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Evening star., 1918-01-17
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS
Applications Will Be Received In
definitely for Many Pnsitinns

Owing to the urgent needs of the
government service. tho Civil Service
Commission announces that applica-
tions will be received at any time until
further notice for tho following ex-
aminations: Index and catalogue
clerk, inspector of hats. inspector of
shoes and leather. Inspector of sole
leather, grain sampler. statistical clerk
and statistical machine operator.
Dates for various examinations are
announced as follows: Craftsman fsh
culturist. apprentice fish culturist,
highway bridge engineer. Junior high
way bridge engineer. February 10; as
sistant patent examiner. February 13
to Is: investigator in marketing cot
ton seed and its products, assistant in
market business practice, February 49,;
assistant in animal genetics, Febru-
ary 20.
Evening star., 1918-01-17
$4,000 AGENCIES NOW
FOR WAR STAMPS SALE
National Savings Committee Expects
to Have $4,000 Places by the
End Of This Month.

The extensive scale upon which the
country has been organized for the sale
Of war savings stamps is shown by an
announcement from the national war
savings committee that $4,000 agencies
already have been established, and 1t is
expected the number will be increased
to $4,000 by the end of this month. In
addition to the regular agencies, there
will be one million sales stations"
These do not receive direct authorize
ton to make sales from the Secretary
Of tho Treasury. but obtain their
stamps from authorized agents. and
place them on sale at their counters.
cashiers windows and other places
At present $4,000 post offices have war
savings stamps on sale. and $4,000 in
corporated banks and 5000 individuals,
firms and corporations have been ap-
pointed agents by Secretary McAdoo.
Arrangements have been made with ap-
proximately 5000 interstate corpora
tions, such as railroads, chain stores
and concerns having places Of business
at least $4,000 additional agencies es-
tablished.
The special effort Of tho national war
savings committee during February
will be tho conducting of an intensive
canvassing campaign for tho establish
ment of war savings societies These
societies can be organized by any ten OF
club, church, factory, Office or other es-
tablishment, and can be affiliated with
the national war savings committee at
Washington upon application.
Evening star., 1918-01-17
WOULD UTILIZE WATER
ROUTES OF THE NATION
Senator Ransdell Urges Provision for
Boats, Barges and Tugs-Would
Have Prevented Coal Famine.

Senator Ransdell Of Louisiana, presi-
dent Of tho National Rivers and Har-
bors Congress. has issued a statement
in which he strongly urges tho adop-
ton Of a provision in the administra-
tion railroad bill for the construction,
purchase or utilization Of boats. barges
and tugs on tho inland and coastwise
waterways of the country. A fund Of
$500, 900 900, called the revolving fund.
is carried in the bill from which funds
may be taken to purchase or construct
the boats for the waterways.
Senator Ransdell asserts that II there
had been proper use of the inland
waterways Of the country there would
be no crisis in the coal situation to-
day. He says:
In the city of New York people
have been found frozen to death In
their homes, and the death rate from
pneumonia has mounted higher than
ever before. In Philadelphia, the city
health officer says there Is illness In
10000 homes because Of lack of coal.
In Boston. when 1t was reported that
barges containing coal were to arrive,
long lines of people stood in the streets
all night in the bitter cold. hoping to
share in Its distribution. In Washing
ton, the capital Of the nation, eleven
persons were burned to death in eleven
days, their clothing having caught fire
from the gas and oil heaters which
they were using because coal was not
to be had. These are only samples OF
conditions which have extended far
and wide over the country.
There was in reality no lack OF coal;
the trouble was q lack of transporta-
tion facilities for its distribution. and
If the waterways OF tho United States
had been improved and Utilized as they
should have been, all Of this suffering
might have been avoided"
Evening star., 1918-01-17
TO USE ALL CUBA's SUGAR.
Planters Anxiety Over Surplus Dis.
pelled by Food Authorities.

