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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11
CLEMENCEAU ANSWERS
SOCIALISTS WITH BANTER
"We Shall Go to the Very End With
or Against YOU" Challenges
Premier.

PARIS, March 11.-Depalty Emile
Constant recently interpellated the gov
eminent on the Bolo Pasha case. nota-
bly, regarding the delays in forwarding
the reports of government agents to the
judge advocate, Capt. Bouchardon. The
government scored decisive victory
The opposition's resolution was defeat
ed by 401 votes to 40. while the gov
ernment's resolution was carried by 400
votes against IS.
Premier Clemenceau took occasion to
reply to the socialists, who, in several
instances since he came into power.
have tainted him with refusing to re-
ply to them. With bantering irony the
premier said:
My cabinet met with a great misfor-
tune on the day OF its birth. when
Renaudel Qeader of the majority So
cialists) and his friends declared their
veto against me-
As to the working class being in
danger. he told the socialists. amid
laughter except from the left. that the
working class was not their property
and that Albert Thomas. socialist and
ex-member of the French war council,
and his friends were no more horny
They are bourgeois like myself" NJ
Clemenceau continued.
Il have but one ambition, and that is
to serve my country. Danger has made
me good boy. My whole policy is to
preserve the country's morale. In all
wars he is the conqueror who can be-
lieve that he is not beaten quarter OF
an hour longer than his adversary.
Everybody desires peace. myself,
like everybody, but it is not by bleating
about peace that we shall destroy the
Prussian militariSm."
Criticising the attitude of the social
lists before and during the war. Premier
Clemenceau said:
We shall go to the very end with or
against you. You have threatened to
vote against the military credits. Let
those who are not willing to vote the
military credits vote against me today.
AS the premier returned to the minis
terial benches he was warmly conSrat-
ulated as the members of the house en-
Enthusiastically cheered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11
STEPS TO IMPROVE
WORK on MUNITIONS
Country Divided Into Ten Districts
to Bring About Closer Contact
With Producers of Material.

Division of the country into ten mu-
nitions districts, each under direct
charge Of a successful local business
executive. is announced by the War
Department as a further step in its
policy of decentralization and to bring
about closer contact with producers of
war material.
The plan was worked out for Mai.
Gen. Wheeler, acting chief of ordnance.
by Col. Guy f. Trip of New York,
formerly chairman of the Westing-
house Company and now chief of the
ordnance bureaus production division.
Other divisions of the bureau will CO.
operate with the district officers, and
the finance and inspection divisions
will have their field forces in the same
district headquarters.
The territory covered by the different
districts has been clearly outlined by
the department, and the comparatively
few industries which are not embraced
in these districts will deal directly
with the production division in Wash
ington as heretofore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11
WAR FINANCE BILL AMENDED

Specific provision that the United
States government will not be respon-
sible for acts and for security issues
of the War Finance Corporation is con-
tanned in an amendment to the cor
poration act by the House ways and
means committee, which has made
public its report.
This measure. already passed by the
Senate. will come up for consideration
in the House this week probably
Thursday. In addition to amendments
previously explained in The Star,
others outlined by Chairman kitchin
in his report would require that ad
vances of money by the corporation be
made only on securities acquired since
the war began; limit the aggregate of
outstanding advances to 10 per cent
of the corporations capital stock; re-
quire federal reserve banks discount
ing paper secured by the corporations
bonds to charge at least per cent
above prevailing rates for commercial
paper, and limit the corporations
power to deal in United States obliga
tons to securities issued or converted
after the liberty loan issue of Septem
Der "a 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11
D. C. MACHINE GUNS
BARK AT MEADE
Washington Battalion in Ini-
tiaI Eight" With Wars
Pre-Eminent Weapon.
BOOTLEGGERS ARE TAKEN

CAMP MEADE. Md. March 1.-THE
District Machine Gun Battalion went
into action for the first time this morn
ing. In the hills of the upper end of
the reservation. near the base hospi-
tai. they met dense masses of the
enemy'-just now represented by huge
squares of canvas-with bursts and
salvos of machine-gun bullets at the
closest practical range--about twenty
nine yards. The members of the bat
TALON will continue their target work
on the 1.O00-inch course for the re-
mainder of the week.
Maj Stuart s. Janney, formerly one
of Baltimore's prominent attorneys.
who was graduated at the Fort Myer
training camp. resumed active direc-
ton of the training of the District
machine gunners this morning, after
having spent the last five weeks in
learning the British methods of hand
ling this weapon at the division school
of arms
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11
80 CASES PROSECUTED BY
FUEL ADMINISTRATION
Total of 424 Complaints of Viola
tons Of Regulations We're Re
ported; 18 Are Dismissed.

