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Evening star., 1918-02-10
.bORLAND FAVORS
SALARY INCREASES
Declares Willingness to Aid
Movement in Behalf of Gov
ernment Clerks.

Even 1t Representative Borland is anx-
ious to have government employees in
Washington work eight hours a day he
10 willing to make 4 fight in their behalf
for salary increases. according to q let
ter he has written to John T. Smith. sec
retary Of the Central Labor Union Of
Kansas City. Mo.
Mr.. Borland, in this letter, declares his
willingness to help out the clerks with
salary increases 1t was In resIonse to
resolutions adopted by the Kansas City
labor union urging increase in pay to
government workers generally.
Cause Of Indignation.
OficiaIs Of the Federal Employees Union
were indignant yesterday over the refusal
OF the Senate committee on agriculture to
grant them a hearing in which they might
state their causes for unwillingness to
work eight hours a day. Miss Florence
Etheridge. fourth vice president Of the
union. sent letter to Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts. calling the Borland amend
slent discriminatory legislation. as 1t ap-
plies only to Agricultural Department
workers in Washington.
question OF Patriotism.
Tho letter said. in part:
THE present time Is one in which the
word patriotism Is, properly, one of
exceptional power. and the representa-
tive in Congress who has inserted in
the bill the provision for the eight
hour day has urged it's passage on pa
triotic grounds. after having failed for
two years to accomplish its passage on
allegations that the employees to be af-
fected were Uncle Sans pampered
pets. etc.
but we respectfully submit that at
no time Is the patriotic motive more
likely to be made use Of by those who
would employ 1t for their own selfish
ends than at a time when IL Is the rul-
ing motive in the minds of the generous
and self-sacrifcing. The record of the
Washington federal employees as to pa
triotism is amply attested by their
subscriptions to the liberty loans. the
Red Cross and their continual purchase
OF war savings stamps.
THE alleged necessity of passing the
amendment on the ground of war emer-
gency will not bear inspection. The
Evening star., 1918-02-10
GOAT MEAT FOR MEATLESS
DAY AWAY DOWN IN ARIZONA

smoothly, satisfactorily and palatably az
it did before meatless days were invented.
They made their strong talking point the
fact that America is not asked to senc
goats across the sea. They are not hank
cred after as an article of food by the
Army or Navy or the civilian populations
of Americas allies.
Mr. Hoover recognized the justice OF
their contention. and has given them
permission to readjust their business
so that Tuesday will be goat day" al
the barbecue stands.
z. r. Wiles. hotel chairman for the
federal food administrator in Arizona
came to Washington to get definite
and formal ruling on the question. He
is also much concerned about the nu-
merous chilli and Hamburger" estab-
lishments in the middle west. Chilli
is one of the modern American evolu-
tions of the Mexican chilli con carne
which on account of it's beef content is
banished from Tuesday menus, and be-
cause of its wheat content is frowned
upon on Monday and Wednesday.
Evening star., 1918-02-10
OFFICERS INSTALLED
BY TWO c. A. R. BODIES
Department of Potomac and Wom-
ems Relief Corps Hold
Ceremonies.

