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Evening star., 1918-02-24
LETTERS. SAYS GEN. PERSEIING,
TIE BINDING TRENCH AND HOME
Messages Cheer Soldiers, Inspire Loved Ones
ITO Greater Sacrifices Here; Weight Big
Consideration In Transportation.

asm with the determination to endure
many burdens which may be trivial in
conveniences when compared with the
sacrifices the soldiers are making"
Gen. Pershing is of the opinion that
the man who gets letters from friends
and gets newspapers from home has
constantly in his mind the feeling that
his loved ones at home are expecting
great deeds of him and that the ma
ton is back of him.
'The war won't be won by reading and
writing. but. just like many other
things they are factors that are going
to help make efficient soldiers" said a
veteran officer today. Mail is a neces-
sary part Of Army supplies. Like other
supplies, there is room only for what
is necessary. We must economize in
ocean tonnage and use every pound to
the best advantage. Little details must
be considered. even if this is a big.
broad proposition. If every letter
writer uses a sheet Of thin, very thin
paper, instead of a heavy piece, the
weight will be reduced by half. In mil
lions of letters it means thousands of
tons less to carry. for every letter
should play its small part to win the
war"
Evening star., 1918-02-24
5 FROM ACROSS THE SEAS FOR SUNDAY STAR READERS
GERMAN IRON HEEL
REVERSE OF JUSTICE
SHOWN BY BRITISH

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
LONDON. February 10.-Con-
trasted with the German procla-
nation threatening punishment
upon the women and children Of
Udine, Italy. II they failed to
work in the fields for sixteen
hours every day under German
domination. the order issued by
the British commander to the peo.
pie of Jerusalem after the cap
ture of that city shows the diff
ferent manner in which the en-
tente and the central powers wage
war. The British order reads:
'It is my desire that every per-
son should pursue his lawful busi-
ness without fear of interruption.
Furthermore. since your city is
regarded with affection by three
of the great religions of mankind.
and its soil has been consecrated
by the prayers and pilgrimages Of
the devout for many centuries,
therefore be 1t known that every
sacred building, monument, holy
spot. shrine. pious bequest or GUS
tomary place, of prayer will be
maintained and protected accord
ing to the existing customs and
beliefs of those to whose faiths
they are sacred"
Evening star., 1918-02-24
By JUNIUS b. WOOD.

CablegFan- to TIE Sunday Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1913.
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN
FRANCE. February 23.-Letters from
home cheer the soldier and make easier
his hardships. Letters from the fight
ing front inspire those hoping and
waiting across tho sea. That use of
the ample mail facilities is considered
one OF the greatest factors in main
tanning the morale of the Army and the
nation was indicated today by Gen.
Pershing, commander -in-chief of the
American forces In France.
''one of the most effective ways that
our Army. thousands of miles away
and in a foreign land, can keep in SYM
pathy with the great home sentiment
in America Is through individual let
ters received by officers and men from
relatives and intimate friends" said
Gen. Pershing. 'In just the same way
letters from home to the fighting men
here should fire our national enthusi-
Evening star., 1918-02-24
NOTED YACHT COMES TO o. s
Owned by German, Was Seized and
Sold as Prize.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
LONDON. February 10.-The famous
steel racing yacht Germania, formerly
owned by Lieut.. DR.. Gustav Won Bohlen
und Halbach. head of the Krupp works.
but seized at Cowes at the beginning of
the war and sold as a British prize.
has now gone to the United States, it is
announced. incidentally. her sale Weld
ed $4,000 for the British and French
Red Cross.
The yacht was sold in prize court last
May for $4,000 to Capt. Hans Henne-
wig. Norwegian, who was required to
deposit with the government an addi-
tional $4,000 as a guarantee that the
vessel would not be delivered to the
enemy. Now that the yacht has gone to
the United States. the guarantee has
been released and Capt. HenneviR has
requested the court to hand the sum on
deposit to the Red Cross.
Evening star., 1918-02-24
WAR HITS BULB GROWERS.
Famous Road to HARLEM to Lack
Flowers This Spring.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press
LEYDEE. Netherlands. January 25-
No longer will the famous road to
Harlem present an uninterrupted vista
Of Towering bulbs when spring comes.
The bulb business. which has been seri-
ously hit by the war. offers such poor
prospects that many growers have
partly abandoned bulb planting and
have taken to vegetable raising instead.
Extensive vegetable drying sheds
have arisen alongside the canals where
in previous years banks of multi-col-
ored tulips and hyacinths delighted the
eye. So far. the facilities for drying
vegetables. especially cabbages and
carrots, are limited to about 500 tons a
week.
Evening star., 1918-02-24
BEGINS NoN-s1NKABLE TRIP.
q. S, Starts Austrian Steamer Over
seas to Test Invention

