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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
NEWELL REPORTED
CHEROKEE UNSAFE
Father of Lost Commander
Writes Secretary Daniels
of Sons Fears.
TO TELL INQUIRY COURT
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GLOUCESTER, Mass, March 2.-The
naval tug Cherokee, which foundered
off the Delaware capes last Tuesday,
causing the loss of nearly thirty lives,
was sent to sea notwithstanding the re-
ports of her commander, Lieut.. Edward
d. Newell Of this city, to the Navy De-
paztment that she wss unssaworthY, -
eordine toSa letter giyen out tozight BY
DR.. George n. Newell, father of the
young officer. Lieut.. Newell went down
with his ship.
DR.. and Mrs. Newell left here today
for Philadelphia to be present at the
court of inquiry into the ships loss,
which convenes Monday in that city.
Before his departure DIR. Newell made
retary Daniels.
Contents Of Letter.
"At the time of his Gieut NewelPs)
last visit home. February IL" DR..
Newell wrote. 'he stated that the rea-
son for changing the name of the
ing the public to the worthlessness of
the kind Of craft for which they were
spending the peoples money. Further
more, after his fruitless appeals to the
various officials with whom he was in
touch, he had with him his final appeal
written on official paper, which he had
addressed to your office at Washing
ton, giving many reasons wherein the
vessel was unseaworthy, one Of the
things specifically mentioned being the
steering gear, which was apparently
the principal cause of the disaster.
Sailing Order oiver Not Blamed.
Knowing all this. and with the full
appreciation of the responsibility rest
ing in him for the lives ofthose over whom
he was in command there can be no
question Of his obeying an order to
put to sea. 1t would seem the respon-
sibility lies not with those who gave
this order. but rather with those who
from inemciency or something much
worse made it possible under the ex-
isting conditions, and there is going
to be many an ache in the hearts Of
those who have boys still in the serv-
ice until the government has con-
WINGED them that another such calamity
is not to be repeated"
Never, said the father in another
part of the letter, was boy born
with greater love for or with less
fear of the water than he who. has
gone, or one of his age whom expert
ence had better fitted to pass on the
seaWorth1ness OF an ocean craft There
fore, l am thoroughly convinced that
one condemned by him was, from good
cause. subject to grave suspicion"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03

BY the Associated Press.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. March p
That a plot to release German aliens at
the war prison barracks at Fort Doug
las and to destroy public buildings in
Salt Lake City has been revealed. the
police believe. through the arrest to-
day of Frank Dimok. alias Petsold. a
German subject.
The arrest was effected when Dimok
applied for his registration card. In
Dimok's possession were found a Sc
cret code, map of Salt Lake City, with
arrows pointing toward Fort Douglas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
NO DELAY
IN REPLY TO JAPAN
d
Entente Allies and America
Soon to State Views on
Russian Situation.
TO MEET SIBERIAN MENACE

Response of the entente allies and of
America to the Japanese invitation for
an expression Of their views regarding
the, Russian situation, SO far as recent
svesty there have sfeeted conditions in
EASTERN siberia. ~ sxsesed u u Sc
turned within the NEXT two or thrse
days. 1t is certain that there viii be
no long delay; as there appears to be
no disposition to enter into any ex:
tended arguments on the subject of
measures to combat German aggression
in Siberia and to protect the military
stores at VlaGivostbk.
One distinguished foreign repre-
sentative said yesterday that situa-
tion has developed where the allies and
America must place entire confidence
in the rectHude of purpose and mill
tary ability Of Japan. His belief is
that there can be no half confidence.
such as would be implied by demand
for a pledge from Japan in advance
of any action she may contemplate to
limit her activities or to make certain
dispositions of occupied territory after
the war Such action, he said, would
cast intolerable suspicion upon de-
voted and powerful ally.
Formal Inquiry Possible.
1t is entirely possible that some in
ouiries may be made to develop the
nature and extent of what Japan re-
CARDS as the special German menace
that existed in eastern Siberia even
before the resumption of the German
drive against Russia. Aside from the
presence of a large number of German
prisoners of war in central Siberia,
nothing is officially known here of any
new and threatening danger to Japan or
to her allies, unless such might be
found in an active German propaganda
in that section which might involve the
transfer of allegiance to Germany of
the bolsheviki- controlled population or
cause an outbreak of absolute anarchy
which would threaten the lives and
property of Japanese and other for
eign residents in Siberia.
It is not doubted that Japan is now
satisfying her allies on this point. and
consequently there will be no neces-
sity for any formal engagement or
declaration Of purpose by Japan COW
ering her aims in Siberia beyond any
such expression as she might herself
care to volunteer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03

