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Evening star., 1918-11-08
CARDS or fTHAHKs.

Eku1cE. wish - exyeesa.ny sincefe thanks
and appfee1atien TO- relatives, friends end
ness et my- beloved vile, N1RlH A.
EAUECH. and for Umpathy anA the ban.
nfT 1csa1 fEt6Ssss n & this denth DxcHEh ~ Hh. 3
HENDERSON. take this msthed to thank
my friends and aesnaint.aees for theif kiad
words of SYMPATHY and also for the mary
ALBERT HENDERSON. =
OLIVE CROOK HENDERSON. .
HOLLAND. We wish to express our sincere
thanks for. the beautiful floral tributes ami
kindness shown MS By eur. friends. and leigh-
bofs at the death OF our SON and husband,
JOHN Z. HOLLAND, on October 81. 1918.
By The FAMILY. .
JoY.> We wish to express our sincere thanks
for the beautiful aoral tributes and lindness
:, shown us by our many relatives. friends and
neightors at the death OF our beloved husband
aud father, WILLIAM D: JOY:
NEwGENT. We. wish to express our thanks
to friends and relatives for the beautiful
floral tributes at the death Of oar. son and
nephew, BYRON II. ,NEWGENT.
by THE FAMILY.
o'coNNoR. We wish to express our sAcere
thanks and appreciation to relatives and
many friends for their kindness. sympathy
and beautiful floral tributes sent at the death
OF or dear daughter TERESA.
Mr.. AND MRS. C. 7. O'C0NNOR.
Capitol Heights. Nd.
RUPERTUS. We wish to express our sincere
thanks and appreciation to relatives and
friends for their sympathy and beautiful
aoral tributes at the death Of our beloved
sister and daushter-in-lsw. PAULINE RC-
PERTUS. BY THE FAMILY.
SEBASTIAN. I wish to express my sincere
thanks and appreciation for the kindness and
sympathy of relatives. friends and nefghbors
extended during the illness. and for the beau-
tiful floral tributes ut the death Of my be-
loved husband, NORRIS A. SEBASTIAN.
By HIS WIFE.
Evening star., 1918-11-08
DEATH OF ALFRED A. MULLAN
Was Accidentally Asphyxiated by
Illuminating Gas in His Home.

Alfred A. IIullan, fifty-three years
old, 147 Adams street, was accidentally
asphyxiated by Illuminating gas in the
kitchen at his home yesterday after
noon. He suffered a stroke of paraly-
sis some time ago, and yesterday he
was seated at the kitchen stove pre-
pairing something to eat when it is
supposed he was stricken again and
was unable to light the gas after he
had opened the valve.
DR.. Z. w. Titus. acting coroner, gave
a certificate of accidental death. Null
Ian was a native of Kentucky and had
lived in this city four. years. His wife
and boy were absent from home at
the time Of the accident.
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Murderous Fire Under Flag.
METAL CAR FARE TOKENS
FOR GOVERNMENT CLERKS

The Public Utilities Commission to-
day authorized the local street car
companies to issue to the federal and
District governments metal tickets or
tokens at the rate of cents each for
use as street car fare by employees of
the governments.
The plan was devised because re-
strictions in the appropriation acts
and>complications in accounting meth
DDS would make the allotment of cash
to government employees for use as
street car fare practically impos-
Sibie.
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COTTON SUPPLY ADEQUATE.
War Industries Board Sees No Ne.
cessity for Price Fixing.

There is no prospective shortage in
the cotton supply; therefore it is
neither necessary nor practicable to
fix prices, the cotton Investigating
of the War Industries
Board has decided and will SO report
to President Wilson.
DIR. Thomas W. Page. chairman of
the committee. said there would be no
way of enforcing a fixed price rule.
Evening star., 1918-11-08
For the Boys===

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Sizes 2Is to years. SPECIAL......... QO.SO
Boys Junior Norfolk Suits-shepherd plaid;
black braid trimmed: black buttons and tie
with patent leather belt. Sizes 21s to CO 90
years. SPECIAL...... VAe|C
Evening star., 1918-11-08