A story was given out In New York
by a Cuban news bureau" represent
ing that sugar planters In Cuba were
much concerned because they were in
danger OF having 100000 tons Of last
years sugar left on their hands. The
story said they were threatening to cut
down their sugar acreage this year and
to grow other crops instead.
At the United States Food Admins
tration it was said today there was not
the slightest danger that a single ton
of sugar would be left on the hands of
the Cuban planters. The international
sugar committee has arranged to take
3, 200, 900 tons of Cuban sugar. This
would leave it still necessary to bring
at least 250.000 tons from Java in order
to meet the absolute minimum require
ments of the United States and its al
lies. To bring this sugar from Java
would require the diverting of tonnage
which cannot be spared. If Cuba has
this 250.000 tons above tho amount con-
tracted for 1t will be taken from Cuba
instead of from Java This would leave
only 10000 tons in the hands Of the
planters even If the news bureau esti-
mate of a $500. 0.000-ton crop is correct,
and the food administration points out
that with the entire world short of
sugar this small tonnage will be alb
sorbed without making any appreciable
increase in tho current supply.
Evening star., 1918-01-17
STREET CARS IN COLLISION.
Figure in Traffic Accidents, But Lit.
tie Damage Il Done

A heavy motor truck belonging to
the Treasury Department, shortly be-
fore 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
struck and derailed street car at I'd
and D streets. Little damage was done,
but traffic was delayed until the car
was returned to tho tracks
Henry johnson, 637 T street. yester-
day afternoon. was occupant of a
wagon that collfded with a street car
at North Capitol and G streets. The
wagon was slightly damaged.
A dairy wagon in charge of Charles
s.. Reed. 731 Harvard street, oollided
with Capital Traction car on U street
between 18th and 14th streets shortly
afterN o'clock this morning. The
wagon was badly damaged, its con-
tents destroyed and the car fender
bent.
Evening star., 1918-01-17
NAMED FOR POSITIONS.
Department Of Commerce Announces
Changes in Personnel.

The Department Of Commerce has an
nounced tho following changes in its
personnel:
Bureau of the census-Francis H.
Kelly. Edith c. g. Triebe. Cora A.
Norgorden and Mayme J. Mcnamara
have been appointed clerks, 5000:
Charles H. Melton. clerk. $1,000, has
resigned. and Joseph W. Pospisiel and
Hugh P. Reed. clerks. have been pro-
NOTED from $500 to $1,000.
Bureau of foreign and domestic COM
merce-Cornelius Stribbling, clerk, has
been promoted from 5000 to $1,000.
Bureau of standards-Roy H. Head
has been transferred from the Depart
ment of Agriculture as laboratory as
sistant, 81 .260; John ]. r. Martin aHd
Wesley T. Sheffield have been appoint
ed toolmaker, $1,000. and assistant
chemist. s1.s0O. respectively. and Louis
G. Goode. elevator boy. has been pro-
NOTED from $500 to $3.50.
Bureau of lighthouses-Thomas H.
Soyster and Charles c. Brush have been
appointed craftsman, $1,000, and ship
craftsman, $1,000, respectively. and
Jennie E. Leving has been reinstated
as clerk. $1,000.
Coast and geodetic survey-Frederick
F. Saffell and John a. Bond have been
appointed plate printers helper. 500.
and extra observer. $1,000. respectively.
Evening star., 1918-01-17
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Albert A. Bonar. assistant superin-
ously i'll at his home, 122 Quincy place
northeast.
a plea for teachers to NIL many VA.
cancies in the teaching force in the
white grade and high schools in WASH
ington was made by Superintendent Of
Schools Ernest L. Thurston at a meet
ing of the Parent-Teachers' League in
the Wilson Normal School last night
ing fits members to cooperate with the
superintendent of schools in his effort
TO have the salaries of school teachers
clerks and tanitors raised, and voted
to keep children in school rather than
to have them accept positions in busi-
ness.
The forty-sevenfh reunion of mem
bers OF the X. F. r. Society Of Wash
ington will be held this evening at
Rauschers. Charles T. Bryan is to
preside as toastmaster. Addresses will
be made by Rev. Charles Morris Addi-
son of Stamford, Conn, Henry E..
Davis and Blair Lee.
Members OF the Irish History Study
Club were guests of Division No 2, l. A.
evening. Judge Michael M. Doyle pre-
sided. Rt Rev. Mgr. Thomas Of st.
PatriclSs Church gave q. talk on the
study of Irish history. paper was
read by Miss Sadie Fitzpatrick A musi-
cal program was given by Mrs Howard,
Miss Manning, Moss Roddy, Miss San
ford and Luke Pagan, accompanied at
the piano by Miss Jennie Glenn and
Miss Margaret Welch.
Evening star., 1918-01-17
HEARINGS ON MORATORIUM.
Senate Again to Consider Soldiers
and Sailors Civil Rights Bill.

