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Evening star., 1917-11-27
WAR PROBLEMS TAUGHT
OFFICERS IN FRANCE
School Established in the War Zone
by Order Of Gen.
Pershing.
BY JUNIUs b. WOOD.
Cablegram to The Evening Star an
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1917.

Cablegram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1917.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, November 27.-By order of
Gen. Pershing a special officers school
began today in an ancient town in the
war zone. It is very different from the
regular schools. since all the students
are officers ranking as majors. lieuten-
ant colonels and few as low as cap
tains. All of these men have seen long
some having commanded men twenty
years and some ten years.
They have been detached from their
commands temporarily to study the up
to-date war problems involved in and
created by present methods.
Comprise Every Branch.
Their studies will comprise every
branch Of modern field and staff serv-
ice and tactical problems involved from
a careful survey of French and British
methods in the last two years. The
number Of officers thus involved cannot
be mentioned. but it is important.
Modern warfare" said one Of the
prospective students. SIS so different
from anything previously known that
we should have the benefit of not only
personal experience in the past. but an
understanding of any presentable prop
osition that might confront US in trench
warfare. We feel that this is possible
and we understand that no man is too
wise or old to learn"
The school has been established in
an ancient building of singularly beau
tiful architecture. The interior has
been arranged like a modern school
room, with pupils desks and masters
platform.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
WEATHER.

For the District Of Columbia and
Maryland, cloudy and warmer tonight
and tomorrow, probably rain or snow
gentle to moderate east and southeast
winds.
For Virginia, cloudy and warmer to-
night and tomorrow; probably rain or
snow in north and rain in south por-
tion; moderate northeast to southeast
winds.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
Aviator Is Disciplined.

An American aviator. recently flying
in the training area, disobeyed orders
and looped the loop five times. The
commander disciplined him, but secret
ly was gratified at the stunt. particu-
larly when the man gave his explana-
tion. Il was told by French aviator"
he said. that it was impossible to
loop with this type of machine, and I
just wanted to show that it could be
DONE"
This illustrates forcibly the average
American spirit and the stuff of which
the expeditionary force is made.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
Tide Tables.

Compiled by United States coast and
geodetic survey
Today-Low tide, 12:46 am. and
1855 pm; high tide. 6:31 am. and 6:53
pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1897 am. and
las pm: high tide, 7:24 am. and TAP
pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-sun rose. 1903 am; sun sets.
4:4S pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises. 1904 am.: sun
sets. 4:4S pm.
Moon rises. 3:4s pm; sets. 5:51 am.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings Of
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four
hours beginning at 2 pm. yesterday:
Observation-Disclosures 4 pm, 35;
pm. 80: 12 midnight. 26. Today. 4
am. "a; am. 21; IL noon. 80; pm. 32
Maximum, 81, at 2:40 pm. yesterday:
minimum. 20. at am. today.
Maximum, Sc; minimum, 80.
Barometer-Yesterday 4 pm, 30.57;
pm, 1868: 12 midnight, 30.67. To-
day. am. 30.67: s am, 30.69; 12 noon,
30.61; 9 pm, 30.55.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
COTTON MARKETS.
POWDER STOCKS.

Quotation, furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co.
Evening star., 1917-11-27

Strong; mess. 51.00. Lard-Easy; mid
die west, 27.90a2S.0O. Other articles un-
changed.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, November 27 Il
pm. quotations).- s).-Wheat-Spot No. 2
red soft. 2.22; spot No. red winter.
2.24; receipts. 46,759 bushels exports,
30,191 bushels.
Oats-Firm; standard white, II; No.
3 white, 761a receipts, 1858 bushels.
Rye-Firmer; No. 2 western export,
1.Ss; receipts. 4s,794 bushels.
Hay-Steady
Evening star., 1917-11-27
PRODUCE MARKET PRICES.

Todar's prices at the farmers produce market
were announced today by the department OF
Evening star., 1917-11-27
Fish Wharf Prices.

The following the prevailing retail prices
at the municipal fish wharf and market today:
The broad ax., 1917-02-10
Water Pressure,

AS early as 1913 a Frenchman OF
science named Pascal experimental
with preSsures applied to liquids and
discovered the following law: A pres
sure applied to any part of the sur
face of a liquid is transmitted I'M
changed i'm amount in every direction
through the liquid.
Perhaps the most familiar apphca-
ton of PaScarS law is the h%draulc
press. In that machine pump having
a small piston drives water into large
cylinder and thereby forces upward
large piston. which congresses what.
ever is placed between the platform oI
the piston and the fixed croSSbcam Il.
the top of the press. If the area q.
the larger piston Is 100 times thai O'
the smaller a downward force OF one
pound exerted on the smaller plS.on
will create an upward force OF lOO
pounds upon the larger piston
The broad ax., 1917-02-10
Soma Irees.

