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SHRAPNEL
Sidelights on the War
BY
OLIVER owENXUHN.,
OLIVER oWENKUHN.

The psychology Of the German in the
present war has been the cause Of end
less speculation and comment. A little
verse indicating the queer .Teutonic
viewpoint follows:
Hun, Hun, he thinks it great fun.
To kill little children at play,
But he'll froth and he'll foam
II you smash up his home,
For that is the German way.
The soldier servant of an English off,
Ger was greatly, attached to his master.
In one of the battles of the Somme the
officer was killed and there was little
time to think of the living, much less
the dead, and the body was left lying
on the ground. The officers servant
spent two days searching for the body
of his master. though shot and shell
were dropping about him. He finally
located it and carried it back
Demands on patriotism are limitless.
An >Englishman has suggested that
there be seedless day for eanaries.
Tractors played an important part In
the conquering of German East Africa
The smoke and noise of'these queer ed
gfnes, as they tore through the under
brush, paving a way for the troops,
created terror among the natives. The
blacks fell upon the ground and beat
themselves When treasured of their
safety against evil spirits, they offered
invaders British commanders insisted
that the soldiers pay for everything
they obtained
of the trials Of he who is suddenly al
lotted the post of billeting officer with
any of the various be1ligerent armies.
In describing difficulties met one of
them stated:
THE biIIetfng officer must combine
the organizing genius of William
Whitley with the quickness of decision
of a Napoleon. He must be gentle as a
dove, cunning as serpent He must
be all things to all men-frm to recall
citrant peasants, persuasive with fussy
beldames, glib with weary and fractions
officers who look for beds when there
are no beds"
The avalanche has been one Of the
chiefest obstacles to Italian military
endeavor. At any moment thousands
of tons of snow, ice or stone may come
hurtling down the mountain sides, wip-
ing out military units. A rifle shot is
declared to have caused one extremely
disastrous avalanche
On several occasions spies. wearing
the robes of the clergy, have been de-
tected by allied soldiers. Before being
shot their garments are taken from
them. Soldiers. as rule. do not like
misgivfngs are needed
Many Of tho old-time poor Of Eng
stances because Of the high wages paid
| in various branches of war endeayor.
1t is a singular fact, but these people.
to whom prosperity 10 q new. thing. dis
IKE 70 make income tax returns. The
middle and upper CLASSES however. con-
| tribute their bit to the povernu,nrt
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Commonwealth Government Beaten.

MELBOURNE. Australia. Saturday.
March 16.-The government of the COM
2honwealth of Victoria was defeated to-
day by a vote of 23 to 81 on motion
of the opposition protesting against re-
duction Of war bonuses for railway
men. The result was accepted as a
vote Of no confidence. and the governor
was advised to dissolve parliament.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

WANTED THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES
Of the eolored man and white man who were
thrown from 9th st. at the corner or BIN
Ind N. Y ave. NV, on March L. about I'D
pm, tho same time that ] was thrown from
the same. Mrs sBETTIE WALLACE 500 s'h
PROSPECT Hill. CEMETERY
= The annuai election OF officers for Prospect
Hill Cemetery will be held at the hall OF the
Oriental Building Association. and Ctr SIS
NV. Tuesday. March 10. 1918.
Polls will he open from TO pm
All lot holders are invited TO attend.
WM MARTIN. Secretary.
10 WHOM IT MAY CONCENTRATE NOTICE
that the certificates of sale for taxes on 9S/ lo
acre. Canal road parcel 500, ID. G.. on April Is,
to Malcolm Hufty Dennis Mccarthy and Edwin
l. Wilson, respectively. gnd assigned TO the I'M
dersigned. have been lost destroyed. and that
I have applied to the Commissioners of -. c. TO
issue to duplicates of said certihca tesI
DENNIS MCCARTHY. sol n. Y. ave. NV.
BONDS NUMBERED s. 20. &c. 80. 1879. Ira, Isl,
23T, having been drawn by let for redemption
urder the provisions of the first mortgage of the
Chapin-Sacks Manufacturing Company TO the
Continental Trust Company. trustee. Will he patd
by the Continental Trust Company from the sink
Ing fund created by the 'mortSagor. at the rate
Of 81. 020 each, April l. 1918. which daie
interest thereon will cease Bonds should be pre-
sented TO the Continental Trust Company for
payment CONTINENTAL TRUST COMPANY.
j. II. BADEN. Trust Officer
LADIES' AND -CHILDREN'S HEMP AND
Milan hats dyed and remOdeled into >the newest
spring models; best workmanship reasonable
prices. Vienna Hat Factory 49, IIth st. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-18