Military Style Overcoats--in Olive Drab and
Gray: inverted plat; gilt buttons; belted &1 OK
model Sizes to 10 years. SPECIAL. spO.SO
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ton to neck: belt all around cloth CO EO
lined. Sizes 214 to years, SPECIAL plC.OV
belt all around; bone buttons Olive
Drab color; :, elotln II lined and Venetian %17 5O
Blouse Waists-Whte. with fancy col 10,
lars: cut full. Sizes Z to IA years. SPECIAL ~
Union Suits: Egyptian and Gray.
Ribbed; closed crotch; sizes "a to 4. c1AE
SPECIAL Observation-Disclosures. y 40
Domet Paamas-both one piece and jacket and
pants Neat 1, patterns; cut full Small 81 *
sizes only SfEIlAl..-. ~ ~
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ANDERSON. Officially reported by nc War
Department that Lieut.; ALEXANDER
KOCs1S ANDERSON. I'D Engineers, {. S.
A.. passed into life eteraal. October 4, 1925.
the beloved son Of Alexandra K. and :the
late John Townsend Anderson, aud was in
his thirty-fifth year. He is survived by his
mother, one brother and three sisters. s.
Evening star., 1918-11-08

Mary Pickford, the moving picture
star, will have to pay $108,339 to Mrs.
Cora Darlington Wilkenling. who
claimed she-has. been responsible for
obtaining for Miss Pickford an adj
vance in her income to $4,000 weekly
with bonus Of $450, 900 ayea&.
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MARRIED.

BARKAS-KRICK. Mr.. and Mrs. H. krick of
Washington announce the marriage Of their
daughter, Miss ROSE kRICk, to GEORGE
NJ. RARKAS Of Norfolk, Va. on November
D.. The couple have taken trip to Norfolk
where they will visit the groom's parents.
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REDCR0SSF[AG
M|SUSED BY HUNS
Taught to Respect Emblem,
u. S. Boys Are Trapped by
,Trickery in Displaying It.
GERMAN DEvILTRY SHOWN

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. October 5 Correspondence
of the Associated Press).-Misuse Of
the Red Cross emblem by the Ger
man army is bringing bitter comment
from American officers in position to
know what is being done. A lieu
tenant in the Medical Corps and an
infantry officer assert that ''all the
stories told about the German army's
devilish and inhuman tactics are
true.''
Taught to respect the Red Cross
flag, American troops were led into
many an ambuscade by boche trickery
in the display of this insignia. And
what has incensed the Americans the
most is the fact that the Germans
refused to recognize the Red Cross
emblem at any time.
Guilty of Inhuman Acts.
Before going to the front I was
inclined to doubt some of the stories
being circulated about the Germans"
said the medical officer, "but after
one month in the front lines l can
believe anything that is said against
them.
They are SO guilty of inhuman
anu piI pdfOuS ACTS tHcH1SelkeS CHIl
they refuse to respect the use of the
Red Cross by the allies. Their use
of the Red Cross insignia is one of
the biggest crimes they ought to be
made to answer for after the war;"
One Of the tricks used by the boche
was to plant Red Cross flag in the
tower of a church of a village in the
path of the advancing Americans.
Respecting it, the infantry would not
call for any concentration of artil-
lery fire on these buildings.
Murderous Fire Under Flag.
The American troops, upon taking
one particular village, advanced upon
a church. from which was displayed
a Red Cross flag. without suspecting
any trick. When they were within
short range murderous machine gun
fire was poured into their ranks from
the windows and towers of the
church.
When the Americans finally gained
the interior they found six machine
guns, manned by a platoon of sturdy
boches-not sign of any hospital or
dressing station. Needless to say, no
prisoners were taken.
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The German government has de-
manded guarantees from the Russian
soviet government that in the future
no revolutionary propaganda against
state institutions will be carried on in
Germany by it's agents.
Evening star., 1918-11-08
PEACE Joy RIDERS:
USE:U.S. TRUCKS
1'chauffeurs Caught Patriotic
Fever" Only Explanation
That Is Offered.

