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Evening star., 1918-01-14
BILL PROVIDES PENSIONS
FOR WORTHY MOTHERS
Representative Hilliard Want!
Board of Pensions to Administer
to D. c. Needy.

For the establishment in the District of
Columbia of a board of mothers PEN
'sions, which shall administer an act Of
Congress providing for the assistance Of
worthy mothers, who, by reason Of insult
ficient property or income or lack OF
earning capacity, are unable to support
their children, a bill has been introduced
by Representative Hilliard Of Colorado.
This bill says that the board shall con-
sist Of three members, two women and
one man, who shall be appointed by the
Supreme Court Of the District of Colum-
bia for a term of three years. It says
no person shall serve on the board who is
officially connected with the administra-
ton Of any public or private charity. 1t
provides that upon the appointment of the
board the members shall appoint a trained
executive secretary and Il clerk, who shall
be women, and receive suitable salaries.
The sum of $40 month may be allow
ed under the act to the mother of one
child, and $40 month additional for
each additional child, but the total al
lowance shall not exceed $50 month.
The allowance would cease upon the
following conditions:
First. When the child reaches the age
of sixteen years. unless by reason of
mental or physical incapacity such con-
dition of dependency continues beyond
that age.
Second. Upon the remarriage of the
mother.
Third. Upon the willful failure of the
mother to comply with regulations.
The bill further provides that the
pension, or such portion Of it as shall
be deemed necessary by the board, may
be granted to such mothers with chill
dren to support who have been resi-
dents of the District Of Columbia for a
period of not less than three years i'm
mediately preceding application.
Mothers who may have real estate but
insufficient funds to support their chill
dren dependent upon them, and such
mothers as may be unable to earn a
competence without thereby endanger-
ing the welfare of their children, shall
not by reason of such property or earn
ing capacity be excluded from the ben
efits of this act.
A sufficient appropriation for the pay
ment of mothers pensions and the de-
fraying of the expenses of the mothers
pension board would be carried in the
annual appropriation act for the Dis
trict of Columbia upon estimates to be
submitted by the board.
Evening star., 1918-01-14
MUST LIFT OBJECTION TO
RENTING WOMEN ROOMS
Housekeepers Who Specify Men
Only" Are Problem to Council
of National Defense.

More housekeepers who are fitting up
rooms to rent will have to agree to
take women If the District Council OF
Defense is to succeed in housing the
hundreds OF young woman stcnopraph-
ers who will be brought here by the
government during the next few
months.
Although 1850 rooms have been listed
with the room bureau of the defense
council during the past month, William
H. Baldwin. chairman of the council.
pointed out today that in 6s5 cases re-
quest was made for men only. These
requests left only SIS rooms available
for women. in spite of the fact that
women form a big majority of the new
clerks in Washington.
Believing that there will not be room
enough in the homes of the District to
provide for all the new clerks who will
be brought here during the next six
months, the CosnciI of National Defense
has practically decided to recommend
to President Wilson that he ask Con-
gress for an appropriation to build
dormitories with restaurants attached.
Government architects, II is UNDER
stood. are planning the dormitories to
get an estimate Of the cost. II such
a recommendation is decided on and
approved by Congress it is likely the
War Department will supervise the
building on some government tract
within convenient distance OF the execu-
tive departments.
The room bureau will remain at its
temporary location in the Chamber OF
Commerce. Gil 18th street, for few
days longer, after which it will move
to 1921 New York avenue.
Evening star., 1918-01-14
CATHOLICS ASSEMBLE
IN CARDINALS HONOR
Nearly 1900 Persons Shake Hands
With Prelate After Mass at
st. Patrick's Church.