to The Sunday Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1913.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. March l (delayed) The
prisoners taken in the German raid
this morning were armed with carbines
with the muxzles. sawed off so that the
weapons could be used in short range
fighting. They also had knives with
ten-inch blades for the purpose of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
ARREST OF GERMAN BALKS PLOT
TO FREE ALIENS, POLICE SAY

and the state capitol, and diagrams
which the prisoner admitted to be of
United States fortif1cations and en-
campments, and many other sketches
which the police consider compromis-
ing.
One of the sketches of the alien in
ternment camp at Fort Douglas showed
lines which the authorities declared
plainly indicated a tunnel reaching
from one of the buildings to a point
outside the inclosure. Other sketches,
Dimok freely admitted, pertained to
military camps.
Dimok had been under surveillance
for two weeks. Other arrests are ex-
pected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
COAL CUT
COMES MARCH 10
Weayer's Order to Be Follow
ed by Further Reduction
in Price April !.
WILL AVOID CARD PATROL

A reduction Of SO cents ton in the
retail price of coal, effective March 10,
was announced last night by John Il
Weaver, fuel administrator for the Dis:
triet q. Columbia Every epal dealer u u
! .Is ssa ne y;
;;tifeation.
& The reduction was accomplished by
reducing the margin of gross profit
from $3.50 to So a ton. Under a gem
eral order Of the United States Fuel
Administration, issued last fal1.s the
margin of gross profit to retail coal
dealers was established at 81 ton. To
meet conditions peculiar to Washing
ton. in an order dated December last,
Administrator Weaver authorized local
a ton. That special order now is re-
voked. and the standard margin of So a
ton goes into effect week from today.
Further Reduction April 1.
A still further reduction, at least in
the price of anthracite. is expected to
become effective April l, the beginning
of the new coal year. This will be a
general reduction of prices at the mines
and will be ordered by the federal fuel
administration. 1t is likely to result in
a retail reduction of SO cents ton in
April, with an increase of 10 cents a
ton each month until the 50-cent reduc-
tion has been wiped out.
This is proposed to encourage adop-
tion of Administrator Garfe1d's advice
to consumers that. they lay in their
next winters coal supplies as soon as
possible after April /.
Forecast Full Allowances.
The fuel administration now believes
there will be full allowance of coal
for domestic consumption for the COM
ing year, and that there will be no
need. therefore, for a strict card ra-
tioning system, such as was proposed
for Washington by Administrator
Weaver when 1t was thought the sup
ply would be only 80 or 80 per cent of
normal requirements. Some restrictions
will be necessary, however, to prevent
boarding and to assure that this 100
per cent supply shall be equitably dis
tributed.
To accomplish this a general scheme.
applica BILE to all cities, is being worked
out, with state administrators left free
to adopt such further restrictions as
may be necessary to meet local con-
ditions. An outline of the general plan
was issued by the fuel administration
last night in the following official an
nouncement:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
Five Spanish vessels were sunk by
Food Exports to Allies Increased.

steady increase during February of
exports OF grains and foodstuffs to the
allies was announced last night by the
United States Food Administration. Ship
ments In the first week Of the month
totaled 94.sss tons, while those Of the
-1aat week were 174.s47. The total for |
the month was 6S3, 40 tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
Berlin Gets News OF Unsatls-
factory Reply to the Gen.
trail Powers.
GERMAN DRIVE ON RUSS
AGAIN IN FULL SWING
Kiev Captured by Kaiser's Forces.
Gomel Also Taken-Slavs De-
feated Near Ryechitza.