No one seems to be officially or pei
sonally responsible for the general
use of Army motor trucks yesterday
afternoon and last night by the war
workers and government clerks gen.
orally in the spontaneous peace jubi-
lee."
Inquiry at the Offices of the motor
truck section Of the munition division
of the War Department. 18th and B
who authorized the use Of the thou
sands Of big trucks. brought forth
the statement from the head of the
service that it was not authorized, SO
far as could be ascertained.
Many Army Trucks in Use.
: A short time after the peace news"
had been printed Washington went
wild with delight and came out on
the streets to celebrate.
Conspicuous in the impromptu
passing over Pennsylvania avenue
were hundreds of army auto trucks
loaded with enthusiastic young wom-
an war workers. and for many hours
up until midnight these trucks were
in evidence.
The management of the auto truck
service pointed out that his section
was not responsible for the use Of
the trucks in the big demolstr3 ton.
for the reason, he said, that on requi-
sition he supplies the number of ma
chimes needed by the various depart
ments and war activities. He said the
use Of the trucks was a matter to be
determined by the services to which
they are assigned.
Were in Handy Places.
The only explanation Of how the
army trucks came to be used SO ex-
tensively, upon inquiry made at sew
eral of the departments and at the
war activities. is that when the story
reached these various activities, hum
dreds Of the trucks standing by when
the thousands of clerks deserted their
posts in the excitement, the young SOL
der chauffeurS operating the trucks
became infected with the excitement
and patriotic fervor and without ques-
tioning any authority loaded up their
machines with the war workers and
joined the demonstration.
Just how many miles these army
trucks covered, the number of gallons
Of gasoline consumed and the cost has
not been figured out.
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tears by the appreciation of his exalted
chiefs,
"Thore is a great future FOR you in
the army" said Gen, DJevad, as we
parted from this hero.
Poor llassan's future anne Two
days afterward when the allied fleet
made its greatest attack. one OF the
shells struck his dugout, which caVed
in, killing the young man. Yet ms be
havior on tho day ] visited his battery,
showed that he regarded the praise OF
his general ms sufficient compensation
for all that he had suffered or all that
he might suffer.
| was much puzzled by the fact that
the allied fleet, despite Its large eNr
penditures OF ammunition, a not beeh
| able to his this Dardanos emplacement'
naturally thought at first that such
a failure Indicated poor Workmanship,
but my German guides said that this
was not the case. All this mtsfire
| merely Illustrated once more the famll-
lar TACT that n rapidly m~aneuvering
battleship is under a great disadvantage
in shooting at a fixed fertilization, But
there was another point involved IN
tho Dardanos battery. My hosts called
my attention to it's location; It was
| perchcd on the top Of the hill, in full
| view of the ships, forming Itself a
part of the skyline, Dardanos was
merely five steel turrets, each armed
Win u kutl, dpplud'hVu W " winning
trench,
THAT" they said. us the most DIFF
ficult thing In the world to hit. 1t Is
so distinct that 1t looks easy. nut the
whole thing is an illusion"
| do not understand completely the
optics of the situation; but 1t seems
that the skyline creates n kind OF mir
age, so that It Is practically tmpossi-
bic to hit anything at that point, eX-
cept by accident The gunner might
get what was apparently n perfect
sight, yet his shell would go wild, The
record Of Dardanos had been little short
Of marvellous, Up to March Is the
ships had fired at 1t about 1000 shells
One turrct had been hit by q splinter
which had also scratched the paint
another had been hit and slightly ben
In, and another had peen hit neal
the base and n piece anout the sizt
Of n mans hand had Deen Knocked
out. But not a single gun had beer
even slightly damaged, Eight men hat
been killed, including Lieut. Hassan
and about 80 had been wounded. Tha
was the extent Of the destruction.
cit was the optical illusion that saved
pardanos,' one OF the Germans re
marked.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-07
OYSTER ~ADULTERATIoN.

Federal food inspectors have been in
structed by the bureau OF chemistry,
United States department Of agricul-
ture, to see that only shipments Of
oysters free from adulteration enter In
terstate commerce. The most common
way to adulterate oysters Is to soak
them, say the specialists, When oysters
are soaked In fresh water they absorb
It like a sponge. The bulk of the
oysters, as well as their weight, is in.
creased by soaking. Four quarts of
oysters can easily be made to grow
into five by giving them an oppor-
tunity to quench their thirst for fresh
water. They do not absorb an appre-
ciable amount Of salt water. The ship
ment OF soaked oysters into interstate
commerce is a violation Of the federal
food and drug act, The sale of such
oysters is also prohibited by the laws
of many states,
oysters should v be shipped from
beds which may be polluted by sewage
from cities, say the specialists of the
bureau of chemistry. who have sur
veyed, in collaboration with the public
health service, many of the oyster beds
on the Atlantic coast. Federal, state
and city food officials are cooperating
TO keep off the market oysters from
| polluted waters,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-07
BY HOWARD r. cARls.
Copyright, 1918, by Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.J

