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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-15
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Jumper the Hare Becc mes
Anxious.
Ny worries do not worry you;
Your worries do not bother M
And 30 1t goes the whole world q 81
No one from worry wholly free

NO olc itom Nor1s NsoiAy fte<
And some have such silly worries.
At least they seem silly to- others.
They go about worrying ovar things
that perhaps you and I wou Id think
not worth a passing though t. just
there Is where a certain amour 1t OF un-
fairness lies. The worries of another
seem to us foolish. but oftef that Is
because we do not know or ca mot I'm
derstsnd Just how things are.
Just take the case OF Jun nper the
Hare. Jumper was worrying. He was
worrying great deal. He tyas very.
very anxious. What about? About has
coat Yes. air, Jumper was worrying
about his winter coat 1t W, isn't that
his present coat wasn't war; enough
It was that. His coat was -hick and
warm and comfortable, but it wasn't
the right color. Now, doesn't t 1t seem
silly to allow the color of ones coat
does. And. vet. it may not be. One
Of the truest sayings in the world is
that circumstances alter cases. Jumper
had brown coat and he wanted a
vanity. No. sir, in Jumpers case the
desire for a white coat watsn't from
vanity at all. Jumper wanted a white
coat for safety. So. worrying over the
color Of his coat wasn't silly after all.
was 1t?
He explained 1t all to Peter Rabbit
one day when Peter had ca He'd him
foolish for caring what color his coat
was.
ANY one who wastes time thinking
about how he looks is vain a nd fool
ish," declared Peter. MY coat isn't
pretty. but as long as it is thi and
warm don't care. A white coat would
be much finer hooking, but haven't got
1t and am not likely to get it and L
don't lose any sleep worrying about il.
There isn't any more reason why YOU
should
That is where you are quite wrong
Cousin Peter" replied Jumper. EFT
isn't that I care a twitch Of INF
whfskers about the fact that whit e
coat is much better looking than II -
brown one I now have. l don't. vi
course it is nice to have a good-look-
| ing coat, but If that was all there W as
to It ] wouldn't give the matter n
other thought. You spend most of youi
time in the dear Old Brier Patch OF
| within jumping distance of a branlole-
tangle where you are safe from rlosi
Of your enemies. live here in the
| Green Forest. and my safety dep ends
| on two things-not being seen b! my
! enemies and on my long legs when
am seen by them.
1 TN summer my brown coat il. just
i right. In winter when there is nc
snow on the ground it is just right
II there never was any snow / wa uldn'i
| give my coat a second thought BuI
| the ground is going to be white with
snow most Of the winter. 1t s1w1 Tvs is
And, against such whiteness. brown
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-15

IS VAIN AND FOOLISH" DECLARED
PETER.
coat shows up dreadfully need a
white coat to match the snouy With
that would have less to worry about,
But here it is the beginning of winter
and my coat is still brown. L think it
is beginning to turn. but supiposing it
doesn't turn. Or supposing We have
a lot of snow before it turns. That is
what is worrying me. Does it look to
you, Cousin Peter, as if my coat is be-
ginning to turn
Peter looked Jumper over carefully.
Il believe it is" he replied. II see a
great many white hairs scattered
through it."
Jumper sighed.
Il hope you are right" said he ut
seems to me that it is very late in
changing this year. though perhaps nit
isn't any later than usual. / hope there
will not be much snow until I am all
white. I am always terribly anxious
at this time Of year. II there is a lot
of snow before my coat changes I am
in bad fix because I show up SO
against the snow. And. il my coat
turns before there lie amy snow I am
quite as badly off because its white
ness shows up against the brown of
tie dead leaves. You ought to be
thankful. Peter. that you don't have to
worry about your coat"
II am" replied Peter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-15
LOCAL CHURCH NOTES.

