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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20
ALEXANDER NOW IN FOLD.
Star Pitcher Comes to Terms With
the Chicago Cubs.

PASADENA, Cal, March 2o.-Grover
Cleveland Alexander. the Philadelphia
pitcher who has been holding out for a
bonus of $4,000 from the Chicago Ma
tional League team, signed his contract
yesterday. ii was announced. The terms
were not given
Manager Fred Mitchell. Walter Craig
head. business manager. and William
wrigIey. jr, a director of the club, held
a conference with Alexander and then
announced that he had signed No IN
timation was given out as to whether
he received the sum he had demanded
or whether compromise had been
reached.
Alexander announced several weeks
ago that he would demand $4,000 for
signing, which sum he said he believed
was a fair bonus to be paid him from
the reported purchase price of $4,000
said to have been paid to the Philadel-
phia Nationals for him and his catcher.
William Killefer The club management
said it could not pay this sum and, al
though Alexander Joined the Cubs on
the trip to Pasadena, he has taken no
part in the training and has not been
out in uniform.
Alexander will take part in a practice
game with the Cubs at San Diego to-
morrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20
WAR Department MEN
TO SMOKE LESS ON DUTY
Woman Clerk Says Fumes Of To-
bacco Retard Her Sex's
Efficiency.

AS the result of a letter written
several weeks ago to Secretary Baker
by woman clerk in the War Depart
ment. there is to be less smoking in
War Department offices. The writer
made the point that smoking reduced
the efficiency of employees. especially
of women who were compelled to en-
dure the fumes of tobacco in over
crowded. poorly-ventilated rooms.
Many women" she wrote, who like
to see men comfortable and happy en-
joy the fragrance Of a cigar in the
open. but are unpaeasant1y affected by
tobacco smoke in a poorly-ventiiated
room, when nervous energy is depleted
by taxing work and the very brief
noon recess offers no opportunity for
a renewal of the supply of oxygen.
While young men cannot plead their
dependence upon tobacco. a special in
diligence might be arranged in form of
q recess Tor the older men who would
be rendered inefficient without the be-
loved pipes and whose services are
too valuable to be dispensed with"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20
DOYLE HAS BEST SCORE.
Leads Pro Field on Jacksonville
Course With 149 Strokes.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. March 20
P. J. Doyle. Deal. led the field in the
qualifying rounds of the annual tourna-
ment for professionals on the links OF
the Florida Country Club here yesterday
with a score of 76-73-149. Eddie Loos,
of 15-7o-150. The match between
these two was very close. but Doyle
had slight advantage at the begin
ming which he held throughout the
afternoon.
Other scores follow:
Emmett French, York, 74-T-151;
Walter Hagan. Rochester, T4-71-151;
Jim Barnes. Broadmoor, 77-75-152;
George Bowden, S2-T3-155: Jock
Hutchinson. Glenview, S2-7-156; Jack
Hobens, Eastwood. 7S-S0-15S; George
Fotherin CHAM. New York. T9-s2-161:
Fred Mcleod. Columbia, 7S-s6-164, and
Tom Skipper, S4-S4-16S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20

NAe Red Cross Motor Corps has
volunteered all the available cars in
the unit for the great sightseeing
parade Sunday afternoon staged by the
District war camp community service.
Tho cars will be modified by Mrs.
Floyd waggaman. major of the corps,
and report at the United Service Club.
es6 Pennsylvania avenue northwest, at
ESQ o'clock.
The drivers of the Red Cross cars
viii be in the official Red Cross ambu-
lance drivers Uniform There will be
no ambulanceS however. in the process
oiou, only pleasure cars being used.
About one-1fth of the total Of a
thousand cars which are needed for
the drive have been volunteered, 1t
was stated at the headquarters Of the
war camp community service this
morning.
It 10 estimated that there are enough
cars on hand now to take thousand
men through the streets and parks of
the District.
Hap Of Route in Sundays Papers.
A map of the route is being made
By the Automobile Association of
America, and will be published Sunday
morning. The route will cover about
twenty miles and will take an hour
and q quarter to run.
Mrs. Newton d. Baker. wife Of the
8ecretary Of War. yesterday stated that
the Secretarys big car would be oh
hand to take the men sightseeing.
Il think it very important that an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20
ANOTHER FOR MACK,
shean or Blackburne May Be Sent
to Philadelphia by Yankees.

