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Evening star., 1918-05-20
HANGS FIRE AGAIN
ON WAR INQUIRY
Senate HaIts on Chamberlain
Resolution While Compro-
mise Negotiations Proceed.

Action by the Senate on the Cham
berlain resolution. which would au-
thorize the military committees war
inquiries. and which President Wilson
Is opposing as indicative of lack of
confidence in the administration. hung
fire again today while negotiations for
q compromise proceeded.
The Senate expenditures committee,
to which the resolution was referred.
met again today. but made no progress
toward an agreement. Another meet
ing late today was ordered, however.
to continue the negotiations. and in
the meantime Senate debate was sus-
pended. with prospects that It would
20 over until tomorrow.
Compromise suggestions made by
military committee members at the
hrst meeting of the expenditures body
were said to be entirely unsattsfac-
tory to administration leaders, in
creasing doubt of an amicable ad-
justment. Senators McKellar and
Hitchcock, members Of tho military
committee. conferred with Democratic
Leader Martin. before the expendi-
lures committee session.
Senator Mcclellan has drafted a sub
discussed at a meeting Of the military
committee today and afterward SUBJ
mitted to the expenditures committee
but which met with objection from
Senators Thompson Of Kansas. and
Jones Of New Mexico. who made q
minority report last week on the res
vised Chamberlain measure,
Evening star., 1918-05-20
how SHE WRONGS
HBR MOTHER.
By DIR. FRANK CRANE.
Copyright. 1siA)
In letter from q woman in trouble
occur these words:

In a letter from q woman in trouble
occur these words:
"I am one Of those women who are
lighting. lighting for peace Of mind.
I am one Of those you spoke Of the
other day. in the trenches at home.
No one but God knows my suffering.
and how many nights I have cried
myself to sleep.
II am trying 20 bitterly to keep up
my courage. but oh! It II 20 hard. and
am always longing for the night.
when can sleep. and forget. even
sometimes long for death. for death
ID easy ana life 10 hardl but I must
not be q coward. and shirk my duty.
II have \ very dear mother. and I
wouldn't tell her my troubles for the
ing in her life. dear soul!'
And 1t is the last paragraph TO
which wish to call your attention.
For It is the sentiment therein ex-
pressed which contains an all too
common error Of youth.
The young woman loves her mother.
That love Ands expression in telling
her mother pleasant things. all about
her successes. her good fortune. her
hope, and happy IT. as. she Ss.
mother happy. doesn't want to worry
her. and all that.
which shows that she does not un.
derstand mothers. nor old age.
For your troubles. child. are exactly
because you do not bring them to her
that you are shutting her out Of your
heart. You are missing . privilege
and doing her wrong.
One Of the bitterest pangs Of par
enthood IL that the children you have
brought up will como to you whom
all goes we'll. but in their hour OF
trial will turn to q stranger.
This young lady has written to me.
whom she never saw in her life. a
letter which would have been worth
a thousand dollars II 1t had been ad-
dressed to her mother.
Go to your mother with your woes.
Don't imagine she will not UNDER
stand. She sees much moro deeply
than you fancy. Be candid. frank and
best mother -confessor In the world.
Don't be afraid Of shocking her. She
may be SHOCKED, hut to her It will be
a Eladness just 10 know Sou dared
Don't be efraad Of, caustns ihsr pain
ana anxistN Mothers dont dread
those things, What they dread 50 that
the child WIN not share the secret
Thss = notass. pain. The pain Of
and It 10 pain that u sweeter than
You cannot make your mother hap
py BY waiting upon her. or feeding
her sugar plums. or shielding her.
That 10 children's happiness. Mothers
happiness in the privilege Of weeping
when you weep. watching with you.
being your partner in cross and
thorna.
Go to her. Tell her all. Wound her.
Cause her misery. She wants 1t. You
don't know how she Graves 1t. And
whatever she may say. in her heart
of hearts she will have a great joy,
for she will have found the heart Of
her child.
TsN your mother your troubles
When you don't, You Wrong,hsn
Onle6A o& course. you have mother
who u siuaDossjhlAS And alask Who're
Evening star., 1918-05-20
W.S.S. SELLERS IND. c.
SET THE PACE FOR JUNE
Hope to Round Out Total Of $7,-
10000, tho Quota
Assigned.

