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Evening star., 1917-10-11
ANNUAL TUG-0F-WAR
BETWEEN G. W. U. BOYS
Losing Team at Potomac Park To-
morrow Night to Get Sousing
in Cold Water.

The annual class scrap between the
freshmen and sophomores of George
Washington University is scheduled for
tomorrow evening at $50 O'Clock on
the bride path at 21st and E streets,
in Potomac Park. A stream of ice-cold
water thrown from the nozzle of the
biggest hose in the District fire depart
ment will be the referee.
The stream of water viii play across
the middle of long rope. AT one end
of the rope Will be twenty-five fresh
men: at the other will be twenty-five
sophomoreS. Twenty yaruS will sep
arate the advance men of either side.
AT a given signal a tug-of-war will be
begun between the contestants. The
weaker side will be drawn Into the
stream and drenched.
The scrap has semi-official sanction
and it is expected that faculty members
will be on hand to see that fair play is
maintained. The student councils COM
mittee in charge of arrangements is
composed of John Lyons of the medical
school, Einar Dieserud of the law
school, James Patterson of the veteri-
nary college, Alvin Biggs of the col
lege of engineering, and Eugene I'm
derwood of Columbian College, chair
man
Evening star., 1917-10-11
AVERAGE $3.50 EACH.
Sealskins Belonging to Federal Gov
ernment Sold at St. Louis.

ST LOUIS. No. October ia total
OF 3.32s Alaskan seal skins belonging
to the federal government were sold
at auction here Monday for a total
Of $4,000. The skins sold for an av-
erage of $3.50 each. a price IL to 90
per cent below the prices realized here
last April. More than $4,000 undressed
skins Of Lobos Island seals sold for
$15.500 These skins were a consign-
ment of the Uruguayan government
The federal government shipment of
blue fox pelts from Pribiloff Island sold
for an average of $50 each, though the
better skins brought $50 TO slS2.
Evening star., 1917-10-11
HOW WGERMANSCOvERUP
ATROCITIES IN BELGIUM
Used Fake Story, Afterward Dis
credited, About Kaiser's Men Cut
ting Off Children's Hands.
BY EDWARD PRICE BELL.
CabIeRram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1917.


LONDON. October 11.-One Of Ger
manys characteristic camoufages is
described by the Belgian intelligence
department. IT accounts for the
stories widely circulated that the
kaiSer's soldiers made it a business in
the early days Of the war to cut off
children's hands aud that professions
Of these children have been seen in
London and other parts of the world.
by these yarns" say the intelligence
officers. which spring up magicaily every
where. we are convinced that the Germans
sought to conceal the facts Of their real
atrocities. So far rs we actually know
the German invaders of Belgium did not
cut off chidren's hands. II there were
any Instances al all of this nature they
were very few. for our researches have
not discovered even one. But we have
proof of nearly every other kind of
atrocity committed by the Germans.
rs il not strange that the stories of
the alleged cutting off of children's
hands spread everywhere like wildtire.
whereas only little by little did we hear
about the real atrocities? We feel Ger
tain that the Germans, knowing that
the stories II the cutting off of hands
would pfeceue the others and that in
vestigation would discredit them. hoped
to hide all their crimes by this cuttle-
FISH proceeding. Undoubtedly some
honest men have either seen Belgian
children with their hands cut off or
they have caught the hallucination from
tales propagated by the Germans.
we believe the latter to be the case.
At all events Belgian or French
child who is alleged to have suffered
in this way has always eluded US like
the foot of the rainbow.
When reports of child victims of the
Germans were current all over London
futile attempts to discover single
illustration of this particular crime al
legged to have been committed. Over
whelming proofs of other forms of
lawlessness and savagery were forth
coming. but none of these severing of
children's hands
Evening star., 1917-10-11
No Coalition Cabinet for Sweden.

Efforts to form a coalition cabinet in
Sweden have failed. according to off1cial
dispatches received here today, and a
liberal ministry is predicted The lead
ers of the conservative, liberal and So
cialist parties have been unable to agree
and the king is consulting the two
houses of parliament
Evening star., 1917-10-11
Plausible Sign.
rom the St. Louis Republic.

from the 81. Louis Republic.
Gladys-Jack is horrid When we
were out tonight little bug few right
into my mouth. and I asked him of
what that was a sign.
Clytie-What did he say 1t meant?
Gladys--Tnat should keep my
mouth shut
Evening star., 1917-10-11
$l.OO AlI-wool Serge, Sc Yd.

