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Evening star., 1918-02-19
Germans Say People
of Baltic Provinces
BeSeech Them for Aid
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM, February 1s-Berlin
continues to send reports throughout
Germany and neutral countries depict
ing the non-occupied parts of the Rus
sian Baltic provinces as having been
delivered up to anarchy, murder and
robbery. and declaring that German
settlers and others are beseeching the
German troops to advance to their
rescue.
The Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitunx
says the imperial chancellor has re.
ceived telegram from a representa-
tive OF the Livonian nobility and people
asserting that conditions in Liyonia
are as desperate as in Esthonia, ana re-
porting innumerable arrests, exhausted
supplies and robberies. and adding:
Only the immediate occupation Of
the country. with a simultaneous threat
OF the sharpest reprisals. can save the
alive"
Evening star., 1918-02-19
Lenine Bars Prisoners
and Refugees From
"Starvinu PetrOqrad"

PETROGRAD, Saturday. February 8.
-Nikolai Lenine, the bolshevik prem
ier. has issued an edict forbidding war
prisoners and refugees from entering
starving Petrograd" or any OF the
non-producing sections in north Rus
sia- The edict says that the counter
revolutionists are sending refugees to
Petrosrad and Moscow in the hope Of
aggravating the food shortage. 1t urges
general movement of prisoners and
unemployed to the producing provinces
In Petrograd the allowance of bread
has again been reduced to three
eights of a pound daily. in an effort to
save supplies. The fighting in Ukraine
and the Don territory threatens the
southern supply of grain. The food
commissioner has gone to Siberia to IN
vestigate- the wheat supply available
for Moscow and Petrograd. where many
people are starving.
Evening star., 1918-02-19
MORE REICHSTAG MEMBERS.
Bill Increasing Membership Is Pass
ed bv the Federal Council.

AMSTERDAM, February ia bill
on the composition of the reichstag
and proportional representation in the
great reichstag electoral districts, ac-
cording to Berlin dispatches, passed
the federal council Saturday and now
goes to the reichstag. This bill raises
the number of members of the reichs-
tag to AL. (The number at the pres
ent time is 1919 Berlin will elect ten
additional members; Teltow, Z; Ham
burg, S; Bochum and LEIPZIG, each;
Cologne; Breslau. Duisburg. Dortmund,
Essen, Munich and, Dresden, 3 each.
Numerous other districts will elect
two members.
1t is pointed out in an explanatory
memorandum that while every fed
eral state retains it's present repre-
sentation, the districts where there has
been a big increase in the population
will elect more deputies than hereto
fore,
Evening star., 1918-02-19
Shares in Private Banks
Ordered C0nfiscated
by BOIshevikl Reuime

PETRoGRAD, February ia de-
cree has been issued calling for the
confiscation Of all shares owned in
private banks. In order to end all can.
italistic influences on the activities of
the national bank of the Russian repub.
lie the council of peoples commits
sioners has decreed: First. that the
capital belonging to the general ana
special reserves of old private bank,
shall be transferred to the nation,,
bank or the principal shall be com
pletely confscated: second, that al,
shares in these banks shall be can
Evening star., 1918-02-19
SAMUEL C. WILSON DIES.
Was Formerly Paymaster's Assist
ant Rank Of Second Lieutenant.

Samuel c. Wilson, formerly paymas-
ter's assistant with rank Of second
lieutenant at the War Department. died
Sunday at Georgetown University Hos
pital. Funeral services were held this
afternoon at the home. 1879 Phelps
place, with Rev. Herbert Scott Smith
of st. Margarets Church ofnciAttng.
Mr.. Wilson was the son Of Jssss h
and the late Annie A Wilson. He re-
ceiyed his education At Emerson Insti-
tute, this city. later attending Ran.
dolph- Macon College and the Univefstty
of Virginia
For fifteen years he was secretary OF
the Mutual Fire Insurance Company OF
Washington. He afterward accepted .
position in the War Department, bsing
stationed in Manila, Atlanta, Denver
and New York. S
He resided In New York city until re-
Gently, when he resigned on account ~
illness. He returned to WAshington. -
Mr.. Wilson married Miss Beulah Par
son of this city. who died eight years
ago. He is survived by one, 6n1, sIoaoo
b Wilson. "a -.-,
Evening star., 1918-02-19
VETERAN, 73, SENT HOME
AS "TOO OLD TO FIGHT

