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Evening star., 1918-01-27
TRAINED MEN FAIL TO
HEED CALL OF NATION
Many Excellent Positions Open at
Good Salaries, G. v. Mese-
role Declares.

NEW YORK, January 2s.-The failure
Of technically equipped men to come to
the aid Of the government has delayed war
preparations. according to c. v. Meserole.
head of the ordnance departments civilian
personnel bureau.
Excellent positions are open," said Mr..
Meserole in a statement issued here today.
particularly in the field artillery ammu-
milton steel inspection department and
allied branches. There is a constant de-
mand for metallurgical chemists and as
sistants. inspectors Of cartridge cases.
shell forgings. powder and explosives.
Men are also wanted as inspectors of as
sembling and loading cartridge cases. high
explosive shell loading and as ballistic
Inspectors. All of these positions pay
good salaries"
The inspection equipment section OF the
ordnance department also announced to-
day that it had places open for men over
the draft age to act In a civilian capacity
as assistant inspectors of leather equip
ment at various factories throughout the
United States. Harness makers and leath-
er cutters are especially desired.
Evening star., 1918-01-27
ENGINEERING STUDENTS
FINISH COURSE IN PLANT
Forty Of Cornell Going to Bethle.
hem Corporation-Others
May Follow.

/ An innovation in war measures Is to
be established by Cornell University,
when forty students from the university,
representing the bulk Of the senior class
in engineering Of the institution, will ar
rive February 4 in Wilmington, Del, to
continue their studies and obtain prac-
tical work at their professions at the
Harlan plant Of the Bethlehem Ship
building Corporation.
| 1t Is predicted that if this new phase
In war measures works out successfully
Cornell University will be followed by
other colleges and universities through
out the country. The matter has been
, under advisement for several months
out plans were finally completed last
week and minor details are now being
worked out.
One of the chief features of interest to
ene stuoents IS that during their last
few months of practical study and work
combined at the Harlan plant they will
Do paid lor their services. The students
each week. ~
There will be practical work during the
thews. In charge of the heat power en-
g1neerfng at Cornell University. There
Will be classes for them between 6 and
6 o'clock on certain afternoons
| Tho men will be divided into two
classes-hull construction and engine
construction. They will be par+
OF the Harlan plant industrial schools.
and. while having a better technical and
theoretical idea Of what is to be done will
work alongside Of the green men who
are learning riyeting, chipping and calk-
Ing and other branches of the business
They will return to ithaca, N, Y. about
June l for the graduation exercises AND
receive their diplomas After that +hev
will Be free to go where they choose to
take up their work ~
Evening star., 1918-01-27
RAPS RENT FROFITEERs.
Government Worker Asserts John.
son Bill Fails to Protect

The point is raised by District tax
payer, who is also a government en-
ploye, that the "profiteering" bill in
troduced Friday by Chairman Johnson
OF the District committee. and for the
consideration of which a special meet
ing of the District committee is to he
held this week, that the measure doa.
not go far enough.
He argues a "profteerins" tenant
can continue to gouge the incoming
government war worker, something
nke This: A northeast tenant rents a
small six-room brick for $3.50 ner
month, treduced from $3.50 in 1siS1
ana advertises two rooms for s25. An.
other tenant in the northeast rents a
fiat for $3.50 per month and advertisaa q
a. room Tor s26 per month A tenant In
s tne downtown district of the northwest
mas peen renting a sixteen-room house
1or $fo per month (reduced in rent in
tsa !sdol and rents the smallest room for
szV per month. making probably sa5o
total on all rooms" iS 200"
Evening star., 1918-01-27
PLANS DOUBLE ACREAGE
IN D. c. HOME GARDENS
District Council of Defense Seeks
Tilling Of 1900 Acres in
1918 Food Fray.

