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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-21
Working for Pre-War Wages.

Representative Frederick H. Zihlnla n
of Maryland told the Joint committee of
the Washington and Cumberland cham
bers of commerce, at its meeting here
yesterday, that the boatmen in the en-
ploy of the canal company are working
for pre-war wages, Notwithstanding
their expenses have greatly increased.
He said that the pay of iockkeepers is
ridiculously small. The financial diff
culties of the company also were re-
cited by Mr.. Zihlman.
Water has been turned into the canal,
with the exception Of the Georgetown
level, and all preparations have been
made to begin the season March % as
far as the physical end of the problem
is concerned.
Eighty-two boats were operated last
year and brought 10000 tons of coal
to Washington. The company is pre-
pared to add several boats to it's fleet
this season if the men agree to go to
work at the new rates offered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-21

ed in with the good will Of employers
and foremen. and further tho board OF
admiralty wish to mako 1t per1ectiy
clear that these results cannot DO OBJ
tanned uniess maximum output b con.
tinuously given in every shipyard and
marine engine shop by every one con-
cerned. II employers hesitate to play
their part. II men anywhere Gown
tools 60 slow for any reason. they
will do SO in full knowledge OF tho
grievous extent to which they are
prejudicing the vital interests OF tho
community.
ut is to insure the vigorous CO.
operation Of all concerned that the
admiralty have recommended the pub
location of the facts"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-21
Bright Wits in Crime.
mn Dc Nsw Ysrk world.

Automobile stealing, it appears. has
been advanced to . place among the
polite professions in the world Of
crime Merely to step into another
mans car and drive away with it, TAX
ing all the chances. is now become an
anachronism and u crudeness. 1t is no
longer done in the best grand larceny
circles. The genteel purloiner now
sizes up skillfuliy the vehicle he
wants. as to it's cylinders horsepower
and other points Of technical interest.
files his ow nership papers, takes out
his license and, II stopped by the police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-21

0DC4Go. March 21-Details Of how
tt1O sab cat" and the wooden shoe"
fDGeAAseng marshaled 6yA vsst ~rebel
0mys IN opposition to the United
tBt14so government and The war. viii it
II said. b revealed at the coming
mai OF memberAof the I. ". W.. under
ssndactment for conspiracy and dis
legality.
Sab cat. ana wooden shoe" are
8. ". w chang for sabotaSe- Federal
attorneys have been busy examining
Epscfhnns Of ]. W. W. literature seized
hy tff~ government.
Following are some extracts from
Solidarity. an I. w. W. publication,
which Will. it is said. be used as evil
dence al the trial:
ssThe rebel who does not put his pet
cat to work these days is guilty of
criminal negligence.
1--WE reed in Rockford at the present
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-21

time about 1000 rebels 70 90 on the
lob 1t the enrichment de YellowleEs
So come on, you rebels.
IAN ounce Of sabotage il worth =
ton Of legislation.
'sThe only logical footwear for con-
Dcrfpted army IL wooden shoes.
somebody 81 driving spikes In logs
and has already ruined saws in the
mills Of the lumber country"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-21
Western Reserve Very Much Alive.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 21-Rumors
that Western Reserve University would
suspend spring athletics because Of
military drill were denied last night
when the base ball schedule was an
nounced and a call issued for track
men to represent the university. In
cluded in the base ball schedule of ton
games is one with University of Michi-
gun. at Ann Arbof. April e.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-21
Will Require Time for Solution.

"Our partners in the war are making
every effort to increase their produce
ton of ships. but considerable time
must elapse before the desired output
is secured to produce in the United
Kingdom, 100000 tons in 1918, and to
reach an ultimate production at the
rate of 3,0O0.0U per annum is well
within the present and prospective ca
pacity of our shipyards and marine
engineering shops; but the ranks of
the skilled men must be enlarged with
out delay by. the Introduction of men
and women at present unskilled,
ssThe introduction Of these newcomers.
upgradinE and interchange ability of
work are essential and must be press
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-21
Kores to Louisville.