Hearings on the administration meas
ure known as the soldiers and sailors
civil rights bill. which passed the
House unanimously last fall. but failed
to get through tho Senate. will be re-
sumed tomorrow by Senate judiciary
subcommittee. which will hear repre-
sentatives Of insurance ana real estate
interests.
The bill is designed virtually as .
moratorium for men in military service.
It has been strongly urged by Secre-
tary Baker and Provost Marshal Crow
der. but in the Senate opposition based
on alleged unconstftutionality devel-
oped.
Evening star., 1918-01-17
SHRAPNEL
Sidelights on the War
OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

Soldiers pray before and during bat
ties. Their offerings may be outspoken,
silent or delivered with the fighting
mon ON their knees, but the mon pray.
nevertheless, according to stories chap
lains toll Of the spiritual wellbeing OF
those engaged at the front fighting de-
mooracy's battles.
German fire over . certain section OF
tho western front was terrific. Shells
were falling everywhere. A group of
British soldiers had kept close to their
dugout A comrade who had been iso-
lated before the deluge started finally
worked his way back to his friends.
What have you been doing in there?"
he asked.
praying like hell" was tho start
ling response of one whose language
was more forcible than eloquent
Won Hindenburg, Germany's military
leader. drinks and eats enormously.
A series of whistles, the flashing of
certain lights and glowing phosphor-
employed by ships to let German sub
marines know that they have petrol
aboard. Many neutral skippers on pain
of having their vessels sunk on the
have consented to carry fuel to u
boats. They also receive large none
tary rewards.
Horses woupded on the fighting
lively as good treatment as do soldiers
wounded in battle. Special hospitals
care for the thousands of injured ami
mails. Anesthetics are given when
wounds are treated and everything is
of IA
beasts. Even large convalescent hos
pitfalls have been established, with wide
fields. where animals may recover their
strength after long sieges on duty.
Air routes between England, China,
india and Africa have been mapped
out BY certain British officials who also
expect to see the Atlantic bridged by
aerial service after the war has ended.
Premier Lloyd George would have
been q mechanic had he followed ono Of
his earliest ambitions.
Probably the most wounded man in
the British army Is Gen. A. Carton de
W1art he has been wounded eleven
times since tho present war started,
having lost an eye ana q leg, He has
gained the D. s. o. and v. C. and sew
was thrice wounded In East Africa and
during the Boer war suffered a half
dozen wounds He stays close to his
men in the battle lines.
Esthonia, tho Riga province on which
the Germans have cast their eyes. has
had checkered history. Comparative
~ little Russian Is spoken The buIlS
OF the population are Finnish in origin
Germany. Sweden Denmark and Rms.
sfa have in turn dominated the prov
ince, leaving behind a queer mixture Of
races.
Evening star., 1918-01-17

also ooiorsd. forty ysars old. ass n
street southeast. while engaged In
row at LIST and N streets southeast yes
terday afternoon. surrendered to the
police Of the nth precinct last night
A charge Of murder was preferred
against him. He was held to appear q
an inquest that Coroner Neyite Ar
ranged to hold at the morgus late To-
day.
Evening star., 1918-01-17

We don't care specially bout
who writes tn nations songs. but
we'd like t have somethin' t say
about who sings 'em.
You'd never know some folks
was away if they didn't come
back.
Evening star., 1918-01-17
As to Men 81 Since June S.

