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Evening star., 1918-01-12
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS

| ALEXANDRIA. Va, January IL
Temporary offices for the American
Shipbuilding Corporation, which will
operate big shipyard here, Will be
opened Monday morning on the drst
floor of the Wagar apartment on Fair
fax street between King and Cameron
| streets. Mechanics and helpers today
| were engaged in fitting up the offices
be here Monday and begin work. 1t Ia
proposed to use the offices only as tenn
porary quarters, as big ONCE building
is to be erected at the plant OF the COM
pany, which will house all of its cleri-
cal employees. The lease of the offices
was made through S. l.. Monroe. real,
estate dealer.
An additional pile driving machine ;
from Baltimore is expected here today
and will at once proceed to work. Ma -
chinery for the concrete work also iss
on the way from Baltimore. It is esti-Y
mated that the yards will be ready
within two and a half months.
virginia Consistory, No. 2, Scottish.
Rite Masons, last night elected these i
officers: A. A. Paul, master Of kadosh: !
William Lewis Allen. pryor; 9; : w. pitts:
J. M Duncan. tiler; F. w. Latham. Sec
retary and almoner; c: c. Batcheller.i ii
minister of state; ]. 7. Chadwick, prel-y
ate; H. L. Darnell. expert: E. NJ
Zachary, tiler. The new officers weres
installed by Percy E. Cliff {
The following newly elected officers
of Seminole Tribe of Red Men have
been installed by c. C. Batcheller, dep
uty great sachem: E. B. Sullivan, sach-
EN-; H R. Padgett, senior sagamore:
w. K Griffith junior sycamore: r. j. ;
Ayers, prophet: D. W. Stanton. chief Of
records: w. r. Tatspaugh, collector Of
wampum; F. w. Schwab. keeper Of
wampum.
Miss Ellen Lulens died this morning
at her home at Braddock Heights. She
was a daughter of the late Courtland
and Mary T. Lukens. Her funeral will
take place Tuesday afternoon from
Wheatley's mortuary chapel.
Eva Baker, indicted for setting up
a bawdy house within five miles of q
government camp. yesterday entered
plea Of guilty and was fined 500 and
ordered to pay costs of case.
The January term of the corporation
court. Judge L. c. Barley presiding.
will convene at IL o'clock Monday.
In the police court today Justice
Thompson held Hill Johnson. colored.
for the action of the grand jury on q
charge of assault on John Sanuels.
colored. The assault occurred January
.. and was made with an iron walking
stick. Samuers skull was fractured.
He left the hospital yesterday.
Rev. DR.. John Lee Allison. pastor OF
the Second Presbyterian Church, VIII
take for his subject "a Call to Sacri-
flee" at the morning service tomorrow
Evening will be evangelistic.
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obeys Ludendorff's Orders.
France Will Continue
to Ignore Brest-Litovsk
ParIeyS, Says PiCh0n

PARIS. January 12.-That France does
not propose to have anything to do with
the peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsf
between the bolsheviki and the Teutonic
allies, and that she will have no peace
dealings with the enemy until they shall
make them direct. was stated in the
chamber of deputies this evening by
Stephen Pichon. minister of foreign af-
fairs.
The statement was made in reply to a
demand that the government issue pass
ports to socialists desiring to proceed
to Petrograd, and that the entente pow
ers make a joint declaration of their
war aims. we refuse to participate in
the negotiations engaged in by the
usurping government at Petrograd or be
involved with them in any manner what
soever." said NJ. Pichon.
1T would be playing into the hands
Of the Germans. We repeat what Mr..
Balfour said some time ago: The day
when we shall be offered peace PROPOSE
lions direct by our enemies we will ex-
anime them in concert with our allies"
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PUT ON CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
Representative Madden Is Named
Illinois Member,

At dinner given last night by Rep
resentative Mckinley to the repub-
licans of the Illinois delegation in Con-
gress, Representative Madden of CHI
cago was chosen as the Illinois MEM
Der OF the republican national congress
siona1 campaign committee. This ac-
tion, it is understood at the Capitol, is
precursor Of a movement on foot to
elect Mr.. Madden chairman of the con-
gressiona1 campaign committee to con-
duct the coming campaign for the elec-
ton OF representatives in Congress
Other state delegations will hold
meetings from time to time. choosing
their member Of the committee. and
later in the winter the full memb ber-
ship will meet and elect officers and
appoint subcommittees for the cam
paign.
The movement In behalf of Mr.. Mad
den for the Craftsmanship is sponsored
by progressive and old-line republicans.
and is declared to be a step for har-
mony in the congressional committee.
Mr.. Madden has discouraged efforts to
make him chairman heretofore, but ID
was said today that assurances have
been received from him that he will
accept II drafted. Representative
Winslow of Massachusetts, Senator
Weeks, Representative Longworth Of
Ohio and others are mentioned in con-
nection with the chairmanship, but no
one y seeking the candidaaA
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WANT NEW BANK BUILDING,
Directors of Lincoln National Con.
slider Home to Cost 500 COO

