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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS
LABOR ADJUSTMENT PLAN
Railroad Administration Has Pro-
posa1 for Executives and En-
ployes to Consider.

A conference of railroad labor men
and executives will be held here next
week to discuss a tentative proposal of
the railroad administration to organize
a system of labor adjustment boards to
review complaints over wages and
working conditions, and disputes over
contract relations. to succeed the pres
ent railroad wage commission, a tenn
porary body.
The railroad administration is consid-
ering forming several boards-one for
each class of labor, such as train en-
ployes, shopmen, track workers and
clerks and telegraphers
The railroad wage commission met
today to consider its report of recon-
mendations to Director General Nc
Adoo. This probably viii be made
within week. and it is understood
material increases will be suggested
for most classes of labor. with the big
gest raises for the low-paid classes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
'B0Isheviki Government
Installed at Moscow,
Nations Old Capital
by the Associated Press


! MOSCOW, Tuesday, March 12.-Mos-
Cow has again become the official cap
ftaI of Russia. 1t was Peter the Great
who moved the seat of government
from Moscow. TO Petrograd, his name
city. which he founded. and after 200
years the government has been trans
ferred by its present head. Nikolai
Lenine, back to the historic capital in
the heart OF Russia
Lenine and virtually all the govern
mental commissioners except Leon
Trotzky arrived here tonight and off,
cia1ly opened the various ministries to-
day, preparatory to the session of the
an-Russian congress on March IA. Many
Of the buildings in the ancient krem-
Mn. the leading hotels and other build
ings were requistioned TO accommodate
the government officials. The subor-
dinate employees have been in process
of transfer for weeks, as have the gov
eminent archives. but today, the first
anniversary of the Russian revolution,
marks the actual transfer of the new
government and is being celebrated as
q national holiday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
MRS. WILSON PATRONESS
OF BELGIAN EXHIBITION
Pictures, Documents, Cartoons and
Articles Made by Soldiers to Be
Shown Public for Week.

Mrs. Wilson. wife of the President. is
70 he one of the patronesses for the
exhibit of official documents, both Bel
pian and German. and other articles
nertaining to the war. especially those
showing Germany's attitude towards
conouered territories, to be given by
the Belgian government. beginning at
IN o'clock tomorrow morning. ct 1924
r street. The exhibit will continue for
one week.
In connection with the pictures. doc
,,nants and cartoons. a number OF
articles made by Belgian soldiers from
.belI- and cartridge cases and bits OF
steel will be shown.
Mai Leon Osterreith and Lieut..
Philip Barber of the Belgian war mis-
sion. are in active charge OF the ex-
hibit. assisted by a committee OF prom
inent washington women. headed by
Mrs. Robert Lansing.
During next week small forget-me-
nots. tied with a knot of Belgian colorn.
are to be sold on the streets. and the
proceeds are to go to thu HeAe1AR
a. Me- .D1,0 6I12ak&(IE111.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
MUNITIONS PLANTS FIRED
IN RAID ON COB[ENz
Successful Results in British Aerial
Attack. Both Admitted
and Denied.
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON. March IS. Wednesday,
Mondays air raid on Coblenz caused very
heavy damage in that city, according to
German reports. says the Exchange Tele-
graph correspondent at Amsterdam. Two
munition factories were reported burning
he states, and vast quantities of explo-
sives were continually going off. rendering
the efforts of the firenen to extinguish the
flames unavailing.
On the other hand Reuters Amsterdam
correspondent quotes the Cologne Gazette
as SAYING that the hostile airmen who at
tackled the town of Coblenz at noon on
Monday dropped about ten bombs, which
caused only slight material damage, none
Of which was military. Two women were
killed and twenty persons injured, the
newspaper stated
(The raid on Coblenz was by British
ayiators They were officially reported
by London on March u to have dropped
n ton of bombs on this city of nearly
sc. 900 population, attacking factories. sta
tons and barracks. All the detectives
were reported hit. two fires and a very
large explosion being caused.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
INDICTMENTS RETURNED
AGAINST ALLEGED |. w. WIS

