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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
INFL UEAHA CASES SHOW
., SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE

influenza made further gains today,
269 cases being reported up TO noon.
This was an increase over the entire
number reported yesterday. which
was 23f. Deaths yesterday totaled
seventeen, as compared with thirteen
recorded Christmas day.
There were thirty-one patients at
the emergency influenza hospital. S12
F street northwest, today. No deaths
have occurred in the hospital, but
several Of the patients are reported
TO be dangerously i'll. When fully
equipped the institution will be able
to care for ninety patients.
Volunteer assistance from physi-
clans and nurses handling applica-
tionsS for admission to the hospital is
urgently requested by the District
health Office. Many applications are
,eceived at the hospital over the tele-
phone. DR.. Scott. executive officer in
charge, Is referring all applicants to
the influenza bureau OF the District
health department, and admissions to
the hospital are made on orders from
the bureausapproved by Health Officer
Fowler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
INA FRENCH HOSPITAL.
800 Little Patients Victims of War
and Hunnish Cruelty.

from 'ood Housekeeping.
- Through villages swarming with
troops and packed with ordnance we
arrived at an old caserne. which had
been converted into the chiIdren's hos
pital of the district. 1t is in charge
of one of the first of Americas child
zen specialists.
Here are 800 little patients. This
barracks converted into a hospital is
full of babies. the youngest being only
six days old when I was there MANY
OF the children have no parents. Others
nave lost their mothers: their fathers
are serving in the trenches. 1t is not
always easy to find out how they came
10 be orphans; there are such plentiful
chances of losing parents who live
continually under she'll fire. Cne lit
tie boy, on being asked where his
mother was. replied gravely: my NAM
ma. she is dead. Les boches. they put
2 gun to 'er head. She is finished I
nave no mamma
g. The unchildlike stoicism of these
children is appalling. I spent two days
among them and heard no CRYING.
Those who are sick lie motionless as
~aNon images in their cots. Those
VINO was supposedly well sit all
when first they arrive their faces are
J. eartif colored- The first thing they
have to be taught is how to be
children. They have to be coaxed and
induced to play: even then they soon
crow weary. They seem to regard
spnere playing as frivolous and indie
scorouS and SO it is in the light of
me, tragedies they have witnessed.
Cn1idren Of seven have seen more of
horror in three years than most old
men have read about in Gfetime
: Many of them have been captured by
and recaptured from the Huns They
shave been in villages where the dead
gay in piles and not even the women
Were spared. They have been present
while indecencies were worked upon
their mothers. They have seen men
hanged. shot. bayoneted, and flung to
sroast in burning houses. The pictures
of all these things hang in their
reyes. When they play it is out of
-politeness to the kind Americans, not
because they derive any pleasure from
1T.
Night is the troublesome time. The
children hide under their beds with
rounds continually. If the children
would only cry, they would give
warning. But instead they creep
silently out from between the sheets
aumb animals! That is what they
are when first they are brought in.
Their most primitive instincts for the
beginnings of cleanliness seem to
have vanished. They have been fShed
out of caves, ruined dugouts, broken
houses. They are as full of skin
diseases as the beggar who sat out
side Dives gate. only they have had
no dogs to lick their sores. They
have lived on offal so long that they
have the faces of the extremely aged
And their hatred! Directly you utter
the word "boche" all the little night
crowned figures sit up in their cots
and curse. When they Save done
gcursinE of their own accord tkey sing
the |"Marseillaise.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
INFORMATION WANTED.
Inquiry for Facts Concerning Capt
Smylie, a 10th Century Man.

