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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-15

across the river to the upper world
But what did she say?" demanded
Bonaparte.
Boswell, land Sir Walter Raleigh
asked her to prophesy when the war
win be over; and her answer has
when is it to be?" cried Johnson,
eagerly1"before Christ Christm ia The terms
of the calendar" said Boswell, put
in the terms Of achievement. Her
answer was When the kaiser Is
MAGNIFICENT" said Washington.
"Thats the only kind Of prophecy
that care to hear. for the simple
reason that it obviously is based not
alone upon justice, but upon the ever
lasting truth"
And the cheering burst forth anew.
extending to all parts OF hades as
the news spread. and at the hour OF
going to press was still going on
having already beaten all presiden-
tiai convention records by nineteen
hours, thirty-eight minutes and forty
three seconds.
Copyright, 1918. by Mcclure syndicateo
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speediIy be empty. The judges VINO
sentenced my friend Capt. Kidd here
to be hanged in chains didn't have ave
to be hanged in chains themselves
as a preliminary to the effective per-
formanee of their duty. and know
mighty well that in 81 my systems
Of law ! never for moment deemed
either by hanging or by decapitation
to ascertain whether or not the pun
ishment fitted the crime"
"Perhaps Munchausen can tell us
what kind of a punishment keeping a
deiicatessen shop in Brooklyn would
he Tor a man Of Bills criminal tenn
nerament," said DR.. Johnson. drily.
.In his varied and picturesque me-
moirs he has never yet failed to ma q
page Of personal experiences s1lseo
to any occasion. Did you ever Keep
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q shade Of disappointment on his face
as he stared with all the concentrat-
ed power OF his vision into the globe
"But don't seem to see Bill any
whore. All can see Is O tattered fig
ure more like Swiss yodeler than
anything else. accompanied by six
husky-looking tramps armed with
saxophones and ukules, staggering
along dark country road. They look
like . bunch Of stranded vaudevil-
lians hiking for home at the end of a
bad season.
Exactly" said Cagliostro, with q
smile. you've hit 1t exactly, Boney.
That Swiss yodeler 10 Bill OF Pots
dam. He has sneaked out Of tho back
door Of his palace, and is making for
@ submarine base at Kiel. where he
will shortly be seen enlisting as q
etoker and embarking on the
Deutschland for q subaqueous flight
to Mexico"
Turn the thing on tho throne for
q second. will you. CagT' said Caesar.
Il want to see II Bill is missing"
Sure" returned Cagliostro, manip-
ulating the glass. There. That's the
6UGsfan throne. and apparently Bill
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them a Job, and the western front will
then be transferred to the Texas Dor
der. which in good time will. move
down to where Carranza keeps his
slippers"
Il
II don't know that I think that will
improve matters" said William Penn,
"and. taking 1t altogether. don't
think like your prophecy. II hay
ing to live in Mexico is all Bill is 60
ing to get for his crimes. 1t seems to
me he is setting Off pretty easy"
'But 1t isn't ALL" laughed Cagli-
ostro. TITS only the beginning. Look"
He turned and pointed his finger
dramatically into the glass again.
There Is the next STEP" he said.
"He Ia now fleeing from Mexico into
the very heart OF America itself.
While the American forces are search
ing for him below the Rio Grande. Bill
and company, disguised as Siberian
cowpunchers, are making their way
through Texas and Oklahoma. en-
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route for any old place where they can
lose themselves in the human shuttle,
and, in q little while, after terrible
vicissitudes, beating their way across
the continent. on foot. jitney and
freight car. you find them, as you see,
running a delicatessen shop In Brook
lyn, under the name Of O'Shaugnessy
& Sons. That's as far as my glass re-
veals their future to me. but 1t strikes
me as sufficient"
Its all there plain enough" said
Napoleon. Except that don't see the
crown prince anywhere. That's Prince
Eitel all right stufing himself with
liberty cabbage under the counter, but
Freddiboy seems to be missing. Has
he been lost en- route or has he just
gone around the corner to deliver a
game pie to a clientT'
NO." said Cagliostro. FREDDY Bill
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than the harpies and more blood
thirsty than the vulture, 1t seems to
me that even an eternity of sausage
selling in Brooklyn is grossly made
Quate."
Did you ever run a delicate ssen
shop In BROOKLYN" demanded Cagh-
ostro, with some show of irritation.
mo. l never did" said Lycurgus.
Il was a lawgiver ages before Brook
Ign dawned upon the horizon Of civil
lization."
Then you don't know whether 1t Is
adequate punishment or not" retort-
cd Cagliostro. For all you know a
man might find more horror in an end
less round Of days devoted to the sale
of retired cheeses, weather beate bo-
lognas and devastated left-overs of
all sorts and descriptions, to the cave
dwellers Of Gowanus. than in the rack
itself"
"Oh. I don't know about that" said
Lycurgus. "A good Judge in the ad-
ministration OF Justice doesn't need
to sample himself all the punish
ments he metes out to the criminals
to know whether or not they are
painful II he had the bench would
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Brooklyn.

