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Highways
Council.

From the Detroit Free Press.
The kaiser can beat President WILL
sons record for brevity. He can save
men, time and money simply by
cabling: I'VE quit"
From the Richmond Tmes-Dispateh.
Serbia is two-thirds restored, Bel
GUM soon will be back in the hands
Of its owners, France is being cleared
of the enemy and Italy is booting the
Hun from its soil. If the present rate
of progress 10 maintained, soon there
will be nothing left for. the allies to
do but to cross over into Germany and
police that territory until its last debt
has been paid.
1t will be interesting to read Karl
E-sner's ren--. &C the abdication
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27
Military
Education.

Military lowing through the
service school and tie
Edueatlon. War College, should,
according to officials Of the War De-
partment. be rounded up by the con-
struction of a scientific institution
with laboratory facilities and expert
mental resources, to which the ,Regu-
lar Army officers could have recourse
for the final training Of their special
talents. It should be an institution, it is
urged, working in the closest coop
Grafton with the great educational in
stitutions Of the country and SO Of
great research output Of civilian edu-
cational and scientific laboratories
would be constantly discovered and
made available. In the present war
the laboratories and facilities of the
colleges and universities Of the coun-
Of the government. The bureau Of
standards has placed its services I'M
reservedly at the disposal of the tech
nical branches Of the Army, and by
this cooperation the War Depart
ment has been able to effect many
ton Of many processes Of great value
both in quantity production and in
speed Of output.
This sort Of cooperation, Of course,
can always be relied upon. but the
purpose Of a great military scientific
school is wider than this. Savages
fight with bludgeons; civilized men
with their wits. A civilized country
should. therefore, It Is pointed out,
keep its wits SO ordered as to be able
rapidly to use them to the greatest
advantage, and SO long as 1t is neces-
sary for our country to maintain q
military establishment as q protec-
ton against the sudden and unavoid-
able emergency OF war. the counsels
of prudence and forethought bid us
take such steps as will enable us to
afford surprises to our enemy. rather
than to lag inquiringly and defensive
ly behind the surprises which he pre-
pares for us. Nothing is more strik-
ing in the present war than its de-
velopment and applications Of science.
The submarine and the airplane are
the most spectacular scientific novel
ties, but there are many others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27
Mr.. Cleveland in History.

In a discursive debate in the Senate
the other day Mr.. Cleveland's name
was introduced. Mr.. Thomas of Colo
RADIO, in his remarks, said:
"Cleveland was greatly admired by
the republicans. He was a very good
man, but in my opinion he'll go down
in history as the arch destroyer of the
democratic party"
Not Gas the arch destroyer Of the
democratic party" but as prominent
assistant in the temporary retirement
of the party from power. For, as a
matter Of fact, the democratic party
was not destroyed in 1896. It is alive,
and very much alive, today. It is in
full control of the government today.
Its leader today-the occupant Of the
White House-was, according to COM
mon and accepted report, a Cleveland
man in 1896.
Nor did the democratic party re-
turn to power until it had freed itself
Of the leadership Mr.. Cleveland had
repudiated in 1896. The country had
three times taken its stand with Mr..
Cleveland on that proposition. Mr..
Bryan had been three times defeated
for President; and on the occasion
when many Of his friends, and he prob
ably with them, were hoping for the
fourth nomination-at Baltimore in
1912-he turned from the support Of a
man-Champ Clark-who had three
times supported him, to a man-Wood-
row Wilson-who had always been anti
Bryan in his views, and, despairing of
party success under the Nebraskan's
leadership, had expressed a wish that
somebody would knock Mr.. Bryan
into a cooked hat"
Mr.. Cleveland's place in history is
yet to be fixed. We are now too close
to the time Of his leadership and &C.
tivity to make an accurate appraise-
ment Of the man and his official work
possible. He had some strong quail
ties and some weak ones. As Presi-
dent he won some battles and lost
some. he denounced a schism and its
leaders in his party which brought his
tariff program to the ground in 1894,
and yrt two years later himself led a
schism which helped to bring his party
to the ground on the silver issue.
It may be said with safety today,
however, that no act Of Mr.. Cleveland's
stands better, If 50 well, approved by
events as the part he played. in the
defeat Of Mr.. Bryan in 1896. The
country has twice Endorsed that-in
1900 and 190s-and the position Of Mr..
Bryan today, not only out Of Office, but
out of all present presidential calcu-
lations, still further attests Mr.. Cleve-
lands Judgment respecting the man his
party desired should be his successor
in the presidency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27