BY the Associated Press.
The peace negotiations between Ru-
mania and the central powers are re-
ported. in unofficial adviees from Berlin
TO have failed. The unsatisfactory reply
of the Rumanian king is said to have
been responsible for the break.
The peace negotiations between the
bolshsvih and the Germans also seem
to have been broken off. Manifestly, at
any rate, there is developing a growing
measure of be,ligerency among the
Russian proletariat. who. with the safety
of the revolution as a rallying cry, are
reported to he responding from all sides
to support it.
German Advanc. in Full Swing.
The German advance into the interior
of Russia is in full swing again. with
columns reported moving toward Petro-
grad from Pskov, and pushing north-
east along the railway from Podolsk
with the object of cutting the MOSCOW
between the two cities and starving out
Petrograd by shutting on its supplies.
IN the south, the Germans have Sc
cured their immediate objective in the
Ukraine by occupying kiey. the capital
of the republic. after a little more than
a ten+day march through the country
on, the two-hundred-mile route east
from the former fighting front. The
German reports do. not indicate what
price in casualties the bolsheviki ex-
acted for the surrender of Kiey, which
they had captured from the Ukrainian
fada's supporters February 8. with re-
ported total casualties for. both sides
Of 4,a6a killed and 1900 wounded Pre-
sunaab1y the Fada, which negotiated, the
separate peace between the central
powers and the Ekrainians At Brest-
Iitovsk. wiz be speedily reinstated In,
the captured city.
nannen3an MeSplsy4ts ssss,
AMSTERDAM. Merch .Acrordiuys
% ths v6o6tseAe Zeitunk q Hefiim TIE
Henc4S neGofsAtfons 1t BuchaEest, Rd-
MAniA. hare failed. It IL understood
King Eefafnand's reply TO the central
pott1rS Waa unsatisfactory
Othef Garman neMspapers say the
negotiations were interrupted because
DIR. Won Kuehlmann and Count Cxernin.
respectively German mad Austro.Hun-
eafian foref9n ministers, had been sum-
Houed to Brest-Litovsk. A semi officiAl
statement issued in Berlin, however.
denied that they had left the Rnmanian
eauitaa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
Failure of the Nation to Act Now Would Mean
Wheatless Period Of One to Two Months
Before Next Crop Is Available.
LOSSES ON WORLDS BIGGEST STORE
: OF FOODSTUFFS MENACE PLANTING
War Trade Board Puts Embargo Imports Of Corn nceass
Shipments Of Wheat From South American Countries.
Seasons Food Tragedy DoubB Disastrous.

Unless immediate and radical curtaiment the
sumption period crop
available period estimated
will be all for breadmakng.
The only alternative would be off entirely shipments
allies Europe That alternative Danger
possibilities and thnkaby cruel be given
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
German Reiehstag Adiourn,.

AMSTERDAM, March 2.-The German
reichstag. after referring the budget to
the main COMMITTEES, today adjourned
until March -. says teiegram from.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
Reports Not Confirmed.

Reports reaching here and accredited
Japanese and Chinese troops have been
sent to Asiatic Russia. find no con-
firmation here. They are believed to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
Use Powerful Forces

LONDON. March "A Petrograd dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph Com
pany. under date of March j. says that
dfsquietfng news has been received re-
garding the enemy's advance toward
2iev. large German Ukrainian army
is concentrated at Zhitomir. which is
being evacuated.
The Germans have transferred pow
erful forces from volochysk in the tii-
rection Of Kfev. while the line from
kosatin to Perdichev aims at surround
Ing the city. Enemy armies are also
concentrated at Dubno. Revno and
Iutsk.
kiev is occupied by detachments of
the army under Col Muravian, for
merly commander of the Petrozrad
garrison and now IN command of the
bolsheviki forces
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
oRcial Announcement.

Regulations governing the retail
distribution of coal for the coal year
beginning April l. 1918, are under con-
sideration by the United States fuel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03

German omcial Report.

