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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-21
Real Estate Men and Profteers.

Concerning the opposition of the
real estate men he said he could un-
/ derstand it, particularly when I know
that they and their clients are the
profiteers." and again: Unless this
bill did really stop prOfiteering the
Real Estate Brokers' Association and
the property owners would not be OBJ
jectfng to 1T in the least"
are found in the Record. The House
District committee, on Chairman
Johnson's insisten&", reported the bill
favorably without hearings. After
this action the coml-:ittee authorized
post-mortem hearings: The real es-
tate men. through their organization,
the Real Estate Brokers' Association,
and special committee of the asso-
citation, requested a public hearing.
Through a misunderstanding concern
then held. Mr.. johnson. in the House
debate, slurred the sincerity of the
expressed desire of the committee for
a hearing. saying that the committee
had indicated that it wanted to be
heard by him alone and limiting that
the committee feared discussion of
the matter because those who had
been extortioned upon would also
He attributed the committees alleged
change of mind from opposing to
favoring a public hearing to a change
of mind las to the extent of the de-
lay sought in the interest of prohteer-
ing"
, Burglars, Thieves and Washing
tonians.
When Mr.. Tinkham urged that the
bill be referred back to the District
committee. "as no hearings were
ask. ''WOuld the gentleman advocate
giving burglars and thieves a hear
ing In preparing laws to stop them
from their practices:"
In imposing indiscriminately the
stigma of profiteering Mr.. johnson
makes every landlord in the District
profiteer when he says: '1 provided
for monthly returns instead of annual
| returns SO as to give these prOfiteers
just as much trouble as possible"
The Star added: When Mr.. john
son thinks the matter over he will
find that he ought not to have slurred
the honesty or the motives or the
patriotism of any of his three classes
nized and will recognize when the
mists have cleared away that these
opponents of his bill. as framed, are
as honest as he is; just as much op-
ing. and just as little apologists for
crime, whether these critics are his
associates in Congress, the Washing
ton real estate men Ia reputable, pro-
gressive and public-spirited body Of
citizens) or The Evening Star"
Legislation by Sandbag and Brass
Knuckles.
The johnson bills legislative career
has been personally conducted by Mr..
johnson after his characteristic fash
ion. He has 'sandbagged and brass
knuckled the measure through the
House District committee and the
House itself. and has even attempted
to force it through the Senate District
committee, and then the Senate itself,
by the same roughhouse tactics. He
has troubled himself very little with
supporting evidence or serious argu-
ment, but has progressed in his legis-
lative drive by verbally and violently
assaulting the motives and morals OF
everybody who differed with him as to
the best and most effective methods
of preventing profiteering. Every one
who criticised his particular cure for
Continued on Eleventh Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-21
Statement by DR.. Mustard.

DR.. M. S. Mustard of the public
health service expressed the view this
morning that there is a possibility of
cases and in the death list, as com
pared with today's conditions, if GER
tain climatic and other conditions,
over which the health authorities
have no control. should arise. How
ever, he is hopeful and much encour-
aged on reports of conditions this
morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-21
EPIDEMIC RECEDES,
VIEW OF OFFICIALS
Announce Fewer Deaths and
New Cases in District for
Three-Day Period.
REPORT UP TO NOON TODAY


While there was a falling off of
only five deaths from -=inhuenza for
the period of twenty-four hours end
ing at noon today, the decrease, COM
bined with the encouraging decline in
the death list for the past three days,
is looked upon by the health authori-
ties as encouraging.
These figures of fatalities from in
fuenza, in connection with a slump of
502 new cases for the twenty four
hour period ending at noon today, to
which may be added a slump of 100
for the similar period on Saturday,
making 692 fewer new cases in forty
eight hours than reported on previous
days, have given the health authorities
buoyant hopes that the worst is over
The official vital statistics of deaths
from influenza from midnight last
night up to and including midday to-
day is sixty-one. Saturday midday up
to midnight Saturday the deaths num-
bered siXty-six. That figure showed
a falling off of twenty-nine deaths
when the record showed ninety-five
deaths. During the past seventy-two
hours there has been a falling off in
the death list of forty-eight deaths.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-21
Slander by Wholesale.