WICHITA, Kan. March 15.-Federal
indictments were returned here this
morning against thirty-fve alleged
members of the Industrial Workers of
the World. With only one exception,
the indicted men are now under arrest
and some have been informed for the
duration of the war.
The indictments charged disloyalty. in
subordination and interfering with the
production of oil and other products
necessary to the prosecution of the wnr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
COUNCILS WELDING
NATION TO UNITY,' SAYS PRESIDENT

has ever been welded BEFORE" Presi-
dent Wilson said. 1T will build up
from the bottom an understanding
and sympathy and unity Of purpose
and effort which no doubt will have an
immediate and decisive effect upon our
great undertaking.
ut is only by extending your organ
ization to small communities that every
citizen of the state can be reached
and touched with the inspiration of the
common cause.
Through this great new organization
we will express with added emphasis
our will to win and our confidence in
the utter righteousness of our pur-
pose"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
Opposed Borland Amendment.

Mr.. Heating of Colorado opposed the
Borland amendment. He said that gov
eminent clerks are as patriotic as the
ordinary member of Congress and are
sacrificing as much. The government
clerks are representative of the people
and their patriotism cannot be in
dicted without indicting the patriot
ism of the people back home.
He pointed out that the heads of ex-
ecutive departments can increase the
working time of the clerks beyond the
present limit whenever it is necessary
and without compensation for overtime.
Many clerks are now working overtime
cheerfully and without expectation of
compensation. But when overtime is
not necessary, in the opinion of heads
of departments. the clerks may reason
ably expect to work seven hours. as fix
ed by law. The government has ap-
pealed to these clerks to come to Wash
ington and render patriotic service and
they are doing SO.
Mr.. Walsh of Massa chuSettS contend
ed that if the heads of the departments
do not see fit to require the clerks to
work more than seven hours Congress
should direct them to do 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
TURKS ENTER ERZERUM
FIRED BY ARMENIANS
Ottoman Forces Always Have Used
Resistance by Natives as Ex-
cuse for Massacres.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. March 14.-Armenians are
offering resistance to Turkish troops,
according to an official Turkish an
nouncement received here today.
In Palestine attempts of the British
to advance on March 8 and 10 are said
to have been repulsed- An effort to
break through the line of the Jerusa-
lem Nabulus road failed, the statement
says.
The statement issued by the Turkish
war Office on Tuesday says that Turk
ish troops have entered Erzerum and
are extinguishing fires caused by the
Armenians.
ErZerum, the principal city of Tur-
kish Armenia, 100 miles southeast of
Trebizond. was held by the Russians
until their evacuation of Turkish
Armenia.
From authoritative English sources
recently 1t has been reported that the
Turks were massacreing Armenians on
occupying sections of Turkish Armenia
evacuated by the Russians in conse-
auence of the peace treaty. On previous
occasions the Turkish government has
sought to Justify such massacres by re-
porting uprisings among the peoples
thus victimized.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
HOUSE BY BIG VOTE
ADOPTS 8-AOUR LAW
Accepts BorIand Amendment
Adding Hour to Clerks
Days Work.
The BorIand eiRht-hour amendment
was adopted by the House this aft
ernOon by n vote of LIS to IS.

Debate on the Borland eight-hour
amendment began in the House shortly
before I O'Clock this afternoon. Mr.. Sis
son of Mississippi made a brief speech in
favor of the amendment He said that
Congress proposes to increase the COM
pensation of government employees in
Guiding postal employees. to total OF
about $50. 100000. and that he could not
favor s.Uch an increase unless the clerks
are required to work eight hours a day.
He said that throughout the country
labor is cIamoring for an eight-honr
day and that Congress cannot justify
to the people the fixing of seven.
hour day for government employees. He
warned members that they would have
to deal with the people back home on
this question.
Mr.. Hersey of Maine opposed the
amendment. He said that when he
speaks for the clerks he is speaking
for the people back home. because
he has many from his district in the
departments. He is advising applicants
not to come to Washington. because
they cannot make living.
He advised his hearers to read the
remarks of the senator from Missouri.
Mr.. Reed. yesterday opposing the
stand of MIR. Borland-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
VAST SUN SUBSCRIBED.

