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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-28
No ABATEMENT Shown
lin INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC
901 New Cases Reported Today and
: Deaths Up to Noon Total
4. Twenty-Four.

Todays total Of new influenza cases.
up to IL o'clock. was 301. Reports to
Che District health department for
yesterday, Neutrality-suspicious. period.
showed 325 new cases.
{ Influenza and sequent pneumonia
deaths reported to the health depart
lent today were twenty-four.
Total influenza and pneumonia
deaths for the week were 1o6. as fol-
fows: Monday. Is; Tuesday. IL: We'd
resday, 13: Thursday, II: Friday. IS;
today. "a; total. los.
: Commissioner Brownlow and Health
officer Fowler held a consultation In
tile Commissioners room in the Dis
trict building today to discuss what,
If any, additional steps should be
taken to combat the epidemic No
statement was made by either as to
SLAMS for extending the fight against
the disease.
Figures for Three Days
. In the last three days-with today's
INST Incomplete total OF 1863 cases
Of influenza have been reported to
Abe health department. Thursdays
SIS. and up to noon today. SOL. with
talf of the day yet to be heard from
Emergency calls were sent out yes
terday by the District Red Cross for
1000 influenza masks for use OF
nurses, doctors and others engaged in
warning on the disease. Members OF
ehe local chapter and volunteer Red
Cross workers were urged to hurry
the making of the masks, which are
die same as were largely used during
the epidemic of last October.
Thirty influenza cases are under
treatment at the emergency hospital
1T 612 F street The first death at
che hospital occurred last night. the
tictim being Miss Ailsa Miller.
twenty-one years old, of Cleveland.
"a. Miss Miller came here about
three months ago to take 4 govern
plent position. She roomed at 909 I
street northwest. Her mother reach
Sd this city from her home last night
1 few hours after the daughter died.
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AWARD REGARDED EXCESSIVE
Court Ruling on Verdict Of $3.50
j. for Death of Boy.

NEW YORK. December 2s.-Ruling
sve for the life Of a six-year-old boy
silled here several months ago by
rrotor truck. the appellate division
Of the supreme court has ordered a
aew trial unless the lads father
agreed to accept a payment Of $4,000
Dom the john Eichler Brewing Com.
pany, which owned the truck.
The decision sustained the argu-
11ept of the company's counsel that,
luce the child never had attended
aci0ol. and his father never spent q
cent on medical men for him." the
verdict was excessive.
The father, who 10 . shoemaker.
Seiginally sud Ter go, ~ ~
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Il CASES ARE ADJUSTED.
DEPARTMENT Of Labor Bureau Has
Busy Week Ending December q.

Two strikes and twenty-stx DIS
putes were brought to tho attention
of the adjustment service Of the De-
partment Of Labor in the week ending
December 81. Fourteen cases were
adjusted.
Eleven requests for the service to
act were received from the War Labor
Board.
Since the signing Of the armisttce.
all cases which have been referred to
the board by the adjustment service
have been returned because there was
not . joint submission by the parties
interested. These eleven requests
were received by the War Labor Board
board q acting only In cases whore
lioint submission has bean see2Ee4 =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-28
MUSICAL TREAT OFFERED.
Noted Artists to Take Part in
EAGLE Hut Program.

A rare musical treat Is offered by the
program for the entertainment to-
night at Eagle hut, 9th street and
Pennsylvania avenue.
sigma Gina VIafora, formerly a
soprano with the Metropolitan Opera
Company, New York. will be the
principal attraction Others who will
contribute to the program are Miss
Florence Worthingt6n Of Washing
ton. soprano; Maj. Charles Frailey.
yioiinist: Martin Richardson. singer.
and George Wilson. pianist Mr.. Rich
ardson will sing the duet from
"Cavaneria Rusticana." with Signora
Viafora-
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SUES TO QUIET CHILDREN.
Clergyman Asks Restraining Order
A1ainSt Asbury Park.