A new home for the Lincoln National
Bank. to cost about 100000, is the
desire Of the directors of that insti-
tuition. At recent meeting of the
board Of directors a committee was
appointed to look into the matter OF
securing a new home.
Floyd e. Davis. president. stated today
no plans have been decided upon.
He does not know whether a building
would be erected on new site or on
the site Of the present structure at
fth and D streets. II new building
is erected It Will be In keeping with
the trade OF thA tnstttutton
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1DRL0UGH ORDER REsC1NDED,
Naval Recruits Will Now Go Direct
II to Norfolk Training Station.

liprders have been issued from the
hureau of navigation to all recruiting
stations for the United States Navy to
rAscind recent action of the bureau
authorizing men enlisted in the Navy
toi return to their homes for indefinite
fnfiough. Men enlisting at the Navy
recruiting station at sos 9th street
northwest will now be sent directly to
the naval training station at Norfolk.
tovercrowding at the naval training
stations following the rush of appli-
cants to get into the Navy before De-
csmber Is, when restrictions were put
On the enlistment of men within the se-
ieetiye draft age. is given as the rea-
sn Tor furloughing men home. No re-
cysuits will be sent from the local sta
ton to Newport or Great Lakes for the
present.
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YEOWOMEN IN NAVY SERVICE
WILL DRESS PART HEREAFTER

Yeowomen Of the Navy Department
will dress the part hereafter. Orders
Just issued direct them to appear in a
uniform, which will be specially pro-
vided. in the conventional blue, and
brass buttons, of the service. adapted
for feminine wear.
The force is composed Of the women
and girls regularly enlisted in the Ma
val Reserve for the duration of the war
and rated as yeowomen. because Of the
character of their work. They were
enrolled when expansion of the depart
mental clerical service was made nee
essary by the war and have been taken
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into the various bureaus of the Navy
Department by the hundred with many
boys and young men in the same rating,
The winter uniform viii consist of
blue skirt, coat, waist and blue felt
hat, and the summer of a similar white
uniform with white straw hat. Specif1-
cations call for Norfolk style coats
slightly shaped to the figure. with
plain seams and rolling collar" and
tailored skirts, full at the bottom and
reaching to four inches above the
ankles.
While naval regulations require SAIL
ors to appear in uniform at all times,
the yeowomen will not be watched out
of office hours and may wear their new
outfits or not, as they please.
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C0LDEsT IN OHIO SINCE '99.
Thermometer Registers 13 Below
Zero and Coal Famine Is Near.

COLUMBUS. Ohio. January II. - A
blizzard and cold wave struck Ohio
last night and 1t was the coolest this
morning since February 10. 1899. the
weather bureau reporting 13 degrees
below zero. Rain and snow of last
night was turned into glaze this morn
ing. Transportation systems, including
heavy coal carrying railroads, again
are demoralized. Prolongation of the
steadily developing fuel famine is GER
tain and most acute suffering faces the
state.
Transportation Improvement alone
can stave 1t of. and railroads were con-
fronted with the most serious tie-up of
the winter. State officials say they
can do absolutely nothing, and it ap-
peared today that nothing short Of
springlike weather will bring relief.
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ACCUSED OF STEALING SUGAR.
John Chatt, ColoTed, Under Bond for
Grand Jury Action.