Twelve hundred acres of home gar
dGols in the District of Columbia. in
1918. to produce at least half q mill lion
dollars worth of vegetables for home
use. is the object of the garden COM
mittee of the District council of de-
fense. This will be practically double
the acreage of last years home gardens.
and the product is expected to be
twice that of last year.
In 1917 District residents cultivated
500 acres of home gardens and pro-
duced vegetables. ETC.. worth at mar
ket prices $26o.oo0.
At the request of the Department of
Agriculture and with the approval of
Herbert Hoover. federal food admin
istrator. the District council of de-
fense has appointed the following
garden committee:
Members Of Committee.
Edward F. Colladay. chairman; AL
bert Douglas of the Capital Gardens
Club. vice chairman; Charles F. Crane
of the Board of Trade; S. T. Cameron
of the Chamber of Commerce, and
Joseph A. Berberich of the Retail Mer-
garden expert of the home gardens
committee last year. has been assigned
by the Department of Agriculture to
serve in that capacity during the COM
ing gardening season.
The committee has established head
quarters in room 61s. Union Trust build
ing, where Mr.. Conolly will maintain
an Office during usual business hours
six days of the week.
Seek $1,000 Fund.
To carry on the work of the gardens
committee fund of $4,000 is to be
raised. $1,000 of which has already
been subscribed by the Capital Gar
dens Club. while members of the COM
mittee have also contributed as fol-
lows: E. F. Colladay. 500; S. T. Cam
eron. $50; H. NJ. Conolly. $40: Joseph
A. Berberich. $40. and c. F. Crane. $1a.
Additional contributions to complete
the amount necessary to carry on the
work should be sent to Mr.. Colladay,
SIS Union Trust building.
Evening star., 1918-01-27
FIFTH DIVISION.

Brookland School-To Business High
School. Mary E. Barnholt, Helen f. Col
Inns, Irene E. McMullen. To Central
High School, William p. Baxter, Sarah
T. Lord. Edgel w. Wiley. To Mckinley
High School-Hugo C. Di Giuliani,
Charles C. Diller. Donald G. Folk,
George ]. McNally. William H. Weekley.
Grover Cleveland School-To Busi-
John Grimth. Charles Wyckoff. ir. !:
Mary Agnes Fischer, Naomi Frank
Dora Robin. To Central High School
Morrill, Rogers. To Mckinley High
School. Alexander Pitt, Warren Cor
don Poole.
Eckington School-To Business High
School. Marabel Bradley. Gladys L
Brown, Thelma n Nendel. Abe Shapiro.
Evening star., 1918-01-27
COMPLETES DRAFT WORK.
Fairfax County Ready for Next
Call for Selects.

FAIRFAX. Va, January 26.-Classi-
Acation of 1903 Fairfax county men for
military duty has been completed by
the local exemption board. Early in
February the men in class 1 will be or
dered to Fairfax for physical examina-
tion.
OF the 1909 questionnaires sent out
twenty-five have been returned undeliv-
cred sby postal authorities. Ten men
failed to make returns. Steps are being
taken to round up these delinquents q.
soon as possible.
Fairfax county, under the first call
Evening star., 1918-01-27
CONFIRM AUsTRO RIOTS
Reports Received by State Depart
ment Verify Information on Trouble

Conhrmatory reports of the labor
troubles In Austria were received at
the State Department yesterday in a
dispatch from Holland. This dispatcb
was sent, however. prior to January
20 and added nothing to the unofficial
Information already received,
The report was based upon facts &C.
cured from German sources and indi-
Gated the cause for the disorders in
Austria was political as well as eco
nom1c, ana was a manifestation Of n
growing desire In that country for
peace.
Omciais OF the State Department dis
played interest in the rec scfions thst
have beep recorded among the social
lists IN Germany as a result Of the
speeches OF Won Hertling and Czernin.
especial consideration, since 1t is a clear
indication OF the attitude Of the moe
conservative group Of socialists.
Evening star., 1918-01-27
RULES ON COMPENSATION
W. W. Warwick Decides Represent
ative Of Deceased Gets PAYMENT