personally visited the tempe to one
prayers to ShanE-Ti, the SUPREME go<
on occasions or at times of Drought q
famine.
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The Riggs National Bank
OF WASHINGTON, D. c.

WE INVITE NEWCOMERS in WASHINGTON
who giving their services Our Government during
these times and those here private businessto avail
themselves the facilities and service of this bank
By of long experience wide connections and
relationships with other banks this service exp
tiona
Our officers will be pleased to'personally meet you.
ACCOUNTS of individuals firms and corporations invited
Capital and Surplus $1,000, 900
Resources, Ouer .............., .$22 900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-18

- In 1871 Japan imported $1,000, 900
pencils; most OF which came from
America and Germany. In 1916 the
Japanese manufacturers were able to
supply the home demand and to furnish
16S. 000, 900 pencils for export
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-18

Marcus Edwards OF Raleigh N e
has been sentenced to be electrocutad
April Is, for the murder Of his wife On
December q. g : - 8
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Pershing's Men Active.

Our 10y. own / forces in France have been
Our troops are now in fhe +ran,..x,
i've different points o.
This week WEI undertook our fi,st as
by any allied contingent.
;. AT dawn on March II, after pre-
quarters Of an hour We drove a hiehiy
SUCCESSFUL raid against a German trench
segment Our men penetrated the German
line to : depth of 800 yards. sThe enemy
was driven on after hand-toshand fight,
lines - 80 -
AT three places in Lorraine Ameri-
can troops, acting in Cooperation with
small French detachments raidedr Ger
man trenches. Two Of these Operations
were carried out ssimuItaneously. each
on a. frontage OF some 60 yards. After
= prolonged bombardment the attack
Ing units were able TO resch their OBJ
In the hfst line trenches and the at
tackers swept forward Into the Ger
foE neaSlyAn hour IN the Gerrnsn nor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-18
VISITS OTHER PARTS
I. OF GIGANTIC WORKS
Secretary Baker Continues
Trip of inspection Deep
Into France.

By the Associated Press.
on BOARD SECRETARY BAKERS
SPECIAL. TRAIN IN FRANCE. Friday,
March 15-Newton d Baker. the
American Secretary of War. today saw
some other parts of the gigantic works
begun by the Americans in France
which are keeping well in advance OF
the requirements of the expanding
Army. The Secretary now has left the
series of debarking ports and is ex-
amining the interior establishments,
where reserves of every sort are as
senbled and from which lines of supply
radiate toward the striking forces at
the front.
One such depot is of diamond shape,
six and a half miles long and two
miles across at it's greatest breadth.
Here is the third largest ice-making
plant in the world. capable of sup
plying sufficient ice daily TO keep
frozen 100000 pounds of meat in
storage warehouse fifth of a mile
long. The secretary continued during
THE intervals of his inspection his long
conversations with Gen-ePershing upon
the situation of the Army in France,
what it has and what it VIII need.
1.-THE American military establish
ment," said MI. BAKER 10 twenty VI
thirty French artillery officers, who
were, presented to hiIp on the training
field of a famous military school. rs
greatly in debt TO France for her aid
in making our military preparations.
Our ground officers here are fortunate
in being able to have your instructio,
and the government of the United
States values it..
The Secretary was speaking shortly
after sunrise, while on three sides OF
IRA erl American
tiIIerv officers or candidates for COM
missions were working with guns,
large and small. = studying topo-
graphical problems in the open ar,
taking the velocity and direction of
the wind from the flights of expert
mental balloons, or learning the theory
of gunnery from some of the most
gifted specialists in France. MIR. Baker,
was greatly interested in everything
relating to the instruction of the artif-
lerNnen.
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To Camp in Temple of Heaven.