Choice of French the
all in
following
Third -Lansbu Bro
Evening star., 1917-10-11
Must Be Sent Through Committee.

The District Chapter of the Red
Cross has a hospital comforts commit
tee. and all gifts other than fio~ ers
intended for soldiers, sailors or ma
rines must be sent to Mrs. Allyn X.
Capron. chairman of that committee. at
1871 Columbia road.
No gifts. other than flowers, will
be received directly at any military
or naval hospital. They must be sent
through the hospital comforts COM
mittee, the donors must be known to
that committee. and the gifts are rig
idly inspected This is done to prevent
any injury, intentional or otherwise.
which might result from the eating of
the foods given.
At the Walter Reed Hospital there
are now 300 men and before long it
is expected that at least 1000 soldiers
will go there from Camp Meade, from
Camp Lee. and even from camps in
New York state.
Evening star., 1917-10-11
OPPORTUNITY FOR CHEER
TO SOLDIERS OR SAILORS
Mrs. Wilcox Writes to The Star Sug-
gesting Flowers and Fruits for
Inmates of Hospitals.

Mrs n. Wilcox. SAT H street north
east, directs attention to an oppor-
tunity to bring cheer to soldiers or
sailors who are brought to Washington
hospitals or those of nearby points
Mrs, Wilcox, in a communicates to
The Star, cites letter written by Maud
Ballington Booth in which she states:
For some months past my daughter Miss
Theodore Booth, has undertaken the
work of bringing a little cheer and
comfort into the lives of men at the
Naval Hospital in this city (Avoca, n.
Y.) Twice a week. with members of her
national guard (Miss Booth Is presi-
dent of the Girls National Honor
Guard). she takes these patients flow
ers and fruit. The buying of roses and
other flowers has SO depleted their
small funds that they are trying to get
friends to send them flowers"
Gifts Will Be Welcomed.
Persons in Washington desiring to
contribute flowers to soldiers in hos
pitfalls may send them direct to the Wal
ter Reed, the Fort Myer or the naval
hospitals Later such gifts will be well
coined at the hospital now under con-
struction at Camp Meade.
Col. Charles F. Mason, commanding Of
ficer of the Walter Reed Hospital. to-
day stated that gifts of flowers, jellies
or other delicacies would be most well
come there. He said one consi ignment of
gifts of this sort from Washington do
nors had been received through the Red
Cross.
At the Naval Hospital it was stated
there is no extraordinary number of
men .here now. and that gifts of any
sort of food are not desired The mat
ter of receiving such gifts later has
been submitted to the office of the
surgeon general of the Navy, and rules
governing the acceptance of them will
be promulgated when the time Of need
arrives.
Evening star., 1917-10-11
Provision for Meat Dealers.
Applications Made Here.

Applications for the licenses must
be made to the United States food ad
ministration. Washington, d. C., law
department license division, on forms
prepared by 1t in advance for that
purpose. which may be secured on re-
quest.
ANY person. firm or corporation or
association other than those bereinbe-
fore excepted who shall engage in or
carry on any business hereinbefore
specified after November l. 1917. with
out first securing such license will be
liable to the penalty prescribed by said
act Of Congress"
The penalties prescribed for violation
OF the act are fine of 81, 900 or i'm
prisonment of not more than two years
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02
TWO Hen Stories.

II guess, Pat, you haven't as good
a hen here as we have in the States"
said an American on holiday in Ros-
common.
"Tn tell you," said the Yankee,
about hen my mother had. She
went out one day and ate a feed Of
corn and returned and laid twelve
eggs. She went out on the next day
and ate a feed of corn and laid twelve
more eggs. She went out the third
day and returned and laid twelve more
eggs. She went out on the fourth day
and Matched seventy-twO chicks out of
thirty-two eggs. Now that is the kind
of hen we have in the States"
"Well," said Pat, 'I'll tell you about
a half-blind hen my mother had. She
ate feed of sawdust, thinking 1t was
oatmeal. She went to her nest and
laid a plank twelve feet long. Again.
on the third day she ate more saw
dust and laid another twelve-foot
plank. She sat on the three planks:
and Matched three kitchen chairs,
sofa, one table an mahogany chest
of drawers. Now" said Pat, with
twinkle in his eye, that is the kind
Of hen we have in Roscommon."-
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02
PROVISIONS OF BILLS

