davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1918-03-17
-
CITY ITEMS.


and run by the student body. Every
thing from printing to the making, of
liberty loan posters can be and 10 1oBe
by the students. All the spring piAy
tickets were printed in the school print
shop. The girls of the sewing depart
ment make presentable dresses Tna
competitive drill flag that Tech won last
year and the service flag of the school
Most of the repair work of the school
is done by the boys in the repair shop
and machine shop. The boys OF the
machine shop class make fans and
chimes are made in the machine shon.
The following men have received rs
eor basket ball at Tech: Ross Anderson
captain: knut Nilsson. manager; Char
ence Gosnell, Edward Browne, Morris
Gurevich, John Pfeiffer. Harold Hursh,
William Colburn and Norman Hutchin-
son.
The following men receive numerals:
Clarence Burger. assistant mana rer.
'1s: Henry Latimer. '21: Lawrence
Stabler. Is; John McRae. 'ls: James
Haynes. 20; Joseph Burger. '21; Samuel
Duncan, Is.
The annual brigade dance Of the
Washington High School Cadet Cofpe,
closed to officers, will be held at the
~ HH D. <s.
The wood shop of Mckinley is con-
fronted by a shortage of teachers. Mr.
Brown, a former instructor. is now
working in the Curtiss airplane fac
tory. and Mr.. Fulton is expecting to
leave the early part of April to enter
government service.
An appeal to the students of Western
to give books to the boys in camps and
cantonments was made by DR.. H Bar
rett Learned of the board of eduoa,-
tion at assembly at Western last
Thursday. DR.. Learned outlined the
plans of the American Library Associa-
tion to provide American soldiers with
proper and sufficient reading material
WIS for basket ball have been pre-
| sented to the following members Of the
| team at Western: Donald Pepper, John
Eisinger. Donald Wight, William Her
ron, Charles Sinclair, Harrison Bresee
Everett Burke and George King War
| rants have also been given to the noa-
| commissioned officers of Companies II
| and l..
-
| Charles Fenwick was elected preei.
dent of the '-w'' Club at Western a a
| recent election. Other officers are: Vice
president, Donald Wight: secretary.
| Haralson Argo: treasurer, Harry H0ut:
sergeant-at-arms, John Eisinger, xnd
chaplain, William Heron. -.
Evening star., 1918-03-17
HOUSE HEARING ASKED
ON IRISH HOME RULE
Several Questions on the Subject
Now Pending Before
Congress.

Chairman Flood of the House foreign
relations committee has received a
letter signed by officers of number of
ish-American organization asking
that a date be set for a public hearing
on numerous questions now pending in
Congress regarding the subject of
home rule for Ireland.
Among the resolutions pending are
those introduced by Representatives
Mccormick, Gallagher and Mason of
Chicago, Mclaughlin of Philadelphia,
NORM of Pittsburgh, Kennedy of Rhode
Island. Cary of Milwaukee and Miss
Rankin.
Among those signing the letter are:
Justice Daniel F. Cohalan, John De-
voy, editor of the Gaelic-American;
DR.. Gertrude G. Kelley, chairman of
the Irish Women's Council; Padraic
Colum and Mary Colum. all of New
York; Joseph Mccarthy, chairman of
the Irish volunteer committee of
America; President Luke Dillon of the
Associated Clan-na-Gael clubs of
Philadelphia; James B. Givin, chairman
of Philadelphia branch of the Friends
of Irish Freedom: Francis S. Clark,
chairman of the Philadelphia Council
of the Irish Volunteers; Francis o.
Kane, president of the Philo- Celtic So
ciety of Philadelphia, and Rev. T. J.
Hurton. president of the ST. Endas
Irish School, all of Philadelphia and
. John T. Ryan, chairman Irish nation
alist committee: Joseph E. Conboy. vice
president Emmet branch of the Gaelic
League; President William P. Kilcaw-
ley, of the Plunkett branch of the
Friends of Irish Freedom; President
Martin .Coyne of the Erie county
branch Of the Ancient Order of Hiber-
mans, and Mrs. Sabina OLeary Gavin,
chairman of the Buffalo Chapter of the
Irish Women's Council of Buffalo.
Evening star., 1918-03-17