In the angle between the Kings and
Kern canyons lies a woodland empire
beside which the HarZ and Black for
est Of Germany would appear almost
diminutive. Within the borders Of the
Sequcia National park and the General
Grant National park near by there are
no fewer than 100000 sequoia trees.
and of these 1900 are more than ten
feet in diameter. In the Sequoia Ma
tional park stands the largest tree in
the world-nOt the tallest, but the larg
est-the General Sherman tree, with a
diameter of 36.J feet and a height Of
279.9 feet. Its massive trunk and
branches contain about 100000 feet
OF lumber, board measure. This is
equal to the amount of lumber that is
cut from forty acres of average Mime
sofa timberland.-Argon
The broad ax., 1917-02-10
Teaching Birds Tricks.

A professor of natural history re-
flutes the statement so frequently made
that teaching a bird to draw water
needs apparatus and that the learning
Is cruelty to the bird.
1.-The following experience Of mine
he says. proves that it is not so by
any means. We bought a young bird
last January, so wild that on our ap-
proach it flew madly round the cage.
We hung the cage low and by patience,
after the bird got used to our prOxim-
tJ, induced it to take grOundsel. first
held at stems length. then between the
fingers, finally from the lips. We used
to let him out freely. and he would
perch on the loaf next me at break
fast. His perch projected through the
wires, and here was his favOrite seat
when at liberty. Then tried hanging
q bit of grOundsel by Il short string to
the projecting stick. After inspection
he pulled it up with his beak. On
frightening TIE string with a fresh
bit Of his preferred weed l had the
pleasure and interest Of seeing him
pull up the string with his beak till
the flower head was within reach,
catching the slack after each pull with
one foot and then transferring 1t to
the other. so that the coils were quite
neat"-London Globe.
The broad ax., 1917-02-10

The Famous "Green Man of Brighton"
In October, 1906, an individual was
to be observed at Brighton, England,
who walked out every day dressed in
green from head to foot-green shoes,
green gloves, green handkerchief and
other articles to match. This eccen-
trio person lived alone, knew nobody,
and in his house the curtains, the wall
paper, the furniture, even the plates
and dishes and the smallest toilet ar
ticles, offered an uninterrupted Sc
quence of green. Having started on
his career, there was obviously no rea
son to stop. and with full consistency
he carried his scruples so far as to eat
nothing but fruit and vegetables Of the
same green color. The consequences
were extremely disastrous. One fine
day the green man jumped from his
window into the street, rushed forward
and performed a second somersault
from the top Of the nearest cliff.
The broad ax., 1917-02-10
Home Ground Flour.

Grinding wheat to make -four ni1'
be done at home as easily rs Wv
grinding of coffee. Thus a fanny U.s.
have whole wheat flour. freshly GrounS'
q thing that Is usually difficult u " :,
tain. The New York Medical JOui"-
advises its readers to buy their VIZ
from seedsmen rather than froni :.
GERS or feed stores because II WI"
cheaper and more efficient. ,~
The grinder can be used aisO =.
cracking wheat, corn, barley Oals 80
and other grains for use as orsA "a
cereals. And the cereals VIII
chewing, which will not only st.
en- the muscles Of the che"ers
but win keep their teeth from o
that Il, II they begin as children ...s.
Homemade cereals need IONS
ing, 30 O fireless cooker Is ai
dispensable.
The broad ax., 1917-02-10
FOUND IMAGE In CAVE.
Crude Stone Idol Probably Antedates
Indian Mound Builders.

Madisonville, Ky.-E. L. Littlepage
Of the Morton Gap country brought to
t...c place recently a stone image that
is curiosity and probably Of historic
value.
Mr.. Littlepage found it at the edge
of a cave on a high elevation in North
Christian county, KY, while investigat-
ing some prospective oil land belonging
10 him. The cave is located in wild
and broken section of land uncultivat-
ed and but thinly inhabited.
The image is rudely carved out Of a
tough, ferrous sandstone. 1t is about
six inches in height and is well pre-
served, except for a slight injury on
one side of its head and slight wealth
ering of one arm. The figure is in a
sitting position, with its legs doubled
under its body and arms extended in
front, with hands resting on its knees.
The image is evidently relic Of an
idol worshiping people and antedates
any old Indian relic found in various
Indian mounds in western Kentucky.
The broad ax., 1917-02-10
INDIAN TRIBES USE
WRESTLING LANGUAGE
Able to Express Their Thoughts
Perfectly by Its Use, Says
Mining Engineer.