The amount paid by the govsrnme ent
under the United States employees com
pensation act for funeral expenses of a
federal worker who dies in the line of
duty will not be paid directly to the
undertaken who conducts the funeral.
Nor 10 it the concern Of the government
whether the undertaken is paid.
W. W. Warwick, controller Of the
Treasury. thus interprets the law. He
objects to direct payment to the under
taker, because he 10 not the personal
representative Of the deceased en-
pIoys."
ployes' compensation commission ends,
says Controller Warwick, when the
personal representative" IL paid
Evening star., 1918-01-27
ICE DRIFTS IN CHANNELS.
Tugs Find Navigation Difficult Be
low Washington,

In the channels below Washington ice
ia reported drifting with wind and
tide. It is giving the Fort Washington
and Indian Head tugs difficult task
to get through It.
The steamer Southland of the Norfolk
and Washington line left Norfolk yes
terday at noon and will reach here
some time this morning. She will
probably leave here this evening fol-
Norfolk.
It has now been about six weeks
since the last sailing craft arrived OF
left. here.
Evening star., 1918-01-27
Engineer Corps Needs Trained Men,

Five hundred highly trained, scienti-
fic. professional and technical mon are
required at once by the Engineer CORPS
Of the Army. for surveying, ranging
and map reproduction work in France
These men will be selected from quali-
fed applicants. both from within and
without the draft. either as volunteers
or as selected men,"
Applicants may obtain complete In
formation on the subject by writing to
Capt. L. F. Daniel. Office Of the chief
Of engineers. War Department.
Evening star., 1918-01-27
Services to Be Held in Rectory.

Trinity Church. which is closed BY
order Of the fuel administration, 10 to !,
hold services today In the rectory. 21s 1
|c street northwest Hours Of service
are as follows: Holy communion, 1850 :
o'clock: holy communion and morning
prayer, II o'clock: evensong. { o'clocki2
The Sunday school will be held At the
Working Boys Home. ESQ street,
northwest, opposite the church, at $3.50
Evening star., 1918-01-27
Only War Job Of Its Kind

Stanton H. King Of Boston has the
only war job Of its kind.
He is official chantie man for the
American merchant marine.
His work will be to revive chantie
singing among merchant sailors who
will join the country's new cargo ships
Evening star., 1918-01-27

through tho United States Shipping
Board recruiting service, national head
quarters Of which are at Boston.
While chantie singing has declined on
all seas. owing to the change in recent
years from sailing vessels to steamers
there not being much opportunity to
'heave and haul' on board steamer
its revival is considered important for
two reasons.
Songs Insure Team Work.
Chanties insure team work when a
crew are pulling on ropes. even aboard
steamers. while the building of large
numbers of American schooners means
an increased demand for men who can
reef. hand and steer" on sailing yes-
sells. where chantie singing used to
flourish.
The shipping board trains men to
serve on steamers, but If certain per-
centage ship on sailing vessels and
carry with them the almost lost knack
or chantie singing. they will be the
better equipped for their work. accord
Ing to sharps on the seafaring game.
Stanton H. King probably is the coun-
try's best known chantie singer
Chantie singing is part of weekly en-
tertainment he gives Jack ashore at a
mission of which he is head The pro-
gram is usually varied, and to hear Mr..
King lead his sailor friends in "Shenan-
doah.' Bound for the Rio Grande" or
Blow the Man Down" is to understand
the psychologist punch Of the well sung
chantie.
Evening star., 1918-01-27
FOURTH DIVISION.

Thomson School-To Busi-
ness High School, Horace J. Amores.
Alva J. Marks. Wilhelmina NJ. Bent
helm, Helen L. Davis, Marjorie c.
Greene, Edith c. Johnson. Mary c. Neil,
Hope T. Nichols. Wenonah c. Platz.
Sophia G. Simms, Gertrude NJ Schnede,
Elizabeth NJ Stephenson and Matte F.
Wilson. To Central High School. Will
liam M. Breckenridge, Roy ]. Burston.
Stanley E. Funkhauser. James H. Hill.
Allen R. Mcmillan. Charles W.
Owings. Robert K. Thurber. Sal
lie J, Burklin. Anna P. Clarke.
Frances K. Cureton. Verge E. Dorries.
Mary Gatlin, Helen E. Jaeger, Janet
Megrew, Elizabeth NJ Mockbee and AL
verda E. Redman. To Eastern High
School, Helen A. Grosvenor. To Techni-
cal High School, Elliott F. Brumbaugh,
Clark W. Crossman, Abraham Lubore,
Henry Mccormick. Remey 8. Pottinger
and John J. Sartori.
Evening star., 1918-01-27
Learned Chantie at Sea.