A GULF PORT. February 2s.-The
former Austrian steamer Lucia. seized
by the United States upon the declara-
ton of war against Austria and re-
Gently equipped with the new Dom
nelly ..non-sinkab1e" system, sailed
from here last night with a cargo for
some foreign port. The steamer is
equipped with more than $4,000 air
and water tight cells. which the in
ventor claims viii keep the vessel
adoat even should she be torpedoed.
Il. was stated the present voyage OF
the steamer 10 In the nature OF test
e& tie. noo-0ia1eaS13o,0 ,0UtAua.r s.s.-.-
Evening star., 1918-02-24
PILOTS TRAIN
WITH CLAY PIGEONS
Learn to Shoot "on the Wing" at
American Aviation Center
in France.
BY E. PERCY NOEL.

BY E. PERCY NOEL.
CableEram to TIE Sunday Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.
AT AN AVIATION CENTER IN
FRANCE. February 23.-Training pur-
suit pilots to shoot Is just as important
as training Them in acrobatics. Nearly
100000 clay pigeons have been shat
tered in the exclusively American
schools here since they were opened.
and millions more will be required be-
fore Americas Chasing" pilots face the
enemy in the air. In fact. they must
learn to shoot literally on the wing. for
not only is the target moving from 100
to $50 miles an hour, but the marksman
is also travelling at similar speed.
Using rife bullets In q machine gun
and firing at a larger object is much
harder than shooting at clay pigeons
from trap with shotgun, but the
training received in trapshooting Is q
good preparation for the harder task.
because it teaches quickness of move
ment, sureness OF aim and accustoms
the eye to spot quickly moving targets.
Pursuit pilot pupils cannot spend all
their time flying while at school. They
have many other occupations during
the training period. but the main one
Of these is shooting. They use every
kind Of firearm from revolver to shot
gun, and many sorts of targets One
method places the pupil in the fuselase
arranged as when in the air. With the
"joy stick" as the control lever is
called, in one hand and with his feet
on the rudder bar he holds in his right
hand an automatic pistol with which
he fires four successive shots at
bullseye target moving at short range
In front Of him.
Scores are kept for all the pupils. and
those who do not learn to shoot weIl
enough to attain a prescribed average
never become pursuit pilots, for other
wise they would be worse than useless
in that service.
Evening star., 1918-02-24
BRITISH COURTS TO DECIDE.
Question Raised Whether Storm OF
Germans DESTROYED Shin Aurora

Correspondence of the Associated Press,
LONDON. February 10.-The British
courts will be asked to decide whether
the famous polar exploration ship Au-
rora, wreckage Of which was found
near the Australian coast, was lost
through storm or by German action. II
the former. the marine insurance peo-
pie will have to pay: II the latter. the
loss will fall on the government war in
surance. -
The Aurora was last reported when
she left Sydney. Australia, on June 90
As she had a cargo of coal, she NAV
have fallen victim to the German
raider Seeadler
Evening star., 1918-02-24
TO PROTECT AERoPLAHEs.
German Army Constructing Under
ground Hangers to Foil Bombs,

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM. January 30-The Ger
man army is now constructing under
ground hangers for its airplanes as
protection against English bombing
raids, says the Echo Beige. At one of
the principal Belgian aerodromes,
hangers of this type capable of hous-
ing twelve machines have already been
completed by the use of war prisoner
labor.
The hangers are of great depth and
are protected overhead by a thick roof
Of concrete and earth. The machines are
underground and emerge by a long
runaway in full flight. In returning
they alight on the inclined plane,
down which the machines run easily to
their shelters.
Evening star., 1918-02-24
Will Mark Date in History.