Philip Hale. in the Boston Herald.
A correspondent in Buenos Aires
his letter is dated September 29-asks
If we ever heard Of Capt. '.Smylie,"
a historic figure on the Falkland
Islands about forty years ago.
Capt. Smylie." he writes. was at
one time New England whaler For
him are named Smylie channel and
Smylietown. which may be seen on
the chart. He afterward became
United States consul. Strange stories
of his doings survive and are told
on the Falkland Islands to this day.
A late British governor of the islands
collected some of the stories, but I
cannot learn that they were pub
Hshed. One was to the effect that
our State Department decided to re-
move him from office and sent a sue
cessor, who when he called to present
his credentials and demand the seal,
was kicked out by the captain. The
United States government had finally
to send a warship to remove Smylie.
Another story is that Capt SmyHe
was publicly logged by order of the
British governor for some misdoing.
AS the captain later sailed away he
planted two shots from his ships
small gun into the governors resi-
dence. Returning after a six-month
cruise, he sent a letter of apology to
the governor, adding that he had dis
covered a wreck and recovered some
fine tapestries and furniture which
he thought the governor might wish
If he would come on board he might
have his choice of them. The gov
ernor came on board with two guards,
who were promptly overpowered and
sent ashore. Capt. Smylie then put
to sea with the governor. whom he
made do the cooking for the crew
Of the whaler for several months.
"a friend lately returned from the
Falklands tells me that several of
the old islanders vouch for the truth
Of these stories"
Does any one Of our readers know
anything about this restless captain
who as a humorist would have en-
joyed the company OF one Bower. an
English journalist, mentioned in
Sutherland Edwards "Recollections."
This Bower on a Paris boulevard once
pinched a strange lady's leg and ran
an old gentleman "along the street
for a considerable distance by the
breech Of the trousers and the scuff
Of the neck" He finally varied his
amusements by a murder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

:. The man: who forgets faver sell
dom forgives an injury. -.~
: Every man should master the art of
conceahng his ignorance.
: The days are short" now because
there is less time in them-and time
is money.
Why are the Sunday school classes
so heavily recruited at this time?
The powers that be too frequently
sit down upon an evil as If it were
an inverted tack,
This is the season when father
hopes that mother will not give him
something for Christmas that will
put him financially to the bad for six
months to come.
Imagination is responsible for half
of our eroubles-and our fool actions
are responsible for the other half
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
|ONCE NEAR BATTLE WITH HUN
FLEET, SAYS ADMIRAL RODMAN
Also Tells of Flagship New York Being
Rammed and Other Facts About
American Squadron Work.

ships were completely closed and
darkened from sunset to sunrise. as q
precaution against air and other at
tacks; in winter this meant from If
teen to eighteen hours per day. This,
in all but an arctic climate. was one
Of our many hardships. But there was
no. complaint; on the other hand,
every one seemed happy and content
ed, and all eager to go to sea every
. time the occasion demanded, in the
hopes that we would meet the Hun
fleet and engage it.
Let me add, that with all Of the
demands which have been placed upon
the ships of this division, in spite OF
this constant readiness for action,
their maintenance, upkeep and eff
cheney under war conditions. with no
general overhaul or repairs, have been
maintained at such a high degree that
1t is no exaggeration to say that, were
they called upon to do so, they could
steam around the world as they are
now and still be ready to go into ac-
ton.
Battle Line Of Sixty-Five Miles.
ITO give an ideaaof tho immense
size and number of vessels employed
IN the grand fleet, it might be OF in
leaving port, our column Of ships, ex-
Guiding destroyers, was, on an aver
age. about sixty-fve miles long; on
one occasion, seventy-six miles. Its
length was dependent upon weather
and other conditions. as well as upon
the number of ships.
After four years Of war for the
grand fleet and after we had been a
part OF 1T for the last year, there came
the debacle. the last scene of the
great drama. Not as we had all ex-
pected. as the successful termination
of a great sea battle, but as an isno-
m!nious surrender, without firing a
gun. Surely no more complete victory
was ever won, nor q more disgracefuI
and humi1iating end could have come
TO powerful and much-vaunted fleet
high seas feet"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
FOUND APPARENTLY DYING.
Mrs. Ethel Conner Is Alleged tt
Have Taken Poison.

Mrs. Ethel Conner. twenty years
old, a war worker, is at Emergency
Hospital in an apparently dying con-
dition.
She was found yesterday in the
hallway at 1909 Pennsylvania ave-
nue., where she roomed. Police of
the third precinct reported she said
she had taken poison in an effort to
end her life.
Uriah Brill, Woodstock, Va. her
father, has been notified.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
i Learning Every Day.

From the Boston Transcript.
Movie sign-ThAda Bara as Cleo
PatYia-
Never heard C1eo's family name be-
fore, Any relation to Pro Patria?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27

was in the eightieth year OF her age.
She died at her home in Los Angeles.
Cal, on Christmas day. Among her
books are: '.Nimpo's Troubles" lit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
Called Potsdam Guards.