The Star last FEBRUARY enteTeu
earnest protest in behalf of Washing
the House which breaks down oppo-
siton to proposed District leglSla-
ton by slurring the motives of every
opponent or critic or proposer OF
amendment. The Star suggested that
notable example of this unfair and
dangerous policy Of law making was
found in the then recent discussion
of the anti-profiteering bill in the
House, in which Chairman johnson
assumed that opposition to his. bill,
far from aiming to correct and inn
prove it. meant only opposition to the
prevention and punishment of prof.
teering. and that every opponent OF
his bill was either profteer or in
directly bribed by the profiteers, or
friend of the profteers lacking
patriotism.
The Star said at that time: The
Congressional Record shows that
Chairman johnson denounced three
sources of opposition to his bill: "a
Some gentlemen on the. floor of the
House; f2) ~tae real estate men of
the city: (3) 1.-The Evening Star"
Mr.. Johnson slurred all three classes
of opponents of his bill. Concerning
marked that he was sorry to say that
they seemed willing that profteering
should continue. Concerning Mr..
Tinkham. who led the opposition, he
said he found that apparently some
of his patriotism had been lost in
storm at sea- and that the local
profitcerx called him "Friend."
bought by the real estate men in
directly through advertising to desert
the government clerks and to defend
eXtortion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-21
mo GOVERNMENT
BY DEFAMATION
No State and City Legislation
for District Based on
SIander of Washingtonians
as Unworthy.
FAIR PLAY FOR CAPITAL
Editorial Correspondence of The Star.
THEODORE w. MOVES.

Chairman Johnsons slanderous as
sault upon the Senate as the accom-
plice and protector of rentals proh-
teers, because that body favors
better, fairer and more effective way
of preventing and Furnishing the evil
of rentals profiteering than that pro-
posed by Mr.. Johnson. is the logical
elimination of his characteristic
policy of District legislation by
defamation, which he has in this matter
imposed upon the helpless District OF
Columbia.
In pursuance of this policy he
attempted in his House campaign to
beat down all criticism and sug-
gested radical amendment Of his fair
rents measure by slurring sweepingly
the Washington real estate men. the
local landlords. The Star and even his
fellow representatives who had the
audacity to attempt to improve his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-21
WEATHER

Fair and cooler tonight; tomorrow
fair.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending pm. today: Highest. 81. at
pm. today; lowest, SIS, at $50 am. to-
day.
Full report on page IA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-21

Member of the Associated Press
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication Of all news dispatches
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights Of publication Of special
dispatches heroin also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-21

Saturdays Net Circulation, 107, BIZ
Sundays Net Circulation, 1896
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-21
Legislation by sandbag and Brass
Knuckles.

Continued on Eleventh Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-21
Prohibition Issue Up.

CONTINUED on Twelfth Page. }
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-13
Long Meat Lines
Strip London Shops
Buyers, Waiting Before Markets
Open, Soon Exhaust
Supply

LONDON, Jan. l22.-Therc was a
great rush Of customers TO the butcher
shops here this morning, long lines
forming at each market several hours
before the opening, with the intention
of making sure Of the Sunday roast,
which many persons were unable TO
obtain last week. Even the early ar
rivals, however, had to be satisfied with
smaller portions of beef than usual,
while the late rsers found that the
shops had been sold out.
Smithheld Markets contained little
more meat than in the last week end,
but the supply quickly was bought, and
by II o'clock nothing was lett but rab-
bits. poultry and game, which brought
very high prices. Rabbits, which few
monts ago sold at from shilling to
eighteen pence each, readily we're
bought to-day at from three to four
shilling.
There were similar crowds of pur-
chasers for the margarine and butter
supplies, which we're exhausted IN
many Of the London shops early in the
forenoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-13

store, which makes large sales count
to the advantage OF the statesmen,
caused them frequently to insist that
customers buy other goods in order to
obtain sugar.
The board directed that copies Of the
following sign be placed "in conspicu~
GUS places" in the grocery department
"This store does not require purchas-
ers Of sugar to buy other groceries in
order to obtain sugar"
Another important question taken up
by the local food board was that Of
salvaging fat. The Federal board at
Washington has adopted scheme pro-
posed by l.. Oppenheimer, of Harlem,
that probably will mean a saving Of
from $8,OO00OO to $10,000.000 yearly
throughout the country. Packers have
promised to acccde to a suggestion
made by J. P. Cotton, chairman of the
meat division of the National Food Ad-
ministration, that they remove all flank
fat and kidney suet from beef and con-
serve it for the production of butterine
any other by-products. A saving of 2.5
per cent in the annual cost Of meat is
contemplated by this move.
Herman Pratt, counsel to the board
on farms and markets of the local ad-
ministration, resigned yesterday to take
charge of army canteens in France.
In order to make more effective the
campaign Of the board against price in
flation. branch Offices have been opened
in each borough Of the greater city
They are: Manhattan, l Madison Ave
nue.; Brooklyn, Eagle Building; The
Bronx, 406 East 149th Street; Queens
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-13
What Is Going On To-day