Rurdsall. James Miles, Daniel F. Nc
Carthy, Erco1e j. Eaccaro and Glenn
ents Battista, emergency skilled la
borers. resigned. and Vernon o. Din
ger. John W. Donald. George II. Ellis,
Henry b. Hartung. Augustine NJ Julien,
James NJ. Mcdaniel, Henry Matlack,
James Menges. George II. Mires. Miss
Mary 5. Stinson. Robert C.. Stone and
Mrs. Mrs, Mamie NJ. Berry, emergency limo
type operators.
- Promotions, etc.-John W. Watson,
Charles C. Gastrock. Howard J. Con-
IAN, Edward Beckmann, Louis J. Cav
anaugh;; Kia,ha,; George j. Boyce, William j.
K. Peterson, Edgar X. Clifton, Will
liam II; Hagner. ]. Raymond Ward.
Harry w. Cuppett. Sylvester F. Car
man, Mannel X. Kline. jr.; John j.
IDriscol, John P. Menerick. Edwin A.
Hageman, Franklin S. Mathews and
Julian c. Walker, emergency pressmen,
10 probationary pressmen, 50 cents an
hour; Andrew Lewis, George E. Lyons
skilled laborer, to permanent unskilled
iaporer; Stephen Harder. Henry c. MUIR
ray. Miss Irene E. Deeter and George
G. Coldwell. emergency monotype key
board operators, to probationary mono
type Keyboard operators, 60 cents an
hour; Michael p McKenna and George
w. gibbons, emergency compositors, to
probationary compoSitors, so cents an
nour; L" Thomas Pennington and Theo-
dore M. Hardy, emergency book binders
to probationary bookbinders, 30 cents
an hour: Mrs. Annie NJ Lyons and Mrs.
Lula A. Rollow. helpers. $720 per an
mum, to pressfeeders. PIE cents per
hour; Miss May H. Pendleton, cata-
loguer. 5000 per annum, to cataloguer,
$1,000 per annum: Lawrence S. Ed
wards. emergency messenger boy, 1915
to S420 per annum; William II. Davis,
maker-up. go cents per hour to COM
positor. so cents per hour; Charles E.
to maker-up, 30 cents per hour; John
A. Murphy, messenger, 30 cents per
hour, to helper, 35 cents per hour;
Abraham J. Sachs, skilled laborer, $626
per annum, to messenger boy. $500 per
annum. and Thomas j. Arlington. help
er, 40 cents per hour, to electrician, 60
cents per hour.
Evening star., 1918-03-17
Employment of Women on
Liberty Motors Success

Employment of woman machinists in
the factories now producing the new
liberty motors. according to a state
ment of the aircraft production board.
has proven so satisfactory that at the
present time several hundred women
are working on the lathes, drill presses
and other machines that are rapidly
converting rough castings into finished
parts of the big twelve-cylinder motors.
Utilization of the labor of women. it
was stated. has proven highly satisfac-
tory. not only in releasing men for
and Navy. where trained mechanics are
badly needed for aircraft work, here
and overseas. but by reason of their
own efficiency. Many more women, it
was stated. are now being trained for
tbs class OF work. particularly in the
Evening star., 1918-03-17
Government Printing Office.

Appointments, separations, transfers,
etc, in the government printing office
for the week ending Wednesday are:
Appointments-Norma J. Donovan,
emergency messenger boy: Charles A.
Greenleaf. unskilled laborer; James NJ.
Boyer. probationary machinist: Leopold
Hutz, jr,, probationary electrotyper
finisher: William L. Cook and Thomas
NJ. Byrne. probationary linotype opera
tors: Vincent Asprino, Creed w. Par
ker, Elmer II. Stephens and Noah F.
Smith. emergency skilled laborers; Miss
Florence f.. Frisbie and Mrs. Bertha B.
Iomdek; probationary skilled laborers
Brooks and Robert Campbell, proba-
tionary skilled laborers; Charles E.
Sayles. George Berry, John E. Moran
and Philip Crossfield. probationary COM
positors.
Separations-Willia l. Shipman, Wal
ter +. Robertson, Lawrence S. Edmunds
and Joseph A. Fitzgerald, emergency
messenger boys. resigned; Miss Pearl
r. Hill, helper. resigned; Louis n.
Brown, skilled laborer, resigned;
Lewis D. Watts caster helper, sned
Newton Hilliard. skilled laborer; How
ard G.. Brown, estimator and jacket
writer; Thomas A. Holle, machinist
helper; Thomas l.. Wynne, temporary
skilled lapOTer, resigned, MISS Cafol1ne
D. Flanner. cataloguer, resigned
French E. Carter and William J. Bow
en-, probationary skilled l1borers. re-
signed; Miss Eva B. Rich and Miss Mary
Feldman. probationary skilled labor
ers (female), resigned; Archibald w.
Shaw, Samuel r. Keene and Frank
F. Ruth. skilled laborers. resigned; Miss
Mabel H. Krouse, skilled laborer (fe-
male), resigned: Robert L. Peters, emer-
gency pressman; Frederick j. Creamer,
James T. Bridgers. James r. Long,
Allen T. Matthews and Carl v. Eckdall,
emergency compositors; Herbert j.
Johnson, John S. FELTON, and Lewis
Winkey, unskilled laborers, resigned;
Miss Elsie. E. Jenkins and Miss Alice !.
Siddall, emergency monotype keyboard
operators: Albert l.. Nichols, Guy Smith.
Albert Parsons. John NJ Lane and Obey
H. Morgan. emergency skilled laborers ;
sylvester Reilly. Michael A. Kelly, Ar
thur F. Wallace. James J. Ryan, John
NJ. Kearney. Mark NJ. Moore, Walter
b Coutee. Edward Williams. Luther
I Brown Joseph NGcEarlxnd,7 Frank
Evening star., 1918-03-17