About the same time crowd Of
sailors marched to the chancellor's
palace for the purpose Of interpellat-
ing the Ebert-Hasse cabinet. The
for two hours; Premier Ebert fear
ing that an attempt was being made
to overthrow the cabinet. summoned
the Potsdam Guards. Three COM
panies, OF infantry and q battery OF
1s pse. pFs s.hn9 ss os
of which were eighty sailors with ma
chine guns. The troops demanded
that the sailors disaEm and disbapd.
1t appeared for a while that 4 serious
clash was impending. but Ebert final
ly mounted motor truck and an:
nounced that the government wanted
both armed forces to withdraw.
The cabinet. he said. was satisfied
to dispense with further protection
A long controversy as to which side
sifnult neous departure of guards and
sailors in opposite directions.
Wells, tho military commander. had
been particularly obnoxious to the
radicals, and there had been strong
rivalry between the republican guard
under his leadership and the public
safety police, organized by tho indie
uendent socialists. Both o9Eaniza-
tons probably will be supplanted by
mounted troops which are now sta
toned in local barracks
Herman MoIkenbuhr. former head of
the soldiers section of the executive
committee of the soldierS and work.
mems council. has been appointed mil
itary commander in Berlin In success
sion to Wells.
Both the Red Palace and the former
royal stables were damaged externally
by the artillery and machine-gun fire
Of the opposing factions The north
facade Of the palace shows two big
gaps made by seven-eentimeter
shells. The windows were destroyed
and the interior Of the former royal
apartments il plainly visible from the
street, Tho west front Of the palace
also was damaged heavily, while the
north walls Of the royal stables were
riddled with shot and shells.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
A Change for Them.

From the Boston Transcript.
What do professional fishermen do
when they take a vacation?' asks
the writer of sport column. Maybe
they tell the truth, brother.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27

Pets" Bird Lover in the West"
'True Bird Stories" with the Birds
in Maine" "Knsty's Queen Christ
mas" and Tho Children's Book OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
Always Ready to Fight.

Let it be sufficient to say that dur
ing our absence of a year there was
no other condition than that of con-
slant and continuous readiness for &C
ton. There was no liberty or leave
worth mentioning; no one allowed
away from the ships after dark, nor
for a period longer than four hours.
and then only in the immediate vicin-
ity of the ship. in signal or telephone
communication, subject to recall. All
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27

tie Folks in Feathers and Fur"
"Queer Pets at Marcy's," Little Peo-
pie of Asia" BIRD Ways" I'm Nest
! tie Brothers of the Air" Our Home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
Death Of "Olive Thorne."

The death Is reported Of Mrs Har-
riet Mann Miller, widely known as a
writer on birds and bird life. under
the pen name Of Olive Thorne. She
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
Bacon Prices Lower.

= Whole bacon of fancy quality was
$reduced from So cents a pound as a
S:maximum to "a cents. Fancy sliced
=ba con dropped from 81 cents to SO cents.
Whole pieces of standard quality are
JiSted at Al cents. and when this
quality is sliced it should not cost
ssthe housewife more than 81 cents a
pound.
y Whole standard ham was lowered
from Al cents, as n maximum. to 40
cents. The standard quality is quot
ed at AZ cents, a reduction of 1 cent.
= Lard of the pure variety, in tubs.
/. should not cost more than 35 cents
. IA pound. which is l cent below last
weeks price.
= All other articles on the price list
remained stationary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
DROP DUE IN COST
!; o.: EGGS AND PORK
Butter and Other Articles in
j the Weekly Quotations Re-
!. main Stationary.

Eggs and all pork products will cost
the Washington housewife less dur
ing the next seven days, according to
1.-The quotations on the weekly fair
:brice list. issued today by the District
food administration.
< Eggs of the strictly fresh variety.
(which were costing the Washington
public SO cents q dozen during the
fpast week, are reduced to so cents as
.9he maximum fair price. The mini
mum fair price is interpreted at II
Gents.
: There was drop of 2 cents in the
maximum quotation on cold storage
eggs. This variety is quoted at from
so to 65 cents dozen for the next
week. Current receipts remained the
same, 81 to 10 cents.
* There was no change in the price of
butter. Best creamery butter is
quoted at IS to 80 cents a pound, with
one cent extra in cartons. Cold Stor-
age butter'in prints is quoted at So
to SO cents and process butter at So
Ito 81 cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
New York Is Rammed.