Mr.. King Is an old salt, and learned
chantie singing in its home, on deem
water vessels. He began going to sea
thirty-eight years ago, from the Barba-
dos. in the merchant service. For s;x
years he served chiefly on deep water
Yankee ships
In January. 1856. he found himself a,
boston and Joined the Navy there for q
cruise around the world in the Al
lance.
Having become greatly interested in
the welfare of the sailor while a sailor
himself. he next went to the MOODY
school for two years. and in the sprins
OF 1893 started the Sailors Haven al
Charlestown. Mass. alongside a bar
The haven developed into a UNIQUE In
stltution. and it is widely known
MI; King is an author also, having
Watas puotlsned Two prose works. Dog
Watches at Sea" and "A Bunch OF Rope
Yarns" VI ANope
Evening star., 1918-01-27
GRADED SCHOOL PUPILS TO
GRADUATE TO HIGH SCHOOLS

soft
Evening star., 1918-01-27

has its full quota in Camp Lee, Peters,
burg, Va. If one man, held as a de-
serter at Fort Myer. il sent to Camp
Lee. the county quota will be one over.
Evening star., 1918-01-27

A chemical process for making salt
proof against dampness has been pat
ented by . vtrginian.
Evening star., 1918-01-27
EIGHTH DIVISION.

Grant school-To Mckinley Manual
Training School. Carl Bender, William
Colbert. Paul Griffin. Don Ritchie. Nor
ton Silver. Harry Strieter. To Business
High School. Michel Carnot. Lloyd Nc
Carly. Paul Smith. Harry Young. Marie
Burch, Urna Omohundro. Margaret
Wolf. To Central High School, Leon
Cayton. Maurice Enright. st. julien
Marshall. Thelma Hayes. Helen Krick.
Florence Lumpktn. Margaret welch,
Mildred Whaley.
Jefferson-Amidon school-To Busi-
ness High School. Dalgi Damico, Leon
Gordon, Ralph Waldo Howard, Eugene
HALEY. Joseph Silverman. Hugh Watts.
Libbfe Aronson. Title Baratz. Annette
Belin. Agnes Elizabeth Boyd, Eleanor
Brinkley. Borah Green, Sarah Norman.
Grace PanZner. Gernetta Carrie SPRING.
mann. Mary Dorothy Toma. Elisabeth
Ida Troshinsky. Sarah UEel. To Gem
tral High School, Horace GensburR, Le-
roy HUM. Thomas Robinson Riley,
David Fillmore smith. TO MCKINLEY
Manual Training School. John Thomas
Linkins, Otto Howard Noack Gerard
Joachim Smith. William Clark Vernon,
Dorothy Koop.
S. ]. Bowen School-To Central High
School, Bertha Balderson, Ethel Downs
and Evelyn Goldberg. To Business
High School, William Snow, Rose Co
hen and Lillian Hstton. To AcKiulAH
Evening star., 1918-01-27
FIRST DIVISION.