TRENTON. N. J. December 3s.-A
suit to restrain Asbury Park school
children from making a noise has
been filed by the Rev. Marshall v.
McDufIie, a clergyman. in the court Of
chancery here. against the city Of As
bury Park.
The minister lives opposite a school.
He sets forth in his court papers that
his study is located at the front Of
his house and that because the pupils
use the public highways for calisthen-
les and drills and play noisy games
he is distracted and cannot prepare
his sermons.
The school children's noises Mr.. Nc
Dune describes as excessive, unwar-
ranted, unnecessary and injuriousH
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SHIRT HELPS HUNT
!. FOR MISSING MAN
Murder Suggested in Case of
Giesboro Engineer Ac-
copied by Wife.
HIS BODY MAY BE HIDDEN

Mystery Of the disappearance OF
Nicholas Checchini 81 H street. has
not been solved by the police
Finding of the blue shirt the engin-
eer wore while at work at the plant
of the Washington Steel and Ord
nance Company. Giesboro. suggested
to the police the possibility OF its
owner having been murdered. the
shirt being torn and blood-stained. 1t
it.-pelieved a more careful exam1na-
ton of the garment will disclose
evidence that it was cut with sharp
Weapon.
That something out Of the ordinary
has happened to Checchini is the
belief of the police. Just what that
something may be they do not care 70
suggest Some believe he has been
murdered and his body hidden HIS
Checchini this morning made positive
the Identification of the shirt found
about two hundred yards from the
steel plant yesterday morning NY
Clarence Poore, Clarendon, va CHI
ployed at the plant.
-. Stains Attracted Attention.
Poore said he probably would have
Laid no attention to the shirt had II not
been for the presence of numerous
bloodstains. He picked 1t up and turn.
ell it over to Capt. Anderson at the
eleventh precinct police station
Mrs. Checchini. describing the snirt
to Detective Berman Of headquarters
sta6 and Detective McDuffie of the elev-
enth precinct. said the last time she
washed the garment she broke the top
button, which was black. and replaced
it5vith a white button. When shown
thesshirt she was positive she mad seWeo
on that particular white button.
Mrs Checchini also was shown a
shoe that was picked up near the steel
plant by Capt Anderson yesterday. She
could not identify the shoe, and the po-
liceeihink it too small to have belonged
to-Checchini.
- Started to Collect Debt.
Detectives today are searching for
the man who is said to have owed
Checchini $50 and for whom the steel
plant worker last Saturday told his
wife he was going to search He is
reported to have said that he would
get the money or the man. AS late as
s O'Clock Saturday night he was seen
near the steel plant apparently look
ing for this debtor.
Search of the woods and along the
river shore in the vicinity OF the steel
plant was renewed by the police this
morning. c. ]. P. Weber, chief of the
uotiee force at the plant of the Wash
ington Steel and Ordnance Company. Is
assisting city police in efforts to solve
tho mystery.
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What So1drers Fought For.

THAT is tho afterthought - the
thought that something must be done
now; not only to make the just set
tlement-that, of course-but to see
that the seitle me tha renamed hnne ana
justice prevails in the world. And as
I have conversed with the soldiers I
have been more and more aware that
they fought for something that not
ali Of them had defined, but which all
of them recognized the moment you
stated it to them.
They fought to do away with an old
order and to establish q new one,
and the center and characteristic of
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TOXIC SELLING RICE TO POOR.
Takes Drastic Move to Solve Food
Problem-Lifts Tax.

TOXIC, December 5. Correspond
ence of the Associated Press).-The
new Hara cabinet has taken a dras-
tic move to solve the rice situa-
ton by removing the import tax on
foreign rice. This measure has proved
a great relief to the Japanese people
and tends to lessen the hardship re-
sulting from the exorbitant price of
cereals.
Governmental booths are now set
up in all parts Of Toxic for the dis
tribution Of rice to tho poor at mod
crate prices.
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HURT IN COLLISION.
Mrs. T, W. Lion of Manassas Wa
in Car Returning From Cemetery.