Criminal prosecutions have been in
stituted by the United States Fuel Ad-
ministration in eighty-three cases out
of total of 424 complaints of viola
tions of the administration regula-
tons. not including the general closing
order of January Il. In forty-two cases
persons engaged in the coal trade have
been compelled to refund sums aggre-
eating $4,000 improperly collected.
There remain under investigation PSI
cases, and eighteen cases have been
dismissed.
a report of the legal departmen of
the fuel administration. giving the re-
suit of efforts to enforce the admins
tration's orders, said the Department of
Justice and the Federal Trade Commits
sion were cooperating in the work by
Investigations in the field. in addition
to systematic examination of all sales
reports required to be filed with the
commission.
Prosecutions, it was announced, will
be instituted in all cases where there
is evidence that sales are being made
in excess of the government prices or
that there is any evasion of the regu-
lations designed to safeguard the pub
lie fuel supply
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11
ADJUSTMENTS
Belasco.

Doing Our Bit" Lee and J. ]. Shu-
bert's Winter Garden colossal produc-
tion. is Kaleidoscope. 1t is made up
of every changing arrangement of
! form, color. tone, motion-and again
form.
: 1t is perpetual motion of the stage.
g Costly costumes scenes and hangings
Z flash before the eye and are whisked
t.saway. The well known members OF the
p company succeed each other in the CEN
ter of the stage for brief instant and
then are displaced. The pleasure given
ais a bewildering pleasure.
e. Doing Our Bit" gives opportunity
+ for whole string of fayorites to get
4 together in one show and work hard
q Each one does his or her bit for the
evenings entertainment in large way.
There is a war significance to 1t IN the
remote sense. The finale provides the
bulk of this inspiration. depicting the
g olsen ba rkation of the American troops
Z. in France, with the whole company.
:. man and woman, khaki clad for the
+ scene
+, spectacular devices of great ingenuity.
Extravaganza it is, for there is moth
i. ing rational in plot or cohesive in de-
+, velopment, and. in another sense. there
(. is lavish and extravagant present
1 ment of scene and dress. In proni-
nent way il is an anatomical clinic of
q the young and animated feminine. 1t
s. Is a DOTleSQue. NauueNlIIe-Wna
+. please, except serious.
L. 1t is assuredly also an evenings en-
4 tertainment This despite the fact that
i'there is nothing startlingly original. no
Z mates. but the old things done WELL
/. polished to the minute. expanded to
2 their utmost possibilities. and deliver
ed in dazzling procession at quick
The Wild. Wild Women are Making
a Wild. Wild Man of Me-" sung by
Henry Lewis, was the song hit.
Sam Ash can and does sing. OF 9TH
ers it may be said that they sang also.
Henry Lewis and Frank Tinney were
funny. and got their laughs: some 9TH
ers were near funny and got a laugh or
so. Ada Lewis is all herself and needs
no classification James Corbett was
James Corbett, and is difficult to ex-
/; plain: but he hung around without
4 beating up the hands or disturbing the
I peace. Charles Judels did his same
/ animal limitations in approved beastly
=; and birdly fashion.
/ Can the Cansinos dance? The au-
/ dience thought so, and gave them more
I. applause than any one feature of the
! show Mildred Holiday. also. is fam
:, tastic and piquant.
I, Then there are the Duncan sisters,
/. who sing and dance: Leah Norah and
iiIeanore Marlborough also sing and
+, dance; James Clemens dances and sings.
!, incidentally. Bud Murray does a num-
: Der of things, having an ever-changing
role IN the extravaganza
There are just two acts. There are
. hfteen scenes. succeeding one another
rat a mad pace. McDougars alley is
I perhaps the most elaborate In the
1, colonial conservatory scene there is
4 used heavy silk banking, white and
I unohtrusive. that must have cost
where only girls are employed. provides
& decorations of Greek goddesSes nd the
i like that are startling
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11
.B|GLEAGUE TRAINING
SEASON UNDER, Way
End of Week Will See All Clubs
in Camp-Pitcher Thomp-
son in Army?
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