q dellsatessen shop in Brooklyn.
20, only for a very short time" re-
patton never particularly appealed to
me. and while in my short stay in
Brooklyn ! saw much to delight me.
and derived much pleasure and profit
from the lovely waters of the Gowa-
nus, more like our beloved Styx than
any other stream"
"All right. baron" Interrupted Ly-
what it Is worth and proceed with
our discussion: II you had your
choice, Capt. Kidd, between hanging
in chains or an eternity Of delicates-
sen dispensing in Brooklyn, which
would you chooser
X
~
Hanging in chains" said Kidd,
without hesitation. "A short life and
a merry one, say T. There is an ele-
ment Of dramatic suspense in hanging
which I do not find in delicatessen,
and I prefer the clash of steel to the
raucous howl of the cold hot-dog
whether it be in Brooklyn or else
where. There is a choice in links and
I prefer the iron to the sausage"
well. we've got to consider the
point of descent of degradation, also,
in such case as this" said Black
stone. ''When man has been Ho-
henzollern kaiser for twenty years,
on intimate terms with Colt and him
throne, and doomed to slice bob-veal,
and cut diseases Of head-cheese day
after day for hungry Gowanii. it is
some come-down. l don't know but
that from the viewpoint Of pure mem
tai suffering the punishment sug-
more severe than boiling in OIL"
Severe enough or not" said Gag
liostro, 'it's the best i've got. It's
what my glass foretells, and it has
never lied to me yet"
How does it gee with your look
omon. Your forecast Of what was
coming to Priam in the matter Of the
really happened"
EXCUSE me" said Loacoon. 'I'm
through prophesying. All got out.of
Of sea serpents. that wiggled up out Of
the ocean, and tangled me and my
family up like government official
strangulated by forty-seven million
miles OF red tape. i'm through.
aon Far nk Be th It From rom me to blame VIZ,
said Solomon. 81 only thought you
prophecy"
well, you thought wrong" said
LAGOON. can't. My ele sees it
differently. In fact, II I were sure the
sea serpents were chained I'D I'd saw
that CagliOstro Is ninety miles of the
track OF truth, and that the ultimate
end OF Potsdam Bill, and his brood,
Is hity years at hard labor, as hod-
carriers. carrying brick and mortar for
the restoration Of the priceless buildings
they nave destroyed In Belgium and
France-but I won't say it unless I am
guaranteed immunity from those greasy
octopi that fell on me and my sons like
ancient Troy" "
"A safe, and I may say sane, de-
clsion, LAGOON" said Homer. '"The
world must he made safe for pronh-
ecy. and after your experience no
prophet either Of good or Of evil could
De expected to stay in the extra -haz-
ardous pursuit of representation"
rOusfng cheer came from the
main saloon of the houseboat at this
point, and the group, rising hastily
10 see what 1t was all about were
met by Boswell, rushing madiv
through the door,
Whats up, Jimmie?" asked Ma.
poleon, as the great biographer en-
"Cassandra has Just made a mar
velous prophecy" said Boswell. "and
l am hustling down to the inter.tata
raoio STATION to nash the glad news
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maxiciat,s Of many sorts promenaded
tho decks and salons Of the good old
craft full Of Importance and advance
Information Of varying degrees of
value. Among the latter Cagliostro
wan possibly the most noted. and It is
unQuestionably true that he manipu-
lated hs little crystal ball with con-
siderable effect.
Turn. that glass eye Of yours on
Potsdam Bill. cag," said Napoleon:
after one or two demonstrations Of
its forecasting powers on Insignia
cant matters. ~ want to see II he is
to be honored a. ! was by being put
in quarantine In q little old hole In
the sea called ST. Helena"
you may rest easy on that score,
Bonsy," returned Cagliostro. IT have
been somewhat curious on that point
myself. and take It from me the thing
that you got was strawberry fes-
tivaI In June compared to the thing
that's coming to Bill. Just keep
your eye ON the ball. and you'll see
Bill making spring drive for Kiel'
X
~
The gathering grouped about the
crystal and gazed intently into its
mysterious depths.
VERY interesting" said Napoleon.
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has met with harsh fate. After six
weeks as q brush boy In an Oklahoma
barber shop, Freddy invests his all in
q beer palace in Illinois, and no SOON
er gets 1t started when the prohibi-
ton amendment Is adopted, the whole
country goes dry, and his vision of
peace without victory is shattered. His
reason totters@"
IT was not aware that he had any
reason to totter," said Cassius.
HE has every reason to totter," re-
torted Caesar. "Chief among which
is Foch."
well. anyhow" >said Cagliostro. Inn
patiently, Whatever he's got totters.
and the last seen Of this ambitious
youth who set out to rule the world
he is jumping over the brink of Nj
agara Falls with one of La Follette's
speeches tied about his neck
"A just retribution," shuddered So
crates. ut makes the hemlock cup
seem easy"
well, I don't think much of It,"
said Lycurgus. when I think of all
Bill has done to the world in the past
four years and the jailbirds he has
loosed upon mankind. birds fouler
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Prophets Night

