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New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
Locomotives Helpless in
Drifts upstate--Chicago
Traffic Paralyzed
Freight Movement
Continues Slu0qish
Coal Kept Moving, How.
ever, in Face Of piscourag-
ing Weather Reports

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. Just as
Railroad Administration officials, en-,
couragcd by rising temperatures ovo.
most Of the country, had begun to-day
to discuss removal Of the general
freight embargo on three Eastern trunk
lines, reports reached them OF new
snowstorms. with their train Of disas.
trous effects on rail transportation.
1t was the beginning Of the third
week Of abnormally low temperatures
and heavy SHOWS with which the rail-
roads have struggled since their control
by the government. The immediate re-
suit was the temporary abandonment of
hope Of removing the existing embargo
on some Eastern trunk lines tomorrow
or Monday, and the animation that il
might bc necessary to extend It fur
ther.
The New York Central, tho principal
trunk line between Nav York and Chi.
cago not covered by the Eastern en-.
barge, was eorely hit by billiards to.
day, both about Chicago and In North
ern New York State. In thu latter To-
callty It's tracks were piled high in
many places with snowdrifts higher
than the locomotives, which were help.
less before them.
Reports from A. II. Smith, regional
director for the East, indicated only a
sluggish movement over the main line.
Passenger trains were many hours late,
and some were withdrawn.
About Chicago, the reports said, from
seven to ten inches OF snow had fallen
and was being driven over tracks and
trains by high west wind. More snow
was forecast for mQst Of the country
eastward for to-mo 4ow.
In the face of discouraging weather
reports coal was kept moving. and
neither thFEuel nor Railroad admin
istrations hfd any reports indicating
any more serious coal shortage than
has prevailed for the last week. Michi-
gan, in the blzzard's grip, was fairly
we'll supplied with coal. it was said, and
this was true also Of Ohio, Indiana and
The zone system, Of distributing coal
has not yet been worked out fully and
probably will not be put into effect for
another week. BY that time officials
look for cessation of abnormal winter
weather.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
Women Learn Of War w ork

Women's war work was the subject
Of speeches by prominent persons at
the meeting Of the Woman's Press Club
Of New York City yesterday at the Wal
dorf-Astoria.
Asserting that American manufact-
urers are not slackers and that many
of them are selling their products at q
loss to help the nation, Mrs. Owen Kill
dare. Of the National Association Of
Manufacturers. described the work Of
women in war plants. There should be
greater understanding between the
employer and the woman worker. she
said.
Mrs. Don C. Seitz told Of feminine
war activities, and the benefits women
derived from war work were outlined
by Leonard Obermeier. A tribute was
paid to the patriotism Of women by
Judge Burt J. Humphrey, Of Queens
County, and victory through aero-
planes was assured by G. Douglas War
drop, editor Of "Thc Aerial Age" Mrs.
Alfred j. Emo presided.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
Music
Josef Hofmann and Harold
Bauer Play Some Chopin
Music in Separate Recitals q