The largest Catholic assemblage in
st. Patrick's Church for many months
yesterday paid respect to Cardinal Glib
bons of Baltimore. and 1000 persons
shook hands with the prelate at the
conclusion Of the mass, in which the
cardinal participated.
The reception in Carrolr Hall, fol-
lowing the mass, was public. and Cath
olics from all sections of the city were
present. Many prominent Washington
people. not of Roman faith, were also
in the throng that crowded the hall
After the reception the cardinal re-
turned to Baltimore. During his stay
in Washington he was the guest of Mgr
Cornelius F. Thomas, rector of st. Pat
rick's Church.
Special carols and music were ren.
dered, the celebrant of the mass being
Rev. NJ. P. Egan of st. Patricks Church
The deacon of the mass was Rev. viii.
liam J. Carroll of st. PauTs Church ant
the subdeacon was Rev. J. L. Weiden-
ham of st. Peters Church. The cardi-
nal occupied the throne to the left OF
the altar. being attended by Rev. Will
liam J. Kerby of Catholic University
Very Rev. James A. Burns, c. S. c.
president of Holy Cross College. and
Rev. A. j. Donlon, $. J., president oi
Georgetown University. Mgr. Thomas
preached the sermon.
In the full robes of his pontif1cal rank
the cardinal and his escort of local dig
nitaries of the church headed an i'm
pressive procession from the rectory
Members Of the League of the Good
Shepherd formed guard of honor.
Among those in attendance were: Sec.
retary McAdoo. Secretary Baker, Post.
master General Burleson, Attorney Gen.
eral Gregory. Commissioner Gwynn w
Gardiner and other high officials of the
government. The diplomatic corps was
well represented at the mass and re-
ception, representatives from South
America being in largest number.
Evening star., 1918-01-14
FRATERNITY COMMITTEE
OF SCHOOLS TO MEET
Will Inquire Into Reported Activ-
tiles, Says Supt. E. L.
Thurston.

meeting of the general committee
on high school fraternities and sorori-
ties, appointed by the board of educa-
the board barring all secret societies
from high schools in the District of
Columbia, will soon be called, accord
ing to Superintendent of Schools Ernest
l.. Thurston. to inquire into reported
activities of secret societies in the high
schools.
For two months Supt. Thurston has
been making quiet investigation
into the activities of the secret socie-
ties, and while he has not discovered
any specific violations Of the rule bar
ring the initiation of new members
into the societies, he has discovered in
general way that the societies are
carrying on their activities.
The edict handed down last year by
the board of education, which barred
the initiation of new members into the
secret societies in the schools for a
period of two years. was intended to
permit the organizations to die nat
ural death and permit those students
already members to graduate.
Supt. Thurston said today that he
has had in contemplation for some
time an early meeting of the commit
tee in charge of secret society activi-
ties in the schools, and the meeting
probably will be held some time next
week, following the introduction of
the topic at the meeting of the board
of education next Wednesday. The
committee consists of the high school
committee of the board of education.
the principal and two teachers from
each high school, the superintendent of
schools and three citizens not connect
ed with the school system.
A statement in defense of the exist
ence of secret societies in the high
schools was made today by William F.
GUIDE, a member of the Chamber of
Commerce, who stated that when an in
vestigation of the activities of the Sc
cret societies is made by the board of
education he will appear In their de-
Evening star., 1918-01-14
EAT MORE OYSTERS AND SAVE
MEAT SUPPLY, SAYS u. S. BUREAU

Eat more oysters and save the meat
supply.
This Is the admonition today of the
bureau of fisheries of the Department
of Agriculture, which has inaugurated
an educational campaign in behalf of a
movement to have Americans eat more
oysters and save red meat for shipment
to the allies and American soldiers in
France.
The oyster production OF the United
States is greater than that of all other
countries combined, the bureau de-
clares. and there is available in this
source a vast quantity Of animal food
which should be utilized.
Evening star., 1918-01-14

Federal and state inspections are nov
given to the sanitary conditions of oys-
| ter beds and the handling of oysters
and producers are cooperating to in
sure the purity of the product. Par
ticular attention Is directed by the gov.
ernment to the excellence Of green
gilled" oysters. The gray-green color
! characteristic of this condition is never
found on the body of the oyster, i,
says, and is confined to the gills. 1t is
absolutely harmless. Green gilled'
oysters are regarded in France as the
best obtainable.
| The bureau of fisheries recommends
the lowly oyster as product "withou,
waste. wholesome and affording an ap-
| petizing variant to the diet"
Evening star., 1918-01-14
APPOINTED TO STAFF OF
HOME DEFENSE RIFLES
Lem Towers, Jr., Grand Master of
Masons, Given Position by Col.
M. A. Winter.