The pulpit of the Sixth Presbyterian
Church will be occupied tomorrow
night at O'Clock by J. Jardin Guen-
ther recently appointed head of the
Y. M. c. A. at Fort Myer. Mr. Guen-
Their came to Fort Myer from Camp
Mills, Hampstead. Long Island, and be-
fore the war was active in Y NJ. C.. A.
work in Philadelphia
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Rev. A. G. GaebeIein is to sneak at
the service tomorrow evening at Fourth
Presbyterian Church, 18th and Fair
mont streets. on The Suppers of God"
at the morning service. His SIMILAR
will be Redemption Draweth Nigh"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-15
DECLARES SPECIAL DIVIDEND.
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Coal to Pay $50 a Share

NEW YORK. December 15-The Dat
aware, L.ackawanna and Western Coal
Company. controlled chiefly by stock
holders Of the Delaware. Lackawanna
and Western railroad. has declared q
special dividend Of 500 q share, pavah,.
In bonds of Great Britain and IN lib
erty bonds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-15
4RDCKETB0)K GAME
COSTS STRANGER sIl6
Dennis Hairston CT Tirston-Sa.em
Tells Police of Rcing F-auded
hy colcrel Men.

benn IS Hairston. a resident of tho
North Carolina side Of Winston-
Salem. yesterday afternoon made the
acqua intance of two coicred men in
this city. who gained his condolences
ana succeeded in trimming" him for
Esiltt by the 'pocketbook game" 1t was
the old story about finding a pockets
DO ok containing large sim of money
a nd a willingness to share the cash
'Rith the new friend
+ Hairstoa, fully satisfied that tina
strangers were honest later explained
to the police how he yarted with his
money. The North Car Gilman met the
sWinoiers near Union station. and
when one of them y retended he had
made such a rich find ami said he was
wiling TO share it 18th Hairston and
the other man. flairston willingly
handed over his MOI icy to make change.
Neither Mr. n Returned.
zone of the me said he would go
around the corr ar and complete the
change aking." Hairston told the
police, and the the other man went
to look for him. Neither returned. and
realized had been swindled"
Philip Barker 225S Cleveland avenue,
totd the police sio3 was stolen from q
- - NJ street. Slllte OClUBtT IL
complaint W made TO the police yes>
terday artery Don of the theft of $2.25
worth of IL rift stamps. The stamps
We're snatch ed from Robert Chaplin.
eight years old. 2039 Park road, az Kill
bourne pla :e and Lamont street. He
reported tf at a white boy about thir<
ueen years old took the stamps.
Rel orts Theft to Police. =
Mrs. orman Wager, 1923 Clifton
street, II Id the police of the theft of
between 81 and IS yesterday afternoon
from he handbag, while she was in .
departJ ent store
Two. overcoats valued at see each
were : toien from the hallway of 613
ElhotE street northeast last night. R2ys
monet. Esputa and Claud Havenner
their owners, told the police of the
thief -;
&c sin Mitchell, 1898 Monroe street,
cor ,lained that his pocket was picked
Of while he was In bowling alley
on 18th street last night. sisgi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-15

The political campaign In Canada,
which haa been hotiy contested in ali
OF thu provinces. win close today The
election viii take place Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-15
PLANS TOUTlLlE
LABOR OF COUNTRY
Better Distribution, Through
Co. Ordination, Is Aim Of Ma
tional Defense Council.
BAD ADJUSTMENT ALLEGED

Plans by which it will seek to co-ordi-
nate all existing agencies working for a
better distribution of the eountry's
labor. supply were mace public today by
the Council of National Defense.
So far as the council is concerned Its
efforts are being carried on through the
Industrial service section of the council.
of which L. C. Marshall is the chairman
Two significant statements were made
by Mr.. Marshall as preliminary to an
outline of the projected plans. He said:
mo conscription Of labor now exists.
nor so far as 1 know has such a con-
scription been thought Of"
I've cannot state that there Is an
actual shortage of labor. There are no
figures to show that there is such a
shortage. But there is a bad adjust
ment; a shortage here. a surplus there =
Instances Are Cited.
Asked for examples OF surplus labor
Mr.. Marshall pointed tp the garment
making and the building trades. On the
other hand, he said, there is serious
shortage of labor among uniform
makers, and the machinery now being
created would tend to effect the obvious
transfer of these garment makers to the
uniform manufacturers.
BriekIayers and other branches of the
building trade workers already have
been utilized to some extent In the
housing program Of the shipping board
The Council of National Defense, as
the basis of it's coordination of en-
ployment channels. has asked state
councils of defense, including that in
the District of Columbia, to institute
labor exchanges. which will cooperate
with the Department of Labor in WASH
ington to meet the rapidly increasing
wartime labor demands.
Mr.. Marshall's Statement.
prepared statement by Mn Mar
shall continued with the details Of the
scheme as follows:
Already many shipyards are in cry
ing need Of workers and in the near
equally by munitions, steel. lumber,
mining, transportation and an the other
essential industries. Filling this de-
tasks of the near future. and Il is for
this reason that the Council Of Ma
tional Defense and the Department OF
Labor have settled upon the new plan
of labor exchanges
The Department Of Labor also plans
to extend its system of exchanges
through the funds at the disposal Of its
war emergency employment service.
The war emergency employment serv-
ice. when this plan is carried into
effect. will consist OF the United States
employment service. the public service
res rye the ne boys Working reserve .nd
system will be co.ordlnated with the
new system Of exchanges Of the state
councils OF defense by the appointment
man OF each state council COMMITTEES as
federal director of the war emergency
employment service Thus the national
and local machinery win be tied firmly
together"
Plan Adopted In Great Britain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-15