BY the end Of this week every one of
tho sixteen major league clubs will
either be in training for the 1918 cham
pionship campaign or en- route to
southern camps to begin conditioning
exercises Actual work for Nationals
was started today at Augusta. Ga. and
the vanguards of the New York Yam
KEGS, Cleveland Indians and ST. Louis
Browns also have reported at their
camps in Macon, Ga; New Orleans and
Shreveport, La, respectively.
The first cool weather Augusta has
experienced in five weeks arrived with
the battery candidates of the Wash
ington club yesterday, according to re-
ports from the camp today, but, in
spite of the chilly breezes, Trainer Mar
tin and Coach A1trock had the candi-
The squad that cavorted at Warren
Park was composed of Catchers Ain
smith, Charity and Berman, First
Baseman Judge and Pitchers Ayers
Harper. Shaw. Craft, Du Mont and
Waldbauer. Yingling and Lynch were
due to arrive at the camp today
Harry Thompsons failure to reply
to recent communications addressed to
him by Manager Griffith is explained
~ aAC idSS lhht ne has peell SuHflloHSu
for service under the draft law and
now N a member of the National Army,
according to word received by Griffit h
today. The local pilot obtained his in
formation from the railroad company
on which an order had been drawn
for Thompson's transportation from his
home in Pennsylvania to the Nationals
training camp at Augusta According
to the railroad officials, Thompson
was drafted some time ago and now
is at Camp Meade, learning the rudi-
ments of soldiery. Griffith has taken
steps to verify this information. as he
will have to make a report on Thomp-
sons status to the national commits
sion in order that the base ball tribunal
can take action on the pitchers failure
to report to the local club.
1t develops that John Henry will
have opposition from more sources than
one in earning title to the job of first
string backstop with the Boston
Braves, to which club he was sold by
Manager Griffith last month. In ad-
dition to Art Wilson. Walter Tragress-
er will be on hand again this season
for. backstopping duty with Stallings
outfit. Hub fans had figured that Ira
gresser would be in the Army during
the 1913 season, but he has notified of
fcials OF the club that he has been
placed in class of the draft, and
therefore probably will not be sum-
moned for military service this sum-
mer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11
ELDER FOWNES BEST.
Defeats His Son in Finals of Pine
hurst Golf Tourney.

PINEEURST, n. C, March IL
Henry c. Fownes won the annual spring
golf tournament here Saturday, and 4.
from his son. Charles B. Fownes. The
two Pittsburgh players had been clearly
showing their strength throughout the
tournament and in the finals the Oak
mont club veteran won the first five
holes Although the son held his own
during the remainder of the play. he
was unable to overcome his fathers
advantage.
Louis A Hamilton of Garden City
won the first consolation prize, defeat
ing T. A Kelly of Southern Pines, n. c.,
and 3.
The second sixteen match went to Joe
Bydolek OF Buffalo. who beat T. ].
Moran of the Rhode Island Country
Club. l up.
R. H Hunt of Worcester took the
final contest in the third sixteen, and
T. A. Cheatham of Pittsburgh won out
in the fourth sixteen.
A storm north of here interrupted
communication Saturday night, isolat-
ing Pinehurst for a time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11
WOMAN BOWLERS START
National Association Opens Two
Day Tourney-Final Standing IN
Congress Closing Yesterday.

CINCINNATI. Ohio. March 1.-The
Woman's National Bowling Association
began its second annual tournament to-
day on the alleys authorized by the Amer
lean Bowling Congress, which officially
completed it's roll-off last night Cincin-
natl will be represented by nine five
woman teams while outside teams that
are entered are: NJ. Butler. Dutch Mas
ters, Grand Senemas Body House and
Nelson Ladies' All-star of Toledo Recrea-
ton Five, Eastern Market. Drolshagen and
Woodward Ladies, Detroit: Gold Bond
Special and Eagle Stamps, Cleveland :;
Royal Alleys Ladies V, Dayton: Ben
singer Wabash Ladies, Leffingwell Ladies
and Kaads, Chicago: Daffydirs. hissneTs
Cuba Floras and Smiths Arcades. Mil
waukee: Mrs. H c. MEME, Bobby Byre
and Washington of St Louis, and the
Kansas City woman's team of Kansas
City.
The woman's tournament will continue
today and tomorrow, the singles and dou-
bles being rolled during the day and even
ing and the five-woman teams at night
The business meeting and annual cleo
ton of officers Of the association Will De
held tomorrow.
H Steers and Fred Thomas of Chicago
won the two-man championship of the
American Bowling Congress tournament,
which ended last night A. Planer and G.
linden of Milwaukee rolled into sixth place
with 1854. G. Fritz and J. Mccormick OF
Toledo assumed seventh place in the final
standing with 1,249.
The nearest approach to a leader in
many days occurred on the last shift OF
individuals when F. Reichman of Mil
waukee bowled 6S5 and went into second
place. II pins behind the winner, C. Styles
of Detroit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11
New National.

