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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19
COFFIN FIGURES
INCOME TAX

The high cost of dying
Is suggested by an In
quiry to the Internal req
enue bureau. A man,
.uns III at one time last
year and his luife .oas
told he had only t.oenty-
four hours to liue. With
unusual forethought she
made funeral arrange
n,enfs and ordered an
elaborate coffin.
The man recovered
and the undertaken re-
fused to take back the
coffin, except at $40 less
than the purchase price.
NolD the man tuho didn't
die ~ ants to knolU
Ohether the $40 is an, al
lowobIe deduction in fig
uring his income taxes.
The reUenue bureau
replied that the amount
could be deducted only
If the man considered
dying his regular line of
business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19
WASHINGTON POST OFFICE
. HANDLES FIRST "CH|CK"
Five-Pound Rooster Shipped From
Maryland to Massachusetts, in
Wooden Cage.

The first chick to come through the
Washington city post Office under the
new regulations permitting the sending
of chicks by parcel post, arrived today
from Brink1ow. Md, on its way to
Marlboro, Mass
The Chick" proved to be a five
pound rooster. of uncertain age. Post
office officials saw no reason to deny
him transportation on the ground that
he was not a chick
He certainly is a day-old chick
and then some" said Postmaster
Chance.
The rooster was in a wooden cage and
beautifully provided with corn. He was
mailed yesterday.
The regulations provide that no pos
tai employe shall give chicks" water
en- route. So there was some specula-
ton at the post office today as to
whether the rooster would arrive alive.
He seemed in fine health, however,
and had eaten away considerable of his
ear of corn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19
DRY PETITION DIDN'T HAVE
SUFFICIENT SIGNATURES
Chicago Election Board Rules as In
valid Call for Election
April g.

CHICAGO, March 19,-The election board
today ruled that the petition of the Chi
cago's dry federation submitting to the
voters at an election April 2 the question
Of making the city anti-saioon territory
was invalid because it did not contain the
required number of legal signatures.
The election board decided that the dry
petition has 7,5f5 less legal signatures than
the number required by law to put the
question on the ballot The decision up
holds the charges OF fraud made by the
vets. -.-sss-.. -l
The board checked every name before
announcing its decision The grand jury
recently indicted eight persons on charges
of perjury and forgery in connection with
an Investigation made on the petition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19
Z WISCONSIN LOYALTY TEST
Today's Primaries Considered Vote
on ia Folletteism.n

MILWAUKEE. Wis, March 1s-Tbe
contest for party nominations for Unitsa
States senator in Wisconsin to fill the
unexpired term of the late Senator Pan,
9. Husting, started today. The election
= regarded generally as being a test of
Hisconsin's loyalty to the nation.
sJoseph e. Davies, former Federal Trade
Commissioner, and DR.. Chas Mccarthy.
nate reference librarian on ioyaHs,
platforms, are sthe democratic candi-
dHtes. Representative Irvine L Len
rot, favor1ng the Presidents war aims
ana Jamef Thompson, La Crosse, La Fol-
lette Candidate. are the republican cam
didatess Victor l. Berger, socialist
candidate. is also in the field
in some booths in Milwaukee the early
vote 8 averaged nearly one minute
which is far greater than the usual turn
out for a, primary ssgs.z
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By a misunderstanding
Naval Reserve Officers Go
Aboard a Dutch Ship

NEW YORK. March 19.-Apparently
through a misunderstanding. one of the
Dutch ships in New York harbor, the
Sarnaranda, was boarded by officers OF
the naval reserve today and her COM
mander notified that they had come to
take possession of the ship in the name
of the American government.
The commander was told that the
American flag would go up at noon and
that the officers and crew of the ship
would be given until midnight to leave.
The commander of the Samaranda re-
ported the circumstances to the Rotter-
dam Lloyd, her owners. and said he
was preparig to obey, when shortly
after noon he again reported saying
that the naval officers had left the ship.
He said the naval officers had Informed
him they had been instructed to return
to the navy yard and that the contem-
plated seizure had been postponed
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WHAT RUSSIA IS LOSING
T0HUNS, TOlDBY GORKY
Editor Gives Actual Figures in Ma
terials and Cash, Amount
ing to Billions.
BIT LOUIS EDGAR BROWNE.
Cablesram to The Evening Star. an,
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.