Any one who took the trouble to
make his way from Carnegie Hall to
Acolian Hall yesterday about tho mid
die Of the afternoon had the rare ex-
perience of hearing two great and very
dissimilar pianists play the same music
by Chopin. In the former auditorium
Josef Hofmann gave his first recital
OF the season, to en- audience which
filled all the seats and boxes. cluttcrcd
the standees' sanctum in the rear and
almost crowded the soloist Off the
stage. At Aeolian Hall goodly COM
pany gathered to hear Harold Bauer,
who played Chopin and Schumann Gin
Of Music" Gas the programme put it,
for the benefit Of "L'Aidc Affectueuse
aux Musiciens."
The Chopin "Fantase 1mpromptu"
and the Nocturne in F sharp, one OH
Mr.. Hofmann's programme and the
other given as an encore, were in Mr..
Bauer's last group. Each musician had
his favorite way with them. Mr.. Hof-
mann was Of course the poet, but pos
sibly more discreet, less cxuberant,
than he has been in past. Through
out the greater part OF the afternoon,
even in the late Beethoven sonata in
G minor. opus H., he kept his tonal
scale very low, in the region where the
thump Of the hammer can scarcely be
heard. So doing, he was able to evoke
the most surprising pastel ohades from
his instrument, and to build striking
dynamic effects with moderate tone
power, and hence without loss of seneu.
ous beauty.
Mr.. Hofmann's simple interpretive con-
cepts and the ease and brilliancy with
which he realized them charmed his
listeners as Of old. His sparing use
Of the pedal, just sufficient to produce
the enriching clash OF, ovsrtones with
kept the musical line fine and clea.
beneath its varied color.
The A fat waltz. which IS no more
than a g!orified trifle, he made only an
idealized dance. But the minor fan
TASTE became a rhapsodic poem in his
hands. Rarely this season has an audi
ence seen such ardent. scnsuous and
poetic feeling in the service Of such
firm artistic purpose.
If Mr.. Hofmann works in pastels Mr..
Bauer works in black and white. His
+ sharp nocturne was an etching in
which every line and point was in its
inevitable place. II he gives less to the
outer car than Mr.. Hofmann he gives
even more to the inner, His organizing
and structural sense is unsurpassed in
this day. His finely moulded phrases,
his inimitably delicate dynamic shad-
ings throw the light Of full daylight
on the composers purpose. He, TOO,
works preferably in the pianos softer
tones, which he manipulatcs for shade
as Mr.. Hoffman, manipulates them for
tint.
The Bach Choir, Of Bethlehem, Penn,
returned to Carnegie Hall last night,
singing. at the Philharmonic concert,
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
Drops Mother-in-Law Suit
"Million-Dollar Bride" Fails
to Prosecute Action

Two suits by Mrs. Evelyn Hunter
Ronaldson against her former mother
in-law. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Donaldson
Of Oh Park Avenue, were dismissed by
yesterday. The younger Mrs. Donald.
son was known as the dollar
bride when she was married to Keith
Donaldson. They are now divorced.
In each suit against her former
Mother-in-law Mrs. Donaldson aske
100000 damages. The first suit a.
legged that the elder Mrs. Donaldson
had libe!led her dsughter-in-law by
declaring the latter had been unduly
intimate with Lord Northampton, OF
Lyndon; The second charged assault
did not appear. Justice T;crney or.
dered them dismissed.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

coal problems as they affect the poor.
Tie committee advocated priority
orders requiring that coal be cold to
small dealers and pedlers who handle
the supply for homes. They also de.
cided to ask District Attorney Swami
to establish special coal grand jury
and to appoint special prosecuting at
torneys to handle the cases Of dealers
who charge exorbitAnt prices for coal.
The women's committee ask chat COM
to them for Investigation at so Easc
Forty-sacond Street, and promise
prompt action.
1--WE have free coal fund for peo-
pie who have actually no money at all
to buy COAL" said Mrs. William Ran
dolph Hearst, chairman Of the Mayors
Committee Of Women. "but what we
are concerned with to-day is the prob
lem of the people who have plenty Of
money and can't buy coal"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
100000 Pounds Of Bacon
Sunk by Foe in Week

NEWPORT, England. Jan. 2s. w. Ad-
dressing the farmers Of Monmouth
shire to-day, Lord Rhondds, the Food
Controller, said that in one week in
December submarines destroyed 3,o0o,-
900 pounds Of bacon and 100000
pounds Of cheese.
The enemy might put the Allies to
u great deal Of trouble, Inconvenience
and privation. he said, but they could
further pull in their belts and laugh
ct the Germans. Lord Rhondda said
Of twenty-ene articles Of prime neces-
sitv.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
Madison Wants New Name
For La Toilette Avenue

MILWAUKEE,. Jan. 2s.-Ia Toilette
Avenue, MadisoH is q pleasant enough
hishroad. and we'll located. But there
are those who assert that real estate
values along the thoroughfare have be-
gun to decline. At any rate, the City
its next meeting to change tho name
Of La Toilette Avenue.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

The Metropolitan Opera House last
night showed no signs Of the compet.-
tion from Chicago, for the auditorium
could scarcely have held more psople
than gathered TO hear Morgan King
ston and Thomas Chalmers sing, and
sing splendidly, in the roles Of Rha-
danes and Amonasro, respectively, in
aida"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
Boston Has 3-Day Supply;
No More Coal in Sight