Washington, April 30.-The army
bills passed by the house and senate
respectively are as follows:
House Bill Provisions.
Registration of all civilian male
citizens of the United States between
the ages of twenty-one and forty inclu-
sive for military service.
Selective CONSUMPTION, occupation to
determine exemptions for first draft
of 100000.
Total draft authorized under BILL l.
100000.
No volunteer units authorized.
No substitutes for drafts to be per-
mitted and no bounties for substitutes
to be legal.
Every state shall be required to sup
ply it's quota in proportion that the
population of such state bears to the
population of the entire country.
Increase of regular army to $4,000
men and National Guard to 329,954
The total armed forces authorized
aggregate 100000 men,
The pay of enlisted men In all
branches is increased from SO to $50
per month during the war.
The exempted classes include the
vice president, legislative, executive
and judicial officers of the United
States and the several states; mem
bers of religious organizations with
creeds opposing warfare; regular min
listers of any religious denomination.
Provisional exemptions to be deter
mined by the president apply to Gus
tom house clerks, persons employed In
the transmission of mails, wOrkmen in
arsenals, navy yards and armories,
pilots and marines in the merchant
marine, persons engaged in industries,
including agriculture, found to be nee
essary for the maintenance of the mil
itary establishment; persons with de-
pendent families where such depend
ency makes 1t inadvisable to draft the
supporting male; those found to be
mentally and physically deficient, and
such persons employed in the service
of the United States as the president
may designate.
Senate Bill Provisions.
Registration of all civilian male cit
liens of the United States between the
ages of twenty-one to twenty-seven in
elusive for military services.
Selective CONSUMPTION, occupation to
determine exemptions, for first draft
of 100000.
Total draft authorized under bill,
100000.
President to authorize restrictive
regulations governing sale or dispens-
ing of intoxicants about army posts or
camps or to officers and men In uni
form.
Ministers and divinity students ex-
empted from the draft.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02
ct. r." APPEALS TO THE WEST
Colonel Tells Chicago Crowd tc Put
Stars and Stripes at the Front
in France.

Chicago, May mo message The
Odore Roosevelt ever brought TO Chi
cago stirred a more enthusiastic audi
ence than that which with wild yells
for Teddy, Teddy, Teddy" choked the
stockyards pavilion and the streets for
blocks around. PUT the flag on the
firing line" and repay the debt to
France" were the gist of his patriotic
sermon, which stirred the souls of the
great concourse to a frenzy. Colonel
Roosevelt pleaded that he and his clos
est by blood be given the chance to be
sent under the flag to Europe. The
colonel appealed to the people of the
middle West to take the lead in MAX
ing the presidents war message good
by deeds. 'It rests with u.s." he said,
ito make that message one of the great
state documents of history"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02
CHICAGO BAKERS ON STRIKE
City Faces Big Shortage When Bread
Supply is Cut Off-GoVernment
Ready 10 Act.

Chicago. May 1-Chicago's bread
supply is 100000 loaves short. With
the largest baking plants in the city
tied up by the bakers strike, the city
faces a bread crisis which may be
continued indefinitely.
Meanwhile the government took a
hand in the matter when Hinton G.
Clabaugh wired Washington for in
struetfons as to what action he should
take in regard to the strike. Mr.. Cha
5augh acted because the strike hits the
bread supply of the Great Lakes Naval
Training station, which has a contract
with the Schulze Baking company. one
Of the first closed by the strike, for
5000 loaves a day.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02
JOFFRE MAKES PLEA ALLIES PUSH AHEAD
FRANCE PINS HOPES ON AMERi,
CAN TROOPS, AYERS HERO
OF THE MARINE.
MOVE FEARED BY GERMANS
Marshal Pays High Tribute to This
Nations VaIor and to Great Britain's
is Moved by Welcome He Received
Here.

