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Evening star., 1917-11-17
CONTINUE DRIVE
FOR ADRY NATION
Prohibitionists Will Urge Con-
gress to Pass the Shep-
pard Resolution.

| With the approach of the new session
of Congress. prohibitionists are max
| ing ready for q final drive to put
| through the House the Sheppard reso'
| luton providing for a nationwide pro-
hibition amendment to the Constitu.
| tion-
This resolution was passed by the
| Senate In the closing weeks Of the last
! session by more than the two-thirds
majority required to pass q resolution
proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution.
A general understanding was in the
air when Congress adjourned that this
resolution was to come up in the House
when it met again. The prohibitionists
through as they did in the Senate In
the opinion of Speaker Clark, the reso-
| luton will not occupy more than day
in the House.
Believes House Will Vote Quickly.
There's nothing new any one car
say on the subject of prohibition" said
| the Speaker, "and with SO much else
to do, it seems as though the House
would vote quickly"
The Speaker declined to make any
prediction in regard to the outcome OF
the vote on the resolution.
At present the resolution is in the
hands of the House judiciary commit
tee. Of which Representative Webb OF
North Carolina, a strong prohibition
list. is chairman. A prompt report on
the resolution is expected, If 1t be-
comes necessary, an appeal will be
made to the House rules committee for
a special rule to take up the resolution
and vote on 1t. However. it is the be-
lief of the friends Of the resolution
that 1t will be brought to a vote with
out the necessity of such a rule.
If the resolution is passed by the
House. it then goes to the President
the states for ratification. Three
fourths Of the states must ratify 1t II II
is to become part Of the Constitution.
"Wets" to Fight in States.
he "wets" will make final stand in
the S.ates and 1t Is their hope and be-
lief that they can prevent the ratifica-
tion in at least thirteen states, a suf-
dcient number to defeat the measure.
effect that the proposed amendment
must be ratified within six years after
the passage of the resolution.
Under the food administration law
the use Of all foodstuffs for the manu-
facture of distilled spirits for beyer-
President is given discretion in the
| matter Of ordering the manufacture OF
foodstuffs into beer and wines to cease
during the war.
| Some Of the prohibitionists are plan
| ming to amend this law so as to pro.
as well as the distilled spirits 1t is
considered likely. however, that the
matter will be left in the hands of the
| President as at present.
Evening star., 1917-11-17
E. N. GUNSAULUS IN CITY,
Consul General at Singapore Home
for q Short Vacation.

E. N. Gunsaulus. United States con-
sui general at Singapore. Straits Set
Elements a former resident of London,
Ohio. and editor of the London Times
is a visitor in this city. Mr.. Gunsaulus
has been in the diplomatic service OF
this country for many years. He left
Singapore the latter part Of August anu
made the trip to the United States by
way Of Hongkong. Yokohama, Homo
lulu and San Francisco. the trip last
ing thirty-one days
This is Mr.. Gunsaulus' first visit to
the United States in four years, and he
will start his return trip to SinRanors
about December /. Singapore, he says
Is the home Of about 100 America h
citizena
Mr.. Gunsaulus expects to leave here
for Toronto in q few days
Evening star., 1917-11-17
GREAT FALLS NEEDS COAL.
Residents Depending Mostly Upon
Wood for Use as Fuel.

Coal is scarce at Great Falls and the
upper Potomac region. according to re-
ports reaching Washington today, and
the residents Of that section are de-
pending more and more on wood for
fuel. They are saving and chopping
wood to offset the lack of coal. Gov
ernment employees who live on the road
to Great Falls are getting plenty of
exercise at the wood pile. it Is said.
Coal Is selling to the residents of that
vicinity at $13 ton.
Some of the government employees
are seeking to find homes in Washing
ton on account of the scarcity of coal,
and q few have been able to find quar-
ters in the city. Crowded conditions
hero on account of the war. however,
have made this difficult
Evening star., 1917-11-17
TIMOTHY SHEA DIES HERE.
One of Oldest Employees of the Gov
ernment Printing Office.