BOSTON, Jan. 26.--~With less than
three days supply Of coal hero to-
night, the New England Fuel Admin
istration ohicc had no information
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

some Of Bach, ehorales ana passages
from the b minor Mass not sung last
year. Its amazing virtuosity, under
DR.. Wolle's directing finger, was as
marked this year as last, and Bach's
music was no less sentimentally inter-
pretod. Mr.. St1ansAy completed the
fal."
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

At Aeolian Hall in the evening the
compositions Of Mama yucca pleased
large and friendly audience. Her
Iacile songs, when not too ambitious,
have the marks Of popularity, and
sometimea not iittle real beauty.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-29
HEAR MR.. DAVIS

Chas. E. Davis of Madison will be
in the city this evening and address
the people, from the Ocala House YER
anda, if the weather is fair; in the
courthouse if it is raining. The Star
hopes he will have large audience.
He desires to convince the people of
this city that he is better able than
Mr. Frank Clark to represent them in
Congress, and if he has the convincer
he should have a fair chance to use it.
Mr. Davis is one of the most promi-
nent men Of the state. His home folks
evidently think good deal of him, by
the way they have been returning him
to the legislature term after term
ever since he was first elected. He is
a lawyer of considerable ability, has
made fairly good record as legis-
lator, and could this year have been
reelected to the state senate had he
not preferred to run for Congress. He
is a good speaker and those who go to
hear him this evening may be sure
that he will be able to keep them in
teresteQ.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-29
BANQUET FOR co. A BOYS

There are more Company A boys III
town than at any time since THEN
train pulled out for Camp Wheeler
Sept. 16.
A bunch of them dropped off the
train yesterday afternoon and rapidly
scattered to their homes, some in
Ocala and some out in the country.
They all look well and are as cheer.
full and enthusiastic a little crowd as
ever you saw. They will not be with
US long. They will have to leave on
Friday mornings train for Camp
Wheeler. Their brief furlough was
given to enable them to see their
homes and home folks once more be-
fore going oversee, and they will all
see France and possibly Germany be-
fore they see Ocala again.
The Red Cross ladies are going to
give the boys banquet, or rather a
supper Thursday night In the last
two or three hours before train time,
it is desired to get them together and
show them a little of the appreciation
our people have of their bravery and
sacrifice.
The young men who are here from
Camp Wheeler are Everett Clayton,
S. l. Long, A. G. Long, j. NJ. Cureton,
Frank Carlisle, Cecil Mcleod, Make
Mason, R. M. Long, Laurie Coulson,
Oliver Medlin, o. V. Smith, E. C.
Small, A w. Parramore and Eric
Mills.
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SHALL WE SWAP -?

Elsewhere we publish a communica-
ton from Congressman Clark. 1t was
possibly not necessary for Mr.. Clark
to send out such letter in this coun-
ty. 1t says little more than what the
Star has said for him.
The Star has kept tolerably close
tab on Mr.. Clark's record since Marion
county has been in the second district.
1t has not always agreed with hint
has objected to three or four meas
ures that he has advocated. But when
it looks back over his performances
for the last half a dozen years it
thinks it would be obliged to say,
even if it was opposing him, that he
has made the second district very
good representative. He has also es-
tablished himself in the House as an
useful congressman. He has won from
his colleagues the respect that goes
with experience as well as ability.
Why should we swap him for the in
experienced Mr.. Davis? Why send a
boy to mill when we already have a
full-sized man on the job?
Mr.. Davis goes up and down the
district, pointing out the few times
that Mr.. Clark has opposed admins
tration measures. But he never tells
of the scores of times that Mr.. Clark
has supported the administration. He
seems trying to make the people of
this district think that Woodrow Will
son is an oriental despot and expects
all men to bow to his WILL On the
contrary, Mr.. Wilson has several
times confessed that he has made
mistakes, and certainly Mr.. Clark is
not considered as an anti-administra,
ton congressman.
Mr.. Davis has been for a number
of years a member of the Florida
legislature, body that is not dis
tinguished for craftsmanship. He has
made passable record as legisla-
tor. Most of his work has been good,
but he has made more and worse
mistakes in proportion in the legisla-
ture than Mr.. Clark has made in Con-
gress. We have no reason to believe
he would make US as good represen-
tative as Mr.. Clark is making. He
says he would make a better, but
what corroborative evidence has he
to offer?
Whenever, the people of Marion de-
eide that Mr.. Clark has served his
time in Congress, they have at least
one man of congressional size in their
own district. In the meantime, as an
able representative, a good American
a good democrat and good, next
door neighbor they had better keep
Mr.. Clark on the job.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-29
ENLISTMENT OF SCHOOLGIRLS