Installation of the officers of the De-
partment OF the Potomac, Grand Army
of tho Republic, took place last night
in c. A. r. Hall. Officers Of the Wom-
ems Relief Corps. G. \. r. Auxiliary.
also were installed.
]. NJ. Piper was installing officer for
the Department of the Potomac. The
new officers are:
Department commander, S. G. Nav
son; senior vice commander. H. B,
Snyder: junior vice commander. r. r.
Harlow: assistant quartermaster gen.
eral. Walter Hilton: chaplain, E. D.
Godfrey: medical director, DIR. Thomas
Calver. and assistant adjutant general,
o. H. Oldroyd.
Women's Relief Corps Officers.
The Women's Relief Corps officers for
1918 are: Department president, Miss
Moree Elizabeth Buckles: senior vice
vice president. Miss Jennie Hamilton;
treasurer, Mrs. Julia West Hamilton:
chaplain. Mrs. Myrtle Loepsach; execu-
tive board, Mrs. Irene Shedd (chair-
Stine. Mrs. Mary Devol. Miss Ida
Stalker.
The delegates to the national conven
ton to be held at Portland. Ore, are:
MISS GuS6le Palmer and Mrs. Mary e
Dow: alternates, Julia Mason Layton
and Mrs. Mary o. Hutchins.
Youngest President Ever Elected.
Miss Bucklee. the newly elected presi-
dent of the department., is said to be
the youngest department president
ever elected in this organization OF
$4,000. She is Kansas girl. She is
the granddaughter of the late Capt
James p. Worrell of Kansas, and niece
of Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball. Miss
Buckles is associated with the National
Tribune in the work of the National
Woman's Relief Corps, is senior vice
president of the Maryland division,
auxiliary to the Sons of Veterans: sec
retary Of of Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent
D. of v. and secretary of Lincoln Re
lief Corps.
Miss Buckles was presented will
many bouquets of flowers from heI
friends. These included a wealth OF
pink roses from the National Tribune
a bouquet of carnations from her moth.
! er and sisters in Kansas and from Col
! John McElroy.
Miss Buckles appointed upon her staff
the following: Mrs. Ida j. Hart, coun.
selor; Mrs. Mamie Palmer Dorsey, sec
| retary; Mrs. Mary V. Fauth. inspector
Mrs. George D. Van Fleet, press cor.
| respondent; Mrs. Margaret Walker, I
and L. officer: Mrs. Mary Van Ness, sen.
, Tor aid. Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball, pa.
triotic instructor; Miss Gussie Palmer
musician.
Evening star., 1918-02-10
Welfare WORKERS
NEEDED FOR CLERKS
One for Each Bureau and De.
partment of Government
Is Urged.

There is immediate need for the ap-
pointment of welfare worker In each
bureau and department of the govern
ment in Washington to give counsel
and advice to the thousands OF new
clerks being brought here, in the opin-
ion of Edwin S. Hege. in charge of the
room registration Office of the District
Council Of Defense.
Mr.. Hege declared last night that his
experience in talking with the young
women who call at his office. 1921 New
York avenue, for rooms has convinced
him that a responsibility rests on the
government to look after the social
surroundings of the young women it is
bringing here.
Many young women who have secured
there when they want advice. Mr.. Hege
said that while he and the women in
his Office are glad to assist the new
corners in any way possible he feels
that providing for the comfort and hap
piness of the new clerks Is a separate
task. as big in itself as that of finding
them rooms.
How Welfare Worker Could Help.
IF one woman fitted to give advice
should be designated in each of the
government bureaus to assist the
strange girls in that bureau" said Mr..
Hege. this welfare work could be
handled with noticeable results. This
woman could meet the young girl as
soon as she arrives for work. Many
of these girls are away from home
for the first time, and are bound to
have difficulty in meeting the right
kind of acquaintances. This woman
could find out what church the stranger
attends and introduce her to the pastor
of the church of that denomination
| nearest to her room.
'In this way she will be given an
opportunity to meet persons who she
can feel are friends. In this way she
will be able to seek wholesome recrea-
tion in the evenings and not become
so discouraged as to return home"
Mr.. Hege said that Mai. u. l. Potter.
! head of the welfare division of the
War Department. is performing great
work for his department. but that there
! is need for the same sort of activity
| in all the departments.
Plans Completed for Canvass.
| Plans have practically been complet-
! ed for the citywide canvass to be made
| by the citizens associations to list
| every available room to help house the
thousands of clerks yet to be brought
| to Washington.
Edward Z. Clement. chairman of the
| housing committee of the District
| Council of Defense. announced last
| night that there will be meeting in
| the board room of the District building
| at 3 o'clock on February IA of the rep
resentatives appointed by each associa-
| tion to make the canvass.
| The president of each association has
| been asked by Mr.. Clement to name
| three women to direct the canvass in
| their respective sections. These three
may call upon as many other women
| as they feel they will need. At the
| meeting on February IA final instruc-
| tions will be given the women and they
| will go forth armed with hundreds OF
| blanks to get every suitable vacant room
| in their neighborhoods.
Evening star., 1918-02-10
TO FIGHT GERMAN ACTIVITY.
Secret Service Bureau Formed in
New York-To Investigate Tins

