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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-29
GERMAN REFORMS DUE I
TO PRESIDENTS SPEECH
Fifty Years Of Political Opposition
Unable to Achieve What
Allies Enforce.
BY RENE FEIBELMAN.
Cablegram to The Evening Star and

C0bleEFam To The Evening St4r ana
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1917.
AMSTERDAM. Holland. November 20.
Two important reforms in Prussia's
constitution will come as a direct con-
sequence of President Wilson's epoch.
making speech to Congress when war
was declared on Germany and when he
gave out his indictment against the
Prussian autocracy. What fifty years
of political opposition could not achieve
and what the efforts of the social demo-
Gratis and liberals of Germany could
not bring about-namely, the introduce
ton of universal suffrage in Prussia-
has now been enforced by the allies.
The bill granting Prussia direct, se-
cret and universal vote is as liberal as
could have been wished. 1t grants
every Prussian, with only the usual ex-
ceptions in force in other countries such
as criminals, bankrupts and lunaticss
the right to vote for members of the
landtag. 1t does away with the former
system OF class voting. 1t cannot be de-
MED that when once the present BILL Is
signed by the emperor and the minis
ter Of the interior jointly with the
chancellor, Count Won Hertling, and the
vice president of the Prussian ministry
of state, Herr Friedberg. great
change in Prussian politics Will have
taken place and that the German citadel
OF junkerism and Prusslan autocracy
will be badly shaken. 1t is not sup
posed that the conservative party IN
the diet will conduct any systematic
opposition to the passage of the new
franchise law so that 1t may be IN
force within six months and certainly
in the first election after the war.
Change in House Of Peers.
The other reform is the change In
the constitution of the Prussian house
of peers into which a stronger liberal
element will be introduced. but appar-
emily IL il not enough to outweigh the
MISREPRESENTATION of the body which
always has been and probably VIII
continue in tact owing to the new sys-
tenn Of saving representatives OF COM
merce, science and other productive
and constructive branches of activity.
AS members OF the house of peers there
will be slight change in this house
nevertheless The Prussian house of
peers remains the most conservative
assembly In Europe. The present re-
form is only superficial. German news
papers agree that 1t must have been
hard for the emperor to put his sigma.
ture under the Prussian franchise res
form bill, as 1t may mean the end Of
his all-powerful grip on Prussian af-
fairs. --.j
Stiil, after President Wilson's famous
address, the kaiser understood that he
could not longer Withstand the de.
mand for the reform of the most in
equitable franchise law in existence.
The debates In the diet are to begin in
December.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-29
AUCTION SALES.


FUTURE DAYS.
ADAM 4. WEscHNR, AUcr1oNEER.
Household Furniture, Valuable
Crockery, Cut Glass Ware,
Draperies, 4 Practically New
Brunswick-Balke Pool and Bill
lard Tables, Carpets, Rugs,
Etc,
BY Public Auction,
AT WESCHLERS,
o2o Pa. Ave. NV,
SATURDAY,
Commencing o:3o AM,
Including a large quantity Of Crockery. Cut
Glass. silver Plated Ware. etc, including Candle.
sl,fn chinese wsre Tiffany Clock Paintnss
Books. Handsome Drsperies Sofa Cushions. Ten en-
mis- Net and Balls Room, sn,es
Roll top Desk. Ladies' Desks. Mattresses, Refrig-
orators, Couches. Carpets. Rugs Showcases. etc:
Co. Pool and Billiard Tables and full equipment.
AT IL O'CLOCK NOON,
Automobiles. including Atom Alec Truck. 5-ton
A? SsS 'F CASH ADAM Saai;s5.:r.
THos. J. OWEN s SON. AUcr1oNEERs.
Two Very Desirable Detached
Dwellings, E and 7 Rooms and
Bath, Hot-water Heat, Electric
Light, Large Lots, Nos. oo4-oIo
Rittenhouse Street Northwest,
AT AUCTION.
By virtue of authority vested in US will
sell Mt public auction. to close partnership and
on very easy terms, on MONDAY. THE THIRD
DAY OF DECEMBER. 1917. At FOUR O'CLOCK
PM, lots 81 and 10l. in square 29s2, improved
above
Terms very easy and stated at time Of sale
800 deposit required on each lot. and sale to
be closed within fifteen days or deposit forfeited
THoS. ]. OWEN son. Auctoners
no27-d&ds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-29
COMPLETING PLANS FOR
WAR STAMP CAMPAIGN
Organizations Throughout Nation
Taking Advantage Of Holiday Clos
ing to Hold Meetings.