Consequently the coming of regular
military mission to remain at the Italian
front, to study those aspects of mountain
6ghting which are unique in the world
and to prepare the way for those troops
whose coming. in however small num-
bers. will mark date in history. The
coming Of the mission under Maj. Gen.
Swift is an event of great promise
The arrival Of Americans on the Italian
front is expected by others than the
Italians. Across the trenches the Aus
trians are gloomily waiting for the first
American flag to be unfurled. Some days
ago an Austrian military paper after
stating enormously that the first Amerf-
can military detachments seemed to have
reached the southern front continued:
'"Thus the United States makes war on
Austria, which never did it any harm, in
order to give the Italians land half in
habited by Slovenes-land which have
been half a century in our possession"
Sad isn't it?
Evening star., 1918-02-24
TALK OF MAILS BY AIRPLANE.
Swedish Government Considering
Service Between Noortelje and Abo,

Correspondents OF the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM. January 30.-The
Swedish government is considering
proposals for the establishment of an
airplane postal service between Moor
tele and Tho beginning during the
latter part Of February or the early
part Of March. The consent of the
Finnish government has been assured.
The new service would reduce the
time of postal transit between Stock
holm and Abo from four days to six
hours. and the time between Stockholm
and Petrograd from five days to
twenty-five hours.
Evening star., 1918-02-24
ARTILLERY IS ACTIVE
ON THE ITALIAN FRONT

ROME February 23.-The official COM
munication from headquarters today
says:
"On the whole front there has been
moderate artillery action and lively
scouting on both sides. British patrols
took few prisoners. In the Brenta
valley an enemy detachment attempt
ing to capture one OF our small posts
was repulsed after q spirited engage
ment
IAN enemy airplane was brought down
by ono OF our airmen And-two others
A3 Br5tSGA- -AXtatneBta
Evening star., 1918-02-24
Says Press Is Free to Criticise.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press
PARIS. February 1O.-"The right of
a newspaper to abuse members of the
government is unquestioned and must
be observed" says an omcial state
ment announcing that q provincial
censor has been disciplined for sup
pressing an article which, according to
the statement, ''iid not allude to milf
tary or diplomatic affairs. but merely
contained the usual insults concerning
M. Clemenceau."
Evening star., 1918-02-24
WOMAN VOTE AFTER WAR
TOPIC Of DISCUSSION
Approval Of Franchise Bill by Brit
ish Parliament ELECTS Com.
ment of Noted Novelist.
of the Associated Press.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
LONDON, February 10-Now that the
women of England virtually are as
sured of the vote, a discussion has
arisen as to what they will do with
it after the war. Approval by parlia-
ment of the new franchise bill. which
before the war undoubtedly would have
been the signal for a great feminine
demonstration, ELECTED far less excite
ment than the average street queue
corner grocery shop.
While the mere mention of the intro
duction of such a measure formerly
would have been flashed across the
front pages OF all the great English
newspapers. its enactment into law now
commands only passing notice, and its
relative Importance to the other news
of the day is so slight that the average
reader might easily overlook it alto
gether.
What does it all mean?" the hard
man is asking.
Novelist Answers Query.
"It MEANS" says Miss Marie corelli,
the novelist that woman's work after
the war will be very much on the
straight and simple lines of nature
love, sweetness and home! That's all
woman's work. which she is just now
compelled to neglect-but only to cling
to it more when the madness Of the
nations is past"
Americans, who, before the war, were
wont to seek out the places Of historic
interest in Shakespeare's town, never
failed to pause when they came upon
the beautiful vine-colored house which
Miss Corelli has occupied for some
years.
Miss Corelli declares she has no fear
for her sex.
THE wheel goes round always, you
know, and in time stops at the same
old place." asserts the novelist, with
emphatic assurance. Grace, coquetry,
pretty apparel and all the dainty sweet
things of womanliness will come back
again-again another Dante will muse
on another Beatrice. another Petrarch
on another Laura! Again reverence for
women and chivalry will adorn the
strength Of manhood and slang and
my sex, and would have them all "crea-
lures of beauty and joys forever"
Hardly Need the Polling Booth.
But what Of the vote?"
II have seen great deal of woman's
work in this war" says Miss corelli,
anu am sure tneir meter Is anec-
tion. devotion. tenderness, and that they
hardly need the polling booth to assert
their claim to consideration. But the
vote will give them a rightly won posi-
tion in the affairs of the nation. Good
and brave men will always pay them
honor; they can do without the admix-
ture Of politics in their lives, still they
may as well have 1t.
Il hope and believe the place woman
will occupy after the war will be the
old sweet place nature intended her for
in the home nest, with love to guard
and sanctify her existence. She will
soon be tired of prancing around in
trousers and working on the land
Women are privileged to change their
minds. and about year ago 1 changed
mine from strong anti-sufrrage to the
other thing. In educational matters
women's votes and their influence are
imperatively necessary"
Evening star., 1918-02-24
Academy for Woman Writers.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
PARIS, February 10.-An academy"
for women on the lines OF the French
Academy is to be founded, It is an
nounced. It will be limited to ten
members. the hrst list being composed
entirely OF well known woman writer's.
Attached to the academy will be an in
stitute Of fine arts. composed Of woman
artists, sculptors, decorators Aad mod
lists. The president Of the institute
WIN Hbo-s.d13aGmak
Evening star., 1918-02-24
H. B. Clark Dies Suddenly.