= BERLIN. March 2-The, officiar am
nonneement Of today follows:
In Esthonia and Livonia our opera
ti0ns are taking their course.
Gen. Won Linsinger is following up
the enemy. who was defeated near
Ryechitza- We captured Gomel
'fKiev. capital of Ukraine has been
liberated by Ukrainian and Saxon
troops
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03

CONTINUED on Second Page.)
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-27
Mr.. BARNES IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR LOCAL COAL SITUATION

Since the statement appeared in yesterdays Journal
which gave clearly and correctly all the facts with ref
to the proper retail price of hard coal in Martins
burg together with the interchange Of kilograms between
the Journal and State Fuel Administrator Barnes there
has been much comment the subject.
While the general public has been loud in it's praise OF
efforts to bring light on this most important sub
ec there is strong desire the part of many to know
just how and why such condition could exist here
Many under the impression that this condition
and the high price due to the local dealers That is
mistake because the price of coal should have been set
by State Fuel Administrator Barnes of Farmont but
Mr. Barnes was derect in his duty.
He should have established retail price Immediately
upon the authorizing of shipments of hard coal to Mar
tnsburg.
It IS fact that in many cases, the local dealers re
ceved coal and delivered it before they had received
bills for the coal In this way they were not able to tell
what the coal cost them.
So far as Berkeley county is concerned, it would
have been much better off had dsnterested school
boy been state fuel administrator than the who
selected Had he promptly established the local selling
price for hard coal here the local dealers would have abd
ed by and there would not have been the resulting con-
fusion.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-27
HOLD THANKSGIVING
SOCIAL ON FRIDAY


The following literary program will
be rendered by the Franklin Liter
airy Society at the Martinsburg High
School on Friday, Nov. 20:
Reading Carr
Piano Solo-1Mary Applehy.
Recltation---,Adbert Geyer
Red Cross Reading - Roberta
Thompson.
Violin and Guitar Duet--Lee VOL
ford and John Caldwell.
Recitation-1Ruth Seibert.
Playlet--A Slight Misunderstanding.
by William Payne and Daisy Coils.
Guitar Solos--Prof. Bane.
Critic--F'rederick Small.
Following the literary program
there will be a meeting of the Moth
ers' League, at which Mrs. II. II
IIlammann urges all mothers who have
children In the High School to be
present as there will be an election OF
officers.
The work OF the Mothers League
aided by the late Prof. Martin L.
Wlachtel for the past session, was
highly appreciated by everyone.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-27
81, 100000 CROP
OFAPPLESHERE

Florida. Altogether the exchange has
disposed of $40 carloads of prime
Berkeley county fruit, some of It,
Grimes Golden, Staymens. Black
Twigs, etc. bringing $500 per bar
rel and other fruit in proportion
Nearly 90 per cent of the fruit was
sold (. o. b. Martinsburg, only
small percentage being shipped
otherwise.
The local exchange, which Is a niu.
tual organization, handled perhaps
onefourth of the country's apple
crop and basing prices tho total
crop of about 100000 barrels, at least
100000 more than last year. 1t Is es.
t!mated that the Berkeley county ap.
pie crop this year will net the farm.
ers and orchardists In the neighbor.
hood OF $1,200,000 and perhaps ST.
500, 900. Although prices have advan
ced, @labor has been much higher ana
orchard supplies are soaring like CIV
erything else, the apple growers Of
Berkeley county made barrel OF
money this year. efsfss
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-27

So satisfied are members of the
Martinsburg Fruit Exchange with
the results of that organization dur.
ing the season just winding up that
the board OF directors have decided
to celebrate within the next few
days The eighty-two members will
enjoy banquet at Hotel Berkeley,
where the annual report will be
made and the wonderful benefits OF
organization fully explained by u
noted speaker from the department
at Washington. The season just clos
ing has been wonderful one for
the exchanges members and the
outside fruit growers who disposed
of their product through the ex.
change. Approximately 100000 has
been paid to Berkeley county orch.
ardists and they secured the very
topmost prices This was due to the
efforts of Manager s. p. House, who
has brought the organization UP to a
high state of efficiency and will leave
this section the first of the year for
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-27
KIRSON'S BUY A
COMPLETE SHOE STOCK

Mr.. Noah Kirson has returned
from Everett, Pa. where he purchas-
ed the shoe stock of J. B. Wehn
consisting of 1000 pairs of Mems
Women's and Children's Shoes, Rub
bers, Artlcs, Boots and everything
that goes with complete shoe
store. These were purchased with
the usual buying shrewdness Of Kir'
sons and the purchase price was
low. The customers will receive the
benefit as usual and there will be
some exceptional bargains to be
found when these go on sale for Fri
day and Saturday.
Up 1t hold.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-27
ARE GERMANS
TO TRY THE KAISER
Demand That He Be Punished
Growing In That Country.
(By international News service.)