Postmaster Merritt o. Chance
will test in Washington a suE-
gestion made by him for dis
terminating the wnr savings Ger
tificate idea, wherein every
householder in the District Of
Columbia will receive a war saw
inEs advertisement from the
postmen.
Mr.. Chance, who IL a MEM
Der OF the war savings committee
for Warrington. will print the
cards In the Washington Post
ONCE, and will instruct post
men to deliver one to each home.
The cards will contain a succinct
statement as to the MIN and ne
cessity for tho war savings Ger
tidcates.
1t Is likedy that Postmaster
Chances idea for uti1izinE the
postal distributing facilities will
be put into effect in every ONCE
In the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-29
Stores and Schools to Aid.

Retail stores. cigar stands. schools.
savings societies and other agencies
for the sale of the war savings stamps
and certificates probably will be au-
thorized to distribute stamps by the
middle or latter part of next week.
1t 10 planned to have churches devote
one Sunday soon to promoting the
war thrift movement.
Special measures have been adopted
by the Treasury Department to insure
that war savings stamps will be on
sale at banks and post offices when the
nationwide campaign opens Monday
morning. Large stocks of stamps and
certificates already have been dis
eral reserve bank, but a lack Of official
requisition blanks prevented the re-
serve banks from supplying national
and state banks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-29

War savings stamp campaign organ
izations throughout the country today
took advantage of the holiday closing
of business places to hold meetings for
completing plans for stamp selling on
the opening day. Monday.
State directors. recently named by
Secretary McAdoo. already have ap-
pointed state executive committees
consisting of representatives OF various
labor. business, fraternal, religious. ed
ucational and civic groups, and each OF
these committeeman has gone to work
organizing his particular group. In
addition. other organizations have been
formed according to geographical To-
calities. with the intention of having a
working committee in each county,
city and village within the next ten
days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-29
Legations Agree to Proposal.

The legations agreed to the proposal
animated to Gen. Horwarth. director OF
the Chinese Eastern railway, that un-
less immediate and proper protection
of the lives and property of the for
eigners was guaranteed they would en-
deavor to bring in American, British
and Japanese troops to work in con-
junction with the Russian and Chinese
administration in preserving public or
der Gen. Horwarth replied that he
was unable to give an imm ediate an
swer. Disorders are spreading all over
Siberia, trains are being interfere6
with. and the committees of soldiers
and workmen are unable to control tbs
situation. the people interpreting lib
erty as license. The greatest suffering
and poverty must follow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-29
AUCTION SALES.
THOs. :. OWEN Z son. AUCTIoNEERs.
TOMORROW,

THOs. = OWEN Z son. AUCTIoNEERs.
TRUsTEEs' SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE. CONSISTING Oh THkEE-
STORY AND BASEMENT BRICK Dwell.
ING; situate NO. 1877 Q STREET
BY virtue of a certain deed Of trust, duly re.
corded In Iiber No. 1910. folio 4o2 ct seq. OF
the land records Of the District of Columbia, ana
at the request of the party secured thereby. tns
undersigned trustees will sell at public auc10n;
THiRTiETH DAY OF NOVEMBER. AID; 1917.
lowing described land and premises situate In
the city Of Washington. District Of Columbia
and designated and being lot numbered sev,
enty-three (73), In A. J. Chapman and others
subdivision Of lots in square numbered two hun
bred and forty (240). as per plat recorded IN
Book H. D. O.. page 81, in the ONCE Of the sur
vsyof Of the District Of Columbia. together with
the improvements consisting Of three-story and
basement brick dwelling.
Terms Of sale: One-third Of the purchase
money to be paid in cash, balance in two equal
installments, payable in one and two years, win
interest at per centum per annum payable
semi-annually, from day Of sale, secured by deed
Of trust upon the property sold. or all cash, az
the option Of the purchaser. deposit of SEQ
will be required at time Of sale. All convey
ancing. recording. etc.. at cost OF purchaser:
Terms Of sale to be complied with within fifteen
days from day Of sale, otherwise the trustees re-
serve the right to resell the property at the risk
and cost Of defaulting purchaser. after five days
advertisement Of such resale in some newspaper
WILLIAM 81. SAUNDERS,
CLAUD LIVINGSTON,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-29
REAL ESTATE LOANS.

