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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-09
Planned Insanity Plea.
EDIE S. POLLOCK, So, DEAD.
Was for 48 Years an Employe of
Treasury Department.

Edie Stewart Pollock. aged eighty
three, an employee Of the Treasury
Department for forty-eight years.
died at his home in Brooklyn Decem-
Ter 6. according to word received here
by friends today.
He was born in Clarion county.
Pa, in 1885, and was educated in the
public schools, Elders Ridge Acad
envy and Jefferson College. Canons
burg, Pa, graduating in the class OF
1858.
Coming to Washington in 1870, he
remained in the employee Of the Treas
ury Department till the first of this
n. Y. He leaves his wife, Sallie Du
Bots Pollock; a son, Clarence D. Pol
lock of Brooklyn, and a daughter.
Mrs. Gillett Wynkoop of Kingston.
n J.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-09
COURT ORDERS ACQUITTAL.
Frederick S. Mouz0n Not Guilty of
Tampering With Mails.

Frederick S. Mouzon, colored. an
employee of the city post Office, was
acquitted today in Criminal Division
/ of charge of .tampering with the
mails.
Justice Siddons directed verdict of
not guilty. Mouzon was tried last
spring and the jury disagreed.
The indictment charged that Mouzon
took candy from a package of sweets
being sent through the mails. He de-
MED the charge and said the candy
fell from the package as he was
handling it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-09
HOPES FOR HEARING.
ON D. c. SALARIES.

Hope that the District Commission
ers may have opportunity to present
to the subcommittee which prepared
the District appropriation bill full ar
guments to, explain particularly the
items Of increase affecting District
employees of the lower paid grades
was expressed by Commissioner Louis
Brownlow today.
Status Discussed.
Explaining the status of estimates
submitted for increases in salaries,
Commissioner Brownlow said:
THE Commissioners submitted esti-
mates covering increases in salaries
for all branches Of the District gov
eminent which amounted in the ag.
gregate to a million and half dol
lars Because these estimates were
submitted separately as required by
not taken up with the annual esti-
mates and the Commissioners were
not given an opportunity to explain
or defend them before the subcommit-
tee which prepared the District ap-
preparation bill.
No Chance Given for Explanation.
"Appreciative as am of the action
Of the committee in making the few
increases as reported in the bill. I
cannot refrain from expressing regret
that no opportunity was given to
explain the much more necessary
items OF increases affecting the Dis
trict employees of the lower-paid
grades. Perhaps the element Of time
entered into the equation. it being
necessary to get the bill before the
Houae as soon as possible. p"
I'm that event trust that the Com
missioners may have opportunity to
present their case before the Senate
COMMITTEES and that In. contarlnco the
more urgent cases Of the low-paid
1890 $1,000 usnoR - nnea1 &nnfs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-09
Music and Days News
for Patient by Phone

Music and the days news over
the telephone are to be pr0vid-
ed by the Red Cross for every
patient I'm the reconstruction
wards at Walter Reed Hospital.
By each soldiers bed will
hang a little telephone receiver
connected either with . Efamo-
phone or with q reader reading
news bulletins or some artist
singing or reeitinE. ~.
All the patient has to do to lis
ten In Is to press q button
On his phone. Meanwhile the
patient In the next bed viii not
he disturbed II he wishes to
sleep or be quiet.
The Army medical authorities
have agreed to string the wires.
The Red Cross Will provide the
electrical equipment an nm ex-
ueriment which, IL successful,
may be extended to other recon.
structfon hospitals.
The ~amusenent" phone at
Walter Reed IL one OF the Eea.
tures Of an elaborate program
for constructive recfeatloA
which has been agreed upon 10.
tween the surgeon GeneFalss
stag aind the Red Cress divisiea
Of camp serv1ce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-09
LIEUT.. W. J. MOORE DEAD.
Officer Stationed in Arizona With
Command Had Pneumonia.