Carlisle, Pa.-That entire tribes OF
Indians in Mexico carry on long con-
versations by means of whistling is as
serted by Harold T. Mapes, mining en-
gineer, who was for twelve years in
Mexico, but now lives in Carlisle.
Mapes declares that the Indians have
q whiStling language and are able to
express their thoughts perfectly by its
use. He says it is not a series Of signs
or calls signifying danger, love, fear,
peace, war, etc, but regular language,
by which the most subtle shades Of
thought may be expressed.
Like people in other parts Of the
world, the Mexican Indians occasion
ally whistle for their dinners, only they
are able to explain by their whistles
exactly what kind of a dinner they
want--either simple meal of tortillas
and frijoles or a more elaborate feast
Of enchiladas and mole guajalote, with
cerveZt or vino.
Mapes says that he understands that
the whistling language has been hand
ed down from generation to generation
from the time of the Toltecs and Az
tees and that Indian lovers can put a
world Of tenderness and passion into
their whistled declarations of love or
stir their fellows to heroic deeds by
the fferceness with which they whistle
a call to arms.
A whistling language has been used
from time immemorial by the Swiss
mountaineerS, and Neapolitan sailors
converse frequently by means Of whis-
Ting. Convicts in the big jails in Ma
pies converse freely by means Of whis-
Ting, and there is apparently no limit
to their whiStling vocabulary.
The broad ax., 1917-02-10
WIDOW SAVES TREES.
Turns Commissioners From Those
Planted by Her Husband.

flanteo py 1er TuSpano.
st. Cloud. Mich.-"Woodman, spare
that tree; touch not a single bough."
Thus quoted Mrs. Mary Spicer. wild
ow, as she pleaded for the preservation
of trees planted by her husband. long
dead.
1t was three years ago that Mrs. Spi-
Ger started her battle with city officials
over the maintenance of this arborian
Inheritance. She was called upon to
enter another skirmish the other day
when sidewalk bids were opened, In
which provision was to have been
made for the removal of the trees.
Mrs. Spicer's pets" fringe a lot on
which her modest little home Is built.
Wait until l am gone and you may
remove Them" she told the city CON-
missioners, who took her words to
heart. When sidewalk bids were open
ed there were proposed contracts on
other jobs. but on the Widow Spicer's
property-not a word.
The broad ax., 1917-02-10
TEACHING INDIANS IS
THIS WOMAN'S HOBBY
Mrs. MoIineux Declares Red Man Can
Be Led, but Will Not Be Driven.

Salt Lake City.-To have mothered
one or possibly two tiny lives through
the strenuous days of early infancy is
q task that most women consider plen-
ty, but Mrs. Elizabeth Molineux, until
recently a teacher in the United States
Indian service, has the distinction OF
having mothered a whole tribe Of Pluto
Indians, and claims the satisfaction OF
having raised them, old and young,
from q condition bordering on the
squaIId state where they consider
cleanliness next to godliness and, one
and all, are heartily in favor of both.
Mrs. Molineux recently resigned her
post as teacher on the Shivwits res
ervation in southern Utah and is In
Salt-Lake resting preparatory to going
to Ketchikan, Alaska, to take charge
of the Episcopal church's mission
school there. She is a guest at the
home of the Right Rev. Paul Jones,
bishop of the Episcopal diocese Of
Utah, while here.
Indians have become a hobby with
this diminutive little Scotchwoman.
She speaks their languages and in her
eight years of service with the Indian
department has been intimately asso-
ciated with the trials and tribulations
that Eeset poor LO on his native heath.
Mrs. Molineux is an ardent church
woman and attributes her success in
dealing with Indians to the fact that
by blending religious teachings with
the "three RS" she has dismissed dis
trust of her from the minds Of her
charges and has always been regarded
by them more in the light of friend
than q teacher. She declared the In
dian mind to be susceptible to teaching
If properly approached, but adds that
he can be led but will not be driven.
The broad ax., 1917-02-10
Bank Robber Returns SIS.

