evening of
February 4. and asks: rs that fair no
tice of cancellation of n solemn guaran-
tee by Il sovereign government in the
shape of written safe conduct?
But 1 have more information that
will astonish you" he continues. In
this German warning the commission
was advised TO send its ships by the
northabout route, where they would be
safe Yet over a month later, on March
.. the Germans told the relief commits
sion that they would be unable to grant
safe conduct to relief ships at Rotter-
dam because they were unable to de-
clare that the northabout route was
absolutely safe from torpedoing."
Partially Rejoinder.
The undersecretary's statement was
intended in some measure az a rejoin-
der to the statement issued by the Ger
man legation at The Hague. and Sir
for the Germans to try to hinder the
relief work by accusing British ships
of the desire to disguise themselves
under the commissions flag, since the
British governments guarantee that 1t
would not allow the commissions flag
| to be abused Stands today and will
never be violated"
| Sir Maurice continues: Instead of
| such shuffiing. we demand before the
world that the German government
shall declare whether or not 1t is TAX
| ing steps to make possible the continu-
| ance of the relief work; whether or not
| it can control its own submarines
| whether or not neutral ships can sail
| safely in the service of the commission
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Provision Made for Appeals.

Grievances of any kind to be sub
mitted by employees to the superintend-
ent of the company, with privilege OF
appeal to the president lt employees
are not then satisfied appeal may be
taken to the public utilities commission
of the District of Columbia, acting as
a permanent arbitration board. whose
decision shall be final and binding upon
both employees and the company, thus
assuring to every trainman the ADJUST
ment of any grievance by an impartial
and disinterested public body.
THE primary purpose Of the agree
ment being to assure continuous and
uninterrupted car service to the people
of Washington and vicinity, the en-
ployeS agree not to participate in any
strike or interruption Of the service to
the public but to submit to arbitration
in the manner outlined aT.v grievance
or controversy. which might arise in
such way as Will not impair the serv-
fee rendered by the company
This agreement to be executed by
each individual car service man, and
the business of the company to be con-
Quoted on tho open shop principle.
'Mr. King stated that he felt this con-
tract was eminently fair to the train
men. as it gave them a substantial in
crease over their present wages and
continued all the best features of the
present contract, including the right of
appeal to the public utilities commits
sion of the District of Columbia