LOUISVILLE. Ky, March Glars
thur Kores. third baseman. has been
secured by the Louisville American As
ISOLATION club from Nashville of tho
Southern Association, according to an
nouncement here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-21
Pirates Need Third Stacker.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March o1.-
Manager Bezdek had his Pirate players
base is bothering the pilot, Pitler and
Cation working at that corner during
practice. Jimmy Archer. formerly OF
the Cubs, is watching over the bat
terymen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-21
Il MILLION TONS
Of SH|PP|NGL LOST
British AdmraItys Figures In
cIude U-BoatsS Toll Up
to January.
BELOW GERMAN CLAIMS

Secret figures Of the British admiralty
on submarine losses and world ship
building were made public here today
by the British embassy. They show that
from both enemy action and marine
risk on January l. 1918, allied and neu-
trail shipping had lost since the war be-
gan 11,8e7,5 72 gross tons, while ship
yards outside of the central powers were
turning out 6,6O6275 tons.
These figures. long withheld. are now
made public. an admiralty memoran-
dunn says because today they will not
stimulate the enemy and because they
will impress upon the people tho neces-
sity of united action in making good
losses by submarines. With them goes
an appeal to British builders to speed
up their efforts by bringing more men
and women to work on the task, and
warning that the recent falling off in
British production must not continue.
Below German Claims.
In spite of the tremendous total of
losses, they do not approach the claims
of the Germans. and with 2,5S9.00o tons
of enemy ships added to the output of
the war period. the net loss to world
shipping exclusive of that of Germany
and her allies is only 2,631.29
The maximum of losses was reached
in the second quarter of 1917. after the
unrestricted submarine warfare which
drew the United States into the strug-
gle was launched. That quarter g.
236,934 gross tons of ships went down.
Since then the total has been reduced
until in the fourth quarter of 1917 it
was 1,272,S43. In the meantime the
shipbuilding output steadily curved up
ward. In the last quarter of 1917 it
was 932.023 tons. and at that time the
enormously increased facilities of the
United States-had not begun to get into
action
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-21

A. Tracy Lay, millionaire lumberman.
died Monday at his home in Highland
Park, a suburb Of Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-21
No Desire to Prophesy.

ION the subject of losses the admi-
rally disclaim any desire to prophesy
about SO uncertain thing as war in
it's submarine phase. The results of the
past year have shown the ability of our
seamen to get upon terms with the
submarine menace and gradually to
gain the upper hand. This result has
been achieved in spite of an imperfect
knowledge of a new and barbarous
suitable material Our material re-
sources for this warfare are already
improved and are being rapidly aug
mented, whilst science is facing at our
disposal means of offense and defense
of which we have been in need. Subject
to this technical advice and to a warn
ing that undue optimism is fatal, the
admiralty consider that the facts with
regard to tonnage losses speak for
themselves.
with regard to the other factor,
the production of merchant tonnage.
any estimate for the future must de-
pend wholly on the determination of
employers and men in the .shipyards
and marine engineering eStabIishme nts
The production. however, of merchant
ships in tho United Kingdom during
January. 1918. even making the most
generous allowance for weather con-
ditions, fell SO far below that of each
month in the preceding quarter that
IL improvement is not speedily made
the point where production balances
losses will be postponed to a dangerous
extent and even when that point is
reached we shall still have to make
good the losses of the past during
the critical period that confronts us.
We must rely in the main on our own
shipyardS and on ourselves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-21
Seamen Can Master U-Boats.

Although warning against undue OPP
tmism. the admiralty statement says:
'erhe results of the past year have
shown the ability of our seamep to
get upon terms with the submarine
menace and gradually to gain the upper
hand"
In announcing in the house of COM
mons yesterday that hereafter figures
public at regular intervals Sir Eric
Geddes. first lord of the admiralty. in
Dictated that il still would be unwise
to publish the total for the war. How
ever, these totals now are given to
the public. simultaneously in this
country and in Great Britain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-21
What Statements Include.

. Three statements are attached, show
ing for the United Kingdom and for
tthe world:
81. Losses by enemy action and marine
risk.
''2. Mercantile shipbuilding output.
'3. Enemy vessels captured and
brought into service.
THE situation should be viewed from
the standpoint of the worlds tonnage,
as in these problems the mercantile
navies of the whole world. excluding
the enemy, may be regarded one. 1t
will be noticed that the diagrams record
facts and that nothing has been in
Guided in the nature of an estimate. 1t
would not be correct to assume that the
losses by submarine will continue TO de-
crease or that the production Of ner-
chant vessels will continue to increase
at the same rate of progress as is
shown in the last few quarters. although
a rapid and continuous increase in the
output of merchant tonnage will inevi-
tably follow the united efforts of all en-
gagged in merchant shipbuilding in this
country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-21
Memorandum Issued by British.