Scranton, PA letter with IS in
closed has been received by the Pine
Brook bank. The letter said that the
writer held up the teller and took the
money at the point Of a revolver. 81
am taking the first opportunity to pay
It back" said the letter, which was
postmarked Moscow, Pa. The bank
odicials will have the missive framed.
The robber entered the bank and point
ing q revolver at the teller, George
Browning, demanded $25. Browning
handed out %, which satisfied him.
The broad ax., 1917-02-10
CHASING A COYOTE IN
AUTO EXCITING SPORT
Hound, Sighting Game, Leaps
Over Mud Shield and Lands
Twenty Feet Ahead of Car.

I.arned, Kan.-An exciting coyote
chase in automobiles took place near
funston. The party consisted OF Bill
Hmm, John Ham, Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin
Seaman and William Warning. They
went in two cars and took three grey
hounds in each car.
Mr.. Warning says that auto polo Is
mild compared with the way those two
cars chased across the prairie. ravines
and bluffs after coyotes. He said that
his speedometer registered forty miles
one time when he dared 70 glance at II
and he was afraid to look again.
They were going along between TWEEN.
ty and thirty miles an hour at the drle
they started up the first coyote, and
when the biggest hound In Mr.. War.
rings car sighted the wolf it leaped
over the wind shield and hood and
landed running twenty feet ahead OF
the car. The coyote was a big fellow,
but the hounds finally brought him
down, the big hound throwing him.
while the others pinned him down.
While chasing the first coyote the
other auto nearly ran over another one.
which leaped up almost from under the
wheels Of the car. The men shot at 1t
several times, wounding 1t. but because
ofthe speed Of the bounding car could
get but poor aim. It finally ran into q
hole and was tished out with q wire.
Messrs. Ham and Seaman have killed
many coyotes.
The broad ax., 1917-02-10
GIRL JLTS ARE FALSE,
SAYS PROFESSOR SHAW
Don't Believe Her When She Says
She'll BE Your Friend.

New York.-"When girl says,
cannot be your wife, but I'll be your
friend she tries to speak the truth,
but utters q psychological falsehood,"
declared Professor Charles Gray Shaw,
head Of the philosophy department OF
the New York university, In a lecture
ut the institution.
Professor Shaw argued that no wom-
an could be q friend to men or 70
women. because a friend requires
clear cut personality and a disinter-
ested outlook on life. Both Of these,
he asserted, women lack. He also de-
clared that friendships between men
were passing from the earth.
"Woman cannot be a friend because
she is never an individual, for to be
an individual one must stand alone,
he said. "Only those who stand alone
can come together"
Professor Shaw said that woman was
like a planet-well adapted to revolve
about some center, "but not organized
In such a way as to stand alene."
unfortunately, masculine friend
ships are just passing from the earth,
and in the course of time friends will
be found only in museums. along with
other aboriginal products. This mel
ancholy situation is due to the fact
that modern life tends to destroy per-
sonality and a philosophic view Of the
world. Man is bound to man not by
ties of friendship, but by bonds of pro-
fessionalism which are usually Of q
commercial character"
The broad ax., 1917-02-10
Too Much Practice.

docs your minister practice what he
preaches?" the newcomer questioned.
ale does" the citizen answered. with
q sigh, land I'd be perfectly willing to
have him stop. He lives next door to
me and begins at z O'Clock Sunday
morning to practice what he is going
to preach."-New York Times.
The broad ax., 1917-02-10
Self Convicted.

"Say, pa" queried small Bobby.
what is goSSiping. anyway"
"GOssiriLg. my son." replied the old
man, IF we get right down to the
plain, unvarniShed facts. is lying. But
why do you ask"
Because" answered the young in
vestigator, INA says you do a lot of
gossiping every time your business
keeps you late at the off1ce."-Ex-
change.
The broad ax., 1917-02-10
ALL AVAILABLE LAND GONE.
Commissioner of immigration Howe
Predicts That United States Will Be-
como an Emigrant Rather Than an
Immigrant Nation at the End of Hos
tilities In Europe.