isn't missing. for you seem to see
him sitting on it. wearing an admiral's
cloak. tho boots Of the all highest,
forty-seven freshly minted iron
crosses pinned across his facade, and
the German crown tilted upon the
imperial bean-but he isn't the real
Bill. He is a camoufiaged Bill. local
comedian dressed up to look like Bill,
and to behave like Bill, and to
scratch his ears with his outstanding
moustachios like Bill, and designed
to make the allied forces now enter
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TT was prophets night at the
Household on the Styx. and all
the seers of the ages were on
hand. each with his own special
little glimpse into the future
ready to be revealed to whom
soever would listen. The evenings
festivities had taken the form Of .
reception to Cassandra. The elite Of
all Cimmeria, intellectual and other
wise. were present In full force, and
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The Land of Famine.
l REPRESENTATIVE was t;

a NNFHESENTATIVE was TAKING
about the bolshevika
The bolsheviks," he said. "swore to
tread the wealthy under foot. Well.
they've done so and what's the re-
sult7
The result Is that the bolsheviks
are walking on their uppeHs."
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09

Governor Edge of New Jersey issued an appeal for the mechanics and skilled workers of the state to enroll for service in the shipyards.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
t47 AMERICAN SOLDIERS
 LOST ON THE TUScANIA
Four Officers and f43 Enlisted Men British Admiralty Report.

Washington, Feb. S.+Seventy two hours after the British liner Tuscania, laden with American troops and trav- cling in company with a large con- voy, was torpedoed and sunk off the Irish coast, the war department to- night still was unable to relieve the increasing anxiety of relatives and friends of those on board by announc- ing the list of survivors.
 Even an official report on the cir cumstances attending the sinking was lacking, and official figures stin failed to accord with press accounts of the number lost.
 The war department has had no official report on losses to change the estimate of yesterday that 210 persons were missing. 11a of them being American soldiers.
 British Aemilarty Figures.
 British admiraity figures given to the Associated Press at London to- night show 16s missing. 147 of them American soldiers-four officers and 143 enlisted men. There were IF American officers and 2,060 men on board the Tuscania. and the admiralty reports among the survivors 113 of fcers and i.91T men, ay{
 III 8plt6 Iu&IN Lu1 loss was remarka,, F'. small consider ing the number carried by hte liner the revised admiralty report was re- ceived here with bitter disappoint- ment. Press despatches last night in- dicating that the dead all told might not exceed one hundred had led to the hope that possibly not more than if. ty of the soldiers had perished.
 Additional details of the solendit conduct of the untried soldiers as de. scribed in press despatches today wert received with undisguised pleasure b! army officials.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09