PHILADELPHIA, March 2o.-Accord-
ing to Cincinnati wise men. the Yam
KEGS are preparing to hand over an
other player to Connie Mack to COM
plete the deal for Ping Bodfe.
Higgins sent Tim Hendryx to the
Browns. who released Lee Magee to the
Reds. In return for this favor the
Reds are expected to hand over either
Dave Shean or Lena Blackburne to the
Yankees. who then will release them
to the Athletics.
Mack needs a second baseman and
Shean or Blackburne would fill the bill
acceptably, it is thought.
Higgins has Fewster and Aaron
Ward to plug up holes in his infeld.
so that he doesn't need one of the
Cincinnati men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

AUGUSTA. Ga, March 20.-Morning
and afternoon practices combined into
one Of four hours intensive drilling is
on the program for the Nationals to-
day. Following the loss Of one prac-
tice session yesterday. when an all
night rain precluded the possibility of
using the ball park in the morning and
rendered the grounds so soggy the dia-
mond could not be used in the after
noon, Manager Griffith determined to
make up for lost time, and today the
players were ordered to report at II
o'clock and be prepared to work right
on through until this afternoon.
ITS batting practice we need more
than anything else right now" said
the manager today. IT figure the
park Will be in condition for use
before noon. and as soon as it has dried
enough to make sure it will not be all
cut up with their spikes the boys will
be given a long stick drill. I'm to
have all my young pitchers take turns
in serving them up to the players, and
have recruits lay off and give the vet
Grams a hitting rehearsal that'll make
them tired of swinging their bats. My
kid pitchers are in AL shape now, and
the others have plenty of time in which
to take things easy and toe the mark
fl when the bell rings"
Yingling has a sore arm and is nurs-
ing. his whip. along till he gets the
kinks out of it Dumont also is COM
planning. but both are expected to have
their salary wings properly tuned up
within a few days. Yingling always
is slow rounding into condition. He
Is following directions In proceeding
cautiously. Lynch is "on his feed
and thinks he has ma1arial fever, but
"Dr." Mike Martin diagnoses his COM
plant as hookworm.
After the workout yesterday after
noon, which was confined to fielding
bunts and chasing fungoes, with a turn
or two around the park for all hands
Manager Griffith made a trip to Camp
Hancock. some five miles out of town
and perfected arrangements with Capt
Walter Camp. jr., director of athletics
for a game at ball park Saturday after
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20
ZONE SYSTEM FOR COAL
DISTRIBUTION FINISHED
R1ans to Be Announced Soon by Fuel
3Administration-Will Elm
mate Many Evils.

. yians for the zone system Of coal dis
krfUdtton in the United States. which
p attended to eliminate long hauling,
krooe hauling and other evils tending
koIdmplicats traffic and increase cost
to-kAe consumer, have been virtually
eo@paeted by the fuel administration
hn7yin be made public soon.
Mdecfding upon this system Of zones
haeh community will be told from
MG3 coal field its supplies will come
nuRfHx the year beginning April 1, and
nuYE6ases from any other district will
be-prohibited. Large consumers. such
aS|ailroads, have been told by the
6uf1 administrator that they should not
contract for more than IS per cent OF
fh-cutput Of any one mine or coal
cofNUany.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20
ONLY ONE PRACTICE SCHEDULED
TODAY FOR GRIFFITH'S PLAYERS
Nationals Manager Plans to Send His Men
Through Four Consecutive Hours of In
tensive Drill-Need Batting Work.