. PETROGRAD. Russia, March Ia (de-
1ayed)--Maxim Gorky. under the head
ing, what Russia Lost" writes
singing warning in his paper. Novais
Zihn, directed to the congress of
soviets assembling today in Moscow
for the purpose of ratffying the Ger
man peace terms. He says: Russia
Will better understand the price of
SYNONYMOUS peace if, instead OF dis
cussion, she takes facts as represented
in figures. We wonder IL Russia will
survive such bleeding as Germany pro-
poses namely. the annexation of one
quarter of Russia's total population
and the occupati ton or control of one
third of Russia's total agricultural
area under production Russia must
soon consider this or fall as low as
Turkey or China
1--WE deplore risky experiments such
as the naturalization of the banks.
factories and industries, which are
practically destroyed and already badly
damaged by the government For the
purpose of arriving at this conclusion
we consider only the territories oc-
cupied by the central powers, namely,
Poland, the Baltic provinces, Galfcia
and BeSSarabia, which are already un-
der Austro- Rumanian occupation; also
Batum and other sections of the eau
casus Our estimates include the
Ukraine. because the rada has signed
a peace treaty placing the Ukraine
under German economical domination.
Here is what Russia loses: Territory.
TO-. 900 square versts, ora per cent of
Russia's total area; population, $4,000
600 or &c per cent of the total Russian
population. agricultural land. normally
Cultivated. 5s.000.0eo acres. or 81 per
cent; foodstuffs. 5S,000.000 tons yearly,
or 81 per cent OF Russia's total pro-
duction; Railways. Il. 500 yersts (1o.500
miles,, or &c per cent; manufacturing
Industries. $4,000, oo0 rubles ts4se.5o0.
oeu), or 33 per cent; machinery. $4,000
horsepower. or 80 per cent; coal. so, 000.-
600 tons yearly, or rs per cent; iron.
$500 600 tons. or % per cent. Before
the war our yearly output of Goals in
the whole of the Russian empire was
100000 tons and cast iron 100000
tons. If the German peace treaty is
permanent the Russian nation will be
able to produce only 10.080.00o tons of
coal and 1,4o0, 900 tons of cast iron
yearly. Russia's Industrial develop
ment in the past twenty years will be
completely erased"
The foregoing tabulation gives some
idea of the vast resources which the
Russian collapse opens to German ex-
ploitation. o. = % .
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Y. NJ. c. A. WORKAT
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
Activities Being Extended
Among War Workers in
All Sections.

The Y. NJ. c. A. is extending it's work
on another front-not in Europe this
time, but among industrial plants
which are producing the raw materials
with which men in France will fight
The association now has industrial
stations used by the miners, others by
the national forests. by metal workers.
and at big steel plants and other CEN
ters of war time industry.
Task at Hopewen, Va.
Down at Hopewell, Va. the associa-
ton has developed its work rapidly to
keep pace with the boom town" that
emerged from sandy cornfield two
years ago to a city of $4,000 inhabitants.
There are housing problems. dens of
vice grew like mushrooms, and. at best,
the making of gun cotton is hazardous,
but the handling of all the thousands
of men who rushed to Hopewell was
only a little less dangerous. Today the
situation is we'll in hand. and the asso-
citation is competing vigorously with less
helpful forces.
The du Pont company asked the as
sociation to tackle the job at their
plant. Two large buildings were erect
ed, fully equipped with gymnasium,
swimming pools. cafeterias. reading
| rooms and lounging rooms. Since then
the association has been an off-time
mecca for the men.
Tribute to 2. M. C. A.
At Cafneys Point, n. j.. the plant
manager paid this tribute to the asso-
citation: IF 1 had to start over, before
I built my power house j would build
the Y. M. C. A.
Recently the industrial department
was called to serve the workmen of the
American international Corporation at
the Hog Island shipyard The com
pany erected 100000 Y. NJ. C. A.
building for its employees The associa-
ton has organized work among the
colored employees of the Newport News
Shipbuilding Company in Virginia. At
its new plant employing more than
3 900 men at Bristol, Pa, the Merchants
ShipbuildiHg Company has given two
floors of the building for temporary
Y. NJ. c. "A. headquarters. A new build
ing is to be erected.
In Older Parts of Nation.
Other industrial Y. NJ. c. AS recently
authorized afe two buildings and sec
retarial stats provided by the Air
Nitrates Company. Musse1 Shoals, Ala,
a government munitions plant; two
new buildings at the du Pont Powder
Companys plant near Williamsburg,
Va, and two by the same company at
their Hadley Bend. Nashville, Tenn,
plant.
At a recent meeting of the executive
committee of the Y. M. c. A. war
work council it was decided to extend
the industrial work and committee
was appointed headed by John Sher-
man Hoyt, and including such men as
George w. Perkins, Frank Hrumbull
Homer L.. Ferguson and Robert Gar
rett.
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GIRL CIGAR STRIKERS
ARE TO PICKET FACTORY
Employees of 81. T. offterdinger Seek
to Enforce Their
Demand.

