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Evening star., 1918-03-31
NAVY YARD EMPLOYEES
OPEN NEW LUNCHROOM
10000 Are Now Served Daily at In
stitution Which Originally
Catered to About 500.

Recognition of the value of lunch
room, supervised by employees of the
Washington navy yard in cooperation
with officers at the yard. has been ac-
corded with the opening of new
lunchroom.
From small enterprise begun six
years ago. when 400 or 500 employees
were served, the lunchroom has grown
until about 10000 employees now are
served. The lunchroom was establish
ed, through employees. SO that they
might procure substantial meals at a
small price. a representative was ap-
pointed from each shop on a lunch
room committee which has worked in
conjunction with employees at the yard.
About year ago 1t was found neces-
sary to procure another lunchroom.
The old one was found too small for
employees. The lunchroom committee
took up the matter with Capt. A. L.
Willard. u. S. N, ccmmandant of the
Washington navy yard. who made every
effort to obtain an appropriation for
the establishment of the lunchroom.
resulting in funds being made avail
able for the present lunchroom.
Taking an active part in the conduct
of the lunchroom have been Capt. NJ. T.
Trench OF yards and docks. Capt. Jack
Theleen, senior inspector; surgeon j. j.
Kaveney and Lieut. Cabell.
Employees of the yard are buying lib
erty bonds and war stamps, and they
observe the wheatless and meatless
meals prescribed by the food admins
tration.
William D. Culleen, chairman, east gun
carriage shop; Mr.. Brannan. west gun
carriage shop; MIR. Dean. construction
and repair department; Mr.. Dyer. sea-
mems shop: T. Evans, gun shop: Mr.
Evans, forge, shop; Mr.. Flechman,
breech mechanism shop; Mr.. Ryan, pat
tern shop; Mr.. o'Brien, erecting shop;
Mr.. Kootz. tool shop; Mr.. Goodman. boi-
Redecker, torpedo shop; Mr.. Rankin
miscellaneous shop.
Tod Thoman. caterer and manager of
the lunchroom. has twenty-four-h hour
service to accommodate the army of
employees who divide the full day into
three shifts.
Evening star., 1918-03-31

Work of the American British
French Belgian permanent blind relief
war fund for soldiers and sailors in
caring for blinded and crippled soldiers
is described in an article in a recent is-
sue Of the Petit Journal of Paris. Aug
nnenting the government pensions given
to wounded men who have also lost
their eyes. SO that these men can buy
and furnish homes, the Petit journal
says, is one of the practical methods of
relief adopted by the Americans
The Americans, always practical" ("
says the Petit Journal, went first to
the aid of those who are blinded and
who also have had both arms ampu-
tated, among whom, unfortunately. are
some who have no right to a govern
ment pension because their injuries
were not received in the line of duty
and often we're brought about by dis
obedience of strict orders. Such men re :
ceive from the government only 500
francs a year. s120; instead of the full
pension of 1,20o francs. But the Amer
leans. under no obligations to live
strictly up to. discipline, say to these
men: r
I'VE will give you for life 1900
francs q year, and from this very mo-
inent the first quarters payment is at
your disposal. We will give to those Of
you who are from the country 8. 900
francs with which to buys home in
your own name, and If you lack money
to furnish it it would be, well to tell
u.s."
Since this work was begun twenty
one such victims OF the war have been
placed on the pension list, the Petit
Journal says, while of those who are
blinded, but who have not lost limbs,
more than 300 have been re-educat ted
and settled in homes Of their own.
An outline of the various branches of
relief work. including the finding of
markets for wares made by blinded or
crippled soldiers who have been re-
educated, is given in the Petit journal,
the article having been specially pre-
pared by M. BrieuX of the Academic
Franchise.
American headquarters of the fund
are at, $50 5th avenue, New York city,
Frank A. Vanderlip being honorary
treasurer.
Evening star., 1918-03-31
LOOKS TO CITY JEWELLERS FOR
PERFORMANCE OF FARM DUTIES