LONDON. Wednesday. March IA
Andrew Bonar Law. chancellor of the
exchequer. announced in the house of
commons today that the special effort
last week to sell national war bonds
throughout the country had resulted
in subscriptions totaling 127,87o,24e
pounds sterling. To this sum, he said
must be added $500. 900 pounds sterling
of the post Office issue and $500. 900
pounds sterling in war savings certif-
Gates. making a grand total of 1885,
$780, 40 pounds sterling subscribed for
the prosecution of the war.
The chancellor said that since Oc-
tober, when the issue of war bonds be-
gan. the total amount aoaA Was.Szo, o00s-
80 pounds 8teelmG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
ALLIES MUST HELP
RUSS, SAYS BALFOUR

Continued from First Page)
knows that there is no better way
than in making them divided What
would be the result of this disorder and
division? Men will at last look around
and say to themselves: This condition
is intolerable and makes life impos-
sible. Something must be done. good
or bad. to terminate the chaos"
Must Have External Help.
Mr. Balfour said he was unable to see
how, without external help, Russia was
going d resist this German malady,
adding:
Therefore the question we had to ask
ourselves was. could any of the allies
go to Russia in her extremity with that
help and sympathy she 80 soreIy stood
in need of. The help and sympathy the
allies desired to give was not invasion
and plumber. What America, Great
Britain. France and Japan desire to
give at the present moment is help
help to get Russia through the great
crisis in her destiny
IF Russia has DESTROYED everv in
strument of self-protection she once
possessed, why cannot the allies supply
what she now lacks? 1t would not be
done to satisfy greed. but because the
allies believe Germany Is really pene-
trattng through the whole of that vast
empire not by vast armies travelling
from the east to the west, but by meth
DDS perfectly well known to Germany"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
By the Associated Press.

AUGUSTA, Me-, March 15.-A tele-
gram from President Wilson. saying
that Maine in extending it's national
defense organization by the creation
of community councils was making IN
advance of vital significance. was re-
ceived today by Harold NJ Sewa;i.
chairman of the state committee GU
public safety
ut will, 1 believe, result when thor
oughly carried out in welding the ma
ton together as no nation OF great sA"e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
Paris Doctors Decorated.

PARIS. Wednesday. March 13.-Gen.
Mordacq, head of the military cabinet
of the ministry of war. visited today
the hospitals containing the wounded
from Monday nights air raid and be-
slowed the decoration Of the legion of
honor upon DIR. Milhit. the chief ply
stefan of one of the hospitals. and war
crosses with palm upon DR. Mathis, the
director of the hospital, and five
woman nurses. who had continued to
work with the utmost GOODNESS and de-
votion in caring for the wounded dur
ing the bombardment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
Is PERSONS MISSING
AFTER VESSELS COLLIDE

LONDON, March 15.-Twenty-six per-
sons are missing in consequence of a col
,ision between naval vessel and the Brit
ish steamship Baltimore. Survivors have
been landed at Kingstown. Ireland. by de-
stroyers.
The Baltimore, a vessel of 1859 tons
Gross, owned in Dublin, was bound from
Holyhead. Wales. across St. Georges chan
mel for Dublin. There were $40 passen-
gers on board.
The collision occurred in midchannel
The Rathmre, badly damaged, was lowed
Ito Dublin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
EARLY Move by japan Possible.

I. IT is believed that ratification OF the
1peace terms will bring an early move by
lsJapan in Siberia Any move by the
= Japanese, it is believed. would be MADE
ichiefiy as a measure of protection 1or
rJapanese and American supplies at Vlad-
3ivostok There is no real danger. ohi-
5,cials say, of German armies moving that
far east, but there is a probability tina |
supplies at Vladivostok might be sent
into Russia and then find their way INTO
sGerman hands.
The geographical location of Nladivo-
.Utok makes it easy for Japan at any time
Ito cut off a German force if one We're
IT., move TO the east. The single line OF
Railroad entering VIadivostok from Rus
skia takes 4 circuitouS route. and Japan
sw1th little difficulty could cut off com
insunication at any point for miles along
tta course.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
Colored Church Would Clear Debt.