In view of the controversy as to
whether schoolboy should enlist or
go on with his studies, the following
from the principal of the MERGERS
burg, Pa, Academy, school of con-
siderable reputation, will be of inter
est:
From time to time parents have
written to Mercersburg seeking light
on this very important question. Par
ents, boys and instructors all wish to
do their full duty. Quotations from
two letters may be helpful. The first
is from a letter written by Professor
Augustus Trowbridge to DIR. John G.
Hibben, president of Princeton Uni
versity. Professor Trowbridge is a
major in the signal corps, now in
France, and is serving on the staff of
General Pershing. He says:
"There is practically nothing worth
while for men under q to do over
here. They can't get commissions
and to my mind should not enlist as
privates, for they form the material
from which the officers must come
year or two hence, if things keep up
that long. have tried to persuade all
of the ambulance boys to come home
and finish out as much as they can of
their education, and not rush off to
enlist in the French army or either
the French or American flying corps.
When you see war close to it, as |
have this past month, you feel it Is.
not case of mere man power, or
rather it is man power and not boy
power that is wanted. These young
boys will be worth lot in couple
of years and are not worth much now;
they are a bit too intelligent to make
good common soldiers without much
hope of promotion, and they are not
old enough to be officers yet. The
best material we have is the college
man with four or five years exper-
fence of handling men, on top of his
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-29
MEMORIAL DAY

President Wilson at the request of
Congress has proclaimed tomorrow,
May 30, day of fasting and prayer.
1t is of course understood that both
observances are to be entirely volun-
tary. There is no legal pressure on
anyone to observe them.
1t should also be understood that
people are not to neglect any needful
work in order to pray; neither are
those engaged in work to weaken
themselves by fasting to the point
where they cannot do their full duty.
Faith is never as important as works
if it causes the works to be delayed,
and America can't spare a day, an
hour, minute, of anyone's useful
time at present.
People to whom prayer is a real
help can pray between the plow-
handles or at the machine, and those
who have to guide the pillow or the
machine had better fortify them
selves with three squares, or at least
two and half
But while we are not in favor OF
anybody stopping work to pray, OF
lessening work by fasting, we think
that all should think seriously and
intently on the great work in which
our nation is engaged, of its possible
peril, and strengthen their souls tc
the duties that will carry on the one
and avoid the other. Never has Am
erica been where high resolve and
faithful performance were so neces-
sary as now. The duty of her people
is not only to themselves, nor just
until storm blows over. It is for al
the world and all time.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-29
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college training. Before the war is
over this type of men should come up
well toward the top"
Early in November, Mrs. Irvine
wrote a personal letter to President
Woodrow Wilson asking him his
opinion concerning the duties of head
master an INSTRUCTORS in a school of
Mercersburg's type. President Wilson
said:
81 have no hesitation in saying DIR.
Irvine has made the right decision. It
is clearly his duty to keep the school
going at it's highest capacity if he
can, and l think that it is the duty of
the teachers associated with him to
stick to their tasks unless they are
manifestly indispensable to the direct
work of the war itself. / think it
would be great detriment to the
country to have our higher schools
and the colleges interrupted and I'M
necessarily depleted, particularly at
this time. May / not congratulate you
both on the decision you have made
and on the work you are doing?"
hope that these quotations will be
helpful to parents of Mercersburg
boys who are trying to reach the right
conclusion on this important question.
w. M. Irvine, Head Master.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-29