Girl employees of the Henry T. Otter.
dinger cigar factory. sos 9th street,
who went on strike yesterday, this aft.
ernoon will begin picketlng the OTTER
dinger establishment.
This was decided on at a meeting Of
the workers at s1I E street this morn
ing.
The claim of the union today was
that there are eighty-three girls and
five men out. leaving only a few at
work.
MIR Offterdinger said this afternoon
that at the present time he would not
consider a conference with the em-
ployes who left their work.
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ASCRIBED TO FUEL SHORTAGE.
Figures Show Decrease in Produc.
lion of News Print panar

Newsprint paper production in the
first two months of the year is put a..
1S2.999 tons. against 222,S40 for the
same period last year in estimates
given today by the Federal Trade Com
mission.
Standard news production decreased
from 2o6,333 tons to l70s52 The de-
crease is ascribed to the fuel shortage
Total mill stocks on hand March 3
news, 24,SS6.
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FLORIDA BANK DYNAMITED.
Robbers Kill One Man, Wound An
other and Escape.

TAMPA. Fla. March 1s-The State
Bank of Zephyrhills. Fla, was dyna-
mited early this morning. A Mr.. Storms
ran to the bank and was killed; + another
man was wounded. The, robbers es-
capped without booty. A posse is hunt
ing them.
Telephone wires were cut by the rob-
bers and details have not yet been re-
ceived.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19

perience defensive operafions ana,
thapks to the brilliant way IN Wnicn
orders were given before and ,donne
the fight, he succeeded IN keeping me
line intact, despite the efforts or the
enemy, who was aided by powerful ar
This incident occurred during raid
March northeast of Badonvtller, when
the Germans knocked the American 20
! sltions almost to pieces with shells ana
then attacked in waves Although the
American, forces were shaken by the
artillery fire, Lieut. Col. Tinly gathered
them together and organized them ana
when the German infantry appeared 1t
met with a hot reception After a sharp
hght the enemy was forced to with
draw.
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FRANCIS AT VOLOGDA
ON SUNDAY, CABLE SHOWS

a dispatch to the State Department
today from Ambassador Francis. at
vologda, dated March II, convinced
officials that reports from Toxic that
he was on his way to Seoul, the capital
Of Chosen, were untrue. Butler Wright,
secretary of the embassy. Left Russia
some days ago for Chosen 1t was
thought his trip was the cause for the
reports. sce,s-=- ss.se.4,= i-s.z,-- ..-
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TO GET REPORT.
ON CASUALTIES FAILS

Efforts to. have taken up for con-
sideration the resolution introduced by
Senator New of Indiana, calling on tfie
War Department to furnish the Senate
with the reasons for making public
only the names of American casualties
abroad failed in the Senate today on
the objection of Senator Myer of Mon
tana. who declared he opposed the
measure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19
DOWN SEVEN AIRPLANEs.
Italians, French and British Score
Successes on Italian Front.

ROME. March 19.-"Frequent artillery
exchanges have occurred from BENSON
(middle Piave sector)- to the sea-" says
today's war office report. There has
been lively artillery fire in the Monticello
region. In the Ornic valley we made
few prisoners
Seven enemy airplanes were brought
down yesterday, two by the Italians.
two by the French and three by the
British.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19
WANTS TO KNOW DEVICES.
Senate Asks Steps Taken to Protect
Wires From Spies.

