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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-27
TO LIST WOMEN FOR WAR.
New York Committee to Register
Them for Service.

NEW YORK, May 26-Plans for en-
listing the cooperation of the morgan
lied woman power of this state for the
prosecution of the war were begun
here today by the New York state divi-
sion of the woman's committee OF. the
council OF national defense.
Representatives of various women's
organizations established quarters here
with the announced purpose of CLASH
flying women by occupations and CO.
ordinating and centralizing the task of
securing greater efficiency on the part
Of women. Registrations will be made
Of women available for trades Ameri-
can and allied relief. production, con-
servation, child welfare work, medical
service and in other ways, and commit
tees will consider such subjects as la
Dor. hours, wages. conservation of
wealth and conservation of moral and
spiritual forces. Campaign work along
these lines will be made throughout the
state.
Mrs. William Grant Brown was chair
man of the meeting. ORGANIZATIONS
represented included Daughters Of the
American Revolution, Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union, Women's
Catholic Association, National League
for Women's Service, state woman SUI
frage party. state Association Opposed
to Woman Suffrage, United Daughters
of the Confederacy and the Women's
Relief Corps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-27
FAREWELL FOR PASTOR.
Reception rendered to Rev. DR.. Vim.
cent by Mt, Pleasant Church.

Rev. DIR. Clarence A. Vincent. retiring
pastor of the Mount Pleasant Congre-
gational Church, was given a reception
by members of the congregation Fri
day evening. G. r. Mansfield of the
board of deacons presided.
A. E. Shoemaker and Andrew Wilson,
associates with DR.. Vincent in the
work of the District Anti-Saloon
League: DR.. ]. T. Kelly, pastor of
Fourth Presbyterian Church, and DR..
Butler Pratt of Howard University de-
livered addresses during the evening
A musical program was participated in
by Miss Grace Young and Claude Robe
son. after which DR.. Vincent was pre-
scented with purse. He plans to leave
Washington on Monday to spend the
summer in New England.
Mrs. w. E. Buell.. Mrs. H. B. Jones,
A. o. Tingley and G. r. Mansfield COM
posed the committee in charge of the
affair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-27
CAPITAL GARDEN CLUB NOTES.

undertaken in Philadelphia recently pro-
duced 5000 glass Jars in two days
The committee makes special appear
to housekeepers to save all empty jars
with their tops or corks, against the can
ming season. Old corks may be made saae
and alright for this work by covering
them, after the fruit Is bottled, with equal
parts of brown beeswax and resin melted
together.
Mr.. Conolly. who was delegated by the
Department of Agriculture to instruct and
superintend the vacant lot gardens OF the
city, has been given an automobile by the
Capital Garden Club. How necessary to
the success Of his work this aid was is
shown by his report that $500 gardens are
now planted and many more are oeing
prepared. These gardens extend over the
entire District and the inspection OF such
widespread activities requires much time
and the need of rapid transit from point
to point. The great demand Tor SEED
and plants he partially meets by aiding
gardeners to thin out their young CROWN
when necessary and carrying these up
rooted plants to other gardens that are In
need of them.
The Capital Garden Club. whose head
quarters are at 2343 s street. was inau-
gurated at the beginning Of the war and
has already a membership nearing the
two hundred mark. It has raised a fund
of $500 to aid in the work OF garden
planting as it's contribution to the needs
Of flood preparedness for the war
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-27
IDEAS Of AMERICAN
MASTERING U-b0ATS
Declared Only Little Time Is Needed
to Wear Out German
Submarines.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 26.-The Westminster
Gazette published a message from cor
respondent who says the submarine
menace is being mastered by simple
method, which the correspondent indi-
Gates is the invention of an American.
ut is giving away no secret" the COR
respondent writes, ITO say that the
method, which is reputed to be infallible,
requires only little time to come into
full effect and wear the German subma-
marines out. 1t is a model of simplicity.
The press has been liberal in the an
nouncement Of Marconi's device, but while
extending encouragement to Marconi it
must not be overlooked that the genius
who perfected one of the most monu
mental advances in maritime navigation
has devoted his unremitting consideration
to the menace. and this resourceful
American, too, has worked toward the
device along independent lines"
Asserting that the British have better
submarines than the Germans the mes
sage continues:
"Only a little time is needed for our
pre- eminent inventive brains to outstrip
the pirate professors. and by method
which is simplicity itself we already have
the life of the U-boat campaign meas
ured."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-27
Cultivation Main Feature.