Following is the admiralty memo
randum:
Memorandum issued by the British
admiralty showing in gross tons the
losses to the world shipping by enemy
action; the mercantile shipbuilding
output and the enemy vessels captured
and brought into service.
Hitherto the board of admiralty have
been averse from any publication other
than that contained in the weekly re-
turn of losses, although it has fire.
auently been pressed upon them that
the whole tonnage facts should be made
public. So long. such publication
would encourage the enemy and would
stimulate his energies in a dangerous
direction, they have not been able to
concur in the proposal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-21
Will Not Stimulate Enemy Now.

The figures today will not stimulate
the enemy. and the admiralty recog-
nize that the policy of silence neces-
sary as they believe it to have been
from a naval point of view, has had
this serious defect that it fails suffi-
GENTLY to impress upon the people of
this country the votai necessity of in
dividual and united effort on their part
to make good the losses caused by en-
envy submarines.
Tn the spring of 1917 the full men ace
of the submarine campaign was first
disclosed. Since that date ve have
steadily increased our knowledge and
our material resources for this novel
warfare.
Washington Journal., 1918-05-24

@ill d9rie. Sausfrau:
sd boiic, Dap i6 nic cineu SoIoa-
ten in Der aiid)c icbcn wcroc."
Neacs Gicninld0dcn: ~gSle IRA.
oam miinidcu, mciu GraBoncr lam
lih in Dem arobcn Siideni hrant 10
beQuem peyitcdcn."
Washington Journal., 1918-05-24

Inter Sreunoen. Ecu
bait Gid ihon mieoer NAL bon
neuem perlobt2"
$50, uno OicsmaI io9ar iebr &c.
i6brIib."
Evening star., 1918-01-30
THREE NAMED TO HEAR
MINOR WAGE COMPLAINTS
Fourth Member of Board of Exam.
iners of Railroads Commission
to Be Named Soon.

The railroads wage commission today
announced appointment of three of the
four members of it's board of examiners
to hear minor wage complaints.
They are Ed j. Barcalo, Buffalo
manufacturer and leader of the labor
legislative movement in New York
state; Riley Redpath. Kansas City busi-
ness man, and Lathrop Brown, New
York. former member of Congress and
now special assistsnt to the Secretary
of the Interior.
Another member will be named in a
day or two. The examiners will act
virtually as deputy commissioners and
will hear a large proportion of the
wage demands presented to the COM
mission.
The board of statistics. recently ap-
pointed by the railroad wage commits
sion, went to work today gathering
figures on the cost of living and wages
paid railroad men in various classes of
and different sections of
the country. These will be analyzed
by the board for presentation to the
wage commission, to be used in de-
termining future increases in wages.
Maintenance of way employees today
explained to the commission their de-
for wage increases. which range
as high as 60 per cent in many cases.
Evening star., 1918-01-30
D. c. MEN COMMISSIONED

Twenty-three residents of this city
were today commissioned by the Presi-
dent as officers in the Ordnance Re
nineteen employed in the Office of the
tenancies. They are:
Roger Birdsel. Harold Boeschen-
stein, Marshall De Angels. Francis J.
c. Dorsey, William L. Durrant. Thomas
Hewes. Harold l.. Jillson. Frank L.
Lagay. Loring p. Nichols Frank f.
Pelshing, Howard NJ. Petrie. Richard
E. Pritchard. Frank L. Rusk. Rhe doe
X. Snyder Robert P. \. Taylor, David
A. Thompson, Philip p. Weisberg. John
F. Wheelock and Harry r. Worthing
ton.
Others appointed in the ordnance re-
serve are:
northwest. to be major: Norman h.
Holt of 2626 o street northwest. anl
Edgar w. Nicholson of 1880 F street,
to be captains. and Harold B. Barnett
Of 1924 Massachusetts avenue north
west, to be a second lieutenant.
Other Washingtonians named as
officers today in the Officers Reserve
Corps and the National Army are as fol-
lows:
Victor f. Henderson of 1856 X street
northwest. to be a captain in the avia-
ton section OF the Slgnal reserve.
William r. Kiefer of the office OF the
chief signal officer and Oscar l.. Lef-
fertS of 1915 New Hampshire avenue
northwest, to be first lieutenants III
the aviation section of the signal re-
serve.
Iially NJ. Scott of 1923 10th street
northwest. to be a second lieutenant
in the aviation section of the Signal
Reserve
William c. Miller of the Emergency
Hospital to be a first lieutenant in the
Medical Reserve.
Joseph Francis Dyer of 20S street
northwest, to be first lieutenant in
the Medical Reserve.
Clyde p. Roads of Camp Meigs. this
city, to be first lieutenant in the
Quartermaster Corps of the National
Army.
Charles Wallach of Army Medical
Museum. to be a first lieutenant in the
Sanitary Corps of the National Army.
Douglas Wilson johnson of the Co
lumbia University. New York, y. Y,
has been commissioned major in the
National Army.
Evening star., 1918-01-30
MAN WHO PREDICTED FIRE
AT NEWARK PLANT is HELD