Even if she seemed a typographical
error to auditors who emerged from the
National Theater last evening to en-
counter chill winds, Miss Springtime"
is back again. She may be ahead of the
calendar. but she is pleasingly behind
the current tendency toward jazz and
syncopation. An ample audience SEEM
ed to find deep comfort in the presence
of a plot and wit. rather than a mere
color and noise content and a clothes
r vacuum.
Miss Springtime" keeps her youth
surprisingly we'll Scenery by Joseph
Urban, ensembles staged by Julian
Mitchell, and costumes which are mod
iSh and colorful, supplement- the tune
1ul music of Emmerich Kalnnan and the
clever book of Guy Bolton Neither her
chorus nor her jokes are run down at
the heel The former are fresh: the lat
3ter bear such earmarks of such recent
treF!sion as the reference to 'fightless
Fridays"
p. Not often has a musical production
ssuch a rich measure of both vocal and
comedy talent as that afforded by Else
iAlder. George MacFarlaue John E.
Hazard and John Z. Young. with a
subsequent addition, since last seen
here. of Frances Cameron of fond
: Merry Widow" memory.
r IL,
than the singing of Miss Alder and MI.
ss1icFarlane and the brittle humor of
hazard disclose then selves as con-
rinutlng to the satisfactions of this
musical comedy. Even lesser uarts
such as the old postmaster of Nick
Burnham. the brief secretariaI appear
ance of Wayne Num- and the editorial
role hlled by Charles Meakins. serve IN
maintain ii continuity of interest: and
comely chorus. which is not too ubin-
ul,ous. adds another element TO an un-
usual entertainment
Like the persistent melody, which
VIII not down with the curtain. the con.
temptation or MISS Adler's vivacious
and capable performance. both in 80,
numbers and in duets with Mr.. Mac
sFariane' the dour. nonchalant. Iudic-
fous hsure OF Mr. Hazard. and the en-
are most likely, after the present sea
son marks their dissolution, to finger
IN memory OF those whose reminis-
cences tend toward musical comedy an
nails. OH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11
GALLIA STILL UNSIGNED.
Rogers and Cullop Also Missing as
BROWNS Start South.

ST. LOUIS, March 11.--Manager Field
er Jones and thirteen members of the
St Louis Americans left last night for
Shreveport La. for spring training.
Fourteen other players are expected to
arrive in Shreveport today.
Tom Rogers. the only real hold-out
on the team. did not come to an agree
ment with Business Manager Quinn to-
day and did not depart. Although Gal
liza and Cullop. both of whom came to
the Browns through trades, have not
returned signed contracts. it is believed
they will report for training tomorrow
The club will remain at Shreveport
until April 4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11
MAY BLOCK BIG TRADE.
Doyle and Barnes Go Back to Braves
if He1zog Balks.

BOSTON, March lift Herzog per-
sists in his further unreasonable de-
nands and refuses to report for train
ing, under the agreement Doyle and
Barnes will revert to Boston. accord
ing to Magnate Houghton.
The president of the Boston club said
that he would make no further over
lures to Herzog. The latter has been
ordered to report at the Braves train
ing camp at Miami. but has refused to
go The Boston club had agreed to
assume HerZogs contract, which had
another year to run, and to pay him a
substantial bonus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11
JIM MCCORMICK DEAD.
0ne-Time Battery Mate of King
Kelly Dies in Paterson,

PATERSON, n. j., March 11-Jim
Mccormick, veteran base ball player
and famous pitcher of the Chicago
White Stockings in the early eighties
died at a hospital here yesterday from
a disease of the liver. In his base ball
days he was a teammate of the Rev
Billy Sunday. Mike Kelly. the $50. 900
beauty" and '.Old Silver" Flint. under
the management of Capt Adrian An
son. He and Kelly were considered the
best battery in base ball at that time.
Mccormick more than sixty
years old, and had been ill for a year.
1t was not until a few weeks ago, how
ever. that he was forced to enter the
hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11
OLGA Dorfner Breaks Record

PHILADELPHIA, March 11.-Olga
Dorfner of Philadelphia won the 100
yard Middle Atlantic Association WON
ems swimming championship here Sat
urday night in l minute seconds
women. and came within one second of
tying the world mark, held by Fanny
Durack of Australia. The former
American record of ! minute 7&s sec
onds was made by Miss Dorfner in 1917.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11
ANXIOUS ABOUT ALEXANDER,
Star Pitcher Ordered to Chicago for
Another Conference.