Lieut.. William J. Moore. 1st United
States Cavalry, son of the late Col
William 6. Moore, former superin-
tendent Of police here, died Of pneu-
monia while with his command n
Douglas. Ariz. December 4.
Lieut.. Moore was a graduate OF
Business High School, leaving the
school in 1913. During the Mexican
trouble he was on the border with
the District Signal Corps He gradu-
ated from the provisional school for
ofhcers at Fort Leavenworth in Feb
ruary, 1918. receiving his commits
sion.
. Funeral services will be held We'd
nesday and interment will be in Ar
Ifngton cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-09
|OPEN SUGAR bowl
| FAILS TO REAPPEAR
Many Eating Places Continue
to Limit Use, Though All
Restrictions Are Lifted.
IPRE-WAR WASTE IS ENDED

. Although the food administration
has rescindad all rules and regulations
limiting the use Of sugar, the open
sugar bowl is not making any rapid
3reappearance on the tables OF the
public, eating places in Washington
The local administration has infor-
nations that many cafes and lunch
rooms are voluntarily continuing their
snGar rationins. The District food
administrator is today preparing a
special notice again calling attention
to the fact that all sugar restrictions
have been removed and that the open
sugar bowl is permitted.
Most of the larger hotels hava re-
stored sugar bowls, as have some OF
of these places are not limited in
helping themselves.
Other lunchroom proprietors still
desire to save sugar despite tho Ad-
lmintstration's reports of an abundant
months or year. This susar-saving
tendency is said also to exist in q
number of other large cities. The
question is raised whether this saving
is not being done to the profit of the
cafe and lunchroom proprfetors and
tooth
District Food Administrator Wilson
today stated that although all sugar
rItRictions have been lifted ana the
sugar outlook is especially good, the
adm infstration does not expect the
wastA> However, he said. he could not
make himself believe any one is SO
possesSgd OF patriotism as to con-
tinue this form OF unnecessary ra-
tonfnG except for some motive.
conservx ton Lesson Learned.
Regarding. the future consump-
ton Of sugar. Administrator Wilson
stated. "I am OF the opinion that the
American. public will never go back
to its. pre-war extravagant and
wasteful consumption Of this COM
modify. The war has taught US many
lessons. During the period we were
asked to conserve we have come to
a lot of things which we thought were
necessary.
'T, or one. believe tine American peo-
pie will never go back to their old
time sugar consumption. In those
days the sugar consumption in the
United States was more than eighty
two pounds year for each person.
For several months this year the ra-
tfon system put into effect by the ad-
ministratiou reduced this to only
twenty-four pounds a. year for each
person. At the time, all limitations
were removed the consumption was
only thirty-six pounds a year per
person"
Regarding the restoration of sugar
bowls on the tables OF public eating
places, Administrator Wilson said
agement to replace them, but mas
much as the administration permits
them it is up to the patrons to de-
mand sufficient sugar to satisfy their
individual tastes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-09
DR.. GARFIELD ASKED TO
BE READY TO GO TO PARIS

Fuel Administrator GARFIELD has
been asked by President Wilson to
hold himself in readiness to join the
peace delegation in Paris to advise
concerning problems Of fuel produc-
ton and distribution.
Similar requests have been received
by Henry p. Dawson, chairman of
the Red Cross war council. ana Ber-
nard NJ. Baruch, chairman Of the
War Industries Board.
Il On understood the. eau--fer. all
threo ofacialB may COME shortly after
- 2nnl1nnt. 2an6A- =, EUneA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-09

Immediate Passage oil
Amendment, Plea at Huge
Theater Meeting.