We'll, I certainly wish l knew What
II was" said Uncle Wiggily Longears,
the bunny rabbit gentleman, as one
morning he looked over the paper in
his hollow stump bungalow. l don't
mean the wall paper; | mean The
Woodland News, which all animal folk
read.
What is it you wish you knew what
was?' asked Nurse Jane.
What happened to Jollie Longtail,
The mouse boy, and to me last night
when | went for the cheese" replied
Mr.. Longears, There was a flash of
fire and a boom, but it wasn't thunder
or lightning. And l don't see anything
in the paper about an earthquake or a
volcano. 1t Is very queer. Guess I'll
take a walk and see If any of my
friends heard anything
Better be careful" said Nurse Jane,
This is the hunting season, you know,
and you might get shot"
oh, ! guess not spoke the bunny
rabbit, casual like and confident. I'm
a pretty good runner, and | would like
TO know what it was scared Jollie and
me-
So off he started over the fields and
through the woods, asking all the
friends he met if they had heard of
the big, glaring light and the puff
bang sound which had happened to him
and the mousie boy the evening be-
fore.
II didn't" said DR.. Postum. I'm too
busy tending sick animals that have
the epizootic to listen for things like
that, You're not sick, are you, Uncle
Wiggily?"
Then III hurry along to some one who
is" said DR.. Postum, and, curling
his tail tighter around his medicine
bag, away he hurried.
Mr.. Whitewash, the Polar bear, who
was happy now because it was cold
the puff and light that scared Uncle
Wiggily.
And so Mr.. Longears went on and on
over the fields and through the woods,
asking all the friends he met if they
had heard or seen anything strange the
night before. None had, and Uncle
Wiggily was beginning to think per
haps he and Jollie dreamed 1t.
IF it was after I'd eaten the cheese
l would feel pretty sure 1t was a night
mare" said the bunny. But 1t was
before, so it couldn't be. l wonder wha'
it Was?"
Then, all of a sudden, it began tc
snow, and it showed so hard that soor
the ground was covered, and Uncle
Wiggily's paws made funny little marks
in the white covering.
Then, pretty soon Uncle Wiggil!
shifted and snuffed, and he smelleC
something very good and sweet. A
first he thought it might be a crumt
or two of cheese that he and Jollie hat
dropped the night before, but when hi
shifted again he knew it wasn't that.
"It's carrot, that's what it is" saiC
Uncle Wiggily. IT'S a nice, red, juic!
carrot, and it must be hidden dow
somewhere under the snow"
Then he began to sniff and snuff
around, and, having a very good pink
twingling nose for such work, he sool
smelled his way to where the caro-
was. 1t was covered up with snow, bu
that didn't matter to Uncle Wiggily.
He scrapeN the white flakes to on
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CHAPTER XVIII
The Allied Armada Sails Away,
Though on the Brink OF Victory.

h Allied Armada SaTS AWAY
Thouoh on the Brink OF Victory.
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DAILY HOME HELPS
G8VNCWW lGGILXA q
IN BEDTINE' STORY
UNCLE WIGGILY THINKS HE'S SHOT.
sleeping in a bed with a downy white