Cultivation is the important feature
of our garden operations now. thor
ough stirring of the surface of the soil
to prevent evaporation of the moisture
and to kill out weeds as fast as they
start into growth. The soil about the
plants also should be loosened up, as
well as the space between the rows.
There are a large number of garden
plots that are just being p1owed up
and good judgment must be used in the
planting of these gardens. Land that
has been broken for the first time this
late in the season is apt to be very dry.
Unless the soil is narrowed several
times over a space of week or ten
days it will be too loose and dry to
terminate seeds properly unless it be
beans or corn. If good rain comes
soon. however. this difficulty will be
overcome.
Land that has crop of heavy grass,
weeds, rye, etc, upon it. and which is
being p1oyed now, should not be
planted for a week, at least and several
weeks would be better. This time will
allow the rough material to start de-
caying and the moisture can be brought.
to the surface by several borrowings.
'1t is getting late now for most of our
early crops and a delay of several
weeks will make it a good time for the
planting of fall crops, such as potatoes,
carrots. beets. rutabagas. tomatoes.
cabbage, etc.
Thoroughly prepare the soil now and
do not try to hurry the work in order
to get crops into the soil"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-27
GERMANS TO SINK
ALL HOSPITAL SHIPS
Only Certain Saloniki- Gibraltar
Vessels Safe, Berlin
Announces.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 26.-The intention OF
the German government to sink all en-
tente hospital ships in the entire barred
zone" with the exception Of certain ships
from Saloniki to Gibraltar. is semi off,
Reuter- dispatch from Amsterdam.
The German announcement was made
in reference to British denials of the
German allegations that the British mis-
used hospital ships. 1t cited several In
stances which. it was asserted, proved the
correctness of the German accusation.
The semi official announcement read, in
part:
1.-THE German government will in the
future prevent all traffic by hospital ships
in the entire barred zone and in the Med
iterranean, including the road left open
for Greece. and will regard hospital ships
appearing therein as war vessels and at
tack them immediately.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-27
Conditions Set Forth.

Germany. the announcement adds. will
allow the transport Of the i'll and wounded
from Saloniki on Greek railways to kala-
mata harbor and thence on hospital ships
to Gibraltar, on the following conditions:
Firstly, these hospital ships on the
road left open to Greek shipping must
proceed at a rate of speed previously re-
ported to the German government
Secondly, that the name of the vessel
and the time Of arrival or departure be
communicated to the German government
six weeks in advance.
Thirdly. that a representative of the
neutral government representing Ger
many's interests in the particular country
parture Of the hospital ship, that she
carries only the i'll. wounded and nurses
and no goods other than materials for
treating Them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-27
CONSULTING BOARD MEETS.
Navy Advisers. Are Considering
Anti-Submarine Devices.

The naval consulting board held
another meeting here yesterday, going
over suggestions for anti-submarine de-
vices. No announcement was made.
Guglielmo Marconi, here with the Ital-
ian war mission. was to have appeared
able to attend because of illness. He ex-
poets to accept the boards invitation to
address its next meeting.
Peculiar interest attaches to the invi-
tation because of published reports that
Signor Marconi has discovered an ef-
fective way of dealing with submarines.
He has indicated to American naval off,
Gals, however. that the reports were un
authorized, and his appearance before
the board probably will be in connection
with radio biography or kindred subjects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-27
BRITISH LOSS BY U-BOATS
LESS, BUT STILL SERIOUS
Especial CabIegram to The Sunday Star
and New York Worldly

tCopyrighf, 1917, by Press Publishing Company
New York World.)
LONDON. May 2s.-Capt. Bathurst.
speaking at Hampstead last night in sup
port of the food economy campaign, said
he would tell the truth. for while this
might not be diplomacy it was honesty.
Dealing with the submarine menace, he
said the British losses the last few
months had been very serious, but since
the end of April there had been some
abatement. Both Great Britain and
America were building ships as rapidly
as possible. he said. but for some time
its rate of destruction would probably be
greater than the, rate of construction,
while at the same time Germans were
building submarines in excess Of their
losses and would probably continue to
do SO.
1t was not generally known the captain
added. that the percentage d food car
goes sunk was very small indeed. That.
however was due to luck, he said. and
it was necessary to provide against the
possibility of much heavier losses in that
direction. Thanks to various factors. he
said, the stocks of breadstuffs are. for
the moment. raised above the danger
point
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-27
Assignment by Stone Company.