Washington, May 1.-"France,
which has long recognized the valor of
the American soldier, cherishes the
confident hope that tire flag Of the
United States will soon be unfurled on
our firing line"
Marshal J0ffre, the hero of the
Marine, made this statement on Sunday
TO group of newspaper men in an in
terview granted at the temporary home
Of the French mission here.
Marshal Joffre's address was sent to
the state department to be passed upon
by the censors.
The text as given out there follows
''The very cordial welcome given me
by the city Of Washington and the
expressions of sympathy which reached
me from states and cities throughout
the United States have moved me deep
~, since they are q homage paid to
the whole French army, which L rep
resent here.
THE herOism and resolution of the
soldiers of France indeed deserve all
The affection the United States has
shown them. After having, in q SUI
preme effort, defeated and thrown back
Il barbarous enemy, the French army
has untiringly labored to increase and
perfect its efficiency. And now in the
third year of the war it is attacking
the enemy with greater vigor and ma
derial force than ever before.
"Side by side with it and animated
by no less heroic spirits stands the
British army, whose formation and de-
vel0pment will ever remain the adj
miration of the world.
"The Germans have realized its won
derful growth. Every encounter has
made them feel the increasing menace
of its strength. The contempt they
pretended to feel for it in the early
days Of the war has gradually become
Il dread more openly avowed each day.
Led by its illustrious president, the
United States has entered into this
war. BY the side of France in the de-
Tense of the ideals of mankind the
place Of America is marked.
France, which has '1g recognized
the valor of the An - lean soldier,
cherishes the confident hope that the
flag of the United States will soon be
unfurled on our fighting line. This is
what Germany breads.
France and America viii see with
pride and joy the day when their sons
are once more fighting shoulder to
shoulder in the defense of liberty.
The victories which they will GER
tainly win will hasten the end of the
war, and will tighten the links Of af-
lection and esteem which have ever
united France and the United States
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02
u. S. SHIP SINKS DIVER
AMERICAN GUN CREW HITS u
BOAT AT 1000 YARDS
Captain of Mongolia Tells of the De.
struction of Enemy Craft
Off England.

London, April 27.-Captain Rice of
the American steamship Mongolia,
which has arrived at British port,
said that the Mongolia had fired the
first shot of the war for the United
States and sunk German sub
marine.
The submarine, Captain Rice said,
was about to attack the great liner in
British waters on April 10. He de-
clared there was no doubt that the
U-boat was hit and that there was
every reason to believe 1t was de-
stroyed.
The naval gunners on board made a
clean hit at 1000 yards. The periscope
was seen to be shattered.
There was a haze over the sea at
the time" said Captain Rice. "We
had just taken sounding, for we were
getting near shallow water, and we
were looking at the lead when the
first mate cried: There's a submarine
off the port bow
The submarine was close to US, too
close, in fact, for her purposes, and
she was submerged again in order to
maneuver into better position for tor
pedoing us when we sighted her. We
saw the periscOpe go down and the
swirl of the water. / quickly ordered
a man at the wheel to pull it to star
board, and we swung the nose OF the
ship toward the spot where the sub
marine had been seen. We were GO
ing at full speed ahead, and two min
utes after we first sighted the U-boat
it emerged again about 1000 yards
off. It's intention probably had been
to catch us broadside on, but when il
appeared we had the stern gun trained
full on it.
'The lieutenant gave the command
and the big gun doomed. We saw the
periscope shattered and the shell and
the submarine disappeared.
II can't speak too highly of the cool
manner in which the lieutenant han
died his crew or the efficiency of
American naval men,"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02
TO SUMMON CHICAGO MAYOR
Thompson Must Answer to Govern
ment for Utterances Regarding
Proposed Visit of Joffre.

Chicago, May 1.-The federal de
partment of justice will officially sum
mon Mayor Thompsoa to answer fol
his utterances regarding the proposed
visit of Field Marshal Joffre &c Chi
Cage.
District Attorney Elyne, it was an
nounCed, probably will act on com
plants made by a number of promi
nent citizens.
The chief point TO be considered
according to Mr. Fleming, Is whether
the mayor shall be charged with "giv
Ing aid and comfort to the enemy" OF
with seeking to interfere with the
government in it's plans to defeat the
enemy"
1.-THE constitution of the United
States defines treason as giving aid
and comfort to the enemy" Mr.
Fleming said.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02
BRITISH CAPTURE GERMAN
TRENCHES ON MILE FRONT;
OPPY POSITIONS TAKEN.
ALL COUNTER-ATTACKS FAIL
Battle Now Centers Around Roeux-
Haig's Troops Capture e76 More
Prisoners-French Make Gains
Berlin Claims Victory.