The small abusers of State Printer
7. ]. Appleyard make him bigger and
themselves smaller every time they
go out of their way to rap him. And
he lessons them and magnifes him
self by ignoring them consistently.
He did not design the campaign book
nor write the law that calls for its
publication; neither did the secretary
of state.-St. Augustine Record.
Very true. Tummus is not respon-
sible for the outrage, and is probably
ashamed of it. The book was forced
on the candidates and the people by
the legislature.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-29
EASY TO EXPLAIN

Friend Benjamin of the Ocala Star,
informs us that Mr.. Chas. E. Davis
voted in favor of the bill creating
Bloxham county in the senate in 1915,
and says Mr.. Davis cannot expect
much from Marion and Levy in the
primary, The senator did not tell US
of this on his recent visit, thus it is
one more thing we folks would like to
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-29
Times

have expIained.-Bronson Times
Democrat
It's easy to explain. He didn't think
three years ago he was going to need
any Marion and Levy votes.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-29

Old fashion and two crop conk peas.
Ocala Seed Store. 27-tf
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-29
Liberty Bonds.

This bank has received an
other shipment of LIBERTY
BONDS and we will be glad for
those who SUBSIDIZED to call that
the same may be delivered.
MUNROE & CHAMBLISS
NATIONAL BANK
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-29

The Associated Press Is exclusively
entitled for the use for republication of
all news dispatches credited to 1t or
not otherwise credited in this paper
and also the local news published
herein. All rights of republication Of
special dispatches herein are also re-
served.
Evening star., 1918-01-23
DANGEROUS, HUN SPY
TAKEN TO U. S. FORT
Werner sturzel, Caught In Porto
Rico, Removed Under Guard
to Georgia.

NEW YORK, January 23.-Werner X.
R. W. Sturzel, a young German spy, who
operated chiefly in Porto Rico. and was
regarded as one Of the most dangerous
and elusive enemy aliens with whom
the federal authorities have had to
cope, has been taken from here to Fort
Oglethorpe, Ca. under an armed guard.
He was brought hero recently from
Porto Rico.
For months tho police of Porto Rico
had tried unsuccessfully to gain the
confidence of sturzel. They finally
trapped him when he intrusted con-
fidential mission to a government agent.
Sturzel broke down, it is said, ana ad-
mitted he was a special intelligence
agent of the German government. as
signed to get information to Berlin.
What Is believed to be his most IN
genious trick to get secret information
to Germany via Spain was in the form
of line and wash drawing he made for
Porto Rican society paper. which ap-
peared as the cover design in the issue
of January 5, This paper has large
circulation in Spain and Sturzel was
aware that his cryptic illustration
would fall into proper hands in BARGE
Iona, Valencia or Cartagena and eventu-
ally reach German destination, secret
service men declared.
Evening star., 1918-01-23
LIEUT.. BEACH, SOLDIER
WRITER, DIES AT MEADE
War Correspondent Who Won Com
mission Succumbs to Illness at
Cantonment.

Lieut.. Augustus F. Beach. war corre-
spondent, who recently won a commits
sion in the Army. died Monday night at
Camp Meade. following an attack Of
pneumonia. Lieut. Beach was stricken
with measles about ten days ago. He
was sent to the base hospital. where he
died.
Lieut.. Beach's home was in New York,
but he was well known in New Eng
land, Philadelphia and Washington. He
was thirty-five years old and received
his commission as second lieutenant
after course at the training camp at
Plattsburg. He served as an intelli-
gence officer with the Liberty Division
Before entering the service, Lieut.
Beach was attached for several years
with the London Office of the Interna-
tional News Service, and was one of the
few correspondents that went to Ger
many during the early part of the war
He was passenger in the famous Ger
man train junket from Berlin to Bag
dad. He also made several trips to the
actual firing lines of the Huns and
watched their war machinery in oper-
alton.
Lieut.. Beach's death came as a sur
prise and shock to all the division sta #
officers, as he was reported to be on tn,
road to recovery. Two days ago he suf-
fered severe relapse which developed
into pneumonia, despite the efforts of
military physicians.