Corcoran School TO Central High
School, George Raymond Pruett To
Western High School. J. Dodge IAbeey. hey
School, Oscar Levy. Edward Charles ochs.
John Payne, David Vernon Ricketts,. jr. !:
Frank Leo Schuman. Florence Irene Cady.
Mary Helen Cumberland. Lillyan Isabel
Gates. Anna Roberta Gollan. Susan Eliza
Elizabeth Richey, Catherine Regina Sulli-
van. To Mckinley Manual Training
School, Thurston Douglass McLearen, Ed
win Alexander Roseberry.
Lillian Birch. Evelyn Kephart. Bertha
Krumm. Helen Miller, Frances Nichols.
Grace Young, Jerome Krick. James Mar
shall. David Parlett, Russell Sherwood.
To Business High School. Zelma Allen.
kathleen Bailey. Lillian Comley. Gertrude
van, Max Arnold. John Bailey, Gilbert
Beall. To Western High School. Fran.
ces Dillon. Kathryn Loomis, Helen Mont.
gomery, James Hoffman. To Mckinley
Manual Training School, Preston Bogley
Hamilton Fowler, Donald Houser, William
Hover. James Reilly.
Adams School-To Business High School
John Hanson Beall. Clara Elizabeth Shep-
herd, Adele Roberta Zuberano. To Cen-
trail High School. Matilda Agnes Avery
Emily Foster Brown. Dorothy Howard Ell
lis, Rena Greenberg. Grace Harris. BET
tie Ruth Heritage, Coritz Elizabeth
Hunter, jeanette Katzman, Louise Craig
en- Lewis, Edith Elma Long. Regina Ma
lone. Mary Dorothy Radigan. Caroline
Dorothy Ruhl. Emma Scott Stitt. Eliza.
beth Floyd Tuley. Ernest Young Dreison-
stock. Gerard Charles Haske, William
Poundstone jackson, Albert Edward
Stephan, John William Wilkes. To Nc
Kinley Manual Training School. Charles
McQuade Bastable, William Duke. Johr
Frederick Kaiser. Clarence Thomas Smith
Henry Albert Zuberano. To Western
High School, Laetitia Todd Bolton. Hen.
rietta B. hammond. Elizabeth zolnay
Horace Harmon Lurton. William Toepke
Point, Charles Huntington Lyman. Wini-
fred Anne Murfln.
Tenley School-To Business Es1i
School. Russell John Fitzgerald. Mer.
rift Henry Riley. Julia Mary Jones ant
Ethel Earnesteen Lewis To Contra
High School. John Lawrence Barr, Car.
man Glenroy Frost. Inez Eaton Becker
and Marion Estelle Bond. To McKin
ley High School, Paul Jesse Burrows
Lawrence Woodward Harry and Johi
William Walther. To Western Hig1
School. William Wolcott Shea.
Evening star., 1918-01-27
TWELFTH DIVISION.

DougIass-Simmons Sohool-To Dunbar
High, Cleo Beene, Thurston Powell.
Arthur George Sparrow, Theresa Nora
Bowen, Leonia Theresa Diggs. Beatrice
Theresa Greene, Beatrice Harris, Lid
win Anola Miller Annie Phyllis
Perkins. To Business High, Arthur
Ernest Clement Atkinson Kenneth
Jones, Edith Marguerite Addison. Alice
lula Banks Russell Lillian Levi, Nell
ward Helen Kesler, Jane Isabelle Nor
ton. Elizabeth Daisy Page, Estelle Caro-
Taylor. To Armstrong High. Jerome
Browne, Edward Williston Johnson,
Lexington Edward Smith, Mabel Ruth
Belt. Pearl Elisabeth Moss. Two-yeax'
course. Mary Elisabeth Barnes.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20
R.R. EMPLOYEES
 GIVEN TICKETS
 TO THE SOUTH

Employees of the Alaskan Engin- eIing Commission, on the Seward or Anchorage divisions, who have been employed for not less than four mon ths during the year, will receive free transportation from either Seward or Anchorage to Seattle or any inter- mediate point at which the steamers call. This applies to those employees who services will not be required during the winter season. m
 Any of the present employees, whose services will be required next season and who are desirious of re- turning will be given free transporta- ton from Seattle to Seward or An chorage next season..
 The above instructions have been issued by Chairman Edes, of the AL aSqa Engineering Commission and re- ceived here by Robert J. Weir. ....
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20
AMERICANS RIGHT IN THE FIGHTING.