The Dasheen.

To the Editor Of The Star:
In a recent number of The Ssxr
observer" INDUCED in facetious OBJ
servations anent the dasheen. Now nay
husband and 1 happen to be particu-
larly fond of the new vegetable, and
so we are rather pleased than other
wise to have it made fun Of Ridiculs
may whet the languid curiosity of the
public, and ultimately dasheen may be
on the market and available to those
who have learned to like il. True, IL IS
IN acquired taste for many people. But
so was the taste for various articles OF
food now staples. Tomatoes used To
be called love apples. and were oeo-
their bright color. The dasheen k-a
staple article of food for millions OF
people in tropical and substroptcal
countries. 1t is now being cultivated
in our southern states as far north rs
North Carolina. They can sometimesbs
bought in Washington markets.
The dasheen resembles a potato IN
general appearance, food value and
adaptability. 1t can be cooked in as
great a variety of ways as the potato.
But the dasheen has a distinct flavor
of its own, nutty flavor. And should
like to say to observer" that hts de-
scription proves beyond a doubt that
/" nat uC dtc Dc uVl pIOQCfAy CO0AEQ
and seasoned. You may not ind the
dasheen flavor agreeable, but that it Is
as tasteless as "a pine board"-weIl.I L
should have to use one of Billy Sum
days strong epithets to express my
disagreement with such a conclusion.
One can get from the office of foreign
seed and plant Introduction. in the De-
partment of Agriculture "a leaf1et oon-
tanning thirteen ways of cooking
dasheen, but given the vegetable and
the recipe. the way is not smooth. II
You are a poor cook or an Indifferent
cook, beware the dasheen. 1t is. said
that even q reputable chef can convert
it into pine chips. But il you are =
born cook. or one who is willing to
follow directions and to add to them
uncommonly good sense, thought end
care. the result will be a unique dish.
fit for king. or Tor a good PATRIOTS
American citizen.
MRS. MILTON FAIRCHILn
Evening star., 1918-03-17
THOMPSON FINED $25
FOR WEARING UNIFORM

\ fine of $25 was imposed upon
Robert John Thompson by Judge
Hardison in Police Court yesterday
following Thompson's arrest wednes-
day by officials of the Department of
Justice on a charge of unlawfully i'm
personating an officer of the United
States Thompson. who was arrested
in hotel on Pennsylvania avenue. in
an ofhcer's uniform. said today that
his arrest was the result of mistake
Wednesday ne was awaiting his ex-
pected commission as captain and
thortly before his arrest an order had
been issued by the War Department
discharging him from the military
service of the United States on grounds
of physical disability. He said today
he intends to enlist in tho British
royal flying corps.
Evening star., 1918-03-17
HERE FOR WAR;" SAYS BOWIE.
But Court Wants His Mental Condi.
ton Incurred Into.

When George A Bowie, colored, twen-
<y-six years old. an alleged Stacker,
was called for arraignment yesterday be-
fore Justice Stafford his conversation
appeared SO incoherent that tho court,
While permitting plea Of not guilty
To be entered. directed that the mental
condition of the prisoner be examined
into by DR.. D. Percy Hickling. the Dis
trict alienist.
Bowie said he was not present to an
swer an indictment, but for registra-
tion.
4 am here for war; he stated, "and
] am well equipped for the Army" The
prisoner looked like an ideal soldier,
neipg more than six feet tall and stock.
~ bni1e. He VE9 Eezuau1ed 10 tz2
Evening star., 1918-03-17
Camoufage Not Modern.