KINGSTON. Ont. February 10
Private ]. w. Boucher Of the 257th
Canadian Railway Battalion. has
been sent home from France be-
cause he is too old to fight" He
is seventy-three and fought in the
American civil war with the 23d
Michigan Volunteers.
Boucher faced the German lines
for eight months and endured all
the hardships. Then his age was
discovered and he was discharged.
King George heard of the case, and
anxious to see "the oldest man in
khaki" summoned him to Bucking-
ham Palace, where in a special audi
ence, the king praised him for his
courage and determination.
Boucher arrived here today on his
way to his homo in Gananoque,
Ontario.
Evening star., 1918-02-19
TRAFFIC IS SPEEDED
BY NEW FACILITIES
Raised Platforms May Be In
stalled at Several More Cap
itaI Traction Points.
OFFICIALS APPROVE PLAN

Raised platforms to facilitate the
loading of street cars may be installed
at several places along Pennsylvania
avenue between the Peace monument and
the Treasury.
Two-day use Of such platforms at
the new Capital TRACTION stopping
places-on New York avenue, tmmeoi-
ately east of 18th street. and Pennsyi-
vania avenue, Immediately west OF l5tn
street-has convinced Traffic Engineer
John A. Beeler that they may be en-
ployed to good advantage elsewhere.
Service through the throat" of the
Capital Traction system at TINS poihs
has improved so materially since the
Beeler plan went into effect SUNDAY
that it appeared probable today other
improvements planned will relieve con.
gestion immeasurably. Principal reheI 7
Is looked for through the adoption OF
"skip-StopS." .
It was learned today that the Capital
Traction Company has agreed to All
the skip-stops proposed by Mr.. Beeler.
There will be conference tomorrow
between the commission and street rail-
to this matter. A public hearing may
be given before any order is adopted.
Improves Traffic Situation.
District Commissioners, public utility
commission, police and street railway
company officials and the public gen.
orally Joined today in the conviction
18th street and Pennsylvania and New
York avenues are going TO lead to a
big improvement in the street car stu
alton.
The new plan while it received try
out Sunday. did not get its real test
until yesterday. Results were gratify-
ing. it was generally agreed. During
non-rush hours 14th street and George
town cars moved over 18th street at
the rate of ten miles an hour. which
was about three miles per hour faster
than the best previous time. While
the rush service was on, cars were
loaded rapidly and sent away in pairs,
and there was no congestion such as
stopped on 18th street just south Of
the Pennsylvania and New York ave-
nues junction.
Enthusiastic Over Results.
Vice President John A. Hanna of the
Capital Traction Company was enthu-
siastic over the results obtained under
the new system. He predicted that the
adoption of skip-stops and other
changes proposed by Mr.. Beeler would
lead to vast improvement on the 18th
street and Georgetown lines, as well as
other lines.
Maj. Pullman. superintendent of
police, and Walter C. Allen, executive
officer of the public utilities commits
sion, as well as other officials of the
police department and the utilities
commission, spent much time watching
the movements of cars under the new
plan.
They expressed the conviction that
Mr.. Beeler had applied the right remedy
in relieving congestion at this point
Commissioners Brownlow and Gardi-
ner. who spent the day at the Capitol,
did not have a chance to see the sys-
tenn in operation until later in the aft
ernoon, but they also were enthusiastic
over results in evidence after the rush
period.
Mr.. Beeler spent considerable time
checking the time Of cars. His obser-
vations showed that the service had
been speeded up materially.
Evening star., 1918-02-19

celed and the payment Of dividends
absolutely cease: third, that all shares
shall Immediately be presented at the
national bank by holders; fourth, that
the holders of such shares shall present
to the national bank list Of their re-
spective holdings: fifth. that holders
failing to present a list OF holdings
within a fortnight shall be punished by
the complete confiscation of their prop
erty, and, sixth, that all transfers of
shares are absolutely forbidden.
The decree provides for breaches OF
these regulations a maximum penalty
of three years Imprisonment.
Evening star., 1918-02-19
SOME EMBARCOES LIFTED

Freight conditions are SO much better
in the east that the railroad admins
tration announced today it had been
a number Of important articles OF small
bulk contributing to production Of food.
fuel or the maintenance of health.
Although this modification applies
formally only to the Pennsylvania, Erie
and Baltimore and Ohio. on which the
official embargo has been imposed for
more than month. the effect will be
automatically to remove local restric-
tions on other roads connecting with
these trunk lines.
Evening star., 1918-02-19
Need Ships to Win War.
STRIKERS DENIED ENTRANCE.