Timothy Shea, one of the oldest en-
ployes of the government printing Of
fice. died this morning at Providence
Hospital. The body will be taken to
Hudson county. N. j., for interment.
Mr.. Shea was born in New York city
August Is. 1853. where he learned the
bookbinding trade, and was employed
by number of large concerns in that
city. He came to Washington to work
in the government printing office and
had lived here since 1894. At the time
of his death Mr.. Shea was assistant
foreman of the bindery in the printing
office.
represent the government printing Of
dce at the Panama Pacific exposition
in California. where he explained the
in the world to the thousands Of
visitors.
Evening star., 1917-11-17
CHARGES WASTE OF FUEL.

In a letter to DR.. Harry A. Garfield,
United States fuel administrator, Rep
resentative Thomas L. Blanton of
Texas calls attention to the waste Of
wood fuel which he says is going on
daily because the railroads are burn
ing old ties. bridge trimmings and
other refuse lumber.
The member of Congress says on his
recent trip from near Ell Paso, Tex,
he saw large piles of such material
soaked with oil and then set fire to in
order to get it out of the way He
urges the fuel administrator to take
this matter up with the roads at once
to get them to make such frewood
available for use this winter
Evening star., 1917-11-17
Active In Relief Work.

Mrs. Warren became active in RELIEF
work soon after the war began in Eu-
rope and early became treasurer OF the
Secours national fund. This work took
her abroad, and 1t was on her return
from Paris in September, 1915, that She
made the false declaration. The gov
eminent started civil suit. which she
settled. and then the criminal nro-
ceedings against her were Instituted
The federal prosecutor said the reason
the government was pressing the case
was that it was not her first -offense.
asserting that in 1915 she had declared
at $500 belongings which were worth
$500.
In his decision Judge Manton said:
While you were doing all this hu-
mAnitarian work for the allies your
husband was vigorously crtticisinE the
greatest humanitarian in the world
woodrow Wilson. understand that,
to your credit, you did NOT share his
opinions with HIM"
MrR Warren paid the fina
Evening star., 1917-11-17
FIFTY YEARS IN ONE OFFICE.
P. J. Dempsey Has Completed Half
Century With Army Engineers.

Fifty years service in the office of
the chief of engineers, United States
Army. is the record of P. J. Dempsey.
who for the past sixteen years has
been chief clerk Of that Office.
Mr.. Dempsey entered the service Of
the United States November /. 1867,
when the engineers were located in
Evening star., 1917-11-17
War Department Secrets.

The War Department does not dis
close it's secrets, and it may be, OF
course. that Sargent has not been en-
tirely overlooked in the search for men
who may have within them the quail
ties Of great planning.
Today the acknowledged need OF the
allied services is grand strategy
scheme of "coalesced campaigning
Sargent's ability along strategic lines
is known. Therefore 1t is possible that
in the seclusion of the students closet
at Princeton he is acting his part in
the war, but If SO the country knows
nothing about it. and in fact suspicion
in the case seems to be that this re-
tired major and the possibilities in his
case have been neglected.
Officers of foreign governments who
are here. with their brothers of the
American service, feel, of course, all
soldiers feel. that ultimately some all
embracing strategic plan of the cam
paigning must be adopted by the allies
to force the war to an end quickly.
No officer of any army can talk for
publication upon military subjects.
but enough has been learned from high
army headquarters here and abroad to
let the American people know that a
grand plan of campaign is the thing
which today is being sought.
No one of the visiting officers and no
one of our own officers who are in con
ference with them is in ignorance OF
| the exhaustive studies which Maj Sar-
| gent has made of strategy, and of the
high standing which his works on
military operations have attained in
| the war offices Of the world.
May Have Done It.
| Pointedly. the thing which some
| thing more than interests civilians
! here Is why has not the War Depart
| ment taken a chance, if one may sc
| put it. and selected the one American
| soldier whose strategic studies have
| been indorsed by the world, to bear q
| hand in the active constructive work OF
the headquarters planning in the city
| Of Washington.
1t may be. of course, that the War
Department has done this. but again the
suspicion is that it has not. There is
probably not an officer in the United
States Army who If consulted by the
| civilian military authorities would not
| suggest that Maj. Sargent be brought
| forth from his cloister to the scene OF
active duty. If not in the field at least
at the great council table which soon will
be surrounded by the students of STRAIT
| egy of all nations.
Who is Herbert Howland Sargent?
| Any Army officer can answer the ques-
ton offhand, and any civilian can answer
| it likewise provided he ever has taken
the least interest in military studies. Sar-
gent is an Illinois product. He graduated
from the United States Military Academy
in 1888. He was retired some years ago
because of disability incurred In line OF
duty, but he is in good health today and
it for service.
II the War Department should order
this always willing soldier to lend his
aid. 1t can be said that there are officers
of high rank and tested judgment who
! think it something more than possible
. that this Illinois man may solve the in
volved strategic problem of this war OF
many fronts.
Evening star., 1917-11-17
Causes Wide Comment.