The Mcleod Stone Company has
filed an assignment for the benefit
of creditors to Lunsford L. Hammer. 1t
lists it's debts at s11.437.50. and esti-
mates its assets az S71S.S0. Mr. Hammer
later applied to the District Supreme
Court to fix his bond and to take over
the administration of the company's
affairs. Justice Stafford fixed the bond
of the assignee at 5000. Attorney Lucas
P Loving REPRESENTED the assignee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-27
PRAYs FOR CLOSER UNION.
French Protestants Look to Great
Bends Linking Nation to u. S.

prayer for closer union between the
American and French republics is con-
tanned in a resolution adopted by the
Protestant committee of French propa-
ganda and transmitted by the American
ambassador to the State Department
yesterday.
The French Protestants pray God"
says the resolution, that the union be-
tween the two great republics, sealed
closer each day in view of the repara-
ton and pacific conquests of new
era"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-27

The Capital Garden Club Of washington
the best methods of economizing food
To collect and explain details Of prac-
teal menus will be a part Of this work
First on its list stands the menu of a
supper given to sixty-six persons by Mrs
wallace Radcliffe's Bible class Of the
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
This supper for sixty-six cost 1924 and
consisted Of boiled ham, asparagus with
cream sauce, potato chips, fruit salad with
whipped cream dressing. strawberry whip
with lady fingers and coffee There was
sufficient of everything for q hearty meal
for the entire party at a cost Of &c
cents per person.
The cost was divided as follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-27
Not the Only 'Draughtslady.'
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
A recent issue of The Star stated that
Miss Marian Crist is the first and only
"draughtslady" in the United States
service. Some one has made a mistake
Miss Marion Thatcher of Pontiac, Mich,
has been a first-class straightforward
and architect in the office of the super
vising architect. Treasury Department,
for more than twenty-five years. She
is a very intelligent, but exceedingly
unassuming woman.
q Pardon this presumption, but I feel
impelled to advance the claim which I
know Miss Thatcher is too modest to
make. MARY W, KRAMER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-27
Tents for Patients at Navy School,

Accommodations at the Naval Medical
School Hospital at the foot of Esd
street have been increased by the erec-
. ton OF a number Of tents on the
grounds Of the hospital. These are de-
signed mainly for the use of patients
brought from the naval training sta
ton at Norfolk whose cases call for
prolonged treatment. There have been
several cases OF measles at the Norfolk
station. and II has been found neces-
sary to transfer some of the cases to
the hospital In this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-27
Ask for Military Guard.
DR.. ROWE is UNDECIDED
AS TO TREASURY POST

PHILADELPHIA, May 26.-Dr. Leo
s. Rowe Of the University of Pennsyl-
vania, who has been offered the as
sistant secretaryship Of the treasury In
charge of customs, said today he would
make no decision regarding acceptance
until after he confers with Secretary Nc
Adoo in Washington Monday. DR.. Rowe
was offered the place before Secretary
McAdoo went west.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-27

A committee of the Capital Garden Club,
headed by Mrs. Russell and Mrs. Reeves,
is engaged in collecting empty glass Jars
In preparation for the preservation of the
food which Washington gardeners are now
planting. The desperate shortage of tin
its usual supply owing to the war-makes
this one Of the most necessary activities
Of the moment. If receptacles are not
found for the bottling Of fruit and vege-
tables a serious proportion Of the food
raised must be wasted. A similar search
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-27
BRILLIANT OFFENSIVE
CONTINUES UNCHECKED
Gen. Cadorna Nearer Trieste as Re-
suit of Italians Smash
ing Blows.