Lem Towers, jr., grand master OF Ma
sons for the District of Columbia, has
been appointed a member of the regi-
mental staff of the Home Defense
League Rifles by Col. NJ. A. Winter. II
developed at a rally of the Home De-
fense League Rifles held at Masonic
blue lodges last week that the Masonic
fraternity Is taking an active interest
in the success of the home rifles. Ten
companies besides the regimental band
are composed almost exclusively OF Ma
sons. OF the 2,400 men making up the
membership of the rifles more than SO
per cent belong to the Masonic order.
The companies which include promi-
nent Masons are the following:
Company A, Capt. Charles d. Shack
elford, is made up from the Shriners
and embraces the Almas Patrol, recog-
nized as one of the best drilled organ
izations of the fraternal body in the
United States
Company B. Capt E. Hume Talbert,
formed entirely from the blue lodges of
Masonry.
Company E. Capt. William s. ouinter;
Company L, Capt. Ellwood P. Morey;
Company NJ. Capt. Thomas w. Bram-
hall; Company o. Capt. Montgomery
Hunter: Company Q, Capt. Wilbur H.
Lawrence: Company X. capt. Helmer
Rabild. and Company U. Capt Fred NJ
Pelzman. in addition to the regimental
band, and Capt. George A. Fischer are
likewise prominent by reason of their
Masonic affiliations.
Among the Masons of high standing
on the regimental staff of the Home
Rifles are the following:
Col. NJ. A. Winter. commanding Off
GER; Lieut.. Col. Henry May, ST.; Lieut..
Col. Edward P. Hazleton, Maj. Oliver
A. Phelps, Maj. Stirling Kerr, Maj. l..
Whiting Estes, Maj. William S. Parks,
Grand Commander of the Knights Tenn
plar of the District: Maj. Fred S. Hodg-
son. Maj. Israel S. Goldsmith, Rev. Will
liam Tayloe Snyder. regimental chap
tain; Capt. Delos W. Thayer, Capt.
Henry Lansburgh. Capt James w. Wit
ten and Capt. Philip NJ. Riefkin
Evening star., 1918-01-14
Huns to Reserve Recognition
of Ukrainian Republic Until
Treaty at Peace Conference

AMSTERDAM, January 15.-The re-
port of the Wolff bureau, the German
semi official news agency. on Saturday s
deliberations at the Brest-Litovsk
peace conference. says that at the epen-
ing of the sitting Count Czernin, the
Austro- Hungarian foreign minister. an
nounced the central powers recognized
the Ukraine delegation as "an indepen-
dent delegation representing the
Ukrain republic" but that formal rec
ognition of the Ukrainian republic as
an Independent state would be reserved
for the peace treaty.
M. Trotzky, the bolshevik foreign min
lister, followed Count Czernin, saying
that such conflicts as had occurred be-
tween the Russian government and the
Ukraine have had no connection with
the question of the differentiation
of the Ukraine. concerning which there
is no room for conflict between the
two sister republics"
NJ. Bolubowsch, the Ukrainian secre-
tary of state, accepted the statements
OF Count Czernin and NJ. TrotZky and
announced that his delegates would par
ticfpate in the peace negotiations on
that basis.
Evening star., 1918-01-14
ANNUAL TELEPHONE REPORT,
Total Receipts and Expenses by C.
and P. COMPANY Shown