Mrs. Thomas W. Lion. Manassas. Va.
was severely injured as a result OF an
automobile collision at Columbia road
and sherman avenue yesterday after
noon. She was returning from Noun
oltvet cemetery. where she had at
tended the funeral OF Mrs Catherine
M Grindley. and WAS accompanied by
her husband. Mr.. and Mrs william
:. Hardison. ST.. aad William J. Hardi-
son. If,
The automoeils IN which thsy were
riding eollided with Al automobile
son Wrixht, 4320 eth street Mrs.
ZION was taken to the honae a hes
parents. 1000 18th street. Her hea6
was cut and she received peinxoi
1IQin0e
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Sisson Denies Creel Has Quit.

PARIS, December 27.-George Creel, I
chairman Of the committee on public |
information, returned to Paris tonight |
from a trip to verdun and the Argonne |
region. Edgar e. sisson. his principal |
assistant who accompanied him,
stated that the report that MI. Creel |
had resigned was untrue. |
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O. STAR. SATURDAY., DECEMBER %, 1915
OVERWHELMING GROUP
AS TRUSTEES OF WORLD
PEACE, PREsIDETs VIEW
Continued from First Paes.>

ampton to visit that town. President
II would. II I could. como to North
smpton. not only with pleasure, but
with the feeling that ] was making
pious pilgrimage to that particular part
Of England most directly associated
but would not be entitled to do horn-
age there II did not act as I suppose
Con. Washington would act and do
nothing which took me away from the
special duties which brought me across
the water.
::My visit to Great Britain must be
very brief. The only place can take
time to visit 10 my mothers birthplace,
which, understand, ! can visit without
interfering with the special objects OF
my Grand"
Brussels Visit Delayed.
PARIS, December 2s.-President
wilson's trip to Belgium. to include a
visit to Brussels as the guest OF King
Albert, will probably be deferred to
the end Of January. 1t developed to-
day.
Would Settle tevatican Situation"
ROME. December 2s-Mgr. Ger
retti. the papal under secretary OF
state. asked President Wilson to me-
date with view to settling the
Vatican situation" during their inter-
view in Paris, according to newspa-
pers here.
He also submitted to Mr.. Wilson
documents justifying the vatican's at
titude Of neutrality during the war
and set forth the humanitarian work
done by the Vatican in favor OF prts-
oners, deported persons and others
who were similarly affected by the
STRUGGLE.
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Must Organize.
Addresses Church Delegation.

To the delegation Of the evangelical
churches the President, speaking of
the sanction Of religion in the present
times of perplexity. remarked that he
thought one would 60 crazy if he did
not believe in Providence. Address
ing the delegation, the President said:
Gentlemen, am very much hon
ofed and, might say, touched. by this
beautiful address that you have just
read, an1 it is very delightful to feel
the comradeships Of spirit which is
indicated by a gathering like this.
you are quite right, sir. in saying
that I do recognize the sanction Of
religion in these times Of perplexity
with matters SO large to settle that
no man can feel that his mind can
compass them.
81 think one would go crazy II he
did not believe in Providence. It
would be maze without a clue. Unless
there were some supreme evidence we
would despair of the results of human
counsel.
$50 that it is with genuine SYM
pathy that I acknowledge the spirit
and thank you for the generosity Of
your address"
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Dancing Tuesday Night.

The next festivities in connection with
the tree are announced for Tuesday
night, to be featured by general street
dancing to a big military band. the
first time such an event las been held
here.
vided by the War Camp Community
Service, mounted on a truck and sur
rounded by molasses candy for distri-
button among tho youngsters, yesterday
afternoon toured different portions Of
the city for the benefit Of those kid
dies whose parents have been unable
to bring them to the big plaza ever
green.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-28