John Chatt. colored. employed as
driver of a team for a transfer COM
pany, was2 in Police Court yesterday.
charged with 1arcency of five sacks
containing 500 pounds of sugar en-
trusted to him in line of his employ
ment He admitted his guilt and was
held in $1,000 security for the grand
jury.
Chatt, who resides at lilo 1st street.
was arrested by Sergt. Sheetz and De-
tectiye Gray Of the second precinct.
He admitted his guilt. it is stated, and
said he sold the sugar for SIS.
Part of the sugar was recovered the
police also recovered 126 cases Of rolled
oats that Chatt is alleged to have stolen.
Two arrests on charges of receiving
the stolen property have been made.
The defendants will be given hear
ings in Police Court next week.
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WANTS TO LOCATE BLAME.
William Denman Would Explain
Gloss Of Ships to Flag"

William Denman, former chairman Of
the shipping board. has presented an
informal statement to Senator Duncan
U. Fletcher. chairman OF the Senate
committee on commerce, outlining ten
points which he would like to present
before the committee.
Mr.. Denman says. in his letter. that
he will show that:
NO loss of any ships from the flag
arose through any act or omission OF
either Gen. Goethals or myself. but. on
the contrary. that I was one of the
active participants in saving over a
million tons of vessels to the American
flag"
is true that more than fifteen large
steel ships were lost to the flag. and
will place the blame where 1t belongs"
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FEATURES
AND
FICTION.

Abe and Mawruss discuss "SHAlL
1T BE DRY OR EXTRA DRY"
by MONTAGUE GLASS.
Il q
"eLoRioUs RECORDS OF AMER
IcAN BOYS WHO LEFT COL
LEGE TO FIGHT FOR
FRANCE"
ain THE WARD OF A CASUAL
TIES CLEARING sTATioN''-
Another serst. Empey article.
1.-THE sUNKEN TREAsURE"-A
Craig Kennedy detective story,
by ARTHUR q. REEVE.
1.-THE OBSERVER FINDS HIM
SELF IN A GRAVE sITUA-
TIoN.".
"sEEiNo PARIS WITH GIRL
NURSES OF UNCLE SANS
NAVY" BY STERLING HEILiG.
, JUNGLE SAM PRODUCES ONE
FIFTH OF THE WORLDS SEA
FOOD" by FRANK G. cARPEN-
TER.
"RAINeow's, END" by REX
BEACH.
} WORKINGS OF THE GERMAN
RAILWAY SYSTEM IN PEACE
AND IN war;" by CHARLES
M. PEPPER
"iMPoRTANT WORK OF THE
AMERICAN SALVATION ARMY
IN THE WAR;"
"coLoNtzATIoN PLAN TO PUT
MILLIONS OF Ac RES AT
WORK." by JAMES q. NOR
ROW.
"MEN TO BEAR THE BURDEN
OF ECON oMY IN SPRING
CLOTHES" by ANNE RiTTEN-
HOUSE.
"wAR WORK OF ENGLISH
WOMEN"
THE RAMBLER WRITES MORE
A6 6oUT OLD WASHINGTON
HOTELS.
) "EEviEWs OF THE NEW
BOOKS"
"NEWs OF ART AND ARTISTS"
"a CHAIN OF THEATERS AND
HIGH.clASs PERFORMANCES
FOR OUR FIGHTING MEN,"
, Tomorrow In the Special Features
Section Of Tho
!, SUNDAY STAR
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WOMEN TURN TO HAND LOOM.
Textile Studio of New York Offers
to Give Free instruction.

A welcome variety to war knitting
has appeared. 1t is approved by the
womans committee of the Council Of
National Defense, and is gladly seized
upon by women whose fingers are
weary with the plying Of needles, but
who feel that they must do their bit.
It is revival of the old American
household industry Of weaving on the
hand loom. 1t has been revived for war
purposes at the Textile Studio, New
York city, which has volunteered to
give directions for hand-woven muf-
fiers for soldiers and sailors, also for
hand-woyen blankets for children and
adults.
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Protest Federal Control.

Mass meetings are being hold in
many cities in Colorado, Wyoming,
Nevada and Utah in protest against
proposed government war period con-
troll Of mineral deposits. mines and min
ing plants. according to scores of tele-
grams being received at the headquar-
ters OF the American Mining Congress.
Tho popular feeling against such ac-
tion by the federal government is i'm
tense. according to the protests being
made by trade and civic leaders.
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PLAN FOR THE HEARING
ON THE KEAT|NG BILL
Friends Of Government Clerks to
Urge Measure for Increase
of Salaries.