noon between the Griffmen and 1osth
Field Artillery regimental team
Most of the $4,000 odd former national
guardsmen. the majority of them from
Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons off
and Manager Griffith is having 1000
tickets printed in anticipation of a
capacity crowd. The artillerymen are
expected to turn out in force with their
band and make things lively for the
major leaguers. All men in uniform will
be admitted for the nominal sum of IS
cents. But the civilians will be taxed
half dollar for grandstand seat. The
proceeds will be split, half going to the
Washington ball club to help defray
training expenses, and the other half to
the camp athletic fund. There are
number of diam onds laid out within the
confines of Camp Hancock, which
covers an area of several square miles,
and Capt Camp said that his assistants
reported that twenty-seven separate
games Of ball had been played by the
company and regimental teams last
by the soldiers was furnished by Man
ager Griffith by means of his ball and
bat fund.
In asserting that Walter johnson
would pitch ''one or two" innings of the
game Saturday and that he would use
MS regular lineup, Grif made his first
announcement of how he intends to
place his players when on the offensive
this season. Unless something de-
velops to cause him to shift his plans
fans at the Georgia avenue stadium
Monday. April Is. for the first game
OF the season against the New York
Yankees will see the Griffmen go to
bat in this order:
Shotton, left field.
Foster, third base.
Milan, center field
Rice. right field
Judge, first base
Morgan, second base
Lavan, shortstop.
Ainsmith. catcher.
Johnson, pitcher.
Ray Morgan arrived yesterday after
noon too late to get into uniform,
but expects to be right on the job to-
day. With the Baltimorean here the
Nationals squad is complete, number
ing twenty-three, exclusive Of Nick
Altrock. Morgan is much lighter than
last spring, when he reported some
twelve pounds overweight. He now is
carrying only four or five pounds of
excess avoirdupois and expects to get
rid of this in short order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20
OUT OF DANGER.
Wrestler Gardener Hurt in Bout
With Yokel. Taken Home.

ATLANTIC CITY. n. J.. March 90
Improvement in the condition of Pinky
Gardener of Schenectady, n. Y. who
sustained conclusion of the brain in a
bout for the middleweight wrestling
title with Mike Yokel of Salt Lake
CITY, the champion. permitted his re-
moyal to his home. Referee George
Fisher of New York and Yokel, held by
the police to await the outcome of his
INJURIES were released.
George Bothner, who broke his leg
in a bout with Frank Rice of Boston.
champion, will be confined
to the hospital for several weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20
HAVANA HORSES DUE HERE.
Two Stables Send Word They Will
Race at Arlington.

Horsemen now racing at Havana are
planning to participate extensively in
the military and amateur race meet to
be held at Arlington Park, just across
Highway bridge. April % to 81. Man
ager Melvin C. HAGEN has received a
letter from John T. Harris that he is
Manning to ship to the local course
from Cuba two carloads of thorough
breds, all of which have won races
this winter and spring. William NJ.
Atkinson, another who has been racing
at Havana, has wired for stable reser-
vations for four horses. 1t was stated
that the Cuba contingent is much in
terested in the plans for a revival OF
racing in Washington this spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20
BRAVES GET LEFT-HANDER.
Hugh Caravan Of Worcester Club
Signs With Boston Nationals.

BOSTON, March 20.-Hugh Caravan,
left-handed pitcher Of the Worcester
club of the Eastern League. has been
signed by the Boston National League
base ball club. according to word re-
ceived here last night from Miami, Fla,
where the Braves are training.
Caravan is now at the Stanton Mill
tary Academy in Virginia, where he
has been coaching the base ball team.
He will report at Miami within a few
days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20
FAVORS CHANGE IN
navy PROMOTIONS
Admiral MCGOWAN Asserts
Pay Corps Should Win Ad-
vance on Merit, Not Service.
CONSIDERS RULE UNFAIR

That promotion in the Pay Corps of
the Navy should be by selection. the
same as it applies to line officers in
the service, is the opinion of Admiral
Samuel MCGOWAN, paymaster general of
the Navy. Promotion. he says. should
not be regarded as a reward for long
service. but rather as advancement for
character of service already performed
IF the officers who would be auto
matically promoted by seniority" says
Admiral MCGOWAN. "are in fact the best
qualified. their commissions will mean
just that much more to them. II they
are not they have no right to be pro-
NOTED and under the circumstances to
promote them would be contrary to
common sense and efficiency.
'Under existing laws, an officer when
he reached the top of his grade is ex-
anained for promotion to fill the first
vacancy which occurs thereafter.
Should the board find him profession
ally disqualified for promotion. he is
held up for six months and then re-
examined. Should he fail this time, he
is dropped from the service.
Would Improve Record.
If an officer has been in his grade for
any length of time. it is quite unlikely
that during the six months which
elapSe between the two examinations
his record will be so exceptional as to
make up for his previous record.
On the other hand, he may not de-
serve to be dropped from the service:
and, also in view of his experience, he
is more useful to the service than the
new man who would take his place
and yet the examining board is con-
fronted with the alternative of either
promoting an unworthy officer or of
inficting a punishment altogether too
severe.
Provides Middle Ground.
Selection promotion would provide a
middle ground and would enable the
examining board to better protect the
interests of the Navy by simply retain
ing an officer who does not deserve pro-
motion from his present rank into the
rank above.
promotion by Observation-Disclosures
ment on the sole basis Of ascertained
merit-having therefore been applied
to the line, it is most natural and
logical to subject the Pay Corps to the
same critical scrutiny and under con-
dittons equally advantageous to the
government"
Congress now has the matter under
advisement and it is expected that the
necessary legislation will be provided
at this session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20
Sees No Peace in Fifty Years.