tIlItIes IN Europe.
New York. "A prediction that the
United States would become an "emi-
grant" rather than an Immigrant" ma
ton at the close of the war was made
by Commissioner Of immigration Fred
eric C. Howe at the Sunday evening
forum of the Free synagogue.
Mr.. Howe took the stand that immi-
grafton was purely an economic ques-
ton and declared that it had been
such from the beginning. He said that
those who opposed immigration did so
because they desired to limit the COM
petition of unskilled foreign labor {;
those who favored the wide open door
did so because it made labor cheap.
He said the immigrant no longer
went to the farm because all the avail
able land of the country had been TAX
en- up, hundreds of millions of acres
being held for purely speculative pur-
poses.
'4The immigration problem never ex-
listed so long as the land was free for
the asking" said Mr.. Howe. land it IS
this scarceness of land which makes
immigration an economic question.
at is a matter of freeing labor on
one hand from the competition of the
incoming labor groups from Europe
and of insuring to the immigrant an
opportunity to work for himself rather
than for an employer interested In Sc
curing his services at the lowest pos
sible cost.
81 keen more or less in touch with
the centers to which go most of the
men who pass through Ellis island.
am told that everywhere the men now
employed In our shops and factories
who at home worked as farmers are
saving their money to return to the
old country. They have always wished
to own their own farms-they came
here for that purpose-and they figure
that after the war land will be cheap
In the countries overseas. This senti-
ment. spreading among our workers.
will result In a serious crisis in our
Industrial life"
Mr.. Howe also discussed the servant
question. He said that since the war
there had been practically no servant
girls coming to this country and that
many OF those who were In service had
left 1t to enter munition factories and
Offices. while others had married or
died.
To regulate the tide Of oriental i'm.
migration and, In fact. to check in some
measure immigration from any land
DR.. Sydney L. Gulick, an authority on
Japan, suggested that, for example, II
thousand Syrians came to this coun-
Try In 1900 and ten years later all had
taken out American citizenship then
another thousand might be admitted.
If, however, only 800 had applied for
naturalization papers the decision of
the remaining 700 to still be Syrians
automatically would keep an equal
number Of their fellow countrymen In
Syria.
The broad ax., 1917-02-10
BIRD DOG WEARS GLASSES.
Georgia Setter Does Good Work After
Visit 10 OcuIist.

Moultrie. Ga.-Fanny. a thorough
bred setter. wears spectacles. She was
fitted with glasses by an oculist. who
found that she had astigmatism.
For years Fanny has been known as
one of the best hunting dogs in this
section. Before the opening of the
quail season this year she went to the
fields by herself and on returning
showed evidence of bad falls. Fanny
could not help falling into bitches and
running into trees. Then 1t was dis.
covered that her eyes had become af-
fected.
1t is believed the glasses will correct
the trouble. At least Fanny now is do
ing her work as well as usual.
The broad ax., 1917-02-10
Sharks and Death.

There is an old yet still operative su-
perstition among seafaring men that
when a shark persistently follows a
vessel It is a sign that some person on
board is going to die, the alleged rea-
son being that the great fish can scent
death.
The broad ax., 1917-02-10
Divided Il.

Scene-Police court during dispute
over eight day clock.
Magistrate-I award the clock to the
plaintiff.
Defendant-Then what do / get7
Magistrate-I,n give you the eight
days.-LondOn Stray Stories.
The broad ax., 1917-02-10
HE KNEW.

Austrian Tells Who IL Is That Elects a
President.
Hammond, Ind.-Jorn BoSovich, late
Of Austria, applied to the federal court
for citizenship papers. Clerk Hem
stock put the questions and got these
answers:
"Who is president of the United
States?"
"Mr. Wilson"
"Who makes the lawsf"
THE congress-"
"Who elects the presidentr
California"
He got the papers.
The broad ax., 1917-02-10
EashionabIa

willie-Paw. what Is a fashionable
RESORT Paw-A place where You can
obtain the least comfort and the most
style for the most money. my SON.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The broad ax., 1917-02-10
EIGHTY, WANTS HEART BALM
Woman 10 Deaf, Has Lost Right Eye
and 10 a Little Lame,

and 10 a Little Lame.
Utica, n. Y.-Mrs. Almira Kingsbury
is Just little on the right side Of
eighty years old. She is rather deaf.
She has lost her right eye and her left
thumb. Besides she is little lame.
But she took the stand to testify that
Robert Roberts Of Trenton, seventy-six
years old and a farmer, had been so
smitten with her charms at first sight
that he urged her to marry him. Then
she said he broke troth and she sued
for breach Of promise They met at an
employment agency where he sought q
housekeeper.
Judge Hazard told Mrs.. Kingsbury's
attorney, II think your client L. clearly
entitled to about cents." However.
the case was held open for more svi-
dence.
The broad ax., 1917-02-10

Oh, how bitter Q thing It b 10 look
into happiness through another nan1
syssiH"As You Like It" II. Z.