NEW YORK, February "a secret
service bureau to combat German activity
in this city has been organized here, it
was announced today by the mayors
committee on national defense. A police
inspector and fifty picked detectives have
been assigned to cooperate with the COM
nSttee and with federal and state authori
ties. Citizens complaints and "tips" will
be investigated.
"One OF the most important battles
| aghainst Germany must be fought in New
York city," the committees statement
asserts.
Evening star., 1918-02-10

|
and momentous matters have come be-
| This country has been plunged into
war, the bloodiest the world has ever
known.
I'VE have responded nobly," he said,
"and our great leader. President Will
son, has taken his stand by the side of
the allies. there to remain until the
enemy has been brought to his knees
and conquered. Our flag has been un-
furled in a righteaus cause and will
wave over the front-line trenches and
been sheathed and war ia no more"
| Odell S: Smith made a patriotic
| speech and urged those In attendance
to purchase thrift stamps. Others who
1 made brief addresses were Maj. Pull
man, superintendent of police; Maj. r.
c. Marshall. U. S. A.; w. w. Bowie and
+. H. Poston.
| Entertainment was provided by John
Miss Lillian Chenoweth, Oliver H.
Smith. Harry NJ. Forker. Miss Ethel
Garrett Johnston and William Cla-
i baugh.
j McAdoo, director general of railroads,
| expressing his inability to attend. Com
missioner Brownlow, who was to have
delivered an address, was ill and un-
able to attend.
List of Club Officers.
| oficers of the club are: F. L. Mar
shall, jr, president; F. H. Poston, vice
president: Charles o. Parks, secretary,
land J. P. NJ Duvall, treasurer. Ex.
ecutive committee: D. B. Johannes.
Howard G. Rambo, C. E. Phelps and
Nathan We'll.
The members and guests present
were j. o. Bodenstein. T L. Reese,
lGerrit Fort, H. r Howser, Represent
lative P. P. Campbell. Mai. r. w. Pull
man, Commissioner Louis Brownlow,
odeli S. Smith. Will Clabaugh. Ed
tCallow, J. j. German. George O'Connor,
Matthew Horn. George Humphries. Ed
kimball. d. NJ Fisher, w. w. Bowie,
r. c. Horner. Frank Linthicum, H. B.
tFaroat, F. H. Perry. w. P. Scruggs, w.
IT. Mayhugh. G. w. Jentner, o. B.
George, H. P. Hunting, John Fleming,
~. E. Heberle, r H. Dalgleish, R. r.
Brooke. r. H. Brooke. c. T. Carter, w
V. Fiske, Maj. c. S. Benton, w. L.
White, Legrand White, ]. T. Moffett
lG. c. Duvall. D. e. Sands. Alex Y,
shanklin. E. a. Giilin. D. V. Jones
Capt. James Taylor. G. H. Wins
Robert l.. Payne. wallace iinIsay Gar,
W. w. Spaid. Edgar L. Legge, jr.
John c. Freeland, John G. Graham
G. a. Sinclair, Franklin Williams. John
w. Rich, Percy f. Cliff, John Dinter-
man, William S. Park, William n
Hanny, John II. Baltz. Henry Thurtell
ney, Colder Shumate, A e. Houghton
John S. Collins. w. +. Harrison, s. B
Hege, Maj. r. C. Marshall w p Helm
George P. James, r. H. Sneade W. /,
Devine. Lieut.. d. Mayer. j. W. Kean. I
w. Howe and ]. E. McKeever.
Evening star., 1918-02-10
Fire Was Accidental.

NEWARK. n. J.. February e.-The
military board of inquiry appointed by
Maj. Gen. w. A. Mann, commanding
the Eastern Department, to investigate
the recent disastrous fire at Port New
ark terminal declared in it's report,
made public today. that the fire was ac-
cidental and due to carelessness. There
was nothing. the board reported. to in
dicate incendiary origin.
Evening star., 1918-02-10
Beach Steamer Caught on Reef.

AN ATLANTIC PORT. February o
An American steamer. which struck a
reef off the New England coast today.
was later beached on an island by her
crew rather than run the risk of hay-
ing her sink in deep water. Her pilot
picked out a sandy bottom. al a point
where the steamer would be protected
from rough water. and it was thought
tonight that she would be fioated after
her leak had been stopped.
Evening star., 1918-02-10

executive heads Of departments have
exercised and are at present sxercis.
Ing their Discretionary power to re-
quirs Of the employees hours OF labor
far in excess of eight, and the National
Federation Of Federal Employees has
yet to hear one complaint from any
person affected by such Requirements.
furthermore, the amendment In pro-
fessedly permanent legislation and not
designed to terminate with the end
Of the war"
Evening star., 1918-02-10
NATIONAL TRAINING SQUADRON
UNIQUE FEATURE OF WORLD WAR

board new cargo vessels Of the mer-
chant marine.
The training squadron is under the
direction OF the shipping boards re-
cruiting service. Henry Howard. di-
rector. national headquarters OF which
are in the Boston customhouse.
Evening star., 1918-02-10
DR.. Lyman Curtis Bryan Dies.