AMSTERDAM, March 19.-Accordine
to a Budapest telegram to the Dutch
press. NJ Marchilogan, the prospective
Rumanian premier, declared in an
Interview that if Dobrudja were
now given to Bulgaria there would be
no peace in the east for fifty years
"I should have no objections" he is
quoted as adding. for a joint admin
istration of Dobrudja by the central
powers"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20
Robertson Now a Manager.

NORFOLK, Va, March 2O.-The an
nouncement has been made that Dave
Robertson. outfielder of the New York
National League club. has accepted the
management of the Headquarters team
of the Naval League. organized at the
Hampton roads naval base.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20
Bartelmas and Tip Play Tonight.

Bartelmas and Tip play their second
block of 125 points in the pocket bill
lizard District championship match at
the Grand Central tonight Bartlemas
secured a good lead in the first block,
125 to g., but Tip is expected to show
a big Improvement in his play tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20
To Hear Cases in April.

ST. LOUIS, March 20-The hearing in
the suit of John Lavan. formerly short
stop with the St Louis Americans,
against Phil E. Ball, president of the
club, in which the latter is charged
with making slanderous accusations.
has been set for April % in the circuit
court A similar hearing in which Der
rill Pratt, second baseman. is the plain
tilt, has been set for April %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20
BIG RING Carnival !.
TONIGHT At MYER
Boxers Meet IN Benefit Bouts
for District Soldiers
Athletic Fund.
BY n. c. BYRD.

Trainers and coaches have writ
ten many pamphlets to tell ath-
Ietes show to train. with all
the abstract and concrete discus
sions on the subject. the whole
of such admonftions may be
summed mp I'm just two words
live clean. And that means for
the athlete to live 80 that he shall
not by any wfllful act do ono
thing to mar the structure God
has built to house the soul.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20
Of GREECE
CREDITED TO VEN|zELOS
Prof. Mitchell Carroll Entertains
Local Society in Talk on Greek
History Of Past Two Decades.

Venizelos is the great name in the
Greek history Of the past two decades,
Prof. Mitchell Carroll. general secre-
tary of the Archaeological Institute of
America told members of the Washing
ton Society of the Archaeological In
stitute at the eighty-fifth meeting of
the society at the Washington Club
Monday night Judge Martin A. Knapp
was host. Charles Henry Butler pre-
sided.
After tracing the history of Creek
wars from the days of Troy, Prof. Car
roll said:
"venizelos is the great name in the
Greek history of the past two decades,
and through his success in forming the
Balkan federation Greece in 1928,
through the Balkan wars. doubled it's
and entered upon a career
of great prosperity. 1t was at the
height of it's fame at the breaking out
of the present European war. The key
to the kaiser's grandiose scheme for
a mitteleuropa which should dominate
the world. which should stretch from
Antwerp to Bagdad. lay in the little
kingdom of Greece.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20
venizelos' Policy Is Changed.