City dwellers who have not forgotten
what they learned in childhood on the
farm are looked to by the Department
of Agriculture for aid in growing the
summer crops this year. which will
bring victory in the world war. Sur
veys of the labor supply have shown
that not enough applicants are seeking
farm positions to take care of the
work to be done. The only other way
to- provide additional help is to recruit
workers from the urban population.
Clarence S. ousiey, assistant secre-
tary of agriculture in charge of labor
problems said today that many COM
munities already were preparing to
assist the farmers in their vicinity, on
whose prosperity depends in large
measure the prosperity of the towns
where they trade. State agents, assist
ed by school teachers and agents of the
Department of Agriculture, have been
making complete survey of North
Dakota's needs. classifying the calls
for farm labor and listing town people
willing to work certain number of
days each week during the summer to
Ike the crops. Wilkes Barre. Pa, has
gone SO far as to mobilize automobiles
for transporting workers from the
city to surrounding farms in answer to
calls for aid. Reports from chambers
of commerce in more than thirty other
cities said similar preparations We're
being made there.
.The problem is large one. which
must be solved by the states and COM
munities," Mr.. Ousley said. Cessation
of all business was tried in some towns
last year on certain days while the
residents worked on, the farms, un-
doubtedly saving thousands Of dollars
worth of foodstuffS without causing
any loss to merchants, because all were
closed at the same time and did their
normal business on the days they were
OPEN"
Officials of the department do not ex
pect any large loss of farm labor by
draft untn after the. harvest. as all
farm workers viii be called emily after
less important workers have been sent
to camp. Supposing that the war con-
tinues into next summer. however. Of
ficials believe many reforms in COM
mercial and domestic life will be nec-
essary to make up for men taken by
the Army Strict enforcement of va
grancy laws. with possible amend
ments to make them more specific. will
be urged.
Mr.. ousley said today that man who
works less than twenty days a month.
regardless of whether he is wealthy or
not, should be considered vagrant in
time OF war. New Jerseys experience
in filing LOCO positions in one day, as
the result of q campaign for enforce
ment OF gyagrancy laws, was cited as
evidence that many men not at work
might be found to help out in cultivat-
ing crops
Women for light work, high school
boys and college students are expected
to aid materially In farm work this
year Florida will have the aid OF
some negroes from the Bahamas.
Evening star., 1918-03-31
QUITS, BUT WILL SERVE U. S.
M. A. Lynch, General Master Me-
chanic, Navy, to Manage Company.

NJ. A Lynch, an employe of the navy, yard
since 1884 and for the last twenty-three
years general master mechanic in the
naval gun factory, has resigned to become
general manager of the Victor R. Browning
'unpany, with plants at Cleveland and
Mansfield. Ohio, and College Point N Y.
This corcern holds large contracts with
the government for war material Mr..
Lynch feels that he will have there an
even better opportunity to serve Uncle
Sam than heretofore. -
Within the time of Mr.. Lynch's service
In the navy yard the number of employees
has increased from below SOC to 5000.
He takes his departure with reluctance be-
cause of his pleasant associations with
oficers, supervisors and employees at the
yard, while the latter generally have ex-
pressed their regret at his leaving. No
one has yet been chosen to succeed him.
Evening star., 1918-03-31
"WiiIy to Nicky" EpistIe Used
by BoIsheviki to Expose
Secret Diplomacy.
ENGLAND AND ANARCHISTS
GET MUCH ATTENTION
Affectionate Personal Greetings and
Kind Words for Austrian EN-
peror-"Welfare of Human
ity." Given as German Aim.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
PETROGRAD, January 31-One of
the letters written by Emperor William
Of Germany to the then Emperor Mich
olas of Russia. addressed to MY Dear
Nicky" and signed willy" and lately
made public by the bolshevik govern
ment, contains Emperor Williams views
ON anarchists and O complaint that
''these scoundrels are allowed to live in
Great Britain and there form plots
against the life of any one"
Emperor William expressed in this
communication his sympathy for Nicho-
las over an 'untimely visit" by a Brit
ish feet to Russian ports. German de-
signs, in the building of the Berlin to
Bagdad railway, willy" assured his
royal cousin in Russia, "related only
to the well being of humanity"
Nicholas was advised by the German
emperor to endeavor to forget the cares
and troubles of state by maneuvering his
guard troops and was invited to meet
Emperor William at Swinemunde,
where, he promised, they would TRY to
have good time"
The date of this letter is not known,
but it is supposed here to have been
written some time in 1914, several years
later than the dates of large number
of other Dear Willy" and Dear
Nicky" letters already divulged by the
bolsheviki to show their contempt for
secret diplomacy.
Kaiser's Letter to the Gear.
The letter follows:
MY Dear Nicky:
Evening star., 1918-03-31
Glass in the Streets.
To the Editor of The star:

To the Editor Of The Star: r'-~
As a newcomer to your beautiful city,
am disguised to see the amount OF
broken glass which is on the streets
in general. This broken glass is a
menace, not only to the automobilist
motor cyclist and the bicycle rider, but
to the pedestrian as well. Cannot some
step be taken to rid. the. streets of this
glass and keep them free as possible ?
Why not make those persons in front OF
whose places OF. residence OF business
glass or other injurious articles are
found, responsible for it remaining
there? BY so doing each resident or
place of business would see to 1t that
no glass remained in front of their re-
spective places, and thus keep the
streets safe for driving on.
CORBIN C. FOX.
Evening star., 1918-03-31
PAYMASTER CLASS WILL
BEGIN SCHOOL TOMORROW

+, Another class of assistant paymas-
ters in the naval reserve force will as
semble at the Catholic University to-
morrow for an intensive course of in
struction The course will consume OF
about six weeks.
The urgent demand upon the Navy
,ay corps at this time does not permit
z a longer period of instruction. Be
,yyeen eighty and ninety newly ap-
ainted pay officers will compose this
ass. All appointments in the pay
orps are limited to men who are en-
.olled In enlisted ratings,
Evening star., 1918-03-31
basis of mutual confidence based on
common interests.
"Well Being of Humanity"-Kaiser

basis OF mutual commence bdseu oh
common interests.
"Well Being of Hunianity"-Kaiser
Our interests in this railroad are of
| a purely economicai and commercial
character and relate to the well being
of humanity. 1t is a perfectly legal
concession of the German company,
which is building 1t and managing 1t.
81 fully understand as you say, that
the British are beginning to sound you
on the question of Asia. but you have
decided to quietly await a proposal
from them and / feel convinced that
should their terms regarding central
Asia. be acceptable to you, an agree
mert with them viii remove many rea-
sons of misunderstanding and con-
fiict. and this would give me pleasure.
Without doubt it is clear to every
one that the present moment chosen
by the British fleet for an unlimited
visit is most untimely for you and your
country, and 1 fully understand your
feeling of displeasure on this account,
when 1 remember my feelings in con-
nection with the visit to us last year.
They, of course. will try to strengthen
the ultra-libera1 party in your country.
The fleet has slgnified its intention of
visiting Pillau and Travemund on the
return journey. | shall see to it. that it
is we1l watched.
Plan Meeting Gear in Summer.
Like you. am looking forward very
much to our meeting at the end of the
summer. AS shall return to the Baltic
sea in the beginning of August, / would
suggest to you that we should meet on
the first of August {new Style) on the
way between Geringshof and SWINE
munde, il the weather should be good.
The place is very pretty and the COM
mpnication with the shore for sending
dispatches, ETC., is more convenient than
at Hale.
''The good old emperor, Franz-Joseph,
whom / have just visited, looks fairly
robust, although age makes him stoop
somewhat. He was also much annoyed
at the behavior of his parliament. The
hours which l spent with him were very
pleasant, owing to his Kindness gentle
ness and nobility. l visited the exceed
ingly interesting old restorated castle
of Maugenstein, which belongs to the
famous traveller, Prince Wilchek This
is a model of Gothic architecture. and
the furniture dating from the thir-
teenth-fifteenth centuries is of great in
terest.
..Tatitcheff will tell you about my
spring maneuyers and reviews of the
I'd Brigade, about the new regiment
for the 1st Brigade and about the ma
neuvers of the Guard Cavalry Division
under my command, which went off
very well.
"Vladimir was here and handed me
your, sweet letter, which made me, as
colonel of the viborgians, feel very
proud. / thank you for the kindness
and honor shown me at the review.
They were worthy of it, as they bore
themselves very gallantly.
Now, goodbye. dear Nicky. God
bless you and keep you. My hearty
greeting to Alice and au reyoir until
Swinemunde, where we will try to have
good time.
always your faithful friend and
cousin, WILLY.
Evening star., 1918-03-31
Gen. Litteu to Soldiers Home.

Brig. Gen. Isaac W. ,Littell, Quarter
master Corps, has been detailed by the
War Department to act as secretary and
treasurer of the United States Soldiers
Home in this city. Gen. Litteil, also has
been detailed as q member of the Army
retiring board in this city. relieving
Brig. Gen. Thomas Cruise. U. S. A., re-
tired.
Evening star., 1918-03-31
C. c. SLOAN & CO.. INC, AUCTs, 14o7 G sr.
GOVERNMENT SALE OF OFFICE FURNITURE.
RUGS, AUTO TIRES, SCRAP IRON AND
PIPE, HAND TRUCKS, LEATHER STRAPS.