One of the paragraphs in Mr.. Harrison IS
statement which has caused widest COM
ment, because of its bearing on the coal
shortage, Is that in which he states that
in the six months from May to October,
inclusive, there were moved $1,000 more
carloads of anthracite than in the same
Evening star., 1917-11-17

The fishing steamer Manhattan Of
Vancouver. B. c., has been wrecked on
the north Pacific coast. A number Of
sailors are missing.
Evening star., 1917-11-17

Robert R. zMahornsy. formerly with
JoesDh L Weller. has entered the real
estate budness with Joseph D. 6ulli-
- & - New York avenue
Evening star., 1917-11-17
STRATEGY MASTER
NOW IN 0BSCUR|TY
Maj. H. Il. Sargent, U. S. A.,
Retired, Acting as an In
Structor at Princeton.

Edward B. Clark, in tho Chicago Evening Post.
WASHINGTON, November s-Why is
tho War Department allowing the
ablest American strategist, an Illinois
soldier. to remain in the semi-obscurtty
Of Princeton University in this day.
when the need Of a man and plan is
a matter Of world concern?
Army officers of high rank must have
been asking themselves this question
ever since the war broke out, and it is
known definitely that civilians with
knowledge of military matters have
been curious concerning the reasons for
the isolation of this proved student OF
warfare.
Maj Herbert Howland Sargent. U. S.
A., retired. is today teaching the
student body at Princeton. while. ae-
cording to expressed thought on the
matter in Washington, he ought to be
either in the War College as an ad-
visory chief or in the field as major
general
Evening star., 1917-11-17
Portrayed "Portal Of He'll"

For years Rodin devoted himself to q
great decorative composition some
twenty feet high, THE Portal Of He'll .
for the Museum of Decorative Arts
This work was inspired mainly by
Dante's Inferno, the poet himself being
seated at the Top, while at his feet Is
the writhing crowd Of the damned. torn
by the frenzy Of passion and anguish
Of despair. The figure of 1.-THE Think
er." which is one Of Robins best known
works in America, has been exhibited
in cast for several years at the Metro
politan Museum of Fine Arts in New
York and at various other places. II
is one of the figures designed for this
titanic representation of THE Portal
of He'll"
bronze bust of La France" by
Rodin. was presented to the United
States by the people OF France during
the tercentenary celebration of the dis
covery of Lake Champlain. and has
since been mounted on a monument to
Champlain at Crown Point. N. Y. In
addition%M. Rodin has executed busts
for a number of wealthy Americans
and the Metropolitan Museum of Fine
Arts through gift OF S25.000 by
Thomas Fortune Ryan has obtained
the largest single collection of the
works Of .Rodin outside the artists owr
studios. There are forty examples OF
his works in the New York museum.
Evening star., 1917-11-17
GIFTS APPRECIATED
BY DISTRICT BOYS
The Stars Christmas Editor
Gets Further Testimony
From Men lin Service.
NAMES SENT FOR DONORS
NAMES SENT FOR DONORS

Each Washington youth who
has gone to serve with the coll
ors,~ whether he 10 . soldier
sailor or marine. with n flying
unit or an ambulance corps. will
get . Christmas present from the
District Chapter of the Red Cross.
Names and addresses of the
men I'm service should be written
with the utmost care. or printed.
The names and addresses of reln-
lives or friends sending in these
names for registration should
also be given.
Write all names carefully and
send tor
Red Cross Gift Editr.
The Evening STAR
Washington. ID. c.
Evening star., 1917-11-17

the old Winder building. 18th and F
streets. He entered at the lowest
grade of clerkship. but he was steadily
advanced until he was selected as chief
clerk to succeed the late William j.
Warren. who died in July. 1901.
Mr.. Dempsey is well known to those
having business with the office of the
chief of engineers, and he is familiar
figure to all having business with the
War Department. His experience in
having remained in the same office for
half century is unusual, friends say.
Evening star., 1917-11-17
Presidents Attitude Indicated.