PEKING, March 1s.-The advance
guard of Gov. chang-soulin of Mukden
province has arrived at Fengtai, outside
Picking, and is making preparations to
establish a camp in the Temple of
Heaven. The exodus of the Chinese
from Picking continues.
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Germany's threat of a great spring
offensive on the western front no long
er impresses American military men. )
In its weekly review today the War
Department records the conclusion that
the enemy, in spite of his vast prepara-
lions. will not take the offensive unless
forced into it. This confirms the opinion
many officers have expressed for weeks
in the face of official forecasts to the
contrary from both sides Of the Atlantic.
while hostile preparations for an
offensive in the west are not slacken-
ing" the review says. ait is becoming
more evident that the enemy will
launch the offensive only If COMPELLED
to do so by the exigencies Of the gen.
eral strategic situation"
The nature of the information upon
which this opinion is based is not dis
closed. 1t is noted that fresh German
divisions have arrived on the western
front and the German fines are said to
be approaching the point in density
beyond which It would be impossible
to go without choking communication
lines and hampering free movement of
reserves, Apparently, however. this
concentration has come to be regarded
as defensive, not an offensive move
ment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-18

The Temple of Heaven stands near
the south gate of the outer city of Pc
king. 1t is surrounded by walls which
are more than three miles in circum-
ference. In past years the emperors
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Americans on Five Fronts

the activities of American troops, now
engaged on five separate fronts, one
of the sectors lying close to the Swiss
border. The official statement, how
ever, adds nothing to, recently pub
lished press reports of the raids and
trench fighting in which the Americans
have been involved.
Elsewhere on the western front the
experts find no evidence of impending
major activities by either side. The
period of inactivity, the statement says,
Is being prolonged 1t notes, however.
of Austro German copeen-
may forecast on Verona or
Brescia as their detectives.
The statement follows:
The period of inactivity in the west
is being prolonged. Though the raids
now taking place would in the Inast
have been considered important ZEN
gagements, nevertheless, owing to- the
fact that they are merely of minor tac-
teal value, they cannot be held to he
major operations.
while hostile preparations for an Of
fensive in the west are not slackening. it
is becoming more evident that the enemy
will launch this offensive only If com,
pelted to- do SO by the ,exigencies of the
general strategic situation.
while fresh German divisions are reJ
ported as arriving in the west, II is inn
portant to note that the density of enemy
forces has nearly reached a point hevond
which it will be impracticabi4 to 90 for
should any large additional BODY Of men
pc massed me chances are that the con-
gestion OF the lines of communicative will
become so great as to make it imnossihle
to maintain the fexibility of manenver
which is SO essential
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Talks With Private Soldiers.

By the Associated Press.
ON BOARD SECRETARY BAKERS
SPECIAL TRAIN IN FRANCE Thurs
day, March 14-In his trip OF inspec-
ton of American military establish
ments today Secretary Baker stopped
frequently to talk with private SOL
diers. His impression and that of all
the civilian members of the party was
that the men are well housed, and fed
and want to get on with their work
Only one complaint was made. 1t come
regiments serving at an improvised
shipyard.
-"How do you like the cooktng?
the Secretary asked.
|. We'll. gets only one piece Of bread
the man replied.
1T is good breadr' as Mr.. Baker.
"Oh, it's good, boss, but when l asks
for aRother .piece I wants it"
Encounters German Prisoners.
Small gangs of German prisoners
were encountered. Usually they
saluted. They gazed curiously at the
Secretary of War and the commander
in-chief. Near the haPbor develop
ment, which the Secretary inspected.
is an amazing system OF warehouses
when completed there will be rows Of
one-story warehouses covering about
1000 acres, stretching out for three
and one-ha1f miles. to a depth of a
mile.
Construction has begun on a hospital
which will have 10000 beds 1t will be
the largest in the world. The British
have the next largest one, with 10000
beds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-18