London, April 3O.-The British
troops captured a German trench sys-
tenn south of Oppy on front of about
q mile, after heavy fighting, says the
official report from British headquar-
tiers in France.
The Germans offered strong resist
ance and delivered several counter-at-
tacks, but these failed.
The number Of prisoners taken by
the British since Saturday morning is
976, including 16 officers.
The Germans at night made deter
mined effort to, recapture positions
gained by the British near Arleux- en-
Gohelle in Saturdays drive. The war
office announced that the attack was
broken up.
Paris, April 3O.-The war office com
munication reads:
along the observation-disclosures the
German artillery, energetically coun-
ter-shelled by us, bombarded our posi-
tons at Hurtebise Grenade fighting
likewise was lively in that region in
the first lines.
Northwest of Reims and in Cham
payne we effectively shelled the Ger
man organizations. In the region Of
Courcy we took more than 200 pris-
oners-"
Berlin. April 30.-After q battle of
extraordinary violence the Germans de-
feated the third British attempt to
pierce their lines near Arras, the war
office announces. The British forced
their way into German advanced posi-
tons at several places, says the state
ment, but the Germans drove them
back everywhere except In the town of
ArleuX-en-G Ohelle.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02
NO HOPE FOR 100 MINERS
Workers Entombed in Shaft at Trini-
dad, Colo, After Gas Elk
pIosion.

Trinidad, Colo, Auril 3O.-There is
no escape for the 120 or more men
caught behind the fire in the Hastings
mine of the VictOr-American Fuel COM
pany, near Ludlow, and it is feared
that all have perished. Five bodies
were recovered.
Rescue crews reported on Friday
night they cannot reach the entombed
men because Of the wreckage, the ex-
plosion having torn ceilings and walls
of the main slope.
The exact number of men caught IN
the mine still is undetermined. The
company has compiled list of SO names
Of men known to be in the mine, but it
is asserted that the list is not COM
piete.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02
GET HALF BILLION A MONTH
Practically Every Cent of Loan to Al
lies to Be Spent in United
States.

Washington. April 2S.-Preliminary
reports to the treasury department
upon which Secretary McAdoo will
base his recommendations to the presi-
dent as to the size of the first bond is
sue under the $7,000,000,0O0 war
finance law. indicate that the United
States will be called upon to finance
the allies to the extent Of at least
$500, 100000 and possibly $500. 100000 a
month. The tentative program also
calls for the expenditure Of virtually
every dollar Of the borrowed money In
this country for foodstuffs. munitions.
coal, clothing, railway equipment and
other supplies.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02

The first house vote substituted the
administration bill for the Dent vol
unteer-conscription plan.
The second house vote adopted the
motion of Congressman Kahn, in
charge of the administration fight, TO
strike out all volunteer provisions
from the Dent measure.
The senate vote was directed against
the Mcclellan amendment authorizing
the president TO raise a force of 500,-
600 volunteers for service In the war.
Excitement in House.
Tense excitement prevailed in the
house during the lengthy session, and
particularly when the final vote was
taken. To the establishment of the
members and the crowded galleries,
Speaker Clark and Majority Leader
Kitchin recorded themselves In favor
Of the passage of the measure.
Here is the list of members who
voted against the bill:
Alabama-Burnett, Hudleston.
California-Church, Hayes, Nolan,
Randall.
Colorado-Hilliard, Heating.
Florida-Clark, Fears.
IllinOiS-King Mason.
kentucky-Powers.
Mathematician.
MinneSOta-Lundin.
New York-London.
North Carolina-Dominick.
OhiO-Claypool, Crosser. Gordon,
Sherwood.
Washington-Dill, La Toilette.
The senators who voted against the
conscription bill follow:
Democrats-Gore, Hardwick, Kirby,
Thomas, Trammell-5.
Republicans-Borah, Gronna, La
Follette-3. (Vardaman excused
from voting)
Senate Approves T. r. Plan.
But while the senate and house
manifested individually their purpose
to adopt Consumption, the national
sentiment in favor of authorizing Col.
Theodore Roosevelt to go to France
proved so strong that the Harding
amendment to this end was adopted
In the senate.
The house on Friday rejected the
proposal by a vote Of 40 to JOG. The
senate on Saturday night, however,
adopted it by a vote of Sc to 81. The
conference committee now will have
to determine the question of whether
or not any volunteers whatever shall
be accepted.