On D. c. Real Estate,
We act at once. Courteous treatment
PuACY u. RUSSELL Co. 9Th and N r an.
Money 10 LOAN ON REAL ESTATE A
lowest rates. Special prirtle yes with inspect "a
prior payments- TYLER RUTHERFORD. AT
MONEY 70 LoAN-WE INVITE YoUR AR
plications for loans on D. g. real estate. Ne.
BfLr. OBRIEN 6 3d.. INC, isoe a NJ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-29

u EVE MONEY on HAND 70 LOAN on
sS.!:sf ne. q nssrsss. fRoMPf RhrInss
AHn ECONOMICAL CONFEDERATION TOn
xooRE 6 HILL 1ne.l. 1Aao-22 II st
RIAL ESTATE LoANB a SPECIALITY,
Lowest Interest Rates. Prompt Ser,iee
GEO w. LINkINS. ITil Pa ave.
MONEY TO LOAN-S25o 70 100000 ON D. q
rse4 estate. Several large trust funds All trans
eett9ne conducted with economical eonside1attoa
fog borrowers.
wM E,.sAuNpERs q CO..
southern tde.. s07 18th st. nv
ON RIAL ESTATE IN d. O.
pBByAILlNG INTEREST AND COlf6INaION
y Z Rust. 400 q ST. NV
MONEY 70 LOAN on O. c. REAL 9STHTE
Lswsst rate Of Interest,". most adyantaEeous
ssiH:a . - WI 1o e. Z ;I:s..lS 49,
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-12-17
Love Their Airplanes.

A thrilling story is being told which
illustrates the attachment of our fly.
ing men to their machines. A young
pilot. not yet ont Of his teens. was fly
Ing high over the enemy lines when Il
hail Of bullets suddenly overlook the
machine. One struck him In the face
putting out his left eye. another shat
tered his leg. and the airplane wa
riddled. To descend among the pnen!
and receive medical attention would
have been easy. hut with the numb
ness of death upon him he still re-
tanned consciousness enough To make
out our own lines and steer steadily
towards that goal. Amid tunultuous
cheering the machine at last came
down on friendly soil. The young avi-
ator died that night. His last words
were: I)octor. I'm sorry | couldn't
bring the old bus home intact. '-I"n-
don Tit-RitS.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-12-17
No Giadness Among Them.

Nearly II thousand years had passed
since the birth ~ Christ before the
Russian SlavS were converted to Chris
tianity. Already the English. the
Franks and the Germans had been
Christians for some centuries. when.
In 987. Prince Vladimir sent ENJOYS to
study the religions of the various
ueighboring nations whose represent
ativps had been urging him to enl-
brace their respective faiths. Nest0r
describes their report iii amusing
terms. or the MuSsuiinans they re-
ported. A'Thpr- Is no gladnessf among
them, only sorrow and great stencil:
their religion is not a good one" At
Consta ntinople they said, 1--WE no
longer knew whether We we're In heav-
en- or on earth. nor such beauty, and
We know not how to tell Of It,"
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-12-17
CONSUMPTION OR NOT

Canada just now is iaboring to
make its conscription law effective.
The opposition is using so-called
higher arguments" which appear to
catch some public favor. The con-
scription proponents see In the issue
the honor of Canada upheld or fal-
len and that country's glorious or'i in
glorious part In finishing the war. The
Vancouver World says: - :"-3 u
=" National unity IL the chief ar
gument Of the >anti-conseriptionists.
Better, they say. far better that the
Military-Service Act should not be
enforced than that IT. should destroy
the unity of the Canadian people and
set one race against another. Which
is, Of course. an argument of some
cogency.,j " s7's - - f.',si.. :-. =. .
But to consider the reverse of the
shield. Suppose CONSUMPTION is de-
feated; suppose referendum is TAX
en- months later, with all the slack
ers. and enemy aliens and pacifists
in the Dominion voting thereon: sup
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-12-17
LOSSES IN WAR

Roger Babson, the noted statistic
the losses at the front are not near
ly so heavy as might reasonably be
expected or as they are popularity
supposed to- be. His conclusions are
in no sense guess work or approXima-
lions, but are based on the official cas-
ualty lists of the French army dur
ing the first three years of the war.
Fourteen men out of fifteen so far
have been safe" is one of Mr.. Bah
sons agreeable surprising statements.
Under present conditions where man
power is being saved, no more than
one in thirty is killed. Only one man
in five hundred loses limb-a
chance no greater than in hazardous
conditions at home"
Attention is also called to the fact
that losses during the third year were
apprecia6ly smaller than for either
the first or second years of the war.
Most of the wounds sustained In
the trenches" the writer continues.
"are clean cut and of nature that
a few weeks in hospital makes the
subject as fit as ever. But 100000
French soldiers have been discharged
from wounds during the three
years of the war Most of the wounds
received in the trenches are. on the
top of the head, simply scalp wounds.
Practically speaking. a wound. is eth
er fatal or slight, with but few in be-
tween these two extremes" g."
The misconception on the part of
many people that every man who goes
to the front enters a shamb1es arises
no doubt from lack of perspective.
When 1t is recalled that millions of
men are in the trenches the deaths,
heavy as they are, do not seem APP
pallingly large.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-12-17
SAVES MONEY FOR THE ARMY
indiana Mets Sergeant Feeds His Men
for Less Than twenty-five
Cents Each q Day.