WASHINGTON, Aug % The War Department is sued statement this afternoon indicating that American forces were engaged every position on the Western
 front with the British and French and that other Amer can forces moving to occupy one of the most i'm porant salents on the long western front Many Amer cans have also been given the duty of guarding several hundred thousands of German prisoners captured during the past few weeks Americans are also employed in spy ing among the German prisoners to thwart any attempt at surprise uprising It officially announced that two thirds of the great number of prisoners taken during the past three weeks have been dsared by the Ameri can soldiers the Germans appear to fear the Americans more than the British French and make no attempt to hide weapons when commanded to immediately throw down their arms and resort to a close search
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20
MAY PURCHASE
 A FIRE SIREN

Seward may soon have siren to announce fires. This matter was brought up before the city council lass night in letter from fire Chef Guest. The Fire Department made the request that new, hose cart be ob- tained, also that a siren be purchased and installed.
 The present fire bell is all right put there are other bells very similar in sound. With a high wind blowing the fire bell cannot be heard. A siren, which may be purchased, is guaran- teed to send its shreiks at least three miles in all directions. The matter was left in the hands of the fire and water committee with power to act.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20
AMERICAN STEAMER RAMS U- BOAT.

WASHINGTON, Aug. % The Captain of an Amer can steamer arriving here this afternoon stated that his vessel rammed and probably sunk submarine Saturday off the coast of Virginia The American steamer rammed the submarine on the port bow and the undersea boat i'm mediately came along side The crew in German accent, stated they friends and wanted assistance The Am erican captain in plain American language, stated that they were no friends of his the American people and cut the undersea boat lines and continued upon his towards this port The sub disappeared after The steamers bow is badly damaged.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20
AMERICAN AvIAToRs DOING GOOD WORK

PARIS, Aug. 20 Official J. Fifty five American avators all members of the pursuit squadron who have been in active service on the western front for the past three weeks today recognized the peer of all ava
 tors in similar duty of those the front lines The 55 American aviators engaged in their perous work have accounted for to five enemy machines daily since en gagged in warfare Both the British and French generals are asking that American viatOrs be assigned to their as they are as fearless and efficient in the air as their comrades are upon the ground and also strength en the morale of the others
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20
STEEL IS LAID
 FOR NINE MILES

Nine miles of steel on the Anchor age end of the Thrnagain section have been laid according to information re- ceived by Robert Weir from Engineer Gerig this forenoon. This means that the spacing and spiking has been con- pleted Steel is also being laid on the Kern Creek end ana within few days the two different gangs will be con Soidated and fast work will be the re- suit.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20
BRITISH TANKER SINKS SUB.

AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug 20 British tanker arrived today and the captain stated that he had sunk German submarine 300 miles off Nantucket Lighthouse, last Sunday The Captain claimed that he had running fight of two hours duration and during that time several torpedoes were fired at his tanker He operated upon short course and frequently changed that the sub was
 unable to get good target Finally two well directed shots rdded the pescope and also penetrated the coming tow CT and the boat was again although oil the wat CT told of the probay fate The tanker not hit in the fight.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20
HOMELESS
 BY FLOOD

HONGKONG, Aug, 20 - Five thousand are homeless and 250,O00 are without proper food as the result of a flood on the Tung Kiang river. The American Red Cross is providing for temporary relief.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20
STEAMER DOPE

Steamer Alameda will sail from Cordova for Seward sometime tonight according to cable advices.
 Steamer Admiral Farragut is due in Cordova sometime tomorrow.
 Steamer Northwestern sailed from Juneau at s o'clock this morning go- ing via Skagway.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20
DORA MAKES NO
 MORE TRIPS 10
 THE WESTWARD

Steamer Dora. now weStbound to Nushagak, will return to Seward and then go immediately south to Seattir. This is the advice received here from Seattle today. It was supposed the Dora would make another trip to the westward but such is not the case,
 The little steamer Dora will be miss ed by the westward people and what provision for carrying mail, etc, to the westward are to be made, IS nof known here.