Friends in Congress Of the government
clerks and the officers of their organiza-
tons are mapping out a definite program
for the hearings to be held soon on the
Heating bill providing for horizontal in
creases in salary from 5 to 80 per cent
which has been indorsed by a majority
of the members of the House.
This hearing will be granted by the legis-
lative subcommittee of the appropriations
committee just as soon as the depart
mental heads and bureau chiefs have been
questioned regarding their estimates
probably about January 20.
Representative Keating Of Colorado.
father of the bill, has been promised
notice Of four or five days, In order
that he can call his witnesses. In CO.
operation with President McLarin of
the Federation of Federal Employees he
has decided just who will be called
upon to testify before the committee,
so that there will be no delay in get
ting report.
Sentiment About Unanimous.
The sentiment in the House seems
practically unanimous for the bill and
many have expressed a desire to get
a report from the committee as soon
as possible.
When the Nolan three-dollar-mini-
mum-wage bill is called up from the
calendar on Wednesday by the labor
committee of the House it probably will
be passed. Sentiment expressed by lead
ers from all sections of the country to-
day seemed to be in favor of passing
this measure. It seemed to be the gem
era1 opinion that the Madden bill pro-
vlding for increased salaries and for
other reforms in the postal service will
De the first wage-increase measure to
get through Congress
1t is believed that this will soon be
supplemented by the more compre-
hensive Keating bill. granting increas-
es to employees in all branches Of the
government service, both in Washing
ton and throughout the country.
The members of Congress seem to
feel that it is through these two bills
that the thousands of government
workers have the most immediate
chance OF relief from the present high
cost of living.
TIE House is expected to pass the
Nolan minimum wage bill, but there
are indications that it will have hard
shedding in the Senate.
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BRITISH RAID ENEMY
POSITIONS NEAR LOOS
Aerial Bombing Operations Continue,
Heavy Artillery Fighting in
Region of Verdun.

LONDON, January 12.-"Early this
morning our troops successfully raid
ed the enemy's trenches east of Loos.
capturing few prisoners" the war Of
fee announces. There is nothing fur
ther to report"
The British Official communication
dealing with aviation, issued last even
Ing. says:
Nearly two tons of bombs were drop
ped Thursday on an ammunition depot
in the vicinity of Courtrai and other
targets.
"One enemy machine was driven down
out of control. One of our machines is
missing"
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Pleads With President for Irish,

MRS. Sheehy Skeff1ngton. widow of
Ffancis skefington. Irish editor exec
us7ve during the Dublin uprising in
isae. was received at the White House
YsFterday by President Wilson.
:.6he came to present petition signed
by many prominent Irish women, ask
iHk that the United States recognize
the political independence of Ireland.
Harlier in the day the same appeal was
paced before Speaker Clark.
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IT'S COLDEsT DAY IN "a YEARS.
Nineteen Below at Indianapolis,
With High Wind Drifting Snow.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. January IA
With the government thermometer reg
istering 10 degrees below zero at $3.50
this morning. Indianapolis awoke to
the coldest day in thirty-four years. ac-
cording to weather bureau records. 1t
was the coldest since 1884. when a
minimum of 20 degrees below zero was
reached. Many street car lines in the
city were blocked by snow and broken
trolley wires.
A high wind driving snow into drifts
which demoralized all forms of traffic,
cold. Many persons trying to get to
their work suffered frost bites.
The cold wave, drifted snow and at
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10000, 600 Francs for French Aid.

PARIS, January 12.-Forty million
francs will be spent by the American Red
Cross in aiding French civilians during
the next five months. These estimates
cover Immediate requirements already ap-
proved and are taken from the report Of
the civilian department upon the work
done up to December 81 and outlining
plans for. the future. The figures do not
include 100000 francs used for civilian
aid up 70 the end-of N0yembaA
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|CAMP FUNSTON ROBBER
DECLARED ARMY CAPTAIN

CAMP FUNSTON. Kan, January IL
Kearney wornalI Of Kansas City, the
only survivor of i've men who were in
the Army bank here last night when
the institution was robbed, today told
the authorities the robber was an Army
captain, whom he recognized. 1t was
announced this afternoon. 1t is UNDER
stood he gave the officers name.
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ST. LOUIS sToRMBOUND.
City Almost Deprived of Railway
Communication With Outside World

ST. LOUIS. January 12.-As a result
Of the blizzard that swept the central
west yesterday and last night, st. Louis
Is nearly cut off from railway communi-
cation with the outside world.
Only three through passenger trains
have arrived at the Union station since
Is o'clock last night. One Of these was
"a St Louis and San Francisco train
from Texas, due here at pm. Friday.
It arrived at am. today. No trains
have left union station since G:3o
o'clock last night.
The weather here today was clear
with a high wind. The official tenn
perature at am. was II degrees be-
low zero.
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Fsr Ban on Cotton and Wool Future,

aDealing in cotton and wooden futures
ix, prohibited in a bill introduced by
representative SABBATH of Illinois. He
n1ll introduce another bill to empower
the President to fix prices on these ar
ftEies and to take over such amounts
fer government purposes as may be
NEEDED Mr.. SABBATH said his bill pro-
pSpes to break up gambling in cotton
pid wool n Ordinary cotton for future
delivery, he said, Is up to 81 cents q
p.Npd, or 900 per cent more than four
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Detained Until January 1.