President Wilson gave indication of
the attention he is paying to the trans
portation problem in his letter to Judge
Chambers, chairman Of the board of con-
ciliation and mediation, concerning the
conference at the White House, Novem-
Der %, with the leaders of the big rail-
road brotherhoods. when the President is
expected to 'go the limit" as one Off
cial expressed it, to avert a strike which
would tie up the nations transportation
system.
But the possibility of strike Is only
one of the factors to be considered in
making the country's carriers meet the
demands imposed by prospective condi-
tions this winter. Even with the strike
question adjusted there still remains to
be met the acute problem of labor short
age which has affected the railroads as
profoundly as it has other industries.
While every effort has been made to meet
the labor needs of factories. and even of
farmers. railroad men assert that little
has been done so far to help the rail-
roads get labor necessary. If products of
farm and factory are to be distributed.
Evening star., 1917-11-17

II there Is any lurking doubt IN the
mind Of those who have read The Stars
news items about the honor men from
Washington who have gone to serve under
the colors and the remembrances the
District Chapter OF the Red Cross is send
Ing to each for Christmas as to how much
these Christmas kits are appreciated.
here In testimony:
Tps Red Cross Christmas gift editor
today received letter from a subscriber
OF ssshs Star. a Washington youth. who Is
ysepan. second class. in the Navy. aboard
ths q. 8. s. New Hampshire. He writes:
u an taking the liberty Of sending the
naues Of these District Of Columbia
boys serving their country on this ship.
Thaee names were given to me In person
hy Zach man. and can assure you that
wnotever you send will be thoroughly
Appreciated"
District Boys on q. s. Ship.
The names are:
Nevy-C. H. Flynn. A. r. Walsh, F. O.
Hungerford. W. W. Berg, E. j. Lancaster,
E q Dodge; W R Myman. H F. schmid.
Golhsborough, j. A. Jarboe. J. A. Scott,
II. K Johnson. ]. Jeffries. H Russell, G.
Eckert. W. H. Merchant, C. ]. Pooh, F. NJ.
DUNG. l. g. Walter, E. F. Koegel and b.
Marines. E. Nicholson, A. Gates
and G. Morgan.
Another interesting feature of this
Christmas gift service for the District
men in uniform is that a number of
who have no boy of their own in the
service of the country want to do
something at Christmas for some moth
ers son, and 50 they apply to The Star
may be sent There will be many
Young men made happy during the
Christmas holidays by the receipt of
gifts provided in this way, sent to
them by some unknown friend who is
fmpelled by a desire to do an especially
kindly act There are many children
who are actuated by the same impulse
and encouraged by devoted mothers.
The Star is in posision to furnish a
list OF addresses of soldiers. sailors
and marines. and will be glad to let
any person desiring to send a gift con-
suit this list
Get Fighting Spirit From Granddad.
Fathers and grandfathers are not go
ing to be outdone in patriotic self-sac-
rince by the mothers and grandmoth-
erA Here is a letter from F. j. Pres
speaks for itself:
am happy to say I have two sons
who have given their services to Uncle
Sam and who did service on the Mexi-
can bordeE.F- J. Prestele. jr.. Battery
d. 112th Field Artillery, Camp McCIei-
Ian. Admission, Ala, and Maurice Pres
teie. Company G. 1S2d Infantry, Camp
Mills. n. Y.
They take their fighting spirit from
their old granddad, who answered Uncle
Sans first three-months' call in 81. and
you bet am proud of them.
I know the work you are doing will
make our boys happy and will make
them feel that they are still thought of
at home"
The little sisters are eager to have
their big brothers remembered, as wit
ness this letter from Jane Hopkins, 1855
Harvard street northwest, who writes
MY big brother Bob is up in Camp
Devens. ! know he would like to have a
package to cheer him up, for the camp
Is truly cold and dreary. His address is:
Robert W. Hopkins, Company E, 25th
Regiment, Engineers. Camp Devens
aver, Mass. l am sure he will appre-
ctate 1t, and 1 know his sister, Ruth
HOpkiDs
Evening star., 1917-11-17
CARRIER PROBLEM
| BROUGHT TO front
President Wilson Among
Those Considering Demands
Made Upon Railroads.
WAR BOARDS PROGRAM