CHICAGO, March 11.-Charles H.
Weeghman. president of the Chicago
National League base ball club. last
night telegraphed Pitcher Alexander to
come to Chicago at once to discuss the
question of the $4,000 bonus the player
has demanded before signing a con-
tract.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11
Pirates Sign Catcher Jimmie Archer

PITTSBURGH, March lit was
announced here last night that the
Pirates have signed Jimmie Archer, the
well known catcher. for the coming
season. Chicago gave Archer his un-
conditional release last year, and ne
returns to the club from which he
started, back in 1904.
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Devens Ball Season Opens April L.

AVER, Mass. March 11.-Pians to
start the base ball season about April
were made today by athletic direc-
tors at Camp Devens. In addition to
the camp team. on which a number of
league and college stars will appear,
there will be about 200 company teams.
Inter company and inter-regimental Sc
ries will be arranged to start April Is.
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WISCONSIN CUNTS TITLE.
has Won Eight Out of Ten in Big
Ten" Basket Ball League.

CHICAGO. March 11.-With the close
OF the big ten" basket ball race set
for this week, the University of Wis
consin five has a firm grip on the cham
pionship. having won eight out of ten
games. The Badgers will close their
season with games with Minnesota and
Purdue. The standing:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11
Chicago Upton Cup Races Postponed

CHICAGO. March 1.-THE annual
Upton GRIP races. conducted under the
auspices of the Columbia Yacht Club
as one of the features of the Lake
Michigan yachting season, will not be
held this season. The event. scheduled
for August %. %. "a. will not be re-
vived until after the war. Mableh. a
Cleveland entry. won last years race.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11
CHARLES M. KING DIES.
Was Manager for Sporting Goods
Store and of Washington Clubs.

Charles NJ. King, manager Of Spa1d-
ing's sporting goods store. died early
this afternoon. following an attack of
grip which developed into pneumonia
Mr. King was prominent in athletic
and business circles of Washington. be-
ing a member OF several trade organ
izations, the Press Club, the Columbia
Country Club and the Masons He Is
survived by a wife and three children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11
Joliet Soccerites Beat Cleveland.

CHICAGO. March 1.-THE Joliet team
defeated the Cleveland soccer foot ball
team. to 2. in a game here yesterday
in the fifth round of the national soccer
championship matches. This puts
Joliet in the seni-finals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11
Distinctive Insignia.

The District Battalion and members
of other machine gun units are to have
distinctive colored hat cords and in
sigma. According to the new regula-
tions on this subject issued by the War
Department the hat cords will be red
and blue for enlisted men. The main
cord will be blue and the acorns and
keeper will be red.
The enlisted mems insignia will in
clude the letters M. G"-machine gun
ners-which will be placed in the upper
angles of crossed rifles-or sabers if the
units are attached to cavalry divisions.
The new insignia for officers of ma
chine gun battalions to be worn on the
collar of the coat in infantry divisions
will include the number of their par
ticular battalion in bronze
The infantry Tor cavalry device. with
the number of the battalion Cor SQUAD
rom in the upper angle. one-fourth inch
high: the letter M in the angle on
the right side, letter &c" in the angle
on the left side. both one-fourth inch
high.
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Francis 0uimet Is Booked
for a Second Lieutenancy

AVER, Mass, March IL
Francis Ouimet. western amateur
golf champion. now a sergeant in
the Headquarters Company OF the
3O1st Infantry at Camp Devens,
Is one OF the fifty-tw'o soldiers
recommended for commi sxi0ns M
second lieutenants in the Quar-
termnster Corps OF the National
Army.
More than 800 men took the
examinations.
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CATHOLIC j. OPENS
SEASON MARCH Il
BrookIanders Play Their First
Base Ball at Brook!3nd
With GaIIaudet.
BY n. C. BYRD.

never fully grasp the difference
between "obey" and "under-
stand" Many an athlete would
not get called down for failure
had explained to him properly
what WAS to be done.