The submarine chasing feet OF Eng
land and Ireland IL known as the "nack
that hunts the underseaboot."
Evening star., 1918-01-22

-
The Washington times., 1918-03-11

WANTED - Intelligent white
!: boys; age f6 TO 20; to learn
telephone work in repair shop;
wages while learning; oppor-
Aunity to advance. Apply c. &
P. TELEPHONE WAREHOUSE,
rear II u st. N. w. IA
The Washington times., 1918-03-11

BOY, colored, with wheel, per
manent position, So per week.
THE MODE, F & nth st. NV.
= II
The Washington times., 1918-03-11

LAR.4E EIrcst-noor room. Nx1o. Tor anta
apecialty, also rspalr Ehop With yard Spaea.
MOTOR Truck EEIT 90. - uth y. NV,
The Washington times., 1918-03-11

SAKS AND COMPANY
Want a young man who has
knowledge of Sporting Goods
for position in the Sporting
Goods Department. Good
position for the right young
man. Apply to Manager. IL
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-10
TRAINING LITTLE CHILDREN
Walks and Talks Afford Opportunities for Teaching
First Hand and in Interesting Ways.
By MRS. BERTHA EMELIN.

a great mental stimulus is readily ap-
parent, when one reflects for a mo-
ment upon the opportunities for ask
ing and answering questions that sell
dom arise in the school room; the op-
portunities to observe public work
that is going on away from ones
immediate neighborhood; the road
building. the digging Of trenches and
laying of mains, the setting and tax
ing down of telegraph poles, the op-
Grafton of the switch towers near the
railroad bridge, the regulation of traf-
fic, the construction of buildings.
There is a deepening of sense impress
sions; there is training in the correct
use of good English in conversations
and storytelling by the wayside;
there is reading and dramatization in
the woods and in the shady hooks
and on the rocky heights, that aid so
much in creating congenial atmos-
phere for the play of the Imagination,
and last but not least-perhaps the
most valuable feature is a
tremendous field for developing a
knowledge of natures workshop.
Perhaps some concrete illustrations
will serve to good purposes:
Sense Training.
Stand still few moments with eyes
shut; listen intently, then tell what
was heard.
Look intently in all directions, close
eyes, and tell what was seen.
Name objects (seeds, flowers, twigs,
etc. by touch alone with eyes shut.
Point to every birds nest observed
on the walk.
Find all the maple trees along one
road. By taking one tree at time
you will soon be surprised to dis
cover how many trees you and the
children can name.
These walks will also contribute to
spiritual growth in no small measure.
They will afford basis of compan-
ionship that with the older years is not
readily outgrown, and many fond
memories will cluster around these
little trips. Perhaps the same walks,
tho less frequent in the adolescent
years, may afford opportunity for the
condolences, the ideals and ambitions
that are so often poured into some
one else's ears because the mother
seems so busy in the home. At any
rate, you will not stop the walks and
talks when the kindergarten age has
passed. You will keep it up from
year to year, and each year will make
them seem more worth while. You
will have to increase your knowledge
of natures story as the years go by,
but with your interest to spur you
on, and the many books on the library
shelves that are now ready to help
you, this ought not to be difficult nor
burdensome
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-10
WHAT THE RED CROSS HAS DONE

forty trucks and 100 American driv-
ers.
Contracted for ten field hospitals
complete fer use by the Santa Mill
taire and the Italian Red Gross.
Supplied 100000 surgical dress
ings.
Opened relief headquarters in nine
regional districts of Italy.
Established hospital for refugees
at Rimini.
Planned and made appropriations
for extensive work among the refu-
gees in all parts Of Italy.
Roumania, S2,676,3s6.
Rushed more than 100000 worth
of medical supplies and foodstuffs into
Roumania Immediately after the re-
treat to Jassy.
Carried general relief work into
every part Of the stricken country not
invaded by the Teuton and Bulgarian
forces.
United States, ss,5s9, 1893.
Organized and trained forty-five
ambulance companies, totaling $3.50
men, for service with American SOL
diers and sailors.
Built and maintained four labora-
tory cars for emergency use in stamp
ing out epidemics at cantonments and
training camps.
Started work of eradicating unsani-
tary conditions in the zones imme-
diately surrounding the cantonmcnts.
Established camp service bureaus
to look out for comfort and welfare
of soldiers in training.
Supplied 100000 sweaters to SOL
diers and sailors.
Modified $4,000 trained nurses for
care of our men.
Established department Of home
service and opened training schools
for home service workers.
Planned convalescent houses at all
cantonments and training camps. In
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-10
THE COST OF WAR.