SAN DIEGO. CAL, February 23.-H b.
('Ham"l Clark. one Of the founders Of
the United Press Association, died
suddenly of heart failure late last niRht
at his home in Chulavista- Clark was
president Of the United Press Aosocia-
tion for number Of years, retiring =
1914. He n survived by his widow. to
daughters And-ono Seas },
Evening star., 1918-02-24
VARIETY OF MEDALS
FOR GERMAN HEROES |

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
LONDON. January 10. Ger
many has produced $50 different
war medals to commemorate va
rious alleged victories during the
war. Copies of about half of
them have been obtained by the
Victoria and Albert Museum, I'm
London, and are now ON exhfbi-
tion there.
Before April, 1915, the German
government had issued more than
a hundred p0pular-priced "vic.
tory medals" of variOuN kinds.
These were struck on I'm light
silver and sold to the public for
a small sum. bearing Inscriptions
recording such exploits ms Zeppe-
lin attacks ON London, the bonn
bardment Of British coast towns
and battles ON the Western front.
Many of the medals bear portraits
of popular heroes OF u day or
two.
Some Of the medals are intend.
ed as cartoons. Such fs n medal
depicting England as q skeleton
t0rped0ing the Dutch steamer
Tubantin-althoug the Dutch
government proved that the tor
ped0 was OF German manufac-
ture.
Evening star., 1918-02-24
$4,000 for Child Welfare center,.

Correspondence of the Associated Presa
LONDON. February 1O.-The Ameri-
can Red Cross has given $4,000 to
establish eight maternity and child
welfare centers in England. - two in
London and the others in six large
industrial cities. The new Institutions
are to be known as the american Red
Cross Child Welfare Centers"
Evening star., 1918-02-24
London Has American Aid Society,"
he Associated Press.

Corresnondence nf the Associated Press.
LIVERPOOL. February 5.-English
and American women living in Liver
pool have formed an American Aid So
ciety. which aims to provide social
diversion for 'the many American
naval and military officers who find
themselves In Liverpool for greater or
shorter periods" A series Of teas.
dances and entertainments has already
been mapped cut,
Evening star., 1918-02-24
British Not to Publish Report,

Correspondence OF the Associated Press.
LONDON, February 10.-Thes British
government has decided that the second
and final report Of the DardaneIIes in
vestigation commission Ia not to be
published until after the war. Publica-
tion at present. It 10 stated. would net
be IN the epuhlic.intGrngA ,
Evening star., 1918-02-24
MILITARY MISSION
FROM j. s. IN ITALY
Arrival of Maj. Gen. Swift I'm
portant-WiII Prepare
Way for Troops.
AUSTRIANS MADE GLOOMY
BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRY.
CableEram to The Sunday Star and