Washington, Feb. S.-Trans portation priority for grain, flour, corn meal and other grain products in western and middle western producing states was ordered today by Director General Me Adoo as a means of hastening to mar ket all grains and particularly, the vast accumulated stores of soft corn. This corn, full of moisture as re- suit of last years growing conditions, compoSes as much as 40 per cent. Of the stocks in many sections and is threatened with rotting in moderate weather of the last few days unless rushed to elevators and dried.
 The order is intended also to insure adequate shipments of grains to mills to fill allied orders. The situation was discussed yesterday at conference between Director General McAdoo and Sir Richard Crawford, commercial at tache of the British embassy, who eX- pressed fear that bad transportation conditions of recent weeks in the United tSates would seriously inter- fere with the allied food programme unless special efforts were made to hasten grain to seaports.
 Thousands of box cars will be used for the grain movement. and conse- quently will be withheld from indust- rial shipments.
 In addition to supplying more cars and giving preferential movement railroads were ordered to have .hei1 station agents in rural communities and their traffic agents, go direct t farmers and explain the necessity o- prompt loading and movement of thei grain stocks. For a week or perhapi traore an educational campaign will b.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
LULU IN CONTROVERSY
 OVER WAR EFFICIENCY
Republican Senators Will Hold Con-
 ference Today.

Washington, Feb. s. - Except for more senate discussion, led by Senator Thonss, n democrat of the military committee, who praised the army's ac- connplishn defended Secretary Baker and opposed the war cabinet bill, there were no moves today in the controversy over war efficiency and organization.
 By common consent, apparently further action was postponed until next week. Both the senate and the military committees adjourned until Monday.
 Tomorrow tho first conference of re- publican senators called since the United States entered the war, will be held. Republican Leader Gallinger today denied that solid party action upon pending legislation is planned declaring members would act upon their individual judgment.
 Senator Thomas renewed debate in the senate with a speech asserting that the war departments record should be praised instead of condemn cd and that Secretary Bakers state ment before the committee was "a story replete with accomplishments" !" Opposing the war cabinet bill, he de- clared it would add another link to the chain that already binds us,'' and take away the presidents powers as commander-in-c chief.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
LICENSING OF ALL
 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS
To Reduce the country's Less Essen tial Foreign Trade.

Washington, Feb S.-Lcensing of ali classes of American exports and inn ports is planned by the government as it's first step in reducing the country's less essential foreign trade to release ships for the transport of troops and supplies to Europe.
 Already most of the chief export commodities are under license. but licensing has been extended to few of the important materials.
 A plan worked out by the shipping board contemplates cutting imports probably in half to. divert million tons of American shipping now en- gagged in coastwise and Pacific and South American trade to the trans Atlantic service. The place of the ton mage removed will be taken to. some extent by neutral ships obtained re- gently by negotiations.
 The War Trade Board has taken up the shipping board plan for considera- tion and will decide what class of ex- ports and imports best can be dis penSed with.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
Lot With lhe 'Tus1ania.