NEW YORK, February 19.-Thfrty-
eight striking carpenters who sought
today to return to work at the plant
of the Downey Shipbuilding Corpora
ton on Staten Island, according to
John Rice, national organizer of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners, were refused entrance to the
yard unless they made new applications
for their old jobs at a changed scale
of wages.
A similar dispute as to strikers.
which came up in Brooklyn yesterday,
was settled today, when Schewan Sons,
shipbuilders. took back foreman and
number of men who had quit work.
Brotherhood organizers had charged
discrimination against these men be-
cause they struck.
Evening star., 1918-02-19
ADDS STAR TO FLAG.
Raymond Miller Twenty-Fifth of
The Star Workers in War Service.

to the large service flag Of The Star, now
flying on the front of The Star build
ing The twenty-five stars represent
that many employees now In military
service.
The latest employe of The Star to
Join Uncle Sans ranks Is Raymond
Miller, connected with the composing
room for eight and half years. Young
Miller is twenty-three years old.
Rather than be drafted he enlisted
recently in the aviation branch of the
Army and tomorrow will leave for the
aviation training school at San An
tonic, Tex. He is a native Washingto-
nian and attended the public schools
Evening star., 1918-02-19
Barons of Esth0nia
Are Ordered Arrested
Owinq to Alleged Plot

PETROGRAD, Thursday, February IA.
The executive committee Of the Estho-
nian council Of soldiers and workmen's S
committee has proclaimed the baronial
caste outlawed and has ordered the whole
sale arrest of men above seventeen and
women over twenty-one. More than a
thousand persons already have been i'm
prisoned The barons are charged with
plotting against the council in sending
delegates to ask Emperor Williams inter-
vention and German occupation to save
Esthonia from ruin.
The commissioner Of justice has pro
tested against these extreme measures
revolutionary court with powers to Sc
verely punish the guilty if a plot be
proved.
Evening star., 1918-02-19
EIGHT HURT BY ACCIDENT
Explosion Of Cartridge Case Aboard
Cruiser Montana Reported to
Navy Department.

Eight men have been injured in an
explosion of cartridge case during
target practice on the cruiser Montana.
A brief report to the Navy Depart
ment today carried no details of the
accident and did not give the names
of the men hurt.
Ofcial denial was issued by the de-
partment of recent reports Of an ex-
plosion on board the battleship Utah.
The death Of Lieut.. Commander baush.
caused BY falling down coal hatch.
Evening star., 1918-02-19
WILL Be OPERATED ON
Senator Chamberlain Stricken With
Recurrence of Appendicitis
to Hospital at Once.

Following an examination by physi-
clans today. 1t was announced that
Senator Chamberlain will have to be
operated on for appendicitis. He will
be taken at once to hospital. It was
stated.
Senator Chamberlain. chairman OF the
military affairs committee, was strfck-
en- Yesterday with a recurrence Of ap-
nendicitis. He was Ill last fall with
the same ailment, but an operation then
was not necessary.
Evening star., 1918-02-19
Trotzky Asks Austria
Whether 1t Is Possible
to Realize Agreements
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERN. Switzerland. February 10
According to Vienna dispatches, Leon
Trotzky, the bolshevik foreign minis
ter, has forwarded a wireless message
minister. reading:
to Count Czernin, the Austrian foreign
The German government having re-
established a state of war with Russia
without even giving the seven days
previous notice, have the honor to ask
you to inform me whether the Austro-
Hungarian government also considers
itself in a state of war with Russia.
and, if not. whether it believes it pos
sible to reach practical realization
of the agreements worked out at Petro-
grad"
Evening star., 1918-02-19
PROBE Of
HOG ISLAND BEGUN
Inquiry Launched by So6cftuc
General in Absence Of A.
toney General.
TO VISIT ISLE MONDAY