which we used to call the balance
of power" a thing in which the bal
ance was determined by the sword
which was thrown in on the one side
determined by the unstable equillib-
rum Of competitive interests. a
balance which was maintained by
jealous watchfulness and an antago-
nism Of interests which, though it was
generally latent, was always deep
seated.
Fought to End It Now.
THE men who have fought in this
nations who are determined that that
sort of thing should end now and for
ever. 1t is very interesting to me to
! observe how. from every quarter.
from every sort of mind, from every
concert of counsel. there comes the
not a. balance of power. not one pew
erful group of nations set up against
another, but a single overwhelming.
powerful group of-nations who shall
be the trustees Of the peace OF the world.
cit has been delightful in my con-
ferences with the leaders of your gov
eminent to find how our minds moved
along exactly the same line. and how
our thought was always that the key
to the peace was the guarantee of the
peace, not Tue lIeIuS Oh IT, IQdC Tue
items would be worthless unless there
stood back of them a permanent con-
cert OF power for their maintenance.
That is the most reaSsuring thing
that has ever happened in the world.
League Long Discussed. 49,.
When this war began the thought
of league Of nations was indulgently
considered as the interesting thought
of closeted students. 1t was thought
of as one of those things that it was
right to characterize by a name which.
as university man, have always re-
scented. 1t was said to be academic,
as if that in itself were a condemna-
tion-something that men could think
about. but never get. Now we find the
practical leading minds of the world
determined to get it.
mo such sudden and potent union
of purpose has ever been witnessed
in the world before. Do you wonder,
therefore. gentlemen. that, in COM
am eager to get at the business and
write the sentences down? And that I
am particularly happy that the
ground is cleared and the foundations
laid-for we have already accepted
principles are clearly and definitely
enough stated to make their appli-
cation a matter which should AFFORD
no fundamental difficulty.
Backed by Worlds learning.
"And back Of us is that imperative
yearning Of the world to have all dis
turbing questions quieted, to have all
threats against peace silenced, to
have just men everywhere come to-
gether for a common object The
peoples Of the world want peace, and
they want it now, not merely by con-
quest Of arms, but by agreement Of
mind.
at was this incomparably great OBJ
ject that brought me overseas. It
has never before been deemed ex-
cusable for a President of the United
States to leave the territory Of the
United States. but know that have
the support Of the judgment of my
colleagues in the government Of the
United States in saying that it was
my paramount duty. to turn away even
from the imperative tasks at home
to lend such counsel and aid as I
could to this great, may I not saw
final, enterprise Of humanity"
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Huns in Cologne Defy British.

(Havas)-Ths British troops have
maAe many arrests 1T Cologne be-
cause thu population did not obey
erdss. 70 Be In their homes ct . pm.
liaAG had proved ineffective.
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.CL0SEDTWODAYS
FOR FOOD. CHARGES
Three Dealers Held to Have
Made Customers Pay Ex-
cessive Prices.
PLAcARDs TELL STORY

Found guilty BY the District food
administration Of charging excessive
prices for various food articles. three
dealers in the southeast section of the
city have been required to close their
stores two days and to display large
signs notifying the public Of the rea-
sons for this punishment
This penalty was imposed BY the
local administrator. after satisfying
himself Of the guilt OF the dealers. in
lieu Of having an unfair order issued
against them.
The dealers are: Leo Hoddes. 400
Pennsylvania avenue southeast; W.
E. Caywood. 1927 G street southeast.
and A. Kashouty. Sd street and Penn
sylvania avenue southeast
Sales Of Bacon.
A. Kashouty was charged with sell
ing bacon for so cents pound when
the fair price list quoted IS cents as the
maximum price. He was charged also
with overcharging on sugar. cheese.
canned tomatoes and several arucies
not quoted on the fair price list
Leo Hoddes was accused Of over
charging on butter, corn meal and
cheese. When an inspector from the
administration looked over his book
of charge accounts he is said to have
found that the recorded prices were
higher than those quoted in the store
on regular sales.
w. e. Caywood was charged with
excessive prices on -four. rolled oats
and navy beans.
At tho hearing given these dealers
they each protested ignorance of the
oftenses they were charged with COM
hitting.
The administrator announced today
that a systematic and thorough in
spection is now being made by his
force, and before many days numerous
dealers will realize that the admin
istration means business and has no
intention of tolerating evasion of its
fair price list Half a dozen other deal
ers charged with profiteering have been
notified to appear before the admin
istrator early next week to snow
cause why they should not be pun
ished.
Treatment Of Dealers.
The stores of the three guilty deal
ers will be closed today and tornor-
row. The signs they have been re-
ouired to display read as followsi
CLOSED Saturday and Sunday, De-
cember 20 and 90. because have been
charging excessive prices.
In the future I pledge myself to
follow the prices Of the fair-price list
Of the Food Administration OF the
District of Columbia"
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Germany Delivering Rolling Stock.
PARIS. December % (Havas)-
Armistice conditions relative to the
delivery Of railroad rolling stock are
bsing carried out enthusiastically BY the
Germans. In . single day $500 cars
and 200 Locomotives were turned over
70 the AQA
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Soldiers Will Participate.