| Immediate passage of the woman
suffrage amendment in recognition of
the services rendered by the women
of the country during the war was
urged upon the Senate in a resolution
passed at a meeting called by the Ma
tional Woman Suffrage Association,
held yesterday afternoon at the Ma
tional Theater.
The gathering was arranged as the
first of 4 nationwide series of war
workers appeals. on behalf of the
Anthony amendment. So great was
the attendance that an overflow meet
ing on the sidewalk was necessary.
and several of the speakers, including
Mrs. William Gibbs McAdoo and Mrs.
Josephus Daniels. spoke both to the
hundreds inside and outside.
Those Who Made Addresses.
The complete list of those who de-
scribed the efforts of American wom-
en- in support of the country's fight
ing forces included DR.. Anna Howard
Shaw, honorary president of the Suf-
frage association: Mrs. McAdoo. who
represented the woman's liberty loan
committee: Mrs. Daniels. Miss JaAae
DeFano, director of the department of
nursing of the American Red Cross;
Miss Hannah Black of Wilmington,
Del, a munitions worker: Mrs. Ray
mond Robins of Chicago. president Of
the National Women's Trade Union
League. Mrs. F. Louis Slade of the
national Y. NJ. c. A. and Mrs. Charles
Tiffany of the war camp community
service. Mrs. Daniels wore her uni
form Of Y. F. C. A. worker. Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait. president both
of the national and international suf-
frage associations, presided.
Loyalty and Service, Topic.
DR.. Shaw spoke of the pledge of
loyalty and service to the govern
Suffrage Association when this coun-
try entered the war, adding that it
has faithfully kept that pledge, help
ing in the world Struggle for the
same fundamental principles which
has undertake its half century of en-
deavor."
"Now the war is won," DIR. Shaw
continued, land there lies before US g
vaster work than ever before and the
cooperation and service of women is
necessary to its accomplishment"
Basis Of Appeals.
Mrs. McAdoo said the history OF
American women during the war "is
the last word-the direct and con-
elusive proof of their fitness for self
government"
Mrs. Daniels asked il American
women, after having helped so vitality
to make the world safe for democracy
should not now be given a greater op-
portunfty through the ballot to make
it safe. place in which to rear the
coming generations of boys and girls
Miss Delano spoke of the valiant
work Of American nurses at the front
who she said had established new
tradition for bravery in action, many
of them having earned the highest
honors which the world has to Offer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-09
RECORDS OF DRAFT
ARE WELL GUARDED
Gen. CroWder Warns. Boards
to Exercise Great Care
in Handling Them.

Local draft boards were warned to-
day by Provost Marshal General
Crowder to take every precaution in
their handling and custody of ques-
tionnaires and other records prior to
their shipment to the National Cap
ital.
All draft records Of the approx
mately 5000 local boards of the coun-
try will be shipped under seal to the
Office Of the adiutant general of the
Army for permanent custody among
the war records Of the nation.
Warning to Boards.
Board members are warned to take
great care with all registration cards,
questfonnaires and other documents
80 as to avoid the possibility Of any
disgruntled registrant or any person
successfully bringing charges against
them"
In calling upon boards for additional
work Gen. Crowder announces that
obviously the new work called for
will make impossible the sealing of
as was hoped, but that the work must
be done as soon as possible.
Explicit instructions are given re-
garding the sealing OF records. Ques-
tionnaires. incased In jackets. which
are in filing cases, will be shipped in
such cases. Sealing will be done by
the chairman of the board by placing
gluing the strip to the edges Of the
file drawer in such manner that the
file cannot be opened without de-
stroying the signature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-09
GRAIN DEALERS INCLUDED.
Supreme Court Upholds Law Ii.
censing Commission Merchants.

Kansas supreme court DEGREES up
holding the validity of the state law
Of 1915. requiring the licensing of
commission merchants selling farm
produce and holding that 1t applies to
those dealing in grain, were today
upheld by the United States Supreme
Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-09
Absent From Post; Dismissed

With the approval OF the President,
Second Lieut.. Valentine Cudar, Quar-
termaster Corps. stevedore and labor
organizations. has been dismissed
from the service as a result of his
conviction by court-martial OF the
charge Of absenting himself without
leave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-09
LIFE Term GIVEN
ROBERT NEWMAN
Soldier Charged, With Earl
Gamble, With Killing John P.
, Werres Is Convicted.
TRIAL LASTS IS MINUTES

Robert L.. Newman, one Of the two
soldiers charged with murder for kill
ing John p. werres. Washington
government employe. was found gull
ty and sentenced to life imprisonment
by Judge Samuel q. Brent at Alexan-
diria county courthouse.
The trial did not last more than If
teen minutes. Newman entered a
plea of guilty and was given the life
sentence with the agreement Of Com
monwealth Attorney Frank L. Ball.
Detective Armstrong and the sheriff
Of Alexandra county were the only
other witnesses called. A jury was
not impaneled.
Newman in few days will be sent
to the penitentiary at Richmond,
where Earl Gamble, the other soldier.
is awaiting execution on. December
20. The governor last month granted
him a stay of execution pending
consideration of the case. Common
wealth Attorney Ball said today he
has not heard whether the governor
has taken any further action in Cam
ble's case up to this time.
Planned Insanity Plea.
Mr. Ball stated that he agreed TO
the life sentence for Newman after
learning that Newman planned to en-
ter a plea Of insanity.
Werres was murdered on . road in
Alexandria county last May. He drove
an automobile for hire at night and
had taken the two soldiers and . girl
riding that night. According to the
testimony, Werres was fatally beaten
in an argument which occurred dur
ing the ride. Newman Is from Texas
and Gamble is from Pennsylvania.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-09
SIXTY HIKE TO BENNINa.
Cover Interesting Route From
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge.