by order Of tile Secretary Of the Department
of the inferior. will sell at public auction %
TUESDAY. APRIL SECOND, 1918, AT ELEVEN
THIRTY AN, commencing at the courtyard oi
the Old Land Once building. sth st. oetweer
and sts. NV, and concluding on the park
ing surrounding the Maltsy building, New Jer
sey avenue and st. NV, a lot OF government
property. such as Desks, Rngs, Chairs, Fflins
Auto Tires. Rubber Hose. Rueber Stsmpa
Leather straps, Scrap Iron ana Pipe. Crate Ha.
chimes Sewing Machines, Letter Scales. Port
folio Cases, Hand Trucks. Map Rollers. Etc.
Terms: Cash: the government requiring all
goods TO be removed immediately after the sale
without delay, At the purchasers cost. as tbs
space is required at cnce for other purposes
Large cash deposits required from all purchasers
and all bills must be settled day Of sale
A eompiete list Of goafs embraced in the salt
may be seen at the ofdee of
c. G. SLOAN & CO.. INC.
mh3ost Auetieneers.
Evening star., 1918-03-31

337 Pa. Ave. NV,
Consisting of o No-top Express Wagons, 1S
Grocery wagons. Furniture Wagons. surreys.
Top Buggies, . Daytons, Jaeer Bugyies. 8
Runabouts, so sets OF Wagon Harness. 20 sets
of Bussy and Surrey Harness, so Good Horses
from to IS hundred pounds Robas, Blankets.
once Fixtures Everything to be sold TO close
business at once. Nothing offered. but company
stu6, &. P. D0UGHERTY.
Evening star., 1918-03-31
KALSER,S LETTER TO CZAR OFRUSSLA
WRITTEN BEFORE WAR, MADE PUBLIC

which was handed to me by Tatistcheff
and the second one which Vladimir
gave me today. I fully sympathize with
you during these terrible times. The
best way to forget the cares and trou-
bles connected with the state of affairs
in the country is the method You have
adopted, viz, to occupy yourself with
your splendid guard, to make maneu-
vers with it and TO talk with it. This
gives you satisfaction and also gives
pleasure to the troops, VINO. without
doubt, when troublous times come. will
repay you for the care you now, give TO
them and will prove their gratitude by
being a faithful. trustworthy and un-
conquerable weapon in the hands oil
their monarch.
'T am very glad that you. who served
in the huzzars, are pleased with them
L must say that the same applies to
myself. 1 also feel a weakness toward
my guard of huzzars, when L at one
time commanded. / reviewed them yes
terday before the maneuvers of the
guard cavalry division. The maneuvers
went off very well. but. like all this
years reviews. finished in a heavy: fall
of rain.
"I quite agree with you regarding the
question of anarchists. Their attempt
was a cowardly and criminal act. The
difficulty of fighting with this plague
of humanity lies, as you rightly re-
mark, in the fact that in many coun-
these scoundrels can live without him
drance and can there form plots against
of the life of any one.
Il know that the Spanish prime min
lister requested the Prince of Wales to
express to his majesty Edward VII the
desire of the Spanish nation that the
British government should combine
with the continental powers in order to
take serious repressfve measures
against this sect.
Kaiser Would Hang Anarchists.
This only proves that the steps
taken by our two governments for the
supervision of such persons have not
been successful. because they can live
in full freedom in London and there de-
velop their designs of death. The right
place for such scoundrels Is the scaf-
fold and in some cases lunatic
asylum All the continental powers
should send a proposal to the. British
government, asking it to join the in
ternational agreement for the fight
against these beasts. l think that with
mutual agreement and with a view to
defending life and culture. It would be
possible to prohibit the production of
chemical products for the filling of
bombs under threat of severe punish
ment.
THE duma is creating a most diff
cult situation for your government and
is complicating affairs very much. But
we can hope that soon ways will be
found for a reasonable modus vivendi
and that it will be possible to do posi-
tive work for the good of the country
LAS | had expected, our choice fell on
Izvolski, who, L am sure, will give you
satisfaction, and. being a clever man,
will be able to carry on abroad peace
policy corresponding to your desires.
He gave Schein very good advice on the
Bagdad railway question. SO that hope
that my government will find it pos
sible to work together with him on the
Evening star., 1918-03-31
TELLS WHO STARTE
AIR RAIDS ON Cite :
Swiss Editor of Neutral Jouf
nal Fixes the Blame
on Germany.
GIVES UNDENIABLE FACTS,