How an inexperienced man can feed
government troops and save mFjney on
thp job IL being demonstrated at Camp
Taylor by Lucas Lincoln Of this city.
says the indianapolis News. LincOlii
Is mess sergeant If the FOrty-secOnd
company. Eleventh battalion. He was
one Of the first drafted men to 90 from
here. having volunteered out Of his
regular order Of obligation. He IL II
aon If furniture manufacturer here.
and is married.
In II letter home. Lincoln tells how
ne is Feeding 145 men for less than %
cents each day He says the food IL
well cooked. and that the men have
plenty. \ sample menu, lnclOsed In
the letter. shows how Lincoln made II
saving Of $17.:S on the governments
food allowance for the three meals
scheduled.
For breakfast the men had ham
burger steak. biscuits and syrup.
hashed brown potatoes and coffee. The
dinner menu was vegetable soup, mac
arOni and cheese. bread and hot tea.
and peach cObbler. For supper the
men had>>boilrd ham. mashed potatoes.
bread and syrup. ten and stewed
prunes.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-12-17

pose that the referendum shows-as
It Is almost certain to show-that
Canada, Is out Of the war for good
what, then willtbe,the situatton?',e'
ssIt will sbe this < that every loyal
Canadian :willI be- shaned and .hn-
INFLATED before the; world; that he
will find he belongs to a nation OF
cutters, to q people SO weak In Will
and cowardly in action that they can
not continue a-rwar even against
beasts in human form. He will not
dare to travel abroad and tell fell
low-traveler las he now can with
proper pride) that he is Canadian
a citizen of a land, small In popula-
ton. but supremacy great in its love
of freedom and its sacrifice Of itself
for democracy and for the political
salvation of the world.
Instead, he will hide the fact of
his citizenship as If it were brand
of disgrace He will know himself for
a deserter in freedoms cause. a trait
or to his brothers In the trenches,
false to his Anglo-Saxon ideals. false
to his boosted democracy, false to the
claims of the dowh-trodden and OPP
pressed amongst the nations Of the
earth:
This is no exaggerated or rhetor-
ical language. 1t is the bitter truth.
II Canada rejects conscription--her
only means fof continuing the war
this Is the price her sons must pay.
1t is well they should make their de-
cision with their eyes open.
when the bitterness OF that day
comes-=which God forbid-where
then will there be national unity?
WIN the men who dragged Canada's
name and fame In the mud Of dis
honorable surrender to the German
kaiser be greeted as friends by those
they have betrayed! VIII the rem
narft of Dur returned soldiers live on
terms of amity and goodfellowshfp
with those who deserted them In the
hour of their utmost need?
Here is the truth Of the matter;
IF CONSUMPTION Is defeated in this
Dominion an outraged national con-
science will take its revenge. Those
who sought to save Canada and those
who, consciously or unconsciously.
betrayed her can never be friends
again. The country will be torn by
hatred, riven by strife. cursed by the
contempt of one race for the other.
And we shall be lucky if that is all
that happens to us.
"'For it is as true now as it was in
the days of Hampden and of Lincoln.
that the way to national unity lies
not by the path of national disgrace.
but by the path of national honor"
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-12-17