It is understood that Secretary
Baker has advised tho Senate military
committee that the War Department
favors discharging from draft liability
men who have passed the ago of thirty
one since registering on June 5. 1917,
and without having been called to the
colors.
If bill to this effect is introduced
and passed 1t will at once invalidate a
great deal of the work which was done
on the occupationa1 file. since thou
sands of registrants nearing thirty-one
years of age will be carded In the file,
but will then not be available.
Evening star., 1918-01-17

The first thing that happens to q
newly born Greek child Is bath in
warm wine, in which myrtle leaves
have been dipped. He IL then
rubbed with salt. In some parts of the
country he is also rubbed with pepper.
az . atgn Of the hard life hs will have
Evening star., 1918-01-17
Sunday Played Base Ball
Where Chance Has Office

Postmaster Chance chairnan q
the local Billy Sunday committee,
today invited the evanEelist over
to his ONCE at the southwest oor-
ner Of the city post Ofnce ut 1st
and North Capitol streets, and
saidi
"Bfly, yen once played ban In
this r0Omt"
Sunday looked somewhat as-
tonfshed.
aYou played right AelA IN s1mes
played in the old ball park 10.
Gated here,n replied CAance.
Sunday admitted he did.
"Well, az near AZ we can AguSo
out" continued tho postmaster,
Ayou stood about ON this spot"
Evening star., 1918-01-17

Colds Cause Headache and GfiD.
LAXATIVE BR0MO QU1NINE Tabsets remove
the cause. There Il only one ''Bromo Quinine." "
E. W. GROVES signature on box. S0c.-Adver-
t;sement.
Evening star., 1918-01-17
DRAFT CARD FILES
TWO MILES LONG
OccupationaI Index Of Coun-
try's 10000, 900 Registrants
Needs Big Space.
Soma dlei

Some hle!
Approximately two solid miles Of nles
will be necessary to house tho occupa-
tiona1 card index file Of tho country's s
10. 0.00o.0 600 registered men which will be
kept in the Office of the provost marshal
general here, It was estimated today.
Washington school teachers will be
mobilized within few days to do their
part in the gigantic task which Presi-
dent Wilson has called upon the teach
ers of the country to perform. Under
the direction of Adjutant General Dono-
van and with the cooperation Of Supt.
Thurston of the public schools, volun-
teers, to be known as, occupational as
sistants, will work afternoons and
nights to card index the $4,000 local
registrants as to their occupations.
How Figures Are Worked Out.
The filing cards are eight Inches wide
and about five high. About ninety-six
cards can be packed into an inch. AL
lowing 1.156 cards to the foot, this num-
ber divided into 100000. the number
of registrants, makes about 5000 feet
of files. Taking into consideration the
additional cards which will be required
in the fling and the space to be occu-
pied by the filing cases it Is estimated
that two miles of files is a conservative
figure.
These figures give some idea of the
size Of the job on which the War Do
partment Is embarked. as the formation
OF the occupationa1 file Is but a small
portion OF tho work in connection with
the carrying out of the selective serv-
Ice law.
As each local board throughout the
country completes its occupational file
Of registrants, which work will be
done in all cases by volunteer teachers,
it will ship the file to Washington.
Just exactly where space will be found
to house the resultant national file is
not known
Evening star., 1918-01-17
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
c. E. Young Hit Burnett Wheele,
With Briok-Both Men Colored.