Discussion Tuberculosis and the War" at the
conference OF The National Jewish Hospital for
Cusumptivcs. Hotel Savoy. 2:3O p m.
War conference OF tho Federation for tho support
OF Jewish Philonthropic Societies, Hotel BLtinorc
IL a. M dinner, $50 p.
Address by DIR. Henry van Dyke on Prisoner Of War
Conditions IN Germany and in the lnterTnent
Camps Of Switzerland ard Holland and
Madam slavko Grouitch on What Switzerland
under the auspices OF the Allied and Swiss Com
mission for the Relief Of Allied Prisoners lii
termed IN Switzerland, Carnegie Hall. p. m.
Public address by William Hartman Black "1ns
District Attorneys Once and Its Relation TO the
People Morris High School. Boston Road and
l66th Street, Tho Bronx, p. m
Address BY Dr. Henry Smith Williams on "Heredity
and Insanity" Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton. 3l5 West Fifty seventh Street, ; y. N: all
dress by DR.. Louis Il WeNnlller on Negroes
Address e'S by Alfred W Martin on Tho World War
ana World Peaco." before tho Society for Ethical
Culturc. meeting house. West Sixty fourth
Addresses BY Reoccca Shelley. Professor Isaac A
Hourw!ch and Dr. Anna 1ngerman on Tho Boil
shevIN and World Peace" before the Brooklyn,
Civic Forum. Public School 81. Glenmop ana
Stone Avenues. Brooklyn. =, m
Address by John Spargo "Democracy's Duty In
War Time" before the Peoples Institute. Cooper
Union p.
Address by Herbert S B!gc,ow on American 1bcr-
tics In War Time at mass meeting under the
auspices Of the National Civil Liberties Bureau.
l. DEITY Tteattc y. 49,
Art~s bv Talcott Williams OH why we Are n
Wa With The Imperial German Government be-
forc tho Frue Synagogue Forum. 81 West Sky
street. S:l5 D. ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-13
$500 Soldiers
Witness Bouts

A crowd Of $50 sailors and soldiers
from environments Of this city attended
the boxing show for their benefit held
bv the New York Athletic Union in the
Ninth Coast Artillery Armory last.
Professional and amateur boxers held
the rung and the enlisted men had
much to enthuse over.
Featuring the pro contests was an
exhibition between Mike Donovan, now
seventy-threc years of age, and Jack
Smith. the champion Of the navy. Don
ovan provsl sprightly in spite of his
age, and often made his opponent miss mss,
Cline. Freddie Reise, Clay Turner and
Billy Barrett also took part in cxhipl-
Winners of the amateur classes
were: 10 pounds, G. Norman, Paullst
A. C.; lis, Archie Walker, Irish Amer
lean A. c.; 135-pound class, Frank Cas-
sidy over Irving Reiss. in four rounds,
and 15S-pound class, Sam Lagonla.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-13
Original Hylan
Man" Picked; Tiger
Candidate Loses
David Hirschfeld Made
Commissioner of Accounts
at $500 a Year