I'm our operations In the North sea
we were frequently attacked by sub
marines, and our battlesh1ps mao nu-
escapes. often only by
prompt and skillful handling. On one
occasion a submarine rammed the
flagship New York. denied the bottom
and demolished the starboard propel-
ler. But there is every reason to be-
lieve that the blows from the propeller
sank the submarine. En- route to dry
dock to make repairs and install a
new propeller. three torpedoes In rapid
succession were fred at her by hostile
submarines. But again she avoided
them by clever maneuvering and es-
capped. Once when guarding or support
ing a convoy Of thirty or forty vessels
on the coast of Norway. In mid-win-
ter, a bunch of hostile subs fired six
torpedoes at us. Again only our vigil
lance and instantaneous maneuverins
saved as, but by a very narrow mar
gin. There were still other attacks by
submarines which neeessitated quick
action to avoid them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
Praise for Admiral Beatty.
Close to an Engagement.

I'VE were known and designated as
the 9Th Battle Squadron, and, as one
of the two so-called fast wings, would
take station at the head or rear of the
whole battleship force, dependent
upon certain conditions, unnecessary
to mention. when going hto action.
AS a matter of fact. when on one &C.
casion We came within a few miles
Of cutting OF from its base and en-
gaging the German feet. the DISPOSE
ton was such that the American Bat
,leship Division would have been in the
van and have led into action. had the
enemy not avoided action and taken
refuge behind his defenses, as usual,
before we could catch him.
1T was our policy to go after MN
every time he showed his nose outside
of his ports; no matter when nor
where, whether in single ships, by dl-
bisions, or his whole Aeet, out we went,
day or night, rain or shine. Every in
ducement was offered him to come
out Inferior forces were sent down
int othe Helgoland Blight to induce
MIN to attack; valuable conveys were
dispatched apparently without protec-
ton, and other devices to tempt hlm
out; but he would not come. 1t Is
needless to add that such expeditions,
on every occasion. were well guarded,
and we were ready to pounce on MN
with unseen forces had ne attempteo
to take advantage OF the seeming
small force or unprotected Vessels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27

Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman. who
commanded the sixth or American
battle squadron Of the grand fleet,
talked for publication for the first
time in thirteen months yesterday
afternoon, with q reporter OF the
New York Times. His talk, related
entirely to the grand fleet. which he
said was "the very backbone OF tn
structure which has made a victorf-
GUS peace q certainty"
Gives Interesting Facts.
Many interesting and hitherto un-
published facts concerning the war IN
the North sea were disclosed by Az.
miral Rodman. For instance, he let IL
be known that only few months
ago the Anglo-American battle
souadrons came SO close to what was
then the German high seas meet that
it was within a few miles OF cuttlhS
the fleet of from its base. On another
casion a German submarine came
within a hairs breadth, SO to SPEAK
of sending the flagship New YORK 20
the bottom, and on another occasion
C-boats got so close to the New YORK
that they were able to fire three
torpedoes at the great superoreao-
Il guess it is but natural" said
Admiral Rodman. that my thoughts
at this time are of the operations ana
activities of the battleship force un.
der my command, which, as YOU OF
course, know constituted an integral part
Of the grand fleet in the North sea- l
want to say right at the beginning
that when this country entered the
war the United States Navy, under the
able administration of Mr.. Daniels.
was ready at once to enter upon It's
war duties and did so, and from the
very beginning until the war was
brought to a successful end it has full
filled every single demand made upon
it promptly and N the most complete
and satisfactory manner.
Praise for Admiral Beatty.
mo mention can be made of the
grand feet without my thoughts turn
ing to It's commander-in-chief, Ad-
miral Sir David Beatty. a man of rare
accomplishments, a natural-born,
tried, trusted and gallant leader. I'm
der him our combined forces operated.
just as later all of the allied armies
were placed under the direction or
command of Marshal Foch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
Spartacus Faction in Control.