An appeal has been made to the pub
lie to assist in raising a debt of $4,000
on Cosmopolitan Institutional Colored
Baptist Church. Rev. DR.. Simon P. W.
Drew, pastor of the church, and the
trustees has issued this appeal Ar
rangements are being made by the
pastor for celebration on March II
at the church, at which services sew
eral members Of Congress are sched-
uled to deliver addSassna.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
Posse Finds Dave Nef in Dugout.

RICHMOND. Va, March 15.-Dave
Neff, accused of felonious assault on
Elmer Bowman. who was recentlv
found by roadside with his throat
cut, was captured late yesterday Mem
was found in a dugout in the noun
tains of Shenandoah county near Wood
stock. asleep. The posse surrounded
the dugout and Sheriff Stoner covered
Neff with a gun before he fully real
lied what was happening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
STRIKERS IN AUSTRIA
DEFY THE MILITARY

BY the Associated Press.
COPENHAGEN, March 15-The
men in the workshops of the Austrian
railways have struck and refused to
obey the orders of the military to
return to work, the Berlin Lokal
Anzeiger states. The strike, it is
added, is spreading to other factories.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
HAS B|LLF0R j. S.
TO TAKE MARKET
Chairman Johnson Announces
Plan for requirement OF
Property.

Chairman johnson of the House Dis
trict committee today introduced olli TOT
the government to take over the WASH
inston Market Company by paying the
cornrrany for its improvements, valued at
5000 600 on land owned by the govern
ment which has an assessed value oa1
s1,200,000.
Chairman johnson corrected his hg-
ures given several days ago regarding
the rental that the government is pay
ing for part space in the building anu
referred to an article in The Star last
evening, in which, he said, he presideh'
of the Washington Market Company
questioned my veracity- lie eSpia'i'eo
that the Washington Market Company
is paying $500 in rental to the govern
ment for the property He had said that
the government is paying $4,000 year
rental for part of the space IN the
building. . x.,
the chief clerk of the Treasury De
partment, who today notified MN that
these figures are in error and that the
government is paying $4,000. ne eH
planned that the contract or lease is not
directly with the Washington Marie.
Company, but with the Mammoth
Amusement Company. which Is, in real
ity, A. F. Fox & Co. the real estate
agency, Mr.. Johnson said.
Company Wanted to Raise Rent.
Chairman Johnson quoted from the
article in The Star, in which the presi-
dent of the Washington Market Com
pany claimed that the company had not
rented any space to the government
since 1915, when the National Guard
armory, which had been occupied Tor
only one year. was vacated
Mr.. Johnson said in rebuttal that he
had been furnished with records by
the District auditor. showing that me
Market Company had charged $4,000
rental for the armory. and that the
armory was removed because the COM
pany wanted to charge $4,000 rent
Chairman Johnson answered me
question of taxation raised by the
president of the market company by
Stating that the federal government
pets no part of these returns, but that
the taxes are levied by the District
government, and that under the hat1-
market company pays the federal gov
eminent matches it with another dol
representative Mondell questioned
whether it was not possible Tor Ioi.
gress to take some action by when
the government could take back TINS
property, which is now under lease;
Mr.. Johnson explained the history OF
the lease which has ffty-two years
to run. He said he had previously in
troduced bill, but could not get it be,
fore the House, and that he intended
to reintroduce it. In answer to ques-
ton he said he thought the market
cornpany and it's tenants We're respon-
sible for the high rentals the govern
ment was forced to pay.
Representative Cox of Indiana sug-
pested that by comandeerlng this prop
ertv sufficient space might have been
found to save the government being
forced to buy the old Arlington Hotel
property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15

that moderate element in Germany.
which will only be able to raise its
voice again when the German militar-
lists can no longer present to an in
fatuated public the prospect of new
nations conquered and fresh provinces
annexed We shall surrender the
whole world, German quite as much as
non-German. 10 the rnilitaristic ideal if
We permit the German map of the
world to stand unamended and the Ger
man idea t; survive the present strug-
gle undefeated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
Denies French Claim.