| PATERSON, N. J.. January 3OL
Charged by federal authorities with
having predicted publicly last We'd
nesday that the Submarine Boat Cor.
poration plant at Newark would be
blown up or destroyed by fire, Antoine
. Deutsch, machinist employed at a
! Passaic shop. has been placed under
arrest. Last Saturdays fire caused a
100000 loss to the docks and ware
houses Of the plant, and Deutsch is
being held pending examination.
He is said to have made his predic-
tion in q restaurant. It was overheard
and secret service men at once began
an investigation. Government agents
are said to be rounding UP many OF
IDeutsch's acquaintancea
Evening star., 1918-01-30
WILLIAM WHEATLEY DEAD.
Former D. c. Lumber Man Succumbs
at Atlanta, Ga.

William Wheatley. formerly engaged
in the lumber business here, died sud-
denly yesterday at Atlanta. Ga, accord
ing to word received by friends here.
The body is expected to arrive in
Washington tomorrow.
Mr.. Wheatley closed his Washington
residence 2023 Q street, several months
ago and had been spending the winter
at southern resorts. He retired few
wears ago from active business. He was
a member of the Metropolitan and
Chevy Chase clubs.
Mr.. Wheatley was member of the
Wheatley family. longtime and well
known residents of Georgetown. and
was Othe brother Of the late Samuel
Wheatley, at one time District Commits
sioner Mr.. Wheatley with his broth
ers conducted large lumber concern
in Georgetown for number of years.
He was a very well known figure in
that section Of the city.
Evening star., 1918-01-30
NEEDS NO MORE CLERKS
War Risk Insurance Bureau Gets
Flood of Applicants Through
False Report.

The war risk insurance bureau needs
no more clerks
A report that the bureau needed
clerks, and that civil service restric-
tions had been waived, resulted in a
flood of applicants for positions today.
The bureau gets its clerks through
civil service appointment, it was stated
by bureau officials, and applications can
be considered only in this manner.
Evening star., 1918-01-30

Alice Bailey, siX-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Ed Bailey of 915 5th
street northwest. died yesterday afternoon
at 80 o'clock as the result of burns she
received Monday night at her home
While her parents were busy in the kitchen
thawing cut frozen pipes Monday night
about 9 30 o'clock the little girl went up
stairs to the dining room.
She tried to stand on a small chair and
reach over a latrobe to the mantelpiece
for a pencil when her clothing caught fire.
Enveloped in mass of flames, she ran
frcm the room to her parents. but n was
too late to save her life.
Theehild was a pupil of Abbot School
Funeral services were held this afternoon
at the residence of her aunt, Mrs. Joseph
Bailey, oil 5th street.
Evening star., 1918-01-30
BRITISH SUCCESSFUL
IN PATROL FIGHTING
Many Bombs Dropped on German
Works by Fliers-French
Troops in Raids.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, January 30-"Last night
one of our patrols successfully attack
ed a German post northeast of Havrin-
court and killed or took prisoner a
number of the enemy's garrison" the
war Office reports. Further casualties
were inflicted on the enemy in patrol
encounters in the neighborhood of
Bullecourt. where we captured a ma
chine gum"
Great Aerial Activity.
An official statement on aerial opera
tions issued by the British war office
last night reads:
Coed visibility Monday enabled much
aviation work in conjunction with the
artillery and also some photography to
'pe carried out. British airmen dropped
400 bombs on various objectires, in
Guiding Roulers. Menin and the air
drome near Tournai.
Several thousand rounds were fired at
enemy troops from machines in the air.
In the fighting throughout the day,
two hostile machines were shot-down
and six were brought down out of con-
troll. Three of our machines are miss
ing.
During the night of Monday-Tues-
day six tons of bombs We're dropped on
enemy billets, railway stations and
trains and airdromes. All the British
machines returned safely"
French Official Report.
PARIS. January 30.-"French patrols.
carrying out operations north of the
Aisne, brought back prisoners" the war
office announces. In the Eosees the
artillery fighting was continued vigor-
ously during the night at Hartmans-
weilerkopf."
french troops Monday penetrated the
German lines in upper Alsace. de-
stroyed defense works and brought
back prisoners. the war office an
nounceS.
Evening star., 1918-01-30
.'F|SHERSO Of: MEN IS
AFTERNOON TOPIC
Billy Sunday to Arrange for
Services for CoIored
People.
UNBELIEVERS HARD HIT