David Hrshfeld, who is known in
political circles as the "orignal Hylan
man" in Brooklyn, was yesterday ap-
pointed by the Mayor as Commissioner
Of Accounts, at $500 a year. Henry
II. Klein, Of The Bronx, became Deputy
Commissioner of Accounts at $4,000.
The Hirshfeld appointment is purely
q personal one by the Mayor Mr.
Hirshheld is lawyer and Judge Hy-
lan's close friend. Ne is chairman of
the board of directors of the goth
Assembly District Democratic Club, in
which district the new Mayor lives.
The appointment had been delayed
because of vigorous opposition from
the Iammany organization. The Tam
many candidate was William Bullock,
director Of the Bureau OF City Inquiry,
who was instrumental in bringing to
light the alleged land scandals in re-
gard to the purchase of Dreamland and
Rockaway parks by the city.
"Sop" for Tammany
In view of the fact that Tammany
failed to sidctrack the Eirshficld APP
pointment, the political leaders expect
to see the "sop" for the organization
reflected in the appointment of the
four remaining Deputy Police Commits
soncrships. There are but enc or two
ether important Offices left to fill.
With the appointment CT Albert c.
Benninger as Park Commissioner of
Queens, at $4,000, also announced last
night, there are only two commission
crships still open, those of Commits
sioner of Health and Commiss Toner of
Parks for The Bronx.
Other appointments yesterday were
those Of James +. Geraghty. one of
the Tammany leaders of the I'd Assem-
bly, District, Bronx, as Deputy Com
missioner of Licenses, at $4,000 year,
and Michael J. Garvin, the other Demo
cratic leader of that district, as Deputy
County Clerk of The Bronx. The sal
airy is $4,000 The appointment Of
Michael Cosgrove, joint Tammany
leader of the 10Th Assembly District,
Manhattan, as First Deputy Commits
sioncr of Docks and Ferries was con-
frmed by the Mayor yesterday.
Golfer Makes Appointments
Bird S. Coler, Commissioner Of Pub
lie Charities, announced the following
appointments:
Charles C.. Hughes, as secretary of
the Charities Department, at $500 a
year; Eugene Coler, son of the Com
missioner, temporarily appointed his
private secretary; the salary is $2,340;
Miss Mary Catherine rnney, Of 258
Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, as gen.
eral inspector. at $4,000 year.
Mayor Hylan yesterday sworc in Miss
Lizzie Rector as District Superinten-
dent of Public Schools. Miss Rector
has been the principal of Public School
No. 4, Manhattan, and lives at 21O Mad
ison Avenue. The salary is $1,000 a
year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-13
Boy Finds Coal in Ruins
800 Tons Turned Over for
Government WorL

NORTH ARLINGTON. N. j.. Jan. -.
John Adams. one of dozen small
boys playing hide and seek to-day in
the fascinating ruins of the JERSEY Civ
Water Company's works here that have
been abandoned thirty years, came rae
ing from his hiding place.
Say, fellcrs," he gasped, "there,s q
million tons Of coal guess where T
was hidin!"
With his grimy face and hands bear
ing silent witness to his tale, he re-
ported the story Of his discovery 20
Daniel B. Walsh. Fuel Administrator.
Mr.. Walsh investigated and found that
a rotting bunker of the old water works
still held nearly 800 tons OF soft coal
Adjoining the waterworks is the plant
of the Federal Primer Company en-
ployed on war contracts for the gov
eminent and on the verge of closing
for lack of coal. Fuel officials gave per-
mission to the primer company to take
tho coal and pay for it at a price to be
determined by the fuel administration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-13
Will Open New York Bureau
For Women War Workers

WASHINGTON, Jan. ia clearing
house for woman labor will be opened
next week at % East Twentysecond
Street, New York City, through which
efforts will be made to place women
workers in war industries.
Miss Margaret Wilson, the Presi-
dents daughter, will be the principal
speaker at luncheon to be held next
week in New York in celebration of the
opening of the new women's division
Of the United States employment ser
vice, which is devoted exclusively to
women's interests.
Mrs Hilda Muhlhauser Richards,
with Offices at 81 West Tenth Street,
New York City. who is chief of the
new division, left to-day for New York
to open the clearing house.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-13
Greatest Opposition Found
Among Those Who Fear
Socialism
"Post" Blames Curzon
Labor and Liberal Element
Accept Woman's Measure
With Great Joy
staff Correspondence1