AMSTERDAM Wednesday. March 49,
The French assertion that works
were hit and fires caused in an air "a id
upon Mainz last Saturday has been de-
MED in the Hessian parliament by Herr
Adeiung. a socialist member, according
to a Darmstadt dispatch to the Frank
furter Zeitung. The member stated,
however. that ten persons had been
killed and material damage done in the
city by the raiders
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15

n States in the interest of the Russian
people, although a short time ago Ann
e bassador Francis in q statement to the
s. Russian public issued at Voloeda said
THAT he had recommended to Washing
fton recognition by the United States OF
fanny government the Russians might SET
up. To recognize the government that
fhas just concluded peace on terms con-
xsidered entirely favorable to Germany.
lit is held here, however. might present
many mbarrassing difficulties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
Russ-Ukraine Peace.

The opening of peace negotiations at
sKiev between Russia and Ukraine is
reported in Vienna dispatch to the
Nossische ZeiIung of Berlin.
The Ukrainian rada, the dispatch
says, will meet soon to ratify the peace
treaty with the central powers.
( (The government set up in Ukraine
after its declaration of independence
from Russia was opposed as bourgeois
by the bolsheviki, who sent troops to
support a bolshevik movement in
ukraine. A number of battles were
fought and kiev was captured by the
sbo1sheviki. The terms imposed by the
central powers in the peace treaty with
Russia and the advance of Teutonic
troops into Ukraine, however, compelled
lthe bolsheviki to give up their cam
paign.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15

Raymond Clarence Levan. nineteen
years old, who pleaded guilty in Rich
mond. Va, Wednesday, of the charge
of marrying two eighteen-year-old
girls within eighteen months. has been
sent torthe. penitent1AEy for threes1DAEk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
Member of the Associated Press

The Associated Press il exclusively en-
titled 10 the use for republication Of all
news dispatches credited to it or not 9TH
erwise credited in this paper and alss the
local news published herein.
AL rights Of publication Of speeialAis.
patches herein are abo reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
Charge Regarding Supply of Trucks.

Further Mr.. Becker has stated that
II furnished inferior trucks to the
French government I had no powers
nor influence TO induce such a result
Moreover. Mr.. Becker is well aware
that orders were only placed after sam
pies were demonstrated satisfactorily
at Paris, and the French government
are to this day buying trucks from fac
tories that the Alliance Motors Corpo-
ration represent.
Mr. Becker has, on several occasions
emphasized my having retained many
lawyers, irrespective of the fact that /
have explained to him. and that he
knows very well, many of the names he
mentions are those of personal friends
of mine who were not retained by me
and would not accept remuneration.
He is also quoted as having said that
would only tell my story to Gov. Whit
man. This is untrue"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15

THE HAGUE. March 14.-The Meth
authority here, was not informed that
unless the Dutch ships in allied ports
were unreservedly delivered to the
allies by March IS they would be
taken over. But the British minister at
The Hague Informed the government
that unless a satisfactory answer was
Forthcoming by March IS. regarding
navigation of the danger zone by
Dutch ships, other measures would
have to be taken to get these ships
moving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
Negotiating With Poland.

I Active negotiations are in progress
for a reconciliation between Germany
land Poland and a new solution of the
Polish situation will be announced
shortly. according to the kurjer Polsky
lof Warsaw
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-15
GERMAN PRESS ENRAGED
BY DUTCH SHIP NOTICE
Call for Drastic Counter Measures
if Holland Yields to
Allies.

LONDON, March 15.-The notice
served on Holland by Great Britain
and the United States regarding the
taking over of Dutch ships in allied
ports has thrown the German press
into a towering rage, the Copenhagen
correspondent of the Exchange Tele-
graph Company cables. The newspa-
pers demand that Germany take the
most drastic counter measures if Hol-
land gives way to the allies.