Spartacus Faction in Control.
BERLIN, Thursday. December z6
tby the Associated Press) (afternoonl:
The Spartacus faction was still in
control late this afternoon Of the Of
fees Of the socialist newspaper VOr-
waerts, which were forcibly taken
possession Of by members of the
group on Wednesday night. Chief OF
Police Eichhorn. however. had prom
Used the editors of the newspaper that
elected by o'clock this evening in
order to make possible the publica-
ton of Fridays issue by the regular
staff.
The seizure of the newspaper was
suggested during the demonstration
at the palace Wednesday. when Dr..
Karl Liebknecht and other radicals
delivered speeches. There were cries
of "On to the Vorwaerts" and the
demonstrators followed the red guard
to the printing plant. which was I'M
occupied. as the day was a holiday.
T After the seizure volunteer compos-
ftors responded to call for skilled men
and several Of these started up the lin
otype machines. Spartacan writer's pro-
vided copy for handbills. which were is
sued under the caption. RED Vor-
waerts." Meanwhile the red guards had
posted SentrteS at the doors and WINDOWS
to repel invaders. One Of these sentries
was an unkempt Spartacan carrying q
rife in one hand and an umbrella in the
other.
The handbills contained a report OF
the demonstration and explained the
seizure of the newspaper. which was de-
clared to be warranted under the new
law born with the revolution" An
other item declared: "Vorwaerts is the
product of the blood and sweat Of the
also was referred to az "a lying dog
and "a reptile whose poisonous teeth
are now about to be pulled The re-
tirement Of Premier Ebert and Herr
Scheidemanp and their intimate COL
leagues also was demanded.
Frederick StaInpfer. editor Of Vor-
waerts, called the attention Of the cabi-
net this morning to the raid and de-
manded that the government take
prompt action to release the newspaper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27

attack on the sailors. The instructions
for the attack. he added. were given
by Premier Ebert, Philip Scheide-
mann and Herr Landsberg. Barth said
he intended to consult his colleagues
and might leave the government i'm
mediately.
The correspondent considers one Of
the most disquieting factors Of the
situation the part played by the sail.
ors' wives and sweethearts, some OF
whom participated in the fighting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
FALL OF MAJORITY
SOCIALIST FORCES,
-
BERLIN PREDICTION

Continued from First Pase.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
Decided to Pay OF Reservists.

BERLIN. Tuesday. December "a (by
the Associated Press).-The cause OF
the fighting between sailors and soldiers
and the republican guard in Berlin yes
terday and today was the decision Of
Otto Wells, the military commander OF
Berlin, to disband and pay OH the
greater number Of naval reservists who
had been doing guard duty at revolu-
tionary headquarters since the outbreak
of the revolution.
Opposition to the continued presence
of the sailors grew with the return OF
soldiers from the front. and Wells finally
announced that all but 900 Of the 1000
sailors would be paid of and discharged.
The controversy reached a climax late
yesterday afternoon, whom a delegation
Of sailors marched to the headquarters
of Wells in Inter den Linden to protest
against his alleged hostile attitude.
Wells summoned the republican guard
which opened fire on the sailors with
machine guns as soon as it arrived.
Tho sailors then attacked the head
quarters and captured Wells and his
aids. They were detained in a palace,
but were released ultimately
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-21
POSTMASTER GENERAL
DICTATES AWARD
FOR POSTAL COMPANY

Washington, Nov. 20,-Postmas.er
General Burleson announced today TIA !
failing to reach an agreement with the
Postal Telegraph & Gable Co. upon COM
Iensation to be paid for its lines du.'ing
the period Of government control. @
had made an award which would I've
enforced, though the department would
facilitate suit in the course to deter
mine final adjustment
No physical consolidation of Offices
and facilities of the companies is plan
ned for Dec. /. amalgamation for the
present being limited to the inter-
change of messages. Reports are IN
lie. however, recommending the ners-
ing of telegraph. telephone and pos.c:.
hces and officials indicated that st aps
along this line, governed by local cor.
dltlons. miCht be expected after some
experiments lad been conducted in
Washington
On Dec. l Telegraph messages will ba
accepted at postoffice branches here
and telephone pay stations will be in.
stalled in each branch. Other exper:.
ments are planned.
1T was announced that after Jan. 1
employees of telegraph companies IN
service contn': ously two years will he
given 2nnua! vacations with pay of two
weeks and those in service one year vii,
be given one eek.