The annual report of the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company for
the year 1917 was sent to Congress to-
day. in accordance with the law, by
President f. H. Bethel. 1t showed
that the total receipts from operation
in the District Of Columbia were S.
$4,000. and the operating expenses
were $1.ss2.50O leaving a revenue bal
ance of $46o,5oo. The operating ex-
penses were divided as follows:
General administration and taxes,
s1s1, 700: operating expenses, including
central office, etc. sS46.s00: mainte-
nance, $780, 900: rentals. pole and roof
attachments and insurance, $124. 400
The figures for December were es-
timated, as final figures will be dled
later.
Evening star., 1918-01-14
BOLSHEWM CLEAR DON
BASIN, GAIN COAL FIELDS
Seize Banks and Government Build
ings at Ufa-Sixty-Two Officers
Killed in Sebastopol Riot.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PETROGRAD, January 14.-Bolshe-
vfk soldiers have cleared the basin Of
the Don river of troops of Gen. Kale-
dimes. gaining possession of important
coal fields. 1t is announced officially.
They also have captured Ekaterinoslav.
In the operations In the Don region the
bolshevikt lost ten killed and twenty
wounded.
The bolshevik government has In
formed the Armenians in Turkish Ar
menia that 1t supports their right to
self-definition.
The French consul general in Finland
announces that his government has re-
Quested the French ambassadors at
Washington. London and Rome to urge
the allies to recognize Finland.
More Fighting in Interior Russia.
LONDON. January 1.-THE latest
news received in Petrograd, according
to Reuter- dispatch from that city. in
dtcates further fighting in the interior
Of Russia. A newspaper dispatch from
Kharkov reports that after the maxi
malists opened fire with machine guns
the I'd Ukrainian Regiment surren-
dered. with 1000 rifles and 13 machine
guns. The commander of the regiment
was arrested.
Twelve capitalists, residents of Khar-
kov. were ordered to donate 100000
rubles for the unemployed. The sum
was disbursed by the municipality.
Ufa in Hands Of Bolsheviki.
The city Of Ufa, in eastern Russia. is
said to be in the hands of the bolsheviki,
who seized the banks and government
buildings. They are sending forces, in
Guiding artillery, to Tchelyabinsk, on the
Transsiberian railway, where serious
fighting is expected.
Hunger riots have occurred at Koiomna,
In the government of Moscow. resulting In
the killing of twelve persons and wound
ing Of 120. The boshevih have occupied
the Moscow headquarters of the union of
zemstvos.
Idle soldiers in Petrograd are jour-
neying to the provinces and bringing
back to the capital provisions which
they are selling to the inhabitants at
exorbitant prices.
Sixty-Two Officers Killed in Riot.
The Daily Nails Petrograd corre-
spondent reports that rioting has been
going on for several days at Sebasto-
pol. The date of the trouble is not spe-
officially stated. Apparently the rioting
was started by the crew of q torpedo
boat who arrested their officers and
shot them. The sailors then made
wholesale arrests, and many lynchings
followed. Sixty-two officers were kill
ed, including Vice Admiral Novitski and
three other admirals.
Evening star., 1918-01-14
british Loss INCREASES
Total For Week of 24,979 Exceeds
Previous z Days by Al
most 5000.

LONDON, January 14--British casual
ties reported during the week ending to-
day toaled 24.979 officers and men, di-
vided as follows:
Killed or died of wounds: Officers, III;
men, 5.149
wounded or missing: Officers, 304; men,
l9,409.
Casualties in the British army reported
for the week ending today exceed by al
most 5000 the total reported in the pre-
vious week when the figures took an up
ward jump, virtually doubling the casual
ties of the preceding week. A week ago
the total was 1898. including 3.945 Of
ficers and men killed, while the total for
the preceding week was 1851.
Evening star., 1918-01-14
Cabrera Left Washington Incensed.
Big Packing Plants Shut Down.

CHICAGO, January 1.-THE huge
packing plants of Armour & Co. and Swift
& Co. were shut down today because OF
the inability to obtain coal. The employees
were set to work clearing railroad tracks
of snow.
Later several other packing concerns
shut down. A force OF 10000 men WIS
set to work digging snow from railroad
tracks
Evening star., 1918-01-14
Discuss Boche Claims.

Later in the session the delegates dis
cussed the German claim that the Rus
sian wireless statements issued during
the recess constituted a transgression
of the spirit of the armistice. NJ.
Trotzky desired to know in what par
ticular the spirit of the armistice had
been transgressed by the communica-
tions and Cen Hoffman, of the German
delegation replied:
AT the head of the armistice treaty
stood the words. bring about a last
ing peace Your Russian propaganda
transgressed this intention. because it
did not strive after a lasting peace, but
10 carry the resolutions concerning
civil war into the countries of the CEN
tral powers"
NJ. Trotzky answered Gen. Hoffman,.
pointing out that all the German news
papers were being freely admitted into
Russia. even newspapers which were
supporting the views of the extreme
Russian reactionaries
Evening star., 1918-01-14
Observe Complete Equality.