c. A Douglas. lawyer. of Washington,
D. c., brought suit against Nicaragua
for $4,000 legal fees, and attached
bank deposits. Refusing to resign.
under arrest, ~ was Premier Costa
the revolutionary leader, DR.. Sfdonio
Pses. was m4ds premier and q revolu-
tfenary cabinet selected. Dr.. r. Czlon-
der was elected president Of the Swiss
republic Investigation Of the Hall
fax disaster proceeded: the known dead
were reported ~ loo, with 1000 un-
accounted for. Hope was abandoned
for the Canadian government steamer
Stmcoe, which was reported sinking on
Magdelene Islands Among those who
died during the week were: Marquis
de Castellane. father of Count Boni de
Casteilane. struck down by wagon
on the streets OF Paris: John Edward
Bloundelle~Burton, British novelist !;
SIR Mackenzie Bowel. former premier
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-15

ity Methodist Chapter OF the Epwortf
League tomorrow evening will be un-
der the direction of Miss Nina White
The subject for discussion will be THE
Plague of Discontent."
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Rev. DIR. William IL. Bates, who re-
signed the passionate of Bethany
Chapel, 18th and streets last Sep
tember, because of ill-health. after a
ministry of six years. arrived with Mrs
Bates last week in Greeley. Col. where
they will make their home with the
eldest of three sons.
e ss d .
The pastor of Emmanuel Baptist
Church. Rev. Cove Griffith Johnson, is
to preach tomorrow evening on is
There Modern Apostasy? Witness
America" At the morning service DR.
a. c. Goebeiein of New York city is
to preach on "Pre-eminence of Christ
g 81 S -
Rev. John Z. Briggs. pastor of Fifth
Baptist Church. is to preach on 'Paufs
Conception Of Christ" tomorrow morn
ing. In the evening his subject VII
be, IF Christ Should Come to washing,
ton" The ordinance Of baptism VIII
also take place in the evening.
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Holy communion viii be held at s
o'clock tomorrow morning at st. Johns
Church. Rev DIR. Roland Cotton Smith
the rector, will preach the sermon al
the II o'clock service. An evensons
and sermon will be held at Ais o'clock
at which there Will be Russian music
Daily microscopy prayer service II
held at 1915 o'clock. and holy com
munion is to be held Thursday morning
at 1I:30 O'Clock,
as % IL q
A service flag ID to be dedicated ant
the honor roll of the members of tn,
congregations who have gone to wal
will be read at the IL o'clock seryics
tomorrow at ST. Adams Church.
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The Liberal Religious Union of AL
Souls Church. 14th and L streets. will
be at home to young people tomorrow
evening from 5 to 900 o'clock. Mrs
Edison S. Bastfan is to deliver an Illus
trated lecture on Chile. Mrs. r. j. KemI
is to sing solo. There will be socia
hour with light refreshments.
y II 4 .
A service flag will be unfurIeds witt
patriotic exercises at the Ninth Stree
Christian Church tomorrow morning q
tho conclusion OF the Bible lesson, wheI
William Knowles Cooper, T. NJ. c. "A
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-15
Oil Fields Promise Good Yields.