Gen. Cadorna's brilliant offensive
continues unchecked, each day finding
the Italian line projecting little
farther down the Carso plateau toward
Trieste.
The Austrian line gave way again
on Friday between Castagnavizza and
the Gulf of Trieste. the advancing Ital-
ian troops carrying another heavily
fortified position and capturing an ad-
ditional $500 men. Their captures in
the offensive beginning May IA now
total 22,419.
The Italian right flank, resting on
the coast. now has passed the mouth
of the Timavo river, while the center
of the army in this sector has been
pushed beyond Jamiano. the advance
taking in the heights between Flondar
and Medeazza. The right wing is OPP
Grating around Castagnavizza and has
taken additional trenches there.
In the region north of Gorilla the
italian forces are maintaining the gains
they scored last week on the captured
heights taken as a preliminary to the
present determined drive for Trieste in
the coast sector. Heavy Austrian at
tacks in the yodice area were repulsed
and in the PLAYA sector the Austrians
were pushed still farther back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-27
Quarters for Army Camp Builders.

The War Department has leased the
Adams building, 1888 and 1885 F street,
for use of the so-called cantonment d.
vision to be organized by Col. Littell
of the Quartermaster Corps of the
army. That division Is charged with
establishment of thirty-two canton
ments or miniature cities in various
parts of the country for the first incre-
ment of 100000 men Of the new draft
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-27
MOBILE NEGRO IN JAIL
AS WOMAN'S MURDERER
Taxicab Driver Held Without Bail
and Chauffeur Also Accused.
Request for Troops.

Brooks, negro driver Of a public taxi
cab, was today held without bail on
the charge of numbering Mrs. r. c.
the throat cut was found in a creek
near here Thursday morning. At the
coroner's inquest police, detectives and
the city chemist testified that dried
blood had been scraped from beneath
the finger nails of Brooks.
Brooks drove the taxicab that con-
veyed Mrs. Hess from her hotel to
the Louisville and Nashville station
last Monday morning. He maintains
that white man was in the machine
with Mrs. Hess and that the couple
were quarreling when he deposited
them at the railroad station.
Probably Stabbed in Car.
The theory of the police is that Mrs.
Hess was driven in taxicab to a
bridge over the creek. stabbed to death
while in the car and her body thrown
the police as the motive.
Albert Saunders, negro chauffeur,
who drove Mrs. Hess from the South
ern railway station to the hotel when
day night. was also held on the charge
OF murder. The police allege that
Saunders saw Mrs. Hess display con-
siderable funds when she paid him her
ldIes anu lndI he ana Br0OkS con-
spired later to secure this money. a.
Ask for Military Guard. 'ra
MONTGOMERY. Ala, May 26.-Fear-
ing mob violence toward Fisher
Brooks. the negro held in the Mobile
county Jail charged with the murder of
Mrs. R. c. Hess. in that city, Mobile
county authorities tonight applied to
Gov. Henderson for troops to guard the
prisoner and Jail.
Because the governor has no author
ity over troops now in the state under
arms, all being in the federal service,
Adjt. Locke tonight wired the War
Department asking authorization for
Colonel Maddox, on duty in Mobile
county with the LIST Regiment. Ala
bama National Guard. to cooperate
with the county authorities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-27
Advice to Amateurs.

H. M. Connolly. expert Of the depart
ment on garden work, assigned to the
District, last week made round of the
demonstration gardens and reported
that a number Of new gardens have
been started. He offers the following
advice to amateur gardeners of this
city:
THE soil Is very dry and persons who
are setting out cabbage, tomato, pep
per and elephants should do the work
thoroughly or many Of the plants will
die. Many persons are afraid to set
the plants in the ground deep enough.
Tomato plants, no matter how long the
stem. can be set down SO the bases of
the upper branches are at the level of
the soil. Do not set plants shallow and
then hill the soil up around the stem.
This small amount of earth soon dries
out and the roots suffer. A safe plan
to follow is to set all plants from half
an inch to an inch deeper than they
were in the seed bed. Many plants
may be set still deeper.
early cabbage can be set for several
weeks yet. 1t Is now time to set egg
plant and pepper plants. Tomatoes.
both early and late, may still be set and
late tomatoes at any time up to July /.
Late varieties of sugar corn should be
planted soon in order to make a good
growth before excessively hot weather
begins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-27
Be SOLDIER Of THE SOIL,
ADVICE TO C[UBWOMEN
Bulletin Distributed Throughout the
Country by Head of General
Federation Department.