Charles Edward Young. colored.
twenty-seven years old. 11os Morris
road. Anacostia, Is charged with having
thrown q brick which struck and
caused tho death Of Burnett Wheeler,
Evening star., 1918-01-17

TIE AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST
Company Of tho District Of Columbia. srussees oee
under q deed of trust, dated February 10, Isoo:
made by the Metropolitan Club Of the city OF
washtneton, District Of Columbia, pursuant to
the provisions thereof. as stated In said insfru-
menf In connection with the sinking fund, has
srsvn for redemptton at the office Of the trustee
on February Is, 1918. bonds numbered {. TO- 81,
b5. CO. S. los. III. 1856. 17s. Is4. 2O4 20 ~. a,
Sor one Thousand dollars tS1 0O0) each and 344
and $50 for Eve hundred dollars (S500) each, Sc
cured by said deed Of trust
me bonds enumerated herein are called for
the purpose Of the sinking fund, and tho interest
on said bonds will cease on the 10Th DAY OF
February. AID. 1918. -,
PANY By C. ]. BELL (signed), President
Attest: JAMES +. HOOD (signedl. Secretary
Evening star., 1918-01-17
FOR LUMBAGo
Try Musterole. See How
Quickly It Relieves

You just rub Musterole in briskly. anl
usually the pain is gone-a delicious,
soothing comfort comes to take its placa,
Musterole is Q clean, white ointment,
made with oil Of mustard. Use Il instead
Of mustard plaster. VIII not blister.
Many doctors and nurses use Musteye
ole and recommend It to their patients.
They will gladly tell you what relief a
gives from sore throat, bronchitis, croup.
stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, congestion,
Ipleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago. pains and
aches of the back or joints, spFains, sore
muscles. bruises, chilblains, frosted feet,
colds Of the chest (it often prevents
pneumonia). Always dependable.
SOC and 60c Jars; hospital sise, 1c5o.
Evening star., 1918-01-17
SAVE SOMETHING EACH MONTH.

SAVE SOMETHING EACH MONTH.
The Home Building Association. within three
sninutes' walk of the State. War and Navy bniid-
ing, pays you SO on your money and allows IN
ner month. Call at the Treasurer's once. 1907
Pa. ave. NV, and ask about IT. Organised lss5
Under the supervision of the U. s. controller OF
Evening star., 1918-01-17

GRAPHIC BUREAU, lib CoNNECIiooi a,s
WE, THE PRESIDENT AND A MAJORITY OF
the board OF trustees of the Washington Afneri.
can League Base Bali Club. hereby certify ina.
the amount Of capital stock fixed by the charter
Of said club fs two hundred Thousand dollars
which sum is fully paid M sad s
amount to about one hundred and sixty thousand
dollars $3.50 600; BENJAMIN g. sIh Minor Fresi-
gsna Tan., oirn Rudoiph Kaumann. Thornton chesley
Niehasi J. Kesns. District Of Columbia. to VIII:
l. BENJAMIN g Minor president oi the aOd
upon cath say that the matters and things stated
in the foregoing statement. signed oy me M Hna q
inrton American League Ease Ball Club. are
true to the best Of my knowledge inrora,on niaan.
sub,eribed and sworn to betore me this 9TH day
Of January. AID. 1918. NEENAH LAob' No'af'
Public. u. G.
OFFICE OF THE WASHINGTON GAS LiGHi CHI
In sceorianee with section Of the charter the
annual meeting Of the shareholders of the Wash,
inston Gas Light COMPANY f,.r roT bsiness as may
properly come before said meeting VIII be heiS et
st the of,ee Of the company, Nos 1a1s at i's ~
O'clock noon. The polls will be open from l.
O'Clock noon TO o'clock PIT, Pop,rr sscretorv
m THE MEMBERs OF THE ROTARY CLUB
~ washjneton. ID. C-Because of the serious III
ness Of Riiiy Sunday. the luncheon and recep,1on
to him In the Y NJ. c. A: assembly han rfiuaS'
st 1880 p.m.. must be called dof.- on.
HERERY GIVE NOTICE WILL NOT BE RE
sponsible for any debts contracted after Ihls aa.e
excent those incurred by myself. u. H. WIN
FLOW, 1858 Perry pl NV. Wash. D G II.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders Of the National Savings and Trust eon-
pauy for the election of directors and Tor such
other business as may properly come before Il
will be held at the Office of the company. horth-
east corner of 18th street and New YORK ave
NV, on Monday, the 2Ist day OF January, 1913
at O'Clock pm.
Evening star., 1918-01-17
SPECIAL NOTICES.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. CAPITOL sTEN0GRAPHIC
BUREAU. l2l0 CONNECTICUT AVE. %
PUBLIC sTENOGRAPHERS, TYPEWRITING,
MULT1GRAPHING. ETC. CAPITOL. STEM NJ
GRAPHIC BUREAU, 1919 CONNECTICUT AVE.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-11-08