Steamboat Springs.-Drilling for oil
at Axial basin is being carried stead
lily forward, and the material brought
to the surface by the machines is ev-
idence of a vast underground lake Of
the much-sought petroleum. At the
lies, Hulett and Shaffer ranches, twen-
ty miles south of Craig, the borings
are showing good oil contents every
day. At the Tow creek and Little
Butcher-knife Creek fields, ten miles
west of Steamboat Springs, three wells
have been put down. Two of them are
late nineties, and these wells were at
late nineties, and these walls were at
that time capped and left with guards
who were instructed to allow no one
to investigate them.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-15
LUxRuRe DENIAL NOT ACCEPTED
U. s. to Demand New Swedish Ruio
to Gust Pro-Germans.

Westinghouse serious does Presi-
dent Wilson regard Swedens violation
of neutrality in the Argentine affair
that he will be satisfied with no ac-
tion shore of change in the person
mel !, of the Stockholm government
which will eliminate the pro-German
officials who have made their country
the accomplice of the Prussian au-
tocracy in war plots against American
states. This disclosure was made in
connection with information that the
three messages made public by Sec
retary of State Lansing constitute
only small part of the evidence that
the Swedish government has been act
ing regularly as the channel of secret
communication between Berlin and
German ENJOYS and agents in neutral
countries.
The people of Sweden generally
are not pro-German but it is believed
here that the ruling element would
rush the country into the Teutonic
camp if they dared to do so without
some tangible reasons that 1t would
satisfy the people.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-15

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, Sept. 14.-Secretary OF
State Lansing touched off another in
ternational mine illuminating still
more graphically the secret working
agreement between Germany and
Sweden and a possible, If not prob
able, avenue for the communication OF
American military information by
Prussian agents to Berlin.
Mr.. Lansing made public the text OF
a letter dated March 8, 1916, from
German Minister Won Eckhardt at
Mexico City to the Imperial German
chancellor, strongly urging that EN-
peror William confer the decoration of
Order of the Crown, second-class, upon
Herr Folke Cronholm, Swedish charge
d'affaires in Mexico, in recognition OF
the Swedish envoy's invaluable serv-
ices, in forwarding Won Eckhardt's
secret reports to Berlin through the
Stockholm foreign official Swedish ci-
pher.
Won Eckhardt said that Cronholm
was the "only diplomat through whom
information from hostile camp can
be obtained" and that he "acts as in.
termediary for official diplomatic in
tercourse between this legation and
your excellency," the German chancel-
lor, who at that time was Won Beth
mann Hollweg.
The German minister described
Cronholm's faithful service, which in
cluded trips to the telegraph office,
frequently quite late at night"
The most damaging incrimination OF
the Swedish government is contrib
uted by Won Eckhardt's recommends
ton that the decoration be conferred
upon Cronholm secretly, in order not
to arouse the suspicious of the entente
allies concerning so valuable a means
o. secret communication and that the
gracious action of the kaiser be con-
fided to mo one but the recipient and
his government"
Mr.. Lansings revelation is accept
ed generally here as proof that
Sweden almost since the beginning of
the war has been the secret accom-
plice of Germany in affording secret
means of communication between Ber-
promoting plots against neutral
American republics.
Won Eckhardt is the same German
minister to Mexico to whom German
Foreign Minister Zimmerman sent the
instructions to draw Mexico and Japan
into a war alliance against the United
States which were exposed by Presi-
dent Wilson shortly after the rupture
in diplomatic relations between Ger
many and the United States last Feb
ruary.
Although Secretary Lansing is care
fully concealing the manner in which
he obtained the documents which he
has been making public with such
startling effect, the general belief in
official circles is that the Eckhardt
and Zimmerman letters came from the
same source.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-15
serkman Gives $4,000 Bail; Rearres.

anarchist, succeeded in raising $685.
900 cash bail to gain his liberty pend
ing appeal from his conviction for par
ticipation in anti-draft conspiracies,
and was promptly rearrested when he
stepped from the Tombs. Central of
flee detectives took him in custody on
request of the San Francisco author
tiles, who want him to explain his al
legged connection with the bomb explo-
sion on preparedness day, in July,
1916, when seven persons were killed
there.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-15
Status Quo Peace Plea by German,

London.-Througho official Lon
don the belief is held that very def
mite peace offer will come from Ger
many before winter and that the Of
fer will suggest immediate cessation
of hostilities on a status quo basis.
Entente statesmen have fully indi-
Gated that they will refuse such terms
and no doubt Germany is aware of
this. But German leaders regard n
status quo offer as an Indispensable
step in the preparation of German
public opinion for further concessions.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-15