Soldiers from various camps ana
posts also will attend and participate,
one of the principal events being
tug-of-war arranged for between SOL
diers on service in the governmental
departments and others stationed at
Camp Humphreys, Va The music TOR
the occasion will be furnished by the
Boy Scout Band of half hundred
pieces, and in view of the moderate
temperature, bright skies and absence
Of biting winds, 1t is expected that the
attendance will be well up in the thou
sands.
T. w. Burckhalter Of the War Camp
Community Service has arranged an
interesting program of athletic sports
and games, both for the men and wom-
en- who have found the weekly acttv-
tiles of the Government Recreation
League a pleasant feature of their
stay in the National Capital. For the
men there will be, in addition to the
tug-of-war. a fifty-yard dash, medley
relay rcae, volley ball game, Indian
wrestling match, lover and under"
relay race, sack race and obstacle race.
For the girls there is announced an
cover and under obstacle race, an all
up" obstacle race. volley ball game and
captain ball" game In addition. those
in charge arc today trying to arrange
for an exhibition of sword dancing oy
a group of Japanese
Tho many incandescent bulbs on the
big cedar will all be lighted and the
Capitol will be Illuminated through the
cooperation of Elliott Woods, its SUI
perintendent
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OVER M|L[|0NMEN
ORDERED TO HOMES
Gen. March Tells of DemobiIi-
cation of Soldiers Here
and Abroad.
NO MORE SENT TO RUSSIA

More than eleven hundred thousand
American soldiers at home and abroad
have been designated for demobiliza-
ton since the armistice was signed.
Gen. March gave the figures today at
$4,000 men In home units to be dis
charged, and 10000 men and $500
officers assigned by Gen Pershing for
early convoy home from France.
This includes men already dis
charged and those who have landed
from France. To date official reports
show 533.334 men and 35.409 officers
actually discharged. Complete reports
for the week just ended are expected
to raise the total at least 100000.
Units for Early Convoy.
Assignment to early convoy Of addi-
tional Army units. comprising in all
about 80 officers and 5000 men, was
announced today by the War Depart
4sth. 18th. e5th, 1seth. 147th. 155th, 4ooth
and 1920 Aero Squadrons, the 105th.
302d, 305th and 307th Trench Mortar
Batteries. and the 413th Telegraph
Battalion.
It was announced that the recent
dS8l8IluSaI Vi Iu0 OVOSu <10Io NoQ0d<hoA
to early convoy was through error
and has been cancelled.
Gen. March made public q list of
auxiliary troops attached to the
American Sd Army. the army Of occu-
patton, including the following COM
plete regiments: Three hundred and
first, SOSth and 31ota Engineers and
the LIST, 51st 54th and seth Pioneer
Infantry.
No More Ordered to Russia.
In reply to a question, Gen. March
said that no additional American
troops had been ordered to Russia, and
that the War Department had no in
formation that the French army had
taken over q portion Of the sector on
the Rhine assigned to the American
forces.
He said also that nothing had
reached the department to show the
total strength Of the allied and Ameri-
can forces in the armies OF occupa-
ton.
Gen. March said the total casualties
in the 35th Division, as indicated by
requests from that division for re-
placements. up to November Is were
III officers and 1886 men. Up to the
same date the s9th Division had re-
quested in requirements 1876 officers
and 5,727 men.