it,
"Booze win lose the war; don't taste
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-11-08
INDUSTRIES ENDORSE
WARTIME PROHIBITION

The War Prohibition Committee of
Massachusetts sent to the big indus
tries of New England these questions !:
'Does the management favor prohibi-
ton as a war measure? Do the en-
ployees favor it?"
Twelve days from the date of mail
ing 318 replies had come in, 307 Of
which were favorable and II opposed.
The arrangements were virtually un-
animous for war prohibition and many
insisted that it should be permanent.
Among the employees 226 concerns re-
ported favorable, IS doubtful, 35 made
no statement. Some factories had taken
polls which showed about seventy-five
per cent favorable.
This harmonizes with the polls taken
in &c of the larger British cities which
showed 1868 for and 78,O66 against
war prohibition. AS usual, the larger
and more important concerns took
special interest in the letter, many OF
the managers adding word Of special
emphatic opinion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-11-08
! I'VE
STOCK.
MOST ECONOMICAL OF FEEDS
Better Use of Cheap Roughage or
Farm By-Products Should Be
Practice of Stocl<men. 81

| (From the United States Department OF
Agriculture.)
| Stockmen should make better use Of
cheap roughage or farm by-products,
such as cornstalkS or straw in winter
Ing beef cows, is the opinion of spe-
cialists of the United States depart
ment Of agriculture after making
survey of nearly 500 stock farms in
the corn belt. The records which they
| obtained show that there is no fixed
rule that should govern the quality or
the kind of feeds used except that the
ration should be adequate and eco
nomical.
Whether the coarse feeds of the ra-
ton shall be composed mostly of hay,
fodder, silage, or grain, will depend or
dinarily on local and seasonal cOndi-
ticns.
In years when there is a serious
shortage of corn, farmers will find it
necessary greatly to reduce the guam
tity of the corn that ordinarily is fed
as grain or fodder or silage. That this
can be done under many circumstances
Ords. They show that ration which
| does not contain corn fodder either as
grain or in fodder or silage can be fed
without any detriment whatever to the
cows or their offspring. There were
149 of the farms studied feeding such
rations, the majority Of them in Kan
sas and Nebraska, and they produced
as good calves as the farms feeding
corn. The winter feed bill on these
farms was $13.10 per COW, as against
an average of $166O for those using
grain fodder, or silage, showing saw
ing of $3.50 per head due to elimina-
ton of corn.
The use of such a grainleSS ration,
which on these farms consisted solely
of hay and cheap roughage, is, of
course, not always possible or practi-
cable. If this type Of ration is to be
economical, there must be an abund-
ance of cheap hay to combine with the
rough feeds; or, if the bulk Of the ra-
ton consists of cheap roughage, which,
unless there is some winter pasture, is
largely composed of carbohydrates,
there should be sufficient amount OF
leguminous hay, such as alfalfa or
clover, to supply the protein needs Of
tho animal. In localities where there
is a shortage of hay but where large
quantities of cheap roughage, such as
corn slower, straw, or damaged hay,
is available, this cheap roughage often
can be made to serve as the greater
part Of the ration by supplementing it
with small amount of some concen-
trate high in protein, such as cotton
seed meal. The farmers in that por-
ton of the corn belt lying west Of
the Missouri river, where alfalfa is
grown abundantly, nearly always can
plan an adequate ration without corn.
The fact that the 149 farms using
the cheaper ration were. not feeding