PARIS, February 1s.-The German
air attack on Paris, January 30. lsowed
death and disaster among an unde-
Tended civilian population. The neutral
journal de Geneve published that Ger
many began such attacks. This the
official Wolf Agency denies and asserts
certain supposed attacks on German
cities of which no one out of Germsl
has heard. The Swiss editorin-chi
George Wagniere, thinks it time ~
publish the undeniable certain facts.
These facts are given here in the order
of time as they occurred.
The first air bomba rdmeut of an un-
fortified city was made by German air.
craft on I.unevilIe the Sd of August.
1914. at 5:45 p.m-that is, before tho
Won Schoen, made known to the Frenc
government the German declaration o.
war. Six bombs were thrown.
NJ Wagniere says: II have in ms
hands the statements of witnesses anf
the photographs of the places whert
the bombs fell and fragments of the
projectiles" Ambassador Won Schoen
tried to justify Germauys declaration
of war by asserting that French aero
planes had bombarded Nuremberg-an
the German people are told SO TO this
day Prof Bedier, SO well known r
the United States. has been able TO oh
tain COPIES of the Nuremberg papers
the dates alleged and they do not re
port 1t at all, but only say there ma
been rumors of such thing in Berlin,
hundreds of miles away,
Evening star., 1918-03-31
Better Than an Alarm Clock.

From the Boston Transcript
Exe--Why not have Bridget shut II
kitchen door mornings? One can SINE
the breakfast all over the house.
Mrs. Exe-Shut the kitchen door?
guess not. The smell IL all that get:
the family up.
Evening star., 1918-03-31

Texas cotton growers and Colorado
suger beet raisers will be able to en-
ploy some Mexicans. All other sections
Will have to rely on local populations,
distributed over small distances
Evening star., 1918-03-31

Claude A. Swanson, United States SEN
etor from Virginia, was born in Pitt,
svIvania county, Va. fifty-six years ago
today.
Evening star., 1918-03-31

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, D. q.
Washington, d. c., March %. 1915. Sealed
proposals viii be received at this ofRce, Room
1918, for eScnvating and backflling for IL 10,
20 and 24-.nch water mains. Specifications ana
District Building. LOUIS BROWNI.oW. John
G. D. KNIGHT. W. GwYNN GARDINER, Com
missioners. ID. G. uh3o-6t
Evening star., 1918-03-31
PRINCES MEMOIRS
NO LONGER BANNED
LichnoWsky's Indictment of
Germany Published in
Berlin.
BY RENE FEIBELMAS.
CabIegram to The Sunday Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.


AMSTERDAM, Holland. March 30
The sensation of the day in Germany is
the lifting of the ban on the publication
of Prince Karl Max Lichnowsky's mem
oirs. containing a mercfless Indictment
of Germany's desire for war in the de-
cisive days of the summer of 1914. For
some time copies of the memoirs have
been secretly circulated in Germany,
and they were only allowed to be pub
lished after they were known in all
non-German countries. The debate in
the reichstag Committee on Lichnowsky
only brought out the charges against
the former ambassador to London. The
pan-Germans are resentfully calling
him a renegade. while the liberals and
socialists term him a political madman
Chapter of Memoirs Published.
The Berlin Tageblatt publishes a
chapter from the memoirs, in which
Germanys attitude is compared with
that of England, with the unavoidable
conclusion of the prince that my mis-
sion to London was wrecked not by
the tricks of the British, but by the
thickness of our own policy
The Tageblatt comments as follows:
We refrain from giving an opinion.
because as long as the war lasts these
things, especially the question as to
who was guilty of beginning the war,
cannot be thoroughly discussed with
out the censorS Intervening
1t is easy to read between the lines
the Tageblatt's opinion. namely that
Prince Lichnowsky's charges against
Won Bethmann Hoilweg. Won Jagow and
DR.. Zimmerman are not those CT a po-
itical madman. The Vorwaerts like
wise believes that Lichnowsky's words
are true.
IF they are not true" it says. I'VE
would have to face the humiliation of
confessing that the most important
diplomatic post within the gift OF the
kaiser was handed TO a man of recog-
nized imhecility. This not being so,
then there is nothing else to do than
to take Lichnowsky's words as true.
Lichnowsky may not have known what
was going on in Berlin and Vienna, but
what he writes about British diplomacy
is tantamount to most favorable tes-
timonial.
Pan-Germans Should Understand.
This does not encourage us to allow
ourselves to be beaten by England, but
to pray that the pan-Germans win under
the debris of the British empire under
foot
Generally speaking, the publication OF
the Lichnowsky revelations is a timely
eye-opener for the German public, despite
all the official attempts to make him look
like a lunatic or neurasthenic. One result
of the exposure s~that the publication by
Chancellor Won Hertling of a second
white book has been decided upon. 1t
will be given out soon, in the hope that 1t
attitude of Germany at the opening Of the
war
Evening star., 1918-03-31

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