Copenhagen, Nov PA demand
that the ex-kaiser be placed on trial
was made at federal council in
Berlin. according to advices from
there.
The same demand is being urged
by the radical socialists whose an
tagonism toward the former war
lord has risen to a high pitch since
the disclosures in Bavaria that the
erstwhile kaiser and his junker ad-
visors brought on the war.
The extremists are insisting upon
a tribunal to try not only the ex-
kaiser but the former crown prince,
exChancellor Won Bethman Holl-
veg and the former foreign secretar-
les, Won Jagow and Zimmerman.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-27
JUGGLING METHODS
OF COAL Operators
EXPOSED BY EXPERT
Mine AS Little AS Possible To
Maintain Highest Prices.
(By international News service.)

(By international News Service.)
Washington, Nov 27--Coal short
ages in the future can be prevented
only by government seizure of a
portion of the anthracite coal land of
Pennsylvania, William Wilhelm. a
coal expert, told the Senate Manu-
features Committee this afternoon.
He declared against government op
Grafton of coal mines, but believed
the threat of government operation
in competition with the individual
coal operators would have a whole
some effect on coal prices.
'The object of the coal operators
in the past has been to mine as lit
tie coal as possible in order to keep
the prices as high as possible" Will
helm said
Would the railroad coal compan,
les give individuals cars If they were
compelled to. relinquish leases of
land they are holding out of pro.
duction to these Individuals Sena-
tor Reed asked
They would have to; there
would be revolution if they did not"
Wilhelm emphatically asserted.
There was time when they didn't,
but they would have to now "A
Wilhelm showed that many coal
companies were paying as high as
$50 for every ton of coal in unde-
veloped tracts and that this was add,
ing materially to the cost of mined
coal
Mixed With Brewers
Washington, Nov 27.-Joint con
troll of policies in eastern Pennsyl-
vania by the brewers and the mine
operators was charged before the
Senate Manufacturers Committee to-
day by William Wilhelm. a lawyer
Pottsville, Pa.
Wilhelm was explaining the sys-
tenn under which he alleged the
brewers and coal operators controll-
ed the election of judges who in
turn, arranged low assessments on
their properties and took care of
their interets in the courts.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-27
Leon STUCkEY DIES
AT COLUMBUS, Ohio

The remains of Leon Stuckey, son
Of Mr.. Daniel Stuckey, OF Tomahawk,
who died of influenza at Columbus,
O., will be brought here this evening
over the Cumberland Valley Railroad.
Funeral Director Jacques, of Hedges
vile. will remove the remains to the
late home and the funeral will be held
there at | O'Clock Thursday afternoon,
Rev. r. f. Schumacher, of this city,
officiating. Harry J. Stuckey, Of the
U. S. Navy, now located at Princeton,
N. j., arrived here this afternoon to
attend the last services.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-27

tune on the bounding Main. Serge
ant Minor, who is son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Minor, of East Stepren
street, has been some time in France
Meets With Injury
Since the above was put in type it
is learned that Mr.. and Mrs. Minor
are in.7reeelpt- Of word from France
that Sergeant Minor suffered a Sc
verely broken ankle while in action
at the front.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-27
SERBS EXTERMINATED
BY BRUTAL BULGARS
l5y international News service.)

Paris, Nov. 27-2,500 serbians,
all the inhabitants of the Serbian
village of Vlassotinetzi, were killed
by the Bulgarians during the Bulgar
occupation of Serbian soil, said a
despatch from Mich, today.
All of the magistrates, priests and
school teachers in southwestern
Serbia were shot or hung by the Bull
CARS in an effort to exterminate the
Serb race.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-27
PRISONERS REMOVED

With the epidemic of influenza
which broke out in the Barbour
county Jail at Philippi two weeks
ago now wiped out, and with all dan
ger OF the spread of the disease
from the Jail over, the fourteen Unit
ed States prisoners. who were I'M
der quarantine were removed Tues
day by federal officers.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-27
HIS FALL FATAL

William Bonnell, aged II. who
was injured while working, losing a
leg and an arm, died at the Keyser
hospital. His father and mother. Mr..
and Mrs. Elijah Bonnell, Of Long Is
land, N. Y, were with him. The body
was taken to Long Island Bonnell
fell from a train,