committee of citizens arranged the
funerals covering a period Of three davs
and when those ceremonies were over
others had died. SO that Mr.. johnson
was detained there. So he did not get
BACK to Washington until January /.
w.th all his correspondence behind hand
and no office force to handle 1t for him
Now that he has secured an efficient
secretary for the committee in Mr..
Wycoff. he believes that the committee
work affecting the District can be car
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TO RELIEVE SWISS OF DRAFT.
Agreement With q. S. for Discharge
of Aliens on Citizenship Proof.

reached an agreement with the State
Department wherbv Swiss already
drafted, and. In some instances, actu-
ally serving in the American Army
shall be discharged. II they DESIRE
upon proof Of Swiss citizenship.
Similar arrangements may be made
by other neutral representatives. The
War Department has signified willing.
ness to cooperate in securing tho
quick discharge of drafted aliens ans
titled to release.
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Committee Assignments Ratified.

The House yesterday ratified numer-
Gus committee assignments made by
the ways and means committee demo-
crate, including the designation of Rep
resentative Sherley of Kentucky as
chairman of the appropriations COM
mittee. succeeding John J. Fitzgerald
of New York.
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HAS CLASS IN MILLINERY.
7. W. C. A. Puts Pupils to Work
on Spring Hats.

A class in millinery has been started
at the Young Women's Christian Asso-
ciation. Members of the class are work
ing on their spring hats. Glasses will
be held every Tuesday between 10 and
12 o'clock, and are under the direction
of Miss Edna F. Combs.
A class in expression has been started
at the association under the direction
of Miss Ethel H. Bartlett. Glasses will
be held Thursday evenings.
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Quicksilver Output Increased.

Heavy Increase IN quicksilver produce
ton, largely used in war munitions
manufacture, is announced by the geo
logical survey. The 1917 domestic out
put of the United States was the larg-
est since 1888. and Is placed at 36,351
TASKS of seventy-five pounds each. Its
value is estimated at about $3,S57,000.
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Bill Proposes a Price Commission.

To establish and regulate the MAXI
mum price to be paid for the common
necessities Of life was the work pro-
posed for a commission on common
commodities provided for In a bill intro
duced yesterday by Representative Fuller
of Massachusetts,. independent. The
commission would be composed of ave
members to be nominated. to the Senate
by the President. s
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16 BELOW AT CINCINNATI.
Coolest Day of the Winter and Street
Car Traffic Crippled.

CINCINNATI. Ohio, January 12.-
This city experienced it's coldest day of
the winter today. when the government
weather bureau reported 16 degrees
below zero at am. Four hours later
1t reported II degrees below. and little
hope is held out that it will rise above
zero during the day.
Street car traffic has been crippled,
while train service has been slow and
infrequent.
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Guns Active Near verdun.

PARIS, January 12.-violent artillery
fighting on the Verdun front is reported
by the war Office. The announcement
follows:
THE night was marked by violent ac-
tivity of the artillery in the sector be-
tween Beaumont and Bezonvaux (Ver-
dun front. Southeast of Bezonvaux the
French made raid and brought back
prisoners.
Everywhere else the night was
calm"
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Bill to Take Over Oil Lands.

ment, authorixing the government to
take possession either by contract
lease or otherwise, upon the tssuAneo
OF an executive order. of all oil lana
set aside az naval reserves In Califof.
mia or Wyoming, has been tntroduceG !.
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Hr. Wilson, "Hypocrite," "
: Says Bolshevik Paper

sPETROGRAD, January 1.-THE boil
aDevik newspaper Pravada, in COM
nentfng on President Wilson's address
- Congress. describes the President as
4e head Of a rapacious American i'm
RSrialism and as the greatest hypocsite
History has ever known.
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BoIsheviki Are Beaten
in Assembly Elections

PETROGRAD. January 11.-Returns
have been received showing the cleo
tion of $40 delegates to the constituent
assembly. Those known to have been
elected include 261 social revolution
1fies and 158 bolsheviki