II had to come an the way to Wash
ington to find out what a prune was
said one pretty war worker to another
the other afternoon, as they rode
homeward on. the street car.
Nov, my dear" protested the other
'.for heavens sake don't begin to tell
me about boarding house prunes. That
Joke Is as old as the hills"
"Oh, I don't mean that" said the
first war worker I really mean 1t.
You sea am from California. out
where we have all kinds of fruit, you
know. OF course, I lived in the city.
but 1 thought knew all about things
that grow.
"Prunes I accepted as matter Of fact,
and never thought about them one
way or the other. II you had asked
me would have said they grew on a
nrune tree, or on bushes, or some
thing. I just never thought. that's
all.
ssro think that I should have had to
come to the National Capital to hnd
out! Life is funny proposition, all
right and knowledge, sometimes. al
most as curious had to travel clear
across the continent to find out the
life history Of the prune.
'When I go home I can tell the folks
about many tmngsOcroWoeu sereos
cars. and the boarding houses. and
the beautiful streets, and that lovely
baby hippopotamus at the Zoo. and
that time I saw the President, and
many other things-and. also, what a
Il just happened to be looking
through dictionary. and there saw 1t;
sPrune-the dried fruit Of the plum
"Honest. I never knew a prune was
dried plum before. Did your"
How about it?
Speaking of dictionaries. have you
ever thought of the fact that you
never saw an illustrated word-book
without seeing the picture OF the
DEFY any one to bring forth a
Notwithstanding has no
picture Of a zebra. That faithful ami
NAL is always to be found over in the
back part, naturally. Of the book ]
don't believe there ever was . dc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27
Higher Fares and More Transfers.

Straight fve-cent fares have been
granted the local street railway COM
panies as a means of enabling them
to meet higher costs of operation and
to enlarge their equipment. As a
compensation to the car-riding public
the Public Utilities Commission stipu-
1ates that system of reciprocal trans
fers at certain. not all, points of con-
tact between the two systems shall be
established
1t is certain that the operation of
the street railways costs more today
than few years, even a few months,
ago. Wages have risen locally to as
high point as in any other city.
Power costs more, through higher fuel
costs. All materials used are more
expensive. These increased costs are
in part offset by the additional earn
ings per car unit through the dense
packing of passengers, it costing little
or no more to haul a car containing
120 persons than one occupied by only
60, and the former yielding twice
as much gross revenue. The Public
Utilities Commission has decided, after
taking this additional gross earning
into account, that the companies are
entitled to the addition of ive-sixths
of n cent per passenger, or slight
fraction over 90 per cent, while it
conditions this grant upon the giving
of transfers between the lines at
points yet to be designated.
The street car companies have not
been able to furnish adequate accom-
modations for the public for months
past, owing chiefly to the abnormal in
crease in the population, an increase
composed almost wholly of persons
using the street cars twice day. New
ears have been ordered, at greatly in
creased prices beyond those that OBJ
tanned two years ago, and with pro-
vokingly slow deliveries. Since the
cars were ordered the congestion has
increased, so that it is doubtful
whether the new equipment added to
the old will yield an adequate service.
But the new cars are needed, and even
more of them, and they must be paid
for, and the immediate earnings of the
companies must be sufficient over and
above the cost of maintenance to yield
a surplus to discharge eventually the
debt incurred in purchasing this I'M
usually expensive outfit. Thus the
higher rate of fare is related to the
additional equipment as we'll as to the
higher wages and increased costs in
other directions.
The companies have contended that
the added fare is not more than
enough to meet this added cost, without
being compelled to carry an increased
number of free passengers through
enlargement of the transfer system.
The public feels that it will be get
ting no better service for a higher
rate unless system of reciprocal free
transfers enlarges the range of one
fare riding. In the circumstances the
decision of the commission may be
regarded as based upon equity. The
car service costs more, undoubtedly,
and the car user must pay more for it,
and the hope of the community is that
the new cars will soon arrive and that
they will be quickly supplemented by
still more cars, so that the people can
at some early day ride without dis
comfort and danger and delay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27