Amtihczh Gi11zpsIioosers on the sec- tSf held sy tAs United States forces northwest of Toul on the western front have matcsed their markham ship and wits against the skill and ex- psrience of the German rifiemen op- posed to them. and thus far have had the advantage. Enemy snipers have been routed from their hiding places among bushes in the hilly, wooded ter- rain or in shell holes by the expert fire of the Americans and where the rife proved unavailing there was brought into action machine guns or light artillery which destroyed the German shelters and made casualties of their occupants.
 premier, has rendered the resignation of his cabinet to Emperor Charles, according to Vienna advices reaching Amsterdam Parliamentary circles in the Austrian capital understand that the cabinets resignation is due to the opposition of Polish deputies against special debates and the provisional budget. Dr. Won Seydler. January 20, informed labor delegations that 1t was the wish of the emperor to end the war at the earliest possible moment by an honorable peace, and this declaration of the premier was instru- mental in ending the strikes in Vien- na-
 The Turilxsh foreign minister, Nes- sinay Bey. speaking in the Ottoman chamber of deupties Thursday, assert cd that 1HIrlsey-wHs ist faA accord with the attitude of Germany and Austria ss outlined in the recent speeches of the German chancellor, Count Won Hertiing, and tho Austrian foreign minister, Count Czernin. In regard 10 the Dardanelles, Nessimy Bey de- clared tat the strait would remain open In the future to international traffic -Gs in the past and on the same conditionS" This declaration is re- Earded as Turkeys reply to the provi- sion in President Wilson's announce ment of Americas war aims which re- quired that the Dardaneres should ye
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
Hearst Figures in
 Bdo Pasha Trial
THEY MET SOCIALLY AT A DIN
 NER IN, NEW YORK
BoLO EULoGIZED HIM
French Censor Forbade Articles Laud-
 atory to Hearst Because He consid-
 cred Him Thoroughly eermanophiIe.

4=
 Paris, Feb. s.-At today's session of the courtmartial of Boio Pasha on the charge of treason, several witnesses, testified regarding the visit of the ac- cused to the United States in 1916. The first witness, Madame Buzenet, told of attending dinner in New York in company with French captain, named Verdier, and Adolpr PaVen- stedt the former of the Amsinck bank and Bolo Pasha.
 Praised William Randolph Hearst.
 Lieutenant Provost, of the French censorship department, testified that articles praising William Randolph Hearst repeatedly had been takenS to Senator Humbert's paper, Le Jour nal, in which Bolo Pasha had purchas- ed an interest. by Charles F. Bertelli, the head of the Paris bureau of the lnternational News Service, who &C.,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
MORE SURVIVORS
 FROM THE TuscANIA.
IneIoding Number of Americans, Have Arrived at a Scottish Port.

Glasgow, Feb. S.-Another party of survivors frum the Tuscania, including Captain Mclean and a number of American members of the crew, ar rived today from a Scottish port. Many relatives awaited the arrival of the men and touching scenes were witnessed when some learned that those they were expecting had not ar rived
 The survivors were garbed ins a mis- cellaneous assortment of clothes which they had picked up when landed from the vessel
 Captain Mclean looked wen despite the great ordeal. but he emphatically refused to make a statement. The engine room storekeeper said that when he fouHtd the Tuscania was like ly to float for some time he went down Into his locker. rescued some cash and other trinketH and got away on a raft
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
COL. ROOSEVELT SHOWS
 MARKED IMPROVEMENT
Bulletin Issued Says the "outlook Is
 Encouraging"

New York, Feb. S-Marked improve ment during the last A hours in the condition of Colonel Theodore Roose- welt was indicated in a bulletin issued at g o'clock tonight by the physicians attending him at Roosevelt hospital. The bulletin said the "outlook is very encouraging"
 Members of Colonel Roosevelt's family, who have been at the hospital yesterday and today, were very optf- mistic over the reports of the physi- clans, and in announcing tonight s bulletin, Miss Josephine Stricker, Col onel Rooseveft's private secretary, said there was nothing noted from today's S observations which would indicate the need of any further operation.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
CUT IN NUMBER OF
 ELECTRIC RAILWAY STOPS ls Under Consideration as Means of
 Saving Fuel.

Washington, Feb. Elimination of one-third of the present electric rail- way etcps on both urban and inter- urban lines is under consideration by the fuel administration as means of saving fuel supplies. Experts estimate that enforcement of the plan would conserve more than a million and a half tons of coal year.
 In cities stops would be limited to eight to the mile and in suburban dis tricts to six. On interurban lineH the stops would number not more than four to the mile. Three times as much power is required, the fuel ad- ministration's experts say, to make an electric car stop than to run a car a c!f" block. Six billion stops, they say, would be done away with.
 The plan contemplates also a re- duction in the amount of power used for heating cars.
 Some cities already are using the reduced stop system.