Had the policy Of venizelos been
carried out the story Of the war in the
Balkans would have been very differ
ent. Constantine, the Dane, and Sophie,
the Prussian, ruled over Greece; but
for them Greece would assuredly have
saved Serbia. and their combined arm
les would have held Bulgaria in check,
cut Turkey off from German money and
munitions and checkmated the kaiser
in the near east.
after four years Of musrule Con-
stantine and Sophie have been deposed
and venizelos has returned to power.
We now see that Greece has taken her
natural place by the side Of the allies
and we may yet predict for her a glo-
rious future"
The following names of new members
were announced as elected by the
executive committee: Miss AdeIia G..
Hensley. Mrs. Nina c. Van Wrinkle,
Mrs. Arthur II. Tirrell. Mrs. Arthur w.
Fergussen, DIR. Frederick Adams
Woods, Charles Alvin Pope and Mrs.
Edgar F. Woods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20
Strengthen HOLD
ON FIRST POSITION
Grand Central BOWERS Defeat
Royals in Three Straight
Games-Halley's Story.
BY cURLEY.
Sunbeams of Bowling.
Welt

What Is the answer:
Meaning: What do the Royals
think Of 1t this mornings
We know what they thought
last night, but usually a good
nights sleep gives Us a chance to
cool OF.
Two notes came to the bowling
editor this morning.
GAS far ms the Royals are con-
cerned, we think the kiel canal
clear on the map.o
"Yesterday you quoted rs one
of the things you never expected
to see .1sPOp'' HALEY when he is
not IaughinE.o MY dear sir, IL
you were present mt the match
last night between the Grand
Centrals and Royals you saw
about as much merrfment evinced
in the countenance of that young
man as was shown by Kerensky
when the bolshevikf tied q can to
his coattafls and forced him to
bent it ont of Petrograd on the
double. quick
Heard from two SPECTATORS
First Spectator-Wonde how
bad that fellow on The Star will
roast the Royals tomorrow
Second Speaker-Weu. 1t viii
be bad enough II he just tells
what happened.
Indians trounee the Yankees in
The Evening Star League In a
ErudEe match, and we get this
from Willie Mclean Of the win
merit
"Our boys. our boys-they never
To go right out aud get the kale."
Scott Walker also informs us
that George Quinn is in n at
humor to write u book entitled
"Encircling Gloom
Quoth Gene FnrIee to Oscar
Fauth.
<we'll beat you so you'll be down
In the MOUTH
Qnoth Oscar Fauth to Gene Far.
lee:
@You may miss right. but you
can't miss me.o
Sounds like that has NO point,
but Gene will get what we mean.
And we're handing him that in
stead of telling how he missed a
one-pin spare In the tenth box.
with two pins needed to wln.
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Totals. $50 4e5 sos Totals. 4ss $50

MASONIC DUCKPIN LEAGUE.
Osiris forfeited to Hiram.
Stansbury forfeited to St Johns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20

We know what they thought
last night, but usually a good
nights sleep gives US a chance to
cool OF.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20

Meaning: What do the Royals
think Of II this mOrninEs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20

Copyright, 1918, by a. c. Fisher. Trade MARI
Reg. U. S. Pat. ON
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20

Is the answer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20

Two notes came to the bowling
editor this morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20

Ones
GAS far ms the Royals arc con-
cerned, we think the kiel canal
Is not only bridEed, but blown
clear OF the map
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20
DISTRICT DucKPIN LEAGUE.
NATIONAL CAPITAL LEAGUE.

Totals 513 $40 $50 Totals 543 $40 sos
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

essentially, the dream section of "The
Eternal Magdalene" ran along without
jarring word to interrupt the fol-
lowing of the principal figure through
his dream. The problem was bit
easier than in many stories. For the
people to appear in the dream had all
been developed and planted" before.
1t was Hopkins's genius that sent the
dreamer stalking through black void
where he encountered people. places
and Incidents with all the inscrutable
casuAlness Of dream, untouched by
the reality even of speech.
Obviously, the business Of scenario
writer's should be to devise stories
which can be told without dialogue OF
explanations-stories which really fit
the screen. Instead of taking famous
novels and plays for their advertising
values, they should choose such only
as are suited to this particular possi-
billty. Or, rather, stories should be
invented with that sole idea in view.
For-outside human interest and eli
r1ax--that is the largest test of a
story's screenability.
The pantomime "Sumurun" furnishes IS
a case in point. 1t is not that screen
stories should be Oriental or lecherous
or bloody. It is simply that, as in
"Sumurun," every moment should, by
the very nature of the story, seem
merely the interval between speech.