CableEram to The Sunday Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.
ROME. Italy, February 23.-Maj. Gen.
Eben Swift, with an American military
mission, has reached Italy. The United
States government has announced its in
tention Of opening a publicity bureau in
this country. We are informed that the
United States for some time past has been
taking part in the work of allied propa-
ganda in enemy countries. These three
facts combine to reassure the Americans
living in Italy that an effort will be made
to realize the benefits which should come
to America and the allied cause from
active participation in what may be called
the secondary efforts in the war
Impressed by Americans.
Italians have seen little of the Ameri-
can war efforts They have not heard
enough, largely because almost all the
knowledge which reaches them come to
their newspapers by way of Paris or Lon
don, What they have seen has made a
good impression. The entire country has
taken friendly interest in the American
student aviators, whose tall, strong figures
are becoming well known sight in Rome
and Naples. The splendid work of the
Red Cross. both during the November
crisis and later. the less vast but ad-
mirable activities of the Young Mems
Christian Association, have aroused the
intense interest of the Italians and filled
them with a feeling of good fellowship
Thursday night an American band ar
rived from Paris to take part in the allied
concerts
But the soldiers in the trenches and the
officers in the ministry and at the front
have not seen those American soldiers
promised by the President nearly four
months ago. There has rarely been seen
more than an occasional visiting officer
or congressman, who. though unofficially
present. has taken advantage of his posi-
ton in the House Of Representatives to
obtain courtesies hardly deserved
Evening star., 1918-02-24
WHEW! HOW WOULD
YOU LIKE TO LIVE
IN RUSS CAPITAL?

Ccnespondencs Of the Associated Press.
PETROGRAD. January 3d.
The bolshevik town council in Pc
trograd has voted the following
new taxes:
On private automobiles and
motor boats. SIS per horsepower.
On private carriages. $3.50 =
year. plus $3.50 for each horse.
Sailing yachts. $500 . year.
Dogs, $2s yearly.
Auction sales. 20 per cent Of all
receipts.
Evening star., 1918-02-24
Too Free of Speech, Is Punished

correspondence of the Associated Press.
COPENHAGEN, January. 30.-An
eighteen-yehr-old German workman
has been Sentenced to six weeks i'm
prisonment in Berlin for calling out to
passing detachment of soldiers.
Throw away your rifles and make an
END of itw -
Evening star., 1918-02-24
b Employ Woman seaplane Pilot.

ef the Associated Press.
ATHENS. january 1.-THE Greek ad-
luairalty hGs authorised the employment
slQf q woman seaplane pilot, Miss Demise
AlimerE who In the daughter Of one
~ the 66vernuaent airplane engineers.
Evening star., 1918-02-24
Karl julius Won Beethoven Dead.

Correspondence of the Associated Press
COPENHAGEN, January 30.-The
death in an Austrian field hospital of
Karl julius Maria Won Beethoven, a de-
scendant of the famous composer of
that name. is announced. Deported from
England in 1915. he was drawn into the
Austrian landsturm and sent to the
front. He was forty-six years old.
Evening star., 1918-02-24
Brief Of Other Activities.

The transportation and warehouse
departments activities include:
The establishment of large central
warehouses in Paris and distributing
warehouses at important points from
the ocean to the Swiss border. In
supplies, food. soldiers comforts, to-
bacco, blankets and household goods.
kitchen utensils, clothing, beds and
other articles of relief.
~ The department is receiving several
hundred tons of supplies daily. and is
feshipping about rs per cent Of them
80 points nearer the front.
partment exceeds 100000 tons. and the
personnel of nearly 200 consists largely
of volunteer Americans not liable to
military duty.
The transportation department has a
personnel of several hundred. has its
s own automobiles for transporting sup
plies. has an organized force at every
port in France and can handle several
hundred tons daily.
= The Belgian repatriate children de-
partment has organized extensive relief
aswork, both for children and adults.
seand has erected warehouses near the
-sBeigian line to hold materials that
.ksnay be necessary for the relief Of Bel
GiAns should the front be forced back.
It is constantly aiding the Queen of
land assisting in the support of hos
4Dita1s and other work for the relief
of soldiers
It has opened a refuge for 600 Bel
gfAn children and Home for Con-
valescent Repatriate Children at Cha
teau des Halles.
It has instituted a moving child hy-
giene campaign at Chartres, where the
drst exhibition was given, in motor
truck equipped with hygienic sugges-
tions and apparatus from which lee
lures are given to mothers
Originally the Red Cross planned to
devote much time and energy to re-
building of the destroyed towns and
villages in the devastated districts. 1t
was soon found that this is virtually
impossible until after the war, and
1sRnot favored by the French govern
ment.
In the first place, the inhabitants are
not all ready to return to their former
home cities until the Germans have
been driven further back than at pres
emit Secondly. the work involved stu
pendous difficulties because to rebuild
any given city or town means that
quantities of material aad labor forces
entirely unavailable at present would
be needed.
The organization. therefore, has been
diverted from its original purpose and
81 spending its energies as summarized
largely in temporary relief work.
Evening star., 1918-02-24

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