To the Editor of The Star: ss-
According to Associated Press corre-
spondence, Commandant Kopenhage Of
the French army has been given credit
for originating the art of "camouflage," )" by
which he makes a battery Of artillery
.'look like a clump Of bushes and a sol
dier ''look like a tree In Shakespeare's
play of Macbeth, act five, Macduff and
his army halt in Birnam wood. in front of
Dunsinane castle, where Macbeth and his
hosts await the coming of Macduff. Nn-
colin, in command of the forces of Mac
duff, directs his men as follows: let
every soldier hew him down a bough and
bear't before him. thereby shall we shAd-
ow the numbers of our host" Indians. in
their attacks upon the carly western pio-
neers along the shores of rivers COW
cred their war canoes with the branches
of trees to resemble floating bushesL
Probably the first case of "camoufiage"
was by the chameleon watching for IN
sects. which form his sole food, as he
exercised the faculty Of changing his color
to resemble surrounding objects. -
F. S. HODGSON.Ss
Evening star., 1918-03-17
SCHROEDER DENIES GUILT.
Former u. S. Worker Declares He
Did Not Steal Prints.

Louis J. Schroeder. former frafts-
man in the gun carriage section of the
ordnance division of the War Depart
ment. was arraigned yesterday before JUS
tice Stafford in Criminal Division ! ana
entered a plea of not guilty to an m
dictment charging him with larceny
from the United States. Schroeder.s
room was searched a few weeles
ago and number of blue prints and
drawings of gun carriages for howit-
zers and anti-aircraft guns were fo1nd
and shown to the grand jury, which
promptly indicted him. go
Schroeder claimed he had taken the
priuts to his home in order to~DtRdy
them. He remains at liberty on bail to
await trail, for which no date has yet
been fixed.
Evening star., 1918-03-17
Helping Hoover
to Save Food
Recipes from the United States
Food dAdministration.
Cut Out and Preserve.
Cut Out and Preserve.

The following recipes save wheat -four
and sugar:
HONEY DROP COOKIES.
Three-quarters cup honey, u cup fat,
11a cups white -four, q cup of rice -four,
Il teaspoon soda, 4 teaspoon salt,
egg, . tablespoons water and l cup raj
sins, cut in small pieces.
Heat the honey and fat until the fat
melts. Sift together the -four. soda and
salt. To the cooled honey mixture add
egg (well beaten), water and raisins: add
gradually to the dry ingredients. Drop
by spoonful on a creased sheet: bake in
a slow oven (1S0 to 1S5 degrees. cent?
grade), for about twelve to fifteen min
utes. This makes about forty-two cook
les. One-haf teaspoon cinnamon and
one-eighth teaspoon of cloves may be add
ed to the honey mixture.
Evening star., 1918-03-17
CITY LOT GARDENS
WELL WORTH WHILE
They Actually Pay When All
Expenses of Cultivation
p. Are Considered.
SOME RESULTS IN THE D. c.

Are city lot gardens worth while
That is. do they actually pay in pro-
portion to the time. labor aud expense
of cultivating them?
The best answer to the question is
the statement that last summer 149
boys and girls home gardens. club
gardens and family home gardens
planted and cultivated by adults in the
District of Columbia produced an ag-
xregate of s42s31S worth of crisp,
fresh vegetables. at a. total expense of
$s15.1e.
Photographs reproduced in the Plano
xrAvure Section of this issue of The
star show a number of these gardens,
pfowed or spaded, planted and cultivat-
ed within the boundaries of the DIS
trict of Columbia. Many of them were
the work of boys and girls. working
either as individuals or as clubs. while
others were cultivated by grown-ups.
Prepared From Reports.
The figures from which the above
totals We're compiled were prepared
from reports made to III. NJ. Conolly.
garden expert assigned by the Depart
ment of Agriculture to supervise war
garden work in the National Capital in
cooperation with the garden commit
tee of the District Council of Defense.
In preparing a statistical statement
of gardening results the gardens were
divided into two general groups, those
containing more than 500 square feet
and those of less than that area.
The best large garden contained
$500 square feet. 1t cost SO to plant
and cultivate this garden, and the crop
was worth, at regular market prices,
Best Small Garden.
The best small garden covered an
area of 212 square feet. The cost of
planting and cultivating this vest
pocket garden was only s. cents. but
it yielded S9.O5 worth of vegetables.
Figures for the entire 149 gardens,
results from which were tabulated,
show that for a garden of $500 square
feet the planting and cultivation cost,
eight hours of work went into max
ing it.
A group of twenty boys and girls
home gardens, averaging 1922 square
: feet, showed a planting and cultiva-
tion cost averaging s1-3S per garden,
with crops worth. at market prices.
an average of $50 per garden. The
gardens in this group reported an av-
erage of seventeen hours work. This
was an average gross return at the
rate of s319.73 per acre.
The largest per acre return reported
was for the garden which was pro-
nounced the best large garden. With
a cost of s25 for planting and cultiva-
tion and 200 hours of work. this gar
den produced at the rate of S1,194.9S
per acre.
Rate of 81, ,3O6 an Acre.
The plot which was judged to be
the best small garden. with seventeen
and one-half hours of work. yielded
at the rate of $1.3o6.s0 per acre.
In summarizing the report. the De-
pArtment of Agriculture. in Farmers
: Bulletin. No. 9ss. 'The City and Sub
urben Vegetable Garden compiled
By Mr.. Conolly, the conclusion is
reached that small gardens carefully,
continuously and thoroughly cultivated
after proper fertilization and prepa-
ration of the soil may be depended
upon to give the largest yields.
Evening star., 1918-03-17
Foreman Killed and Robbed.