Frequently one hears admiring
comments on the efficiency, of the
German system of dealing with labor
problems Before the United States
entered the war this song Of praise
was rendered on a particularly loud
pedal by pro-Germans. We heard
that, thanks to the benevolence OF
autocaracy, Germany had practically
NO poverty; that provision was made
for the superannuated, that every
care was, taken that the people be
made happy and contented through
some fine-spun system of kaiserlike
altruism. ..... i,..s , -, -
Nobody without a -hym.'of hate in
his system would deny that certain
economic. Industrial and sociological
reforms have been brought about in
Germany which have been adopted.
and are. being adopted. by other ma
tions-just as Germany has borrow
ed ideas from her ,neighbors.
Yet there is another side to the
picture. as the German bureau of sta
tistics itself proves. The Bremen
Zeitung, published in Bremen. on
September l, 1917. printed an article
which the United States department
Of commerce has translated and is
sued as a report. The article deals
with an official survey of wages paid
in 800 main establishments of Ger
man industry in March and Septem-
her 1914, 1918 and 1916. Wages. ac
cording to figures reported by the en-
ployers and accepted by the Buerger-
Zeitung as typical for the better
paid class of workmen," were in
creased between one-third and two
thirds in the different trades from
March. 1914, to September 1916. and
then, at the high point, German
workmen were averaging from $1.32
per day in the wood industries to
$1.96 in the iron and metal trades.
And that meager reward is the
best the German toiler ever had" OBJ
serves Golfers Weekly in comment
ing on these statistics: mo wonder
that just before the war a social sur
vey of Berlin found SIS per cent of
all the families in the kaiser's capital
lodged in one room for each family.
They couldn't pay rent for two rooms.
That's where the rulers of Germany
got some of their money. They prac-
ticed the class struggle while their
dupes were talking about it,"
For the benefit of socialists and
laboring men in this country who are
too ready to praise the German sys-
tenn to the disparagement of the Am
erican, we suggest that they write to
the department of commerce for \
copy of this report.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-12-17
FOUR HUNDRED TO ONE SHOT
Estimatt II Unsss,ntfnsntai Brokers
That Lord Kitchener 10 Not
Among the Living.

Legends once well rooted die hard.
Many people believe that Earl Kitch-
ener survived the sinking of the
Hampshire, and is either a prisoner OF
war. or, escaping In small boat. has
reached some remote part Of the
world and is living in anonymous re-
tirement.
The romance gained n fresh lease
of life when Mrs. Parker. Il sister of
the great general. publicly announced
ut Hastings not long ago her firm be-
lief that her brother was alive and
would one day return.
II Is Impossible to argue the matter
One can only believe or disbelieve. A
measure Of cretlence which business
men attach to the story is to be found
in letter printed In the Liverpool
Echo. MeSSrs. A. Letton, Percival 4
Co, insurance brokers Of that city. say
that client Of theirs wanted to know
what rate could he quoted to cover the
following risk:
That Lord Kitchener was alive on Au-
sust 81. E!', the onue or PROOF to be on
the assured and to be furnished within
three months from peace being signed
LlOyd'S underwriters were prepared
to accept ten Thousand pounds at five
shillings per cent and the insurance.
II that is the right word for 1t, has
been completed. '~
The. chances Of Lord Kitchener he
Ing alive are, therefore, regarded by
unsentimental brokers MS one In four
hnn,ired.-IOndOn Chronicle.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-12-17
Bad Performances.

~ Il. Berry Wall. the New York club
taAn, arrived one afternoon rather late
at an opera matinee that was evidently
not good.
> The doors were closed till the end
OF the first act, and as Mr.. Wall stood
In the lobby with the false strains Of
the opera floating round him. a lady
tried to enter the auditorium. but the
dodfkeeper shook his head. =
"No.1 no, iiihtiam;" "said Mr.. Wall
~The ftioorkeeper' dare not open the
ioor during the singing. Half the au-
dience would rush out"
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-12-17
NOTICE TO COAL CONSUMER!

NOTICE TO COAL CONSUMERS
. There is every reason to expect that
the price Of coal will advance on
January. L., 1918, therefore. we will
advise all coal consumers to I'LL their
bins before that date as We cannot
contract, for delivery at the present.
price after Dec. 31st.
tt VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-12-17

~. THOSE in charge of the Red Cross
membership. drive about to begin are
hopeful of enrolling everybody In the
city under the banner of that organ
ization. Everybody should share the
same ambition and help bring about
the desired result.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-12-17

Fred Cameron. formerly United
States Deputy Marshal at Seldovia,
left on the steamship Alaska this at
ternoon for Seattle and the States on
a business trip. He will return in
about 80 days. A.s..... g.. -. 5..
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-12-17

Buy your groceries direct. Save
fifteen to twenty-five per cent. The
house that sells direct to consumers
Randall Grocery & Brokerage Co.,
Inc. 81 Marion st.. Seattle ,Wn. Il
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-12-17
Second Call

We will accept Liberty Bonds fol
stock in the Valdez Iron Works
Make your money earn Is per cen,
instead of 4 per cent. tt
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-12-17

New table linen, round table sets
with napkins to match: also linen by
the yard. At E. Winters. tt
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-12-17

Fresh taffy, chews and brittles, at
Hunts Candy Kitchen. II
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-12-17

at any standard make o camera.
They are the standard. Guy e. Cam
eron. II
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-12-17

Housekeeper wanted at G. J..
Zinns. tt
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-12-17

Toys! Toys: TOyB!
OF all descriptions at the Valdez
Drug Store. tt
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-12-17

Fresh bulk chocolates and a new