Complete equality had been observed
in this respect. and it had nothing to
do with the armistice treaty. Gen.
Hoffman, retorted this protest was not
directed against the Russian press, but
against official government statements
and statements which bore the sig
nature of Ensign Kryleuko, COM
mander-in- chief of the bolshevik forces.
To this statement Trotzky replied
that the treaty contained no restric-
tions on expressions Of opinion by citi-
zens of the Russian republic or their
governing officials. DR.. Richard Won
kuehlmann, the German foreign min
lister, interrupted NJ. Trotzky. saying:
.Non-interference in Russian affairs
is the fixed principle of the German
government. but the government has
the right to demand reciprocity in this
respect"
Answering DIR. Won kuehlmann. Trotz-
ky replied:
"On the other hand the Russians
will recognize it as step forward if
the Germans freely and frankly ex-
press their views regarding internal
conditions in Russia, as far as they
think it necessary"
Evening star., 1918-01-14
President Visits Departments.

President Wilson made another of his
visiting trips today to the
heads of the executive departments,
first going to the shipping board head
quarters and later to the War and Navy
Evening star., 1918-01-14
Regard Hun Assertions Nil.

THE refusal of the central powers to
transfer the conferences to d neutral
site is only explicabIe by the desire of
their governments and powerful an
nexationist groups to base their deal
ings not on reconciliation of peoples.
but on the war map. But war maps
disappear, while peoples remain. We
regarded as idle the assertions of the
German press that refusal to transfer
the conference was in the nature of an
uitimatum. We were wrong; an ulti-
matum was delivered-parleys at Brest-
Litovsk or none.
The German annexationists regard
the rupture of negotiations as prefer
able to a conciliatory settlement of the
future of Poland. Lithuania, Courland
and Armenia Semi-official annexation
ist asitators in the central countries
are trying to persuade the German
people that behind the open and frank
policy of Russia Is British or other
stage manager. Therefore, we decided
to remain at Brest-Litoysk, so that the
slightest possibility of peace may not
be lost: so that it may be established
whether peace is possible with the cen.
tral powers without violence to the
Poles. Let's. Armenians and all other
Evening star., 1918-01-14
Senator Hoke Smith to Speak.

Senator Hoke Smith Of Georgia is to
address the Georgia Historical Society 1t
S o'clock tonigh. in the w. c. 7. q. han,
at 522 9Th street northwest. He WIN WNl-
come all newcomers to the capital from
Georgia.
Evening star., 1918-01-14
Mrs. Sheridan Dies in London.

LONDON, January 14.-Mrs. Algernon
Thomas Brimley Sheridan. daughter of
Lord Lothrop. Motley. thA American hiss
torian. died last night at Frampton
Court. DorchesteSs
Evening star., 1918-01-14
KuehImann Must Go,
Says FatherIand Party,
in Backing Ludendorff
CableSram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.

Cablegram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1918.
AMSTERDAM. January 1.-THE pan
German storm against Won Kuehlmann,
the German foreign minister and chief
delegate at Brest-Litovsk, continues.
The fatherland party has sent out a
statement demanding that Gen. Won
Ludendorff must st4y and Kuehlmann
must go. The Munich Nachrichten says
that things are not whit, better than
they were in Bethmann Hollweg's days
and that no one knows who is really
governing. The Taegliche Rundschau
declares that if Won Kuehlmann did
not go beyond his instructions. as it is
semi officially maintained, then why
has the policy at Brest-Litoysk raised
such a storm, seeing that all the reichs-
tag parties agreed in December to the
course to be pursued in the negotia-
tionS.
Need Force, Says Won Tirpitz.
Admiral Won Tirpitz provides the
campaign with fuel in an interview
clares that the safety of Germany's
military position in the east is abso-
sutely necessary. which is the usual
definition of annexation in which the
pan-GernanS 1nQulSe. lie tlltS against
Won Kuehlmann, who recently said
Alsace-Lorraine was the great and
only real hindrance to peace in the
west, by saying that Belgium is the
main point for Germany. Only in
Germany" he adds. 'is it possible that
there are people who believe that our
interests there can be secured on paper
and by agreements. No. we need force
to secure that. We must hold the
Flanders coast by military force"
Banks Upon U-Boats.
The admiral concluded by saying that
the U-boats will bring England to her
knees at an early date.
Vorwaerts comments very sarcastical-
ly on the oft-repeated threat that if
the kaiser does not dismiss Won
Kuehlmann the general staff will
strike, and 1t expresses no little joy
that this method of forcing the crown
to act savors of republican methods,
for the pan-Germans wish the country
to rally around Won Hindenburg and
Won Ludendorff and coerce the crown
by isolation.