EDGEWATER, N. j.. March 10
Christian Anderson. foreman of the
Corn Products Refining Company's
plant. was killed early today by rob-
bers, who removed $40 from his pockets.
His head was crushed in. Three men
were detained BY. the police pending in
Evening star., 1918-03-17
Paraded as Hun; Held as Alien.

OMAHA. Neb.. March 1s.-Walter Sell
bert, who served in the German army
and who is said to have advertised the
fact by parading about the streets In
his German army uniform, was arreGtsd
yesterday and is being held as IN en-
emy alien. 1t is charged that he cnnsed
dissension among the hundreds Of e4Qe
sugar workers at SCOTS B1uR. Mn,
where he was cashier Of 4 bank 49,.
Evening star., 1918-03-17
Orchestral Concert.

At Z. S. Marine Barracks to-
morrow at 2:3o pm. by the U. S.
Marine Band Orchestra, William
H. Santelmann, leader.
March. 1.-THE World in Arms"
Teike
Overture, "Egmont"- Beethoven
Caprice, "Aisha". "..-....- Lindsay
Viola solo, (a) Album Leaf.
Hans Slit
(b) Air ..-....-....J: S. Bach
Musician, Herman Kolodkin,
harp accompaniment by Musician
William van de Wall.
"The Atonement of Pam. .Hadley
(a) Dance of the Nymphs.
(b) 1ntermezZo.
(c) Entr'acte.
(d) Dance of the Harpies.
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2..LisZt
The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1918-03-17
SAYS THRILLING is MILD TERM
FOR HAPPENINGS AT THE FRONT
Sergt. Carroll T. Harris Writes There Is
Something Doing Every Minute and
He Has "a Front Seat.

captain. We found a dead German in
an unfrequented place, with his face
turned toward heaven. The French
captain looked at him. then turned
away with a sigh. He said to me:
That reminds me of the many brave
comrades of mine who have fallen.
oh, these French soldiers are fine
brothers whom we have found amidst
blood and steel, and they are the truest
brothers of all.
I'VE have great bunch. Sunday our
dugout was being shelled- We did not
stay inside under cover. but rushed out
and watched the fireworks. betting all
the time where the next shot would
drop. Fortunately none of US were hit.
1T is a daily sight to see aeroplane
battles. We are now learning to be
cautious. for whenever we are outside
we are in constant danger. Besides. a
dead soldier is Of no use to his country.
Hopes to Get Shot at Hun.
"One Of our officers. | learned last
night, is to make an inspection of some
posts very near the German lines; 1
asked him to take me. SO he has con-
sented to take Harold Hayes and me
with him. i hope to get a shot at a
boche.
Hayes and I are still together; we
have bunked together and shared every
ed the Army. ] am glad that we two,
with our good captain, were the first. at
the head of the column, to march under
the. shell fire. Now. don't worry about
me. for when you get this l will prob
ably be in rest camp waiting for my
next turn at the game.
Il wish you could see this place where
live. The Germans built it when they
were here. The sergeantS have a room
which German officers probably used.
We even have little stove in here and
a table which 1 stole from another
dugout. You know. in the Army, if you
cannot buy or borrow things. you steal
them. There is a German inscription
ON the door telling the curious name of
the place.
Pray for peace. but not peace until
German territory receives a taste of
the ravages which France has suffered.
When / have put my foot on German
soil | will be ready to go home l have
a little silk American flag here, which
has hung over my bunk every place l
have slept in France. 1 want that flag
to take its message of liberty to Ger.
many
Some of my comrades are sitting in
mere, talking and smoking. One fellow
Just looked up and remarked, That flag
grows more beautiful every day. This
is the spirit we have here.
nope you are all well. I surely do
want to see all. and I hope it won't be
long before we can all come back to
YOU"