Sixty mixers hit the trail yesterday
afternoon. with John Boyle. r.. ~
leader. The route was from the Penn
sylyania Avenue bridge to Twining
City and Overlook Inn Heights, thence
to Ridge road and Benning.
The vanderbilt route for next Sun
day afternoon 10 from 18th street and
Colorado avenue to Rock creek. Ross
drive and through upper Rock Creek
Park DO 18th and Cnnnac1feut 9Son1f6.
We1teI, N R1t4 yfR ~ s.ss:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-09
Basis Of Appeals.
Mr.. Francis at London.

LONDON, December S.-David Fran
els, American ambassador to Russia,
arrived here today from Scotland.
The ambassadors physical condition
is improved and he will undergo an
operation here within a few days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-09
British Entry Into Cologne.

lG1eD<AXMp bSCChAo0b hC
Cologne Gazette, in its issue of Friday
last. describes the entry of the British
into Cologne.
A cavalry regiment in marching
equipment, with machine guns, ap-
preached along the Buernerstrasse.
while along the streets of the old
ramparts marched other troops. which
assembled in the Aachenerthor.
'The public remained calm and re-
youths" the Gazette asserts. 'Involun-
tarily, the mind recalled the picture
presented a few days earlier by our
returning troops. and the comparisons
drawn were truly not unfavorable to
our field grays.
Several detachments of cavalry
moved along the observation-disclosures
the officers with drawn swords. the
men in steel helmets, some with lances
with miniature red and white flags.
They halted at the Luxemburger ram
parts. where they placed numerous
baggage wagons and armored motor
cars. Here, too, 1t was mainly street
youths who gathered. Several British
oaicers went to the town hall to dis
cuss with the burgomaster the next
measures to be taken"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-09
Treatment of Small Parcels.

In those cases where questionnaires
are to be shipped in small parcels
each parcel must be wrapped IN heavy
paper. tied and sealed with the board
seal in such manner that tampering
with the ropes will break the seal
Large quantities Of auestio1naires
may be shipped by express in wooden
boxes, provided no fling cases are
available. Sealed ropes will be used
to tie the boxes.
Only members Of state and local
historical societies, the Red Cross and
certain other societies helping SOL
diers will be allowed access to regis
tration cards, and no persons what
ever are allowed to examine the ques-
tionnaires. not even the regfstrants
themselves. Upon the special authori-
zation Of Gen. Crowder permission may
be given members Of such societies to
abstract from the registration cards
the name, home address, date Of birth
parentage, nationality, citizenship
race, occupation, employer and near
est relative of a regtstrant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-09
BR|TlSRAT rhine;
GERMANS REJOICE
Allied Forces Surprised by
Reception-Population
Almost ServiIe.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. December 9.-British adj
vanced troops reached the river
Rhine yesterday. between Godesberg
and Cologne, Field Marshal Haig
announced today in reporting the
progress Of the British army of oc-
cupation.
(Godesberg is about twenty miles
southeast of Cologne near the Rhine
above Bonn.)
The German population west of the
Rhine becomes more cordial in its at
titude toward the British as Field
Marshal Haig's troops move east
ward, according to an undated dis
patch from the correspondent of the
Daily Mail with the British army.
Children Cheer Arrival. ..,.
"As we approach the Rhine" the
becomes more surprising. The
authorities in such places as Duren
say undisguisedly that they rejoice
at our arrival. They give two reasons
for this, that they are afraid OF their
own people and are afralo OF StafVd-
ton. Many men confess that me end
of the war brought such relief that
the stigma of defeat weighs little.
Children sometimes cheer our arri-
val
The revolutionary movement Is
real, but not much on the surface.
The outbreaks during the first few
days were suppressed by the retreat
ing army, which is much less boil
shevik than the soldiers in reserve
and at the bases. have seen many
German soldiers in uniforms shorn
Of badges. They are demobilized. but
they have no civilian clothes to take
the place of their uniforms.
The armed men guarding the arms
in the barracks talk without rancor
Of their experiences in the war
against both the British and French.
An overwhelming desire for peace
makes of these soldiers a strong IN
strument of social solidity, at any
rate for the time being.
Danger signals are received at
times and on occasion cavalry and
machine gunners are called for by
the Germans for fear-generally, l
think, exaggerated fear-of bolshevik
outbreaks of Russian character.
1.-The mayors and their staffs act
with admirable dignity, but much OF
the population Is almost obsequious
and servile to our men,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-09
Provisions for Pay.