The War Department was called upon
to furnish to the. Senate information
regarding what devices are available
and are being used to prevent spies from
tapping telephone and telegraph wires,
In a resolution introduced by Senator
without debate. - - - G.. s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19
E.
ALLIES TUMbLNVG
MANY FOE AEROS
Sharp Raiding Activities Con-
tinue, British and Portu-
guese Scoring.
GERMANS MEET CHECKS
GERMANS MEET CHECKS
GERMANS INVITE
WRITERS TO SEE
WESTERN DRIVE

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. March 10-The heaos
of the German army have Invited
n number of neutral correspond
ents to he present at the German
offensive on the western front.
the Exchange Telegraph corre-
spondent mt Copenhagen reports
The correspondents, 1t Is stated,
will leave for the front on We'd
nesday.
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Will Drill for Oil in England

LONDON. March 1s-The British
government has accepted an offer made
by Lord Cowdray. the head of world
wide British oil interests. to spend, II
required. 100000 in drilling for oil in
England. according to the Daily Mail
Sites have been selected for official
test bofeS r -.-.~-5- So -
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Cannot Admit Justice

II Will refrain from. discussing the
reasons that may have led to the new
demand. but its justice the Netherlands
government cannot admit Neither does
il admit the assumption. prevalent in
certain countries, that when bellig-
erent's need of tonnage becomes press
ing neutral ships can be forced en- bloc
to enter its service.
Dr. Loudon said that the Netherlands
government, after mature consldera-
ton. had informed the associated gov
ernmenUs that both from plitical and
economic viewpoints il objected seri-
ously to their demand, but it deferred
making q definite answer, taking into
consideration the threatened grain
shortage during the coming summer
and the probability that a refusal
would result in the cutting of of all
overseas supplies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19
TAKES UP CHARGES
OF PROF|TEER|NG
Board Discusses Allegations
Of Gutzon BorgIum Regard
ing Aircraft Building.
PRODUCTION TO SPEED UP

Charges that there has been profiteer-
ing in airplane manufacture. recently
made by Gutzon Borglum. were un-
derstood to be under discussion today
at the weekly meeting of the aircraft
board.
Although the board has been in
formed that Borglum's statements to
President Wilson were not responsible
for the War Departments appointment
of a special investigation committee,
board members indicated that they
wanted to inquire into the charges
and were anxious to have H Snowden
Marshall, chairman of the investigat-
ing committee, present at the meeting.
a careful survey of the situation has
led Signal Corps officers to believe that
the period of quantity production OF
airplanes is about to begin. By July,
they say, the fow of fighting planes to
Trance will tax available shipping to
carry it. To add to the difficulties ex-
vericnced there has been many changes
il. air warfare since the American pro-
gram was undertaken.
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Took Odessa Without Fight.