Sleeping IN a Deu WIFI q uu"hy "hAsS
quilt, was a carrot.
"Oh, joy!' cried Uncle Wiggily.
He reached dow and began to nlbble,
At first he was a bit timid, thinking
perhaps the carrot might belong. TO
omeone else, but when he looked all
around and saw no one, Mr., Longears,
became very brave and hold. and Dit
harder into the piece of vegetable.
When he had eaten one side, he SORT
of took hold of it in his paw, to raise
it up n pun it toward him in order
that he might take better bites.
And then, all Of a sudden, there was
a binding flash Of light, just like that
there was a big boom-puff and Uncle
Wiggily, after holding himself still for
a second, suddenly tumbled backward
over in the snow.
Oh, I'm shot! I'm shot he cried.
Nurse Jane was right The hunters
are out getting their Christmas dinner,
and I'm shot"
But, for all that, Uncle Wiggily
didn't feel any pain, and pretty soon
he stopped rolling over in the snow and
sat up. He didn't seem to be hurt at
all, and he wasn't really shot, of course,
or l couldn't write any more stories
about him, which might be too bad.
So the bunny uncle looked around, and
he didn't see any hunter, but there was
something black in the snow near the
carrot, and what it was III tell you in
the next story, when, in case the bak-
ing powder doesn't shoot the soda
cracker and make it get dust on the
| nutmeg crater, you shall hear what
Uncle Wiggily Oun out
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falo teams, to sanother concrete en-
placement,
"Ve have even a better trick than
that" remarked n OF the officers,
They called out a sergeant, and re-
counted his achievement, This soldier
was the custodian of a contraption,
which, at q distance looked, like a real
gun, but which, when | examined It
near at hand, was apparently an elon-
gated section OF sewer pipe, Back OF
a hill. entirely hidden from the fleet.
was .placed the gun with which this
sergeant had oo-operated. The two
were connected by telephone. When the
command came to fire, the gunner in
charge OF the howitzer would discharge
his shell. while the man in charge OF
the sewer pipe would burn several
pounds OF black powder and send forth
n conspicuous cloud OF inky smoke.
Not unpaturally the Englishmen and
Frenchmen on the ships would assume
that the shells speeding In their direc-
ton came from the visible smoke cloud
and would proceed to center all their
attention upon that spot, The space
| around this burlesque gun was pock-
marked with she'll holes; the sergeant, |
was told, had attracted more than 50n
shots, while the real artillery piece still
remained intact and undetected.
(To pn Continued
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should be defended and transmitted
orders to the army of Gen. Petaln,
which began to arrive a few hours later
in auto trucks, Petain himself ap-
peared to take command. There was
a short conference between De Cas-
telnau and Petain in the marie or a
little village on the outskirts of Nerdun
They must not pass" said Gen de
SThey shall not pass" said Gen.
Petain. .,
| dialogue, whose incisiveness was a pro-
| phecy of the keen determined defense
| that followed; for the Germans did
not pass; ,n -, mace" said Ste
phanne, because Of the energy; COOL
ness, will power and ability of Gen
| Petain. For six months, night and day
he was in the breach, He saw every
| thing, prepared everything. Every time
a hole was made in the wall of detenss
he rushed up with fresh troops ano
plugged the hole, Every, time me GER.
mans stopped attacking he attacked IN
his turn and recaptured that day the
ground lost the day before"
After the first fortnight of detense
Petain issued general orders which
ended with the famous words; ",Cour-
age, comrades! Well get hem: ,.o,r
| was a colonel. He displayed heroisn
and great military skill during the re-
treat from Chartered. during. the battle
Of the Marine and the fighting on the
User. and he was promoted TO the ram
of general of brigade and, general o.
division. In 1915, in Artois, he com
manded an army corps: -,
He has the coup d'oeil' grasp o
situation. He has great physical ant
mental vigor. As a general OF division
he had the reputation Of being the
champion OF his division in jumping
wrestling and running. He scaled para
nets, leaped barbed wire ENHANCEMENT
md cleared bitches in a way to arous'
he admiration Of younger men.
In 1917 he was made directing chic
If war operations. This post was ere
ated as a result Of the Keeling that ther,
should be in Paris close to the counct
Of ministers and the council Of war
nowerfnl organization capable of co
%ordinating efforts at the front n tn
rear. With Gen. Nivelle in charge o
the troops fighting at the front Gen
Petain became the executive chief o
war operations, charged with RESPONSE
bility for preparing great. operation
and for co-%ordinating English, Italian
and at that time. even Russian opera
tons.
born at Cauchy a la Tour on April q
1856, and was graduated at st. Cyr !
1873, He became a lieutenant in 1855
a CAPTAIN in 1890 and major in 1900. ii
was decorated with the Legion of Homo
in 1901. The council OF ministers con
ferred the military medal on him
August, 1918.