BE a soldier of the SOIL is the ad-
monition contained in "a bulletin sent
to 100000 clubwomen throughout the
country by Mrs. John Dickinson Sher-
man of the conservation department,
General Federation Of Women's Clubs.
Many clubwomen of Washington al
ready have Joined The Stars campaign
for increased food production in the
capital.
Some Of the show vegetable gardens
Of the city are being cultivated by en-
ployes Of the Department of Agricul-
ture. The majority of the clerks Of that
department who have backyard space
have planted vegetables.
l. A Clinton, agricultural demonstra-
ton official Of the department, has
plowed up his front lawn, ON Decatur
street near 14th. He is going to plant
it in potatoes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-27
Carry Austrian Positions.

By the Associated Press.
ROME May Is, via London.-The Of
fetal statement reads:
!; 'tHeayy fighting still continues on the
Carso, where our gallant troops .yester-
day carried another strongly fortified
enemy position, capturing $500 prisoners
and much war material.
"After intense artillery preparation
lasting until O'Clock in the afternoon,
infantry of the 9TH Army Corps vigor-
of trenches extending from the mouth
of the Timave river to point east OF
Jamaiano and took possession OF the
heights between Flondar and Medeazza:
Farther north. after severe hand-to- han II, q
fighting. the enemy's defenses at the
labyrinth east of Boscomalo were broken
and Hill 22O. southeast of the village. and
trenches around Castagnovizza were
taken.
Of the Carso were confined almost ex-
clusiyely to artillery actions We extend
ed our positions on Hill 174, north of
Trivoli.
Fighting in Vodice Area.
1.-The. fighting was very heavy in the
yodice area, where the enemy made ev-
cry effort to dislodge us from the i'm
remained firmly in our possession.
after violent artillery preparation
dense masses of the enemy yesterday
again attempted repeatedly and stub
bornly to attack our lines The splen-
did resistance of our troops maintained
our position and the enemy was time
after time driven back with heavy loss.
leaving more than 800 prisoners in our
hands.
..In the PLAYA zone we made farther
progress on the slopes of Hill 1863, in the
Rogat valley.
"The total number of prisoners cap
tured so far on the Julian front from the
14th instant to yesterday is 22.41S, in
GLIDING 4S7 officers.
"Our airmen flew in great numbers
over the enemy's back lines yesterday,
bombed railway works, ammunition
dumps and batteries and attacked enemy
infantry on the march with machine
runs. All the airmen returned safely.
One enemy machine was brought down.
The Washington times., 1917-03-05
POLICE PROTECTION
PLANS THOROUGH
Residential Sections, as Well
as Parade Line, Well
Guarded.

While all Washington Is lined
along Pennsylvania avenue this after.
noon to see President Wilson take
his second carriage ride to the White
House, police and plain clothes men
in automobiles arc riding through the
deserted residential sections on the
lookout for housebreakers.
Scattered here and there along the
line of march, perhaps at your very
side, are approximately 100 detec'
tives. three-fourths of whom are
picked men from the leading cities
OF the country.
Keen for PIckpockets.
They are men who know scores OF
pickpockets and confidence men by
sight, and will escort to police head.
quarters any original OF a roKues'
gallery picture who may cross their
path today.
A force OF approximately 500 regu-
lar and special policemen stretched
along the line OF march to regulate
the crowds.
OdeIl S. Smith, with a subcommit-
tee OF 100 members OF the public
order committee, IL seeing to II that
no boxes, barrels, or scaffolds are
placed in the crowds along the line,
first, in order that accidents may be
prevented. and second, that all may
get an equal view of the parade.
For practically the first time, the
police are ready to give first-aid treat
ment to the scores OF persons who
faint in crowds, and who. in other
years, have kept the ambulances busy.
Firrt-AId Ready.
Every. police box in the city. in ad-
dition to the temporary hospitals, Is
equipped with aromatic spirits of am
monia and iodine. and the policemen
have been instructed by physicians of
the American Red Cross to apply
them in minor cases.
In addition to the automobile pa
troll in the precincts, hve machines are
being held at headquarters, with de-
tectives ready to speed to any point
where they may be needed.