BERN, Switzerland. February o.
DR.. Lyman Curtis Bryan died today at
Lausanne. He had long been a resi-
dent of Switzerland and was consid-
cred one of the highest dental author
tiles in Europe. He was born In Kan.
tucky in 1854, -
Evening star., 1918-02-10
Silent on Rumored Expulsion.

LONDON, February 9.-The foreign
Office today received dispatch from
the British embassy at Petrograd, dat
ed 10 o'clock Friday. No reference
was made in this dispatch to the re-
ported expulsion of the entente mis-
sions from Petrograd.
Evening star., 1918-02-10

Virtually all military aviators ac-
lively engaged in the war have mascots
to safeguard them in their flights. If
they did not. air casualties would be
far heavier. At least. that is the opinion
of every genuine flying man, and par
ticularly every "old hand" at the game.
Evening star., 1918-02-10
Find Keg of Powder in Car.

KOKOMO. Ind, February "a twen-
ty-five-pound keg of giant powder con-
cealed in a carload of coal was found by
the workmen of local glass company
today. Why, when or where the powder
was placed in the car is mystery.
Evening star., 1918-02-10

Count Maurice de Bosdari, an art
dealer. has been sentenced to three
years Imprisonment in London for
forging two bills of exchange purport-
ing to have been drawn by the late ].
4jeepont Morgan for FL, ,00os
Evening star., 1918-02-10
s37, ,OOO, 900 Gain in Geld Reserves

Gain of s37,ooO,oOO in gold reserves, IA
liquidating movement in paper and an
increase of nearly $1,000 900 in certifi-
Gates of indebtedness are shown in this
weeks federal reserve board financial
statement
Evening star., 1918-02-10

Unique In war equipment 10 a national
squadron of training ships now being
formed by the United States Shipping
Board. on which young Americans be-
tween the ages Of seventeen and twenty
seven may learn the trade of seagoinE
preparatory to service in the new mer-
chant marine.
Heading the squadron is the ex-trans-
port Meade. well known to American sail
ors as the former Atlantic liner City Of
Berlin. Built in Scotland in 1874 for the
avowed purpose of lowering the transat-
lantic speed record. the City Of Berlin
was not only the finest but the fastest
ocean greyhound of her day. She cap
tured the record, both east and west. be-
tween New York and Queenstown in 1875,
her eastbound time being seven days. fif-
teen hours and forty-eight minutes.
ment in 1898 and renamed the Meade. the
former ord-holder served as a trans
port In the Spanish war and for a dozen
years thereafter.
Meade Is Still Sound.
In spite of her forty-four years, the
Meade is still a sound and handsome YES
Her bow. long and sharp, and adorned
with an old-style figurehead, in the form
of a woman. is of sort to delight the
eye Of a sailor.
The Meade is 52s feet long and "A feet
wide and registers 5.641 tons gross. She
has capacity for 1000 apprentices. The
ship is now being overhauled at New
port News. Va. where she has been laid
up for several years. She will be taken
in the early spring to Boston. the home
port of the shipping boards training
squadron. Here are stationed two
other vessels of the squadron. the Cal
vim Austin and Governor Dingley, sis
ter ships. 800 feet long and go feet
wide. formerly in passenger service on
the New England coast.
Apprentices Numerous.
Each OF these vessels already has on
board a large complement OF appren-
tices.
A fourth ship for the squadron is now
being fitted out at New York. and will
join the others in the early spring.
When all four ships are in commits
sion the training squadron will have
capacity for more than 2.70O appren-
tices. who will be drilled as seamen.
firemen. oilers. water tenders. coal
passers.. cooks and stewards.
Intensive training. including life
boat and FIRE drill. from a month to two
months on the training ship. is to be
followed by actual service at sea on
Evening star., 1918-02-10

From the dumping OF potato peelings
last spring on a pile OF coal ashes a
housekesper OF Cedarville. N. J.. gath
cred . half bushel basket OF good pota-
toes
Evening star., 1918-02-10
|SELF-GOVERNMENT
|EXEMPL|F|ED IN US.
Representative Campbell Con-
trasts Constitutional Rule
With Autocratic Despotism.