Investigation Of all phases Of enormous
expenditure IN the building Of the gov
ernment shipyard at Hog Island. Pa. has
been started by secret service men and
other agents Of the Department OF Jusice.
Upon the return to Washington today
Of Attorney General Gregory it became
in his absence had launched the inquiry
ordered by President Wilson. Mr.. Gregory
conferred with the solicitor general and
approved his action
II is expected that in line with the Prad.
dents suggestion the Attorney General
viii name a special assistant to conduct
| the investigation. but this probably win
not be done until after the preliminary
inquiries now under way have developed
reports upon which to work.
Why President Took Action.
The President took q hand in the
situation after evidence before the Sem
ate commerce committee had brought
to light expenditures exceeding by MIL
lions the original estimates of the Hog
Island plant. being built by the Amerf-
alton. Before that. United States At
torney Francis F. Kane had been in
structed by the Attorney General to in
Quire into reports Of exorbitant sal
aries paid at the plant.
President Wilson yesterday visited
the Department of Justice and the ship
ping board to make inquiry a. to prog
ress OF the Investigation The Frest.
dents call at the Department of jus
tice was unexpected. Attorney General
Gregory was not there, having gone to
Mississippi to attend the funeral Of his
mother. but Mr.. Wilson talked to Solici-
tor General Davis, acting head Of the
department.
At the offices Of the shipping board
I the President did not find Chairman
Hurley, whom he had called to see. and
left after talking to Mr.. Hurleys A.
eistant.
To Visit Hog Island Monday. e
The Senate committee investigating
ships voted yesterday to visit the gov
ernment fabricated steel shipyards at
Hog Island next Monday to ascertain
at first hand the progress made by the
American International Corporation In
constructing the plant. The committee
plans to spend only part of the one day
at Hog Island, returning to washington
Monday night
Chairman Fletcher of the Senate
commerce committee today received
letter from George J. Baldwin. chair.
man of the board OF the American In
tternational Corporation. in which he
said he will welcome the visit Of the
committee to the Hog Island shipyards
next Monday.
Evening star., 1918-02-19
GIVES PRESIDENT CONTROL.

The President would be specifically
authorized to control manufacture and
distribution of food supplies under the
food conservation bill completed yes
terday by the House committee on ag-
riculture, of which Representative As
bury F. Lever of South Carolina is
chairman.
The committee has withheld the blan-
ket authority asked by Food Admins
traitor Hoover at committee hearings
and has decided to confine 1t to meas
ures advocated by Mr.. Hoover as alb
solutely essential in the food conserva-
ton program. 1t is probable that a
minority report will be filed.
Evening star., 1918-02-19
Alliance With Ukraine.

PETROGRAD. February 1e.-Ru-
mania, dispatches received here indi-
cate. has perfected an alliance with the
Ukraine government opposed to the
bolsheviki and a joint army, including
some Russian officers and battalions and
several Ukrainian regiments, is COM
manded by Gen. Stcherbatcheff. These
troops have occupied Kishinev. the cap
ital of Bessarabia, but have been driven
of Tiraspol on the Dneister by bolshe-
vik forces.
The RumaHian cruiser squadron is
reported to have rebelled and Joined
the Russian bolsheviki. A number Of
revolving Rumanians were executed at
the order of Gen. Stcherbatcheff
Evening star., 1918-02-19
PREMIER EXPLAINS
CHANGES IN ARMY
Lloyd George Says Central
Authority Will Co. Ordinate
Strategy of the Allies.
R0BERTs0N's ACT PRAISED

LONDON. February 19.-Premier
Lloyd George today made in the house
of commons his eagerly awaited state
ment regarding the recent army
changes. He said the government was
anxious to retain the services OF Gen.
Sir William Robertson as chief of stan
SO long as it was compatible with the
policy decided upon in common with
Great Britain's allies.
The premier said tho policy Of the
government was based upon the as
sumption that the allies had suffered in
the past through lack OF concerted and
co-ordinated efforts. 1t had been de-
cided to set up a central authority to
coordinate the strategy OF the allies.
The general principles laid down
at the recent session in Versailles of
the supreme war council were agreed
to by all. the premier told the house.
1t was also agreed that there should
utive powers. The only difference
which arose was as to its constitution.
The first proposal at Versailles, he con-
tlnued. was that the central authority
stan, but this was abandoned, inasmuch
as II was regarded as unworkable.
Tension Is Relaxed.
Tension in the political world in connec-
ton with military affairs has relaxed con-
siderably. This is due largely to the ac-
ceptance by Gen. Robertson, former
chief Of the imperial general stan, OF
the eastern command, which removed
anxiety lest his services be lost to the
country. The eastern is a first-class
command, with all the highest emolu-
ments, and is especially important, as
it would likely be the first to be af-
fected by any attempted German in
vasion.
Nevertheless the announcement OF
the generals transfer was received in
the house of commons with some mer-
riment, as if 1t struck the hearers as
derogatory The fact probably was was
perial staff. himself held it for some
months last year. and it has come to
be regarded popularity as a typical
temporary appointment.
Gen. Robertson's acceptance of the
eastern command is commended warm
ly by the press as an example of SOL
dierly compliance with duty and dis
Influenced by any notion of personal
dignity because Of the recent contro-
versy.
Opinion is now general, according to
the newspaper lobbyists. that criticisms
of the government will not be pressed
to the extreme point in today's debate
in the house and that the Versailles
placing the government virtually has
disappeared, and it is said also that the
Earl of Derby is certain to remain as
minister of war.
Evening star., 1918-02-19
AIR RAID ON LONDON
LAST NIGHT A FAILURE

LONDON, February 19.-German
fiiers took advantage of another clear
moonlight night and made a third at
tempt to drop bombs on London. Their
attack was a failure.
There were no casualties or damage
in last nights air raid" says an official
announcement.
Evening star., 1918-02-19
Dvinsk and Lutsk Taken.