President Wilson. the Council Of Ma
tional Defense. the railroads war board
and members of the cabinet are turning
their attention to the problems OF rail-
road transportation as one of the most
serious. in it's bearing upon the conduct
Of the war. now facing the country.
Within the past few weeks events
have moved rapidly to focus attention
on this question, which now takes its
place alongside OF those involving
food, fuel, munitions production and
labor conservation. and which. in fact.
dovetails with all these factors Of in
dustrial and military mobilization.
The first step in a program undertak-
en- by the railroads war board and the
Council Of National Defense is that in
dicated in the statement OF Fairfax
Harrison, which contemplates the sub.
mission to Judge Lovett. chairman OF
the war Industries board, of lists OF
commodities now being hauled. with
the request for a ruling on which OF
these commodities are regarded as war
time necessities.
Evening star., 1917-11-17
Other Dominating Features.

First. this program of eliminating un-
essential products from cluttering up
the country's carriers will go far to-
ward solving the transportation prob
lem. But it has a still greater signtfi-
canoe. 1t was pointed out today. in Its
effect upon the further curtailment OF
unnecessary production. and the conse-
quent reducing OF supplies and labor
to those which are essential.
Despite denials from high quarters and
the statement Of officials Of the rail-
roads war board that the report is too
ridiculous to consider" the rumor per-
sists that a railroad administrator is to
be appointed. in capacity similar to
the food and fuel controllers, to handle
the wartime transportation problem.
Men close to the members Of the rail-
roads war board stated that while they
did not think such a program likely. 1t
is believed the railroad heads them
selves would offer no objection II such
a procedure was considered likely tn
bring better results than the present
correlation Of transportation through the
railroads war board itself and the com:
mittee on transportation Of the Council
of National Defense.
Evening star., 1917-11-17

and. anxiouns to find out how he OBJ
tained his results. watched him at
work. To his establishment. Rodin
composed the group in a few hours,
and as soon as it was completed
Boucher rushed of to spread the news
among his friends, declaring that the
man who could do what he had seen
Rodin do could certainly also have
created The Age Of Bronze" It was
Robins vindication. and in recognition
of II the work was purchased by the
state, and is now in the museum of the
Luxembourg.
Evening star., 1917-11-17
A. R0DIN, SCULPTOR,
is DEAD IN PARIS

CONTINUED from First Pase.)
The Washington herald., 1917-04-27
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PENSIONS FOR MOTHERS.
Who Have Dependent Children Is Advo
Gated,

Pittsburg, Pa, June 9.-Establishment
of pensions for mothers with dependent
children was advocated by Miss Helen
Glenn, state supervisor of the mothers
board of education, in an address she
delivered yesterday before the national
conference Of charities and correction.
Miss Glenn reported on the outcome of
a recent state survey of the results of
the administration of the mothers pen
sions law in Pennsylvania, under her
direction. She said:
TOO little attention has been given to
the smaller communities. Especially in
rural districts, the only social agency is
often the board of poor directors, and
modern standards of social work are I'M
known. In such communities the proper
administration of mothers pension work
raises the standards of all activities for
child care.
Legislation for mothers pensions Is
in line with other legislation for the
protection of childhood IL reiterates the
new emphasis on the value OF home life
for all normal children. and indicates the
necessity of provision from public funds
for fstherless children Ii supplements
our child labor laws. compulsory eduea-
ton laws, and other laws which render
all children dependent on their fami-
lies until they are OF working age. These
latter laws place an impossible burden
on the widow unless some means is fur
nished her that will take the place of
the fathers support