LONDON, Jan. 12.-Englsh opinion,
Us reflected in the leading articles in
the press here to-day, is still largely
divided over the advisability Of woman
suffrage, despite the fact that the
House of Lords accepted the principle
by two-to-one vote. AS the reform
bill now stands, 100000 women voters
of thirty years and upward will be
added to the Parliamentary register.
1t is among those who fear socialism
the most that the greatest opposition
is found. "Thc Mornig Post" expresses
the view Of many Conservatives when
it says:
of Lord Curzon and others who
share his convictions had the courage
and resolution to act upon them, the
calamity over which he impotently
wrings his hands would have been
averted. There is no evidence Of what
the nations wishes are or what the
wishes Of the soldiers and even the
women are on the question, yet at the
instigation of indefatigable agtators
and intrguers Parliament commits the
country at Such 1UncCure as tnlS 10
what is admitted to be a tremendous
leap in the dark, and there is no better
excuse for this ignominious default
than that of the unjust Judge in the
parable: Because this woman doth i'm
perfume me-"
'Thc Daily News" and DAILY Mall
both applaud the passage Of the meas
ure, although naturally the former is
much more pleased and lavish in its
acceptance Of what for England will be
the most radical legislative reform OF
the century. "The hail" merely says:
"Thc world will perhaps rub along
when women have the vote much as j,
did when they hadn't, but there will be
one less grievance, one less injustice
one less gap between the theory ant
practice of democracy
The Saturday Review" which rep
rcsents much the same body of opinion
as The Morning Post recently con-
tanned an extremely bitter article
against woman suffrage. wherein it re
ferred to soldiers and their silly sweet
hearts focking though the polls"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-13
Cincinnati Orchestra
Leader Is Interned
Dr.. Kunwald Arrested for Sec
ond Time on Washington
Order

CINCINNATI, Jan. 12.-Dr. Ernst
Aunwald. former director Of the Gin
cinnati Symphony Orchestra. is en-
route tonight to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga,
IN the custody Of detail of Fort
thomas soldiers, for internment dur
ing the period of the war. He was sur
rendered to the Fort Thomas authori-
lies late to-day, after instructions had
peen received by United States Mar
snai Devanney, from Washington. di-
'ecT,lng him to rcarrest DR.. Kunwald.
!. This is the second time the orchestra
director has been ordered interned. Sew
stal weeks ago he was apprehended by
government agents and taken to the
layton, Ohio, Jail. He was released
SSilhl twelve hours and returned to his
home here.
40 announcement was made as to
my Dr. hunwald was taken in custody.
i iao IS an Austrian citizen and said to
oo reserve officer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-13
No Reform Wanted,
Mayor Hylan Says
Declares City Has Had Enough
of 1t for Some Time
to Come

I'VE have had all the reform that we
want in this city for some time to
come"
That statement was made yesterday
by Mayor Hylan in letter to Henry
w. Harden, chairman OF the law com
mittee of tho Civil Service Reform AS
ISOLATION. Mr.. IIardon recently wrote
to the Mayor that the appointment OF
Or. Patrick D. Riordan, former Coro.
ncr, as chief medical examiner Of the
city, was illegal, as his name was
not on the list Of eligible names an
nounccd by the old Civil Service Com
mission. The letter stated that the COM
mission had held an examination and
announced three names as being eli
gible for the position.
Your letter Of January 10 received
and contents carefully noted" the
Mayor wrote. "The Civil Service Com
mission appointed by mo will comply
with the law and will be glad to ask
tor the cooperation Of your committee
when needed.
During the last four years the civil
service law has been grossly violated
and disregarded The public has heard
little from the Civil Service Reform AS
ISOLATION during that time. We have
had all the reform that we want in this
city for some time to come"
1t was explained at the Mayors
office that the appointment Of DR.. Rior-
dan was only temporary, he having bee,
appointed for only fifteen days. 1t coult
not be learned whether Mayor Hylar
intended to continue DR.. Riordan i,
office. DR.. Otto Schultz, now chic
medical assistant to District Attorne.
Swami, heads the civil service list fol-
chief medical examiner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-13
Germans Say Hospital Ship
Was Sent Down by Mine

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 12.-The Wolff
Bureau, the semi-official German
agency, in a communication regarding
the sinking of the British hospital ship
Rewa. on January 4, says chat the Ger
man authorities cannot yet give final
statement, as the submarine which
NIGHT have been concerned is still at
sea- The communication adds:
Nevertheless, competent quarters
regard it as impossible that the ship
should have been torpedoed by a sub
Accordingly, the only posi-
bility is that she was sunk by mine"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-13

will be an appreciate increase in the
number of this type Of war vessel en-
gazing the Uboats.
Despite many promises by "unauthor-.
.zed persons" it was asserted in naval
circles to-day, no answer to the sub
marine has been found superior to the
destroyer ard the depth charge. and IT
i, not claimed here that the sinkings OF
submarines ~ tae. Allied navIes e.
bv Germany. The tactics of the U-boat
warfare are constantly changing to
meet new situations. such as changes
IN the formation Of conveys. etc, and
these developments have 10 be met con-
tinually by the Allied war vessels.