BERLIN. February 10. via London
German forces have entered Dvinsk. it
was officially announced today by the
German war Office. The Russians un-
successfully attempted to blow up the
bridge across the Dvina river.
VIENNA. February 10. via London
The German army group under COM
mand of Gen. Alexander ven Linsingen,
according to an official statement is
sued by the Austrian war office, has oc-
cupied the Russian town of Lutsk. in
Nolhynia, without fighting.
Evening star., 1918-02-19
Must Surrender Dobrudja.

AMSTERDAM, February 1s.-Peace
terms offered Rumania by Germany, the
Neuste Nachrichren of Leipzig says,
must include the surrender of the Do
brudja to Bulgaria. Germany also must
demand an indemnity of an economic
kind. especially as to raw material The
newspaper continues: eff we allow
Rumania to keep the mouth of the
Danube she must pledge herself to sup
port only central European economic
policy. We could not allow her to have
a wholly anti-German king, but Ferdi-
nand's influence after the war will be
gone altogether
Evening star., 1918-02-19
Italian Ambassador Robbed.

Reuters correspondent also reports
that a sleigh carrying the ltailan am
bassador was held up at midnig gnt IN
Petrograd by armed bandits who ron
bed the ambassador of his fur coat
his pocketbook and other valua bles.
The department of official affairs. II
is added. has recognized the extra yer
ritoriality of the foreign embassies and
legations. and prohibited searches beng
made in them
1t appended to its declaration, how.
ever, the statement that II does not
follow that the premises in question
NAV play the same role as did those
of the former emperors missions 10
Persia and China, or that they may De
utilized with impunity for "obJects at
variance with the intentions OF the DOL
Rheyik EoYernment.
Evening star., 1918-02-19

Cossacks and opened fire in all parts OF
the town. During two days OF terror
four hundred Of the Inhabitants were
killed by this senseless firing.
'The massacre reached its climax on
February 5. when Ukrainians, under a
Cossack general. bombarded the work
ing class quarters. The energetic ac-
tion OF the revolutionary workmen and
soldiers finally crushed this rising and
drove the reactionaries out of town"
After the bolsheviki captured Kiev.
one of their artillery divisions with a
squadron of cavalry attacked Petchor-
sky Monastery. the last stronghold OF
the rada's forces. The other buildings
were razed and the garrison surren-
dered.
The remainder of the Ukrainian army.
according to this report. was caught
being without ammunition, surrendered.
Gen. Alexieff Defeated.
The bolshevik army commanders
claim to have defeated forces of Gen.
Alexieff. under command Of Gen. Erdel-
Ii. on Saturday. February 9, and to have
occupied Taganrod, a Russian seaport
in the Don Cossack territory. Voronesh.
capital of the province of Voronesh.
also is said to be in the hands of the
bolshevik troops.
Gen. Alexief, defeated at Rostov and
Voronesh. has fed to Novo Tcherkask
in the Don territory.
During the recent bloody. events in
Kiev the Metropolitan Vladimir and
the Russian southwestern front. were
L kilIad
Evening star., 1918-02-19
Poles Score Victory.

At Robruisk. eighty-five miles south
east of Minsk, the Polish troops have
defeated the bolsheviki. Other Poles
are advancing toward Smolensk. Minsk
province is declared to be in state of
siege.
The Rumanians now control the Ak
herman district of Bessarabia and are
In position to threaten Odessa.
Evening star., 1918-02-19
Report Death of Former Premier.

Report Death of Former Premier.
AMSTERDAM, February 1s.-The
German papers report the death of
Count Khucn Won Hedervary, the for
mer Hungarian premier.
The death of Count Khuen Won Heder-
vary. the former Hungarian premier,
was reported in April. 1914. This re-
patch. which said he died April rs Of
that year at the age Of sixty y-hve. AS
late as December, 1915. however. q
lengthy article on the war situation
was publAshed under his naune.