As he compares the probabilities Of
the future with the facts of the past,
Col. W. J. Bryan is tempted to regard
the line politics has adjourned" as
something more than a figure Of
speech.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27

It is fOrtunte for some European
that Prussia decided on
leaving few countries free to describe
themselves as neutral" for the pur-
poses of negotiation.
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HEARD AND SEEN.

tionary published without containing
zebra Some books may leave out
the bear. and others have been equal
ly immune to the appeal of the bull
No right thinking dictionary maker
would think OF it for a minute.
He would as soon leave out the let
ter "a" as the picture of the zebra
The word "zany." usually an hoccored
guest, may be left out, becauso no
body ever uses it, anyway. kSS the
picture of the zebra goes in, despite
all the protests from the other ami
mails.
Hooray for the zebra!
But I'll bet you can't guess what
animal some OF the dictionary makers
are now leaving out of their volumes?
I don't know whether it is inten-
tionary men are leaving out the pic
ture and sometimes even the name of
the-wait until I see how to spell it
-ah. here we are:
"Dachshund."
Another curious bit Of knowledge
obtainable in wartime Washington
may be found in the application
blanks for commission in the United
States Signal Corps.
There are four long sheets filed
with questions which the applicant
has to answer who wants to join the
corps, either straight or any OF the
flying branches.
Now. the seventeenth question reads
like this:
Rank by a (x1 in the proper space
your proficiency in comparison with
men of your own age in any OF the
following sports"
Then there follows a list Of thirteen
sports. given in alphabetical order.
Right in with the names OF base ball.
foot ball. polo, boxing and such comes
the name of an intellectual sport,
chess.
Chess players of Washington and OF
the nation will be pleased with this
recognition given by the soldiers to
that ancient mental game which pos
sesses so many points Of contact with
the great game of war.
It is not too much to expect, per-
haps, that some day chess will be
Required subject of study by all SOL
diers-officers and privates alike
CHARLES E. TRACEWELLA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27

If the kaiser's family has a prudent
regard for his future safety, they will
open up correspondence with some Of
the lawyers who conducted the defense
of Harry Thaw.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27
THE LAST CARD.

a
national
Berlin Vossische
Yes, your slumbering forces!
Chain to the gunsI
Put in the lad-the granther-
And shoot him. if he runsl
still keep out of ride-range
YourW and
Yes, your sfurnbering forces!
Pity they slept SO long
- Too soundly to be Weakened
By Foehs thunder-gongi
fastreturning comrades
: - Viii them with a
Yes, your slumbering forces! =
Stir up the Teuton phiegm
We like to kin
-Ge@e Asleep-by strategem
Blu stop your lying letters, peasea
hade enough of them
PHILLIPS STAFFoRA /
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Upwardness.