War savings stamp campaign WORK.
ers in Washington will make 1t their
ono and only business. during June.
to see to it that war thrift stamps
and war savings stamps are sold in
quantities sufnoient to bring the az
gregate value at least up to $780,
900. the quota assigned to the Dis
trict Of Columbia. The war savings
stamp committee hopes and expects
for a big over subscription. In line
with all that Washington has done
in response to war deands.
Gen. Foch has cabled q message
to America" said Director D. ]. Cal
lahan. urging, Back your brave
fighting men with cash. This mes
sage. coming from the head of the
allied forces. gives US the real key
note and foundation for this cam
paign.
Much has bee nsaid about the war
savings stamps rs investments.
Every one knows there is no moro
safe or sure investment. realizing a
1 per cent compound interest.
Allotment to the District.
The District of Columbia Is called
upon to furnish $7.500.000. Of the
$4,000 100000 national quota in
stamps. It Is up to us to come across
in a way that will place us at the
top of the list and, to do it by June 2S.
I'VE have the men. What we must
save Is money.
Hans Reig, alien by birth. American
by naturalization. who knows San
scrft and Choctaw and can address an
audience in every language spoken by
the human elements of tho great
melting pot of the United States.
head Of the foreign language division
Of the liberty loan publicity bureau
Of the Treasury Department., Is to
bend his efforts in behalf Of the war
savings stamps campaign.
Has Toured the Country.
Mr.. Reig is little known to the
English-speaking public. But among
the alien population he is famous. He
has taken tours over the United
States addressing audiences Of vari-
GUS nationalities other than Eng
There are $1,000 foreign Language
organizations in the United States
that will be asked to urge the war
saving stamp campaign.
Evening star., 1918-05-20
63 CHARRED BODIES
LYING AT. M0RGUE
Ninety.Four Injured In Oak
dale Explosions Now In
Pittsburgh Hospitals.
212 NOT ACCOUNTED FOR
By the Associated Pres.

By the Associated Pres.
PITTSBURGH. May 3o.-sixty-thrse
charred and blackened bodies lay to-
day In the temporary morgue at Oak
dale, near here. whore Saturday the
high explosives plant Of the Aetna
Chemical Company was destroyed by
q series Of explosions.
Ninety-four injured were being
cared for in Pittsburgh hospitals. and
officials Of tho company said that 212
Of the total working force Of the fac
tory had not yet bsen accounted for.
Many OF these. II was expected. would
register during the day at the ONCE
which the company opened in the
stricken town on Saturday night.
Investigations Under Way.
Investigation Of the disaster by
federal, state, county and village au-
thorities was in progress. while the
search Of the ruins went methodically
on under the direction Of Coroner
Samuel c. Jemison. A heavy detail Of
and a large force Of deputy sherifts
kept back the curious crowds which
thronged the hillsides overlooking the
ruins.
Noxious gases from the explosion
still hung In the valley and early to-
day 1t was decided to clear away the
remnants Of the buildings with dyna-
mite in the hope Of moro quickly ex-
posing the ruins and ascertaining
just how many bodies remained.
275 in Plant at Time Of Explosion.
An ofiicial statement from the Aetna
Chemical Company said that about 276
men were in the plant when the ex-
plosion occurred. The number known
positively to be dead" 10 forty. The
plant IL approximately so per cent
destroyed" and the stocks Of toluol
and the shipments of wet T. N. T.
which were on cars ready to go out
were lost in the explosion.
mo plan has been formulated" the
statement continues. regarding the
continuous operation At Oakdale, or
elsewhere, Of the manufacture Of T.
N. T. formerly conducted at Oakdale.
The plans for the future will depend
in large measure on the attitude Of
the United states government for
whom the T. N. =. was being manufao-
tured."
Evening star., 1918-05-20
NEARLY ONE BILLION
IN RAILWAY BUDGET
Secretary NaAdoo Tentativsly Au-
thorizes $751; yps1 ,e1s for Equip
ment and Detterment.

Nearly a billion dollars will be used
by the nations railroads this year
for improvements and equipment. ac-
cording to a budget approved and
published today by the railroad ad-
ministration authorixfng the expendi-
ture Of $s37,s61.s1s.
Total capital expenditures approved
which amount to approximately three
times as much as spent in any ono Of
the last three years provide $44o.o71.-
900 for additions and betterments,
such as stations and other property
improvements: &47s,ss6.oo0 for equip
ment and $1s.2os.o 900 for extension.
BY the figures Secretary McAdoo
made 1t plain that the administration
while not encouraging extension Of
tracks during the war emergency. will
allow the roads to mako many i'm
provements which they have neglect
ed during the past three years.
Evening star., 1918-05-20

sis Of the capital expenditures show
them approximAtely twice ~ much a.
the yearly average for the last ten
years.
Construction OF now lines will be
less this year than in any year since
the civil war. The allowances indi-
cate that between $50 ana 800 miles
viii be constructed. as compared with
$50 miles last year. 1.1o0 in 1915.
SS8 in 1915 and 1852 in 1914. Tho ad-
not take money. labor and materials
for new lines which cannot be OF
great assistance to the transportation
system for several ysars.
Many OF the allowances for addf-
lions and betterments will go to ex-
tend the terminal facilities and stor-
age houses. particularly in the east.
Construction of lines and buildings
has been stopped by cutting OF funds
Evening star., 1918-05-20
SAYS BOOTLEGGING IS
ON INCREASE IN D. C..
More Active Now Than Before City
Went Dry, Rev. T. E. Davis
Tells Presbyterians.

Charges that boot Logging" is more
active in tho District Of Columbia now
than before the prohibition law was
passed were made by Rev. T. e. Davis,
pastor Of the Westminster Presby-
terian Church. at a meeting Of the
Presbyterian Ministers Association
today