Representative Frederick C. Hicks
of New York has compiled figures on
the cost of the war. These show the
combined expenses of both sides dur
ing the first three years amounted to
sos, SOC, 100000 and that this vast sum
will be increased to 100000, ,000, 900
if the war continues until August
1918. This means that the entire cost
of the American civil war is being
duplicated every eighty-five days and
that the cost of the Franco-Prussian
war is equaled every five weeks. Re-
duced to comparisons, this enormous
sum of money would construct AGO
Panama canals. 1t would build a
railroad long enough to encircle the
earth at the equator ninety-two times.
1t would purchase 360,000,00O low
priced automobiles. If put into one
dollar bills, placed end to end, it
would make a chain of greenbacks
that could reach around the world 757
times. Four years of the present war
will cost more than seven times as
much as the total direct cost of the
six greatest wars in the 1875 years
previous to August, 1914, altho one
of these wars lasted twenty-one years.
1t is now costing the United States
more than 50,OO0,000 day and that
figure will be tremendously increased
before the end of this year.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-10
YOUR FORD IN JAPAN.

You must drive your automobile at
the speed of eight knots per hour on
the city roads and at twelve knots per
hour on the country roads.
When you see the policeman throw
ing up his hand you must not drive
in front of him.
When you get ahead of the passen-
ger on foot or the horse, you must
ring the horn.
When you meet the COW or the horse
speed slowly and take care to ring
the horn and not been afraid of them.
Drive slowly when you meet the horse
or the cattle, do not make them afraid
and carefully make the sound. If
they afraid the sound you must es-
cape little while at the side of the
road till they pass away.
Do not drive the motor car when
you get drunk and do not smoke on
the driver seat.-Japan Chronicle.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-10
ON THE CASPIAN

One of the curious features of the
Caspian Sea is that its tideless waters
contain both seals and herrings, and
thereby hangs a geological tale. The
Caspian is now many feet below the
level of the Black Sea, but in ancient
times, long before the Parsees, or fire
worshipers, from Persia, came as pill
grims to Baku, to worship the fam
ing gas fountains rising from the
ground, and build their now ruined
temple, the shores were in some places
hundreds of miles further inland than
at present. In fact, the Caspian was
once huge body of water connected
with the Sea of Aral, and probably
with the Arctic Ocean and the Black
Sea.
Baku was a Persian town down to
the eighteenth century, when the Rus
slams took possession. They definitely
annexed the place in the nineteenth
century, adapting the modern name
from the Persian Badkubu. The
streets are irregular and narrow, and
are lined with low wooden fiat-roofed
houses, while the only architectural
relief is offered by the ruins and Per-
sian mosques. The notorious quarter
known as "black town" is simply the
petroleum refining district, the oil be-
ing piped to it from the wells. The
famous petroleum wells of Baku go
down to depths of from TOO to 1,70O
feet, and yield the oil from which
kerosene is distilled.
There is a large steamship traffic
between Baku, or Petrovsk, and Kras-
novodsk, for conveying the raw cot
ton from Ferghana, in Turkestan. An
| other port is Astrakhan, which, how
ever, is back from the actual shore
line about sixty miles, on the Volga.
The Russians have, or had, a small
naval flotilla on the Caspian, and by
long-standing treaty prohibit all
other nations from employing similar
defenses. At various times since the
days of Peter the Great, schemes have
been mooted for cutting a canal be-
tween the Volga and the Don, and SO
establishing unrestricted water COM
munication between the Caspian and