For cherry sherbet add three pints of
pitted cherries to the general formula.
Lemon or orange sherbet: Substitute
for the pint of lemon juice quart, or
reverse the proportion If orange sher-
bet is desired
Milk sherbets are made by substitute
ing whole or skim milk for the water
called for in the general formula.
Crate the rind from a few of the
lemons and oranges and mix with the
sugar for flavor. Strain the juice to
remove all pulp.
Bermuda Puddine.-Beat third of
a cupful of butter with half cupful of
sugar, then add two eggs, well beaten,
a cupful of flour sifted with a tea
spoonful of baking powder and little
salt and a tablespoonful of orange
marmalade or raspberry jam. Pour
into a buttered mold, cover with but
tered paper and steam gently for two
hours. Serve hot with a sweet sauce.
German Apple Pudding.-Beat an
egg until light, add cupful of milk,
two cupfuls of flour sifted with two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, little
salt and a tablespoonful of melted but
ter, stir well and pour into well-but-
tered pan. Press Quartered apples in
rows into the mixture, sprinkle with a
teaspoonful of cinnamon mixed with
half cupful of brown sugar and bake
until the apples are done. Serve hot
with cream or cold with coffee or tea.
CauIiflower Soup.-Wash and trim
one cauliflower and cook with one
onion in boiling salted water until ten
der. Drain and save the water. Rub
the cauliflower through sieve, add
two tablespoonfuls of crushed tapioca
and tablespoonful of flour. Simmer
half an hour. Add three cupfuls of hot
milk, butter salt and pepper to taste
Add half cupful of hot cream and
serve. One beaten egg may take the
place of the cream.
Raspberry jam topped with whipped
cream makes u most attractive and
tasty tart.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-15
Sailor Drowned Near La Junta.

La Junta.-Fred p. Demming, sail
Or from the Fort Lyon military sani-
tarium, was drowned in ditch on the
side of the road about eight miles east
OF La Junta. He and his wife were
going from La Junta to Fort Lyon
IN an automobile when the car skidded
and turned over in the ditch, which
vas ouly about four feet wide and two
teet deep. Demming was pinned un-
der the car and drowned. His wife
escaped with a few bruises. Tourists
lifted the car off the body.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-15
Colorado Couple Burned to Death.

Grand unction.-Mystery surrounds
the death of ]. C. Jackson and his wife
whose charred bodies were found in
the burned ruins of their fine ranch
home seven miles west of here. The
bodies, almost consumed by fire, were
taken in charge of Coroner Taylor,
who is conducting an investigation. A
son of the couple says their lives had
been threatened several weeks ago by
two tramps who had been refused food
at the Jackson home.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-15
eiohtino Frenchmen Visit Denver.

Denver.-Veterans of the most his
toric battles of the worlds greatest
war, although still young in years,
clad in the steel-blue service uniforms
of the fighting Frenchmen at the
front, and thick-soled boots that
tramped the blood-stained fields at
Verdun, the Marne and Aisne, two
members of the French High Commits
sion to the United States arrived to
visit Denver
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-15
Award Frontier Days Championships

Fort Morgan.-The Frontiers Days
celebration here this year was largely
attended, the register at the grounds
showing that $4,000 persons were pres
ent-during the shows. There were
several contests that ran through the
whole five days of the show, and
awards were made of the winners in
these as follows:
Bulldogging steers-Fred Cox first,
Judge Huyler second, Lafe Newman
third
Mems relay-Ed McCarty first, Ter
ry Walker, second, b. Zediker third.
Women's bucking contest-Mrs. Hell
en- Cox first.
Fancy and trick ridinE-Harry Wal
ters first, Tom Prime second. William
Fancy and trick roping-Gene Nc
Kay first. Buffalo Vernon second, Ed
Steer roping for worlds champion
ship-Charles Weir first, ]. l. Miller
second, viii Hale third.
wild horse race-F. A. Campbell
first. Fred Cox second, Judge Wheat
ley third.
Bucking contest for worlds champi-
onship-William Baker first, John
Brownell second. w. IL. King third.
Bucking contest foc Morgan county
champIonship-A. J. penfold, first, j.
l.. CarGwell second.