Upwardness.
"Arent you in favor Of the pplifti"
inquired the philauthropist.
eyes," answered the profiteer; "but
don't you think we've boosted the price
tags about as high as the public will
stand fort"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27

After Prince Max gets one article
written he has to go to work on the
next. White paper shortage has no
terrors for the Berliners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27

Prince Max appears to have had in
structions to act as if he were doing
the allies 0 favor to consent to discuss
an ending Of tho war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27

, It is generally agreed that the grip
germ has retired from the field and is
not looking for an armistice with a
view TO resuming operations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27

If Trotsky ever lays hands on them
it will probably 60 hard with the peo-
pie who keep shooting at Lenin and
missing him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27
SHOOTING STARS.
By PH1LANDER JOHNSON.

Assumption Of Refinement.
Atrocities are shocking things"
aOf course, they are" agreed Gen.
Schrecklich. "They are so shocking
those allies should be too polite to men
ton them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27

Prince Willy will not be permitted
even to put ON one Of his uniforms
and conduct the unconditional sur
render formalities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27

Spain is entitled to regard the desig-
nation Spanish influenza" as one of
the injustices that never can be fully
corrected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27

When Hindenburg mentions fight
to the last man, the kaiser naturally
regards it as his royal privilege to
figure as ultimate survivor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27

Reports Of disorders in Mexico in
dictate that almost any gang Of greaser
gunner feels privileged to use the
"Villista" trade mark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27

If there is anything serious the mat
ter with the German chancellor, it is
probably writer's cramp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27

Berlin may or may not be truly an1-
ious for a permanent peace, but she
surely likes the negotiations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27

The boche in the trenches is repre-
sentative of portion of Germany that
honestly desires peace.
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The strict enforcement Of the laws
authorizing the issuance of orders for
bidding the de-
Shutting Off Mails livery of mail
and the pay
10 EIduu 0CUcmc6. rnenf Of money

to Fraud Schemes. men+ of money
orders to persons and concerns found
to be conducting schemes for obtain
ing money or property through the
mails by means Of false and fraudu-
lent pretenses. representations and
promises has been continued by the
Post Office Department.
While many cases have been con-
sidered and more hearings had upon
rules to show cause why such orders
should not be issued than during any
previous year, the decline in the num-
Der of attempts to use the mails in
the perpetuation of fragrant frauds
year. Practically every case. it is said,
that has come before the department
has been made up on evidence Of an
involved and disputed character, and
the utmost care and thoroughness have
been required in reaching decision.
In quite a number of cases there have
been such equities on the side Of the
questions Of fact that it has been
deemed proper to accept the stipula-
ton Of the respondent to discontinue
the business instead of recommending
the issuance Of a fraud order.
In nearly every case of this char
acter the postmaster at the Office from
which the alleged fraudulent business
was conducted has been instructed
by the respondent to treat mail mat
ter arriving at such Office directed to
the concern or party cited as refused:
and thus the public has been protect
ed practically to the same extent as
by the issuance of a fraud order.
In a number of other cases it has
been found that while the business as
originally planned was legitimate,
fraudulent practices have crept in in
such a manner as to affect the whole
enterprise. The prime object, Of
course. of the department is to pro-
tect the public from dishonest and up-
scrupulous. users Of the mails.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27

Reference to the winters coal supply
as burning question is no longer a
joke.
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Without influence.

Without Influence.
sSome Of the German poets wrote
beautifully"
eyes," replied Miss Cayenne; "but
80 far as I have been able to read
about them, the German poets had no
standing whatever with the German
government"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27
Deception

Deception.
The Hohenzollern seeks to bluff
His toys into our trade because
He thinks that he is shrewd enough
Even to fool old Santa Clausl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27

The United States Highways Council,
which is composed Of representatives
from the departments of
Highways Agriculture and War.
the railroad and fuel adj
0ouuc1' ministrations and the
War Industries Board. has recently
that federal approval will
be required in the future for practi-
cally all highway construction.
Word has been sent out to manufac-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27