That the government of the United
States is the best example of constitu-
tional self-government known to his
tory was the declaration Of Repre-
sentative Philip Campbell Of Kansas
in an address at the annual banquet of
the Washington Traffic Club last night
at the National Hotel. TT is the mean
between autocracy and democracy" he
said.
This unhappy hour in human his
tory protests against autocracy," he
said. Humanity. with all it's hopes,
with all its fears. is sacrificing the ac-
cumulations of the centuries and the
best blood of civilization in protest
against autocratio rule. The present
struggle must not only save civiliza-
ton from it's continuance, but also
must make even aspiration to 1t impos-
sible."
Evening star., 1918-02-10

''Weems" is the correct pronunciation
of the last name of Sir Roslyn Wemyss,
now first sea lord of Great Britain
Evening star., 1918-02-10
What the New Officer Said.

"The first thing you must learn is not
TO bother your superiors with sugges-
tions," Regular Army officer told an
officer of the Reserve Army the other
day. The Reserve officer had a job on
hand-unloading railroad ties. wei
say, because that was not the job. The
Regular wanted to be kind TO the young
fellow.
Just go along and obey orders and
take it easy" he said. That's the way
to get along in the Army"
The Reserve officer once held A job in
a large factory. His language i.
the shoulder-strap differences and told
the Regular officer what he thought OF
him and dared him to mako a fus:
about it, and demanded more help a
"Or I'll make you hard to CATCH
said the Reserve officer. II got. by gosh
a wife and three kids at home. and
want to finish up this tdescribed) war a.
soon as / can and get back to 'em
Don't you get in my way"
"This Time He Won"
The day will come when he will ran
his head hard against Army discipline
but this time he won. He got the help HI
wanted. He got his ties unloaded
There are thousands of that sort here
but they are not all undisciplined
Some of them are getting discouraged
Also, as rapidly as Gen. Pershing is dis.
covering the men who discourage mer
of that sort they are going home. He
wants to get the job over, too. The Off
Ger, Regular or National Guard or Re
serve, whose ambition is just to "ge'
by" is in danger of a jar every blessed
day he lives.
OF course, the get by delegates ma,
win in the end. They are going bacl
home, and because the censorship doe:
not permit the correspondents TO sa,
that col. Hokum was fired because hi
head is fun of glue" and because tn,
correspondents say that Col Hokun
is returning TO the United States on ;
special mission" the incompetents hav.
all the best of it They can go hom,
ana attack the organization over her.
and permit the impression to get ON
that they were sent back because the,
knew too much and were too energetic
The man who makes good and the maj
VINO mas failed reach the United State
on an equal footing 1t is hardly :;
square deal.
Evening star., 1918-02-10
Some Get Hard Falls.

Some Of the hardest falls have been
those taken by regular Army officers
To be fair to the Regular Army, some
of those making good in the finest way
also graduated from West Point. 1t has
been solely a matter of the personal equa-
ton. The man who has kept up with his
profession is making good. The man
who has been content to live the sheltered
life in an Army post is not. From one
viewpoint the regular is seriously handi-
capped by comparison with the officer
who was drawn from the civilian ranks
eight months ago.
Most Regular Army colonels-many
Regular Army colonels-have not had
one-half the responsibility that Is put on
the shoulders of department head in an
average dry goods store. The officer who
IS content not to display too much initia-
tive and always to obey orders can get
along in any army in the world. He
avoids mistakes by obeying the blue
prints department head In a dry goods
store must punch ahead all the time He
must be right sufficient percentage of
the time to pay the store a profit II his
mistake is big one he loses his job. II
his right percentage is big enough his
salary is boosted. He mixes with other
people all the time. Too many officers
mix only with officers.
Evening star., 1918-02-10
Bolshevik Democracy a Failure.

Continuing the speaker said:
Across the border from the German
empire, where autocracy is supreme, a
pure democracy, the bolsheviki, is CIV
ling an example of the other extreme OF
government by the crowd in the court
house square and upon the street. The
kaiser speaks the voice of autocracy, the
bolsheviki the voice of a pure democ-
racy. God save us from both and pre-
serve the republic of the United States
from yielding to the one or blundering
! to the other"