Billy Sunday breaches twice to-
day at the Tabernacle-at 2 and
7:3O pm. Doors are opened mt
least half an hour before each
service.
Both meetings are open to
everybody.
Choir No. will sing tonight.
The topic of the evening SER
mon is "BehOId l Stand mt the
Door,"
Evening star., 1918-01-30
Questions of Morals; Not of Intellect
Well Known Names Singled Out

| Christianity is the anvil and it's at
tackers are the hammers. according to
the metaphor used by the preacher.
Julian the Apostate. Voltaire, Goethe.
Holbein, Strauss. Huxley, Mill, Hume,
Hobbies. Darwin, Spencer, Thoma
Paine, Parker. IngersolI, were all ham
mers. he declared, and all are gone.
| The anvil remains. On the other hand
! the great men of the world, he said, Of
/ all ages and in all realms of hun1a n
activity have all believed in Jesus
| Christ as the Son of God.
| Those who say that for a whale to
swallow a man is a physical .impossi-
bility don't know anything about it,
for April 4. 1896. he says. disproyes
their contention because it tells of a
case in the Mediterranean sea where "a
sailor on whaling vessel was SO swal-
lowed and remained alive and was re
suscitated after a day and a night in
the leviathans interior organs Jonah
must share his unique distinction
Evening star., 1918-01-30
WITH SIX HUSBANDS DEAD
SHE IS HELD FOR B|GAMY.
Mrs. Cora Ellen Woods to Answer in
Baltimore Charge of Marrying
No. 8 While No. z Lives.

A stylishly dressed young woman was
booked at police headquarters last night
as Mrs. Cora Ellen Woods but, the police
say her lawful name is Barnes. She
gave her age as thirty-three years, her
address at 611 Louisiana avenue. and said
she felt satisfied she would be cleared
of a charge of bigamy brought against
her in Baltimore by Walter Barnes. her
seventh husband. Arthur B. Woods, her
eighth husband, visited her at the police
station. AND was deeply interested in
the outcome of the case.
Detective Patrick OBrien arrested the
young woman for the Baltimore police
authorities. She was under bond to ap-
pear in Baltimore yesterday and answer
a charge brought against her by Barnes
but she stated, she consulted lawyer
and was advised to remain in Washing
ton.
Il followed his advice" she told the
detective, "and this is the result
This morning Detective Bradley took
her back to Baltimore to answer the
charge preferred against her by hus-
band No. {. Discussing her matri-
monial ventures. the defendent said she
years and that six of her husbands are
dead. She thought the seventh one
was dead. she declared or she never
would have married No. s.
Failed to Respond to Notices.
Walter Barnes was employed in the
dairy at Soldiers Home fifteen months
ago when she married him. she said
and two months later he disappeared
He failed to respond to advertisements
she had inserted in newspapers, she
stated. and when she was told he was
dead she sent her son. eighteen years
old, to an undertaking establishment
and he reported an Identification of a
body as being that of his step-father.
Fully satisfied she was seven times
a widow. she explained. she met and
married Mr.. Woods and was living
happily with him when along came the
supposed dead man and swore out a
warrant for her arrest. The writ was
issued in Baltimore because her mar.
riage to Woods was solemnized in thai
city.
! The fair prisoner said she was shocked
when she learned that Walter Barnes
was not dead, being confident his bod,
was reposing in grave in aloca
cemetery. She later was convinced he
was not dead, however, and was told
he was in West Virginia at the time
she advertised for him.