Pay for all registrants who were in
not sent to camp owing to the suspen-
sion of draft calls, or who were turned
back before they reached camp. will
be provided soon. sOrders to the boards
today called for lists Of alb such men
to be sent to the camps concerned,
when the military authorities at the
mobilization camp will proceed to is
sue formal certificates Of discharge,
together with checks covering the
pay due such indicted men. The dis.
charges and checks will be mailed to
the men.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-28
ASSA|LANT
OF HIS MOTHER

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. IS. - Peter
Christensen, 40 years old, Was shot
through the head and killed shortly
after midnight, when Roy Brown, %,
next-door neighbor. fired one charge
from shotgun at close range.
Brown had been in the Christensen
home when trouble started between
Christensen and his wife. He return
ed to the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Brown, and sent them to
the scene of the trouble, when it is
alleged Christensen, who had been
drinking, attacked his wife, and, it
was thought had broken her arm.
Upon hearing his mother scream for
help, Brown rushed back to the Chris
tenson home, where he said, he saw
Christensen holding her and threaten.
ing her life. Brown was near Chris
tenson when he fired the shot charge,
which entered the left temple. He
returned home and telephoned to the
police.
He was taken to headquarters,
where he was charged with murder
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-28
FUEL SUPPLY
IN RICHMOND
IS ADEQUATE
However, Bates Issues Warn
ing Against Waste of Coal
Several Cars Arrive.

Although Richmond now has plenty
as much as possible.
The situation was relieved Sunday
and Monday by the arrival of several
cars of coal in Richmond which Fuel
Administrator Bates feared Saturday
had been confiscated.
Fuel Administrator Bates said
Monday: There is no longer any
danger of fuel famine as dealers
are fairly well supplied However, I
am still urging conservation of fuel
in every way possible as this does not
mean we can waste any. All must be
saved that possibly can be saved.
VIII Tie Up Deliveries.
IF there is another congestion of
the railroads it will tie up deliveries
and may alter the situation. How
ever, unless something unlocked for
occurs, the fuel situation in Richmond
is In fine shape"
Deliveries are hampered by the
cases Monday persons had to send to
the yards for coal, If they were en-
tirely out Of fuel.
A telegram was sent to Federal
Fuel Administrator Garfield by Fuel
Administrator Bates and other rep
resentative Richmond citizens for per-
mission to use coal from West Vir-
ginia and Kentucky as well as Indiana
fields.
The Wayne County Fuel Admins
traitors office is in Room of the Pal
ladium Building. Phone 1892.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-28

WASHINGTON, Jan. %. - Major
General Leonard Wood was wounded
yesterday as the result of an accident
al explosion in France. One arm was
slightly injured.
Announcement of the accident was
made last night by Secretary of War
Baker.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Z. Kill
bourne and Major Kenyon a. Joyce al
SO were injured. Colonel Kilbourne
received wound in the eye and Ma
jor Joyce's arm was hurt
Five French soldiers were killed out
right
Asks Full Details.
Secretary Baker has cabled General
Pershing for full details. The laconic
dispatch from the American command
er contained nothing more than a
bare announcement of the accident
The War Department statement
follows:
"A cable dispatch from the head
quarters of General Pershing, just
received, stated that an accidental ex-
plosion occurring yesterday killed five
French soldiers and injured Major
General Leonard Wood slightly in the