PETROGRAD, Monday. March IS
Four regiments took Odessa without
fight, according to advices received
here, the Austro-Germans capturing an
enormous quantity OF war materials ano
other booty, the rapidity of the Austro-
German occupation having made re-
moyal impossible. Before retreatinS
the Russians made feeble efort-to sci
fire to Odessa, but We're frustrated oy
the quick arrival of the enemy.
AT Nikolayey the banks immediat ely
resumed business under German con-
troll. kharkov was vacated hastpy
when it was learned that the Austro-
Germans had occupied Bakhma tch. kon-
Three Thousand Austro-Germanz pris-
oners at Rostov are reported to nave
armed themselves and captured the
town. The famous Guards. Regimen
from Moscow has been disarmed.
The head of the Turkish army has
accepted the proposal of the autono-
nous government of. the Caucasus Il
negotiate for separate peace
Romanoffs Must Register.
PETRoGRAD. Sunday. March 17.-Al
members of the Romanon family over
sixteen years of age living in Petro-
grad have been ordered to register i'm
mediately by the commission for the
suppression of the counter revolution
Grand Dukes Nicholas Michailovitcf
and Sergius Michailovitch are the only
Romanoffs now in Petrograd.
An order has been published for the
complete rehabilitation of the troopi
in the Petrograd district. The Lithu'
anian national council has been ar
rested at Veronesh.
Al. Bibenko, the bolshevik naval com
missioner, demanded that a specia
train be made up for him to travel t
Moscow and threatened to arrest tn,
railway administration if he was re-
fused. The special revolutionary bu
reau threatened to arrest. any member
of the government disorganizing trans.
port It is rumored. that NJ. Bibenks
will resign
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BERNSTORFF KNEW
WOMAN SUSPECTS
Nine. Storch and Mrs. Nix,
With Two Men, May Be
Deported.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, March 19-If recon-
mendations of Charles F. Dewoody. d.
vision superintendent of the Depart
ment of Justice, are approved. and it is
believed they will be. four persons,
two men and two women, regarded as
important members Of an international
spy system whose arrest here was an
Hounced yesterday, will be deported to
France.
The French law covering espionage
cases provided for much more dras-
tic action than can be taken under ex-
isting American laws. In fact under
the present law, it was explained here
today, women cannot be ia.erned in
this country.
Woman Suspect Much Admired.
OF the four spy suspects. Nine.
Despina Davidovitch Storch is said to
have been a friend of Count Won Bern
storff. former German ambas sador at
Washington. and under various names
to be we'll known in many European cap
itais. as well as in Washington. In this
city Nine. Storch made her !inrne IA
the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. where. be-
cause of her youth and striking beauty,
she had many admirers. She ,sas born
in constantinople about twenty-three
years ago. and is isaid to be the divorced
wife of a French army officer.
The departure from New York about a
week ago of Nine. Storch. in conluary-
with Baron Henri de Berille for Cuba.
caused agents of the Department of
Justice TO decide to ac; 'i'he couple
spent two days In Washington, where
they lived at the Shoreham Hotel as the
Baron and Baroness de BeviHe," and
returned to New York, where they spent
about week before resumins their
Journey to Cuba They We're taken into
custody at Key West, Fla, and brought
back to New York week ago.
Safe Deposit Box Raided.
Investigation. of the activities of
Nine. Storch is said to have revealed.
among other things. a safe deposit box
in which important papers and other
data were seized. A mass OF foreign
correspondence, including code is
said to have been among the docu-
ments
Little is known of Baron de Beville
aside from the fact that he is well
known in the fashionable uptown no.
tells. The young baron is said to have
protested his innocence and the Same
view Is hold by his father, who in a
statement declared his son was the vic
tim of the charms of the young Turk ish
woman
Mrs. Elizabeth Charlotte Nix and a
man giving the name of Count Robert
de Clairmont are the other persons
arrested. The former is said to have
been a close friend of Count Won Bern
storff and other high officials of the
German government. She is about
forty years of age. She is said to
nave come to America late in 1919 in
company with Count de Clairmont
The 'count"-his Claim to the title
being questioned--is said to be a ma
tive of the Island of Sumatra, his
father being a Frenchman.
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Left to France and Great Britain.

This indicates to officials here the
probability that development in guam
tity of sinFle-seAt machines will be left
to Franco and Great Britain, because
cot the distance the United States is
from the Fighting front. Probably Gen
pershing already is provided, or is to
be provided. with his pursuit machines
abroad Undoubtedly Liberty motors
would be shipped for use in them when
desired.
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7E[LSOF AID GIVEN /
MEAT PRODUCTION
J. P. Cotton of Food Admins
tration Appears Before 4
Senate Committee. u

Joseph p Cotton. head of the food
administrations meat division. with
offices at Chicago. was given a hearing
today by the Senate agricultural COM
mittee investigating the food sifua-
tfon- He was called to tell of the food
administrations policies respecting
stimulating meat production and to
give him an opportunity to reply to
recent testimony before the committee
that his Office advised packers to hold
down the prices paid for live stock.
Nothing has been done by the food
administration toward fixing the price
of meats except at n time when there
was an excessive demand from the
allied governments. Mr.. Cotton told the
committee. and at that tire the admin
istration desired to keep down the
price of the particular kind of meal
ordered by the allied governments.
The excessive demands of the allies
will have an effect on the hog and cat
tie market, he believed, hut assured
the committee there will be nothing
done toward recommending price regu-
lation without notice being given TO
the producers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19
Present Program.

The present program includes no
single seaters. Two types of two
.;eaters are now being produced. and
individual foreign aviaterS ON missions
to this country have expressed their
disapprobation OF this
The War Department, however, will
continue to DC <. led by Gen.
pershing's wishes. ari the more formal
opinion OF the French and British ex-
pertS as express, j through their
scientific missions n this country
The Liberty motor. rs the power plant
of y single scatter, 1t is said, might
easily produce rev speed records. but
the single snaters are the most quickly
discarded types Of aircraft at the front.
a new design has been known TO be
abandoned within only a few weeks,
when it is over matched in speed