HiGhdy Important One.
~This country has some important
problems before it.
eyes," replied Senator Sorghum !;
efthe question Of whether I am to be
reelected is coming up right now"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27

end, proved entirely too popular.
causing a congestion of traffic upon
streets SO treated. In The Star Of Oc-
tober q. 1868. is the following item:
The wood pavements tested in New
York proved to be almost too great
success, and the objection now made
to them is that business vehicles of
all sorts desert the obnoxious stone
paved streets and seek the Nicholson
pavement. The travelling is SO much
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27

Entered as second-class mail matter at tn
post Office at Washington. D. C.
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Tho education system of the Army,
beginning with the Military Academy
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-02
SUNDAY SERVICES
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Preaching services tomorrow at II a. m, "The Power of the Living Word" Sabbath school, 12 m, Jesus Bringing Peace;" preaching service. 7:S0 D. m, "The Beauty of Service. 9 The music for the evening service will be as follows: Prelude (Ries); T Must Tell Jesus" (Hoffmanl: When Love Shines In" (Kirkpatrick); offer tory (Leyback); solo, 'Life's Railway to Heaven" (Tillman), A. J. Cohrs; piano solo (selected), Miss Anderson; Let the Lower. Lights Be Burning" (Bllss); Send the Light" (GabrieD 1: postlude (MozarD. An hour spent in church will make your life sweeter and more helpful. We invite strangers, friends and you to our services in Eagles hall. A G Shriver. pastor.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-02
GERMANY MAINTAINING
 THOUSANDS OF BREWERIEs

AMSTERDAM. Feb. 2 (by maiD = The German government has issued an official decree providing for the "con- solidation" of the brewing industry Breweries selected on the principle of highest efficiency are to take over the production of others that are to be shut down. and are to pay the latter monetary compensation. : T The, breweries naturally complain of this measure, calling attention to the fact that more than three billion marks of German capital is invested in this industry which thus outranks even the chemical industrS iron spelt- ing or coal mining. The number of breweries In Germany is more than 12,000, closely connected with which are 33O,OOO hotels and restaurants, which employ SOO,OOO persons.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-02
DISAPPEARANCE IF PTARNIGAN
 IS EXPLAINED
By Associated Press)

NOME, Alaska, Feb. Is (by maiD .- Ptarmigan, which for years abounded in far northwestern Alaska, have sud denly become decreased in numbers, and in some localities have disap- peared entirely, according to a letter received here from w. B. Van Valin, who is conducting investigations at Point Barrow, Alaska, for the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania museum.
 Mir. Van Vaiin questioned the native Eskimos regarding the disappearance of the birds. ,"I asked Long John about, the ptarmigan," the letter said He replied that there used to be many but now were very few, and added that last year people reported large num- bers of the birds were found dead in the snow in the Interior. To my in Quiry as to what killed them he said, Maybe him nose, indicating they smelled something that killed them It is, or rather seems quite plausible, that it was an epidemic of some sort that greatly reduced their numbers. "
 Racial Differences of Natives
 Interior Alaska Indians and Eskimos of the coast regions do not mix" at all, and long-standing racial differences make the latter tremble at the sight of their fellow native countrymen. ac- cordtng to beliefs generally held here. The natives, however, give peace of ficers little trouble.
 Recently the sight of nine Indians on the Kuk river, near Point Barrow, up on the northwestern corner of the continent, stirred up the Eskimos of that vicinity, MT Van Valin reports.
 'Itegee is a native word expressing dread and sudden warning" MT. Van Valin says. Most of the Indians think that should they fall into the hands of the Indians they would receive little mercy, John Tookloona, an Eskimo sighted the nine, and his tale is travel ing as rapidly as John when he made his getaway for home and broke the news of his blood-curdling adventure. :"
 Barrow Needs School
 Point Barrow lacks one fundamen- tai thing without which 1t will never be the village 1t ought to be. to wit, an educational institution" continues the letter. "The people here are wor- thy and there is enough raw material to warrant a good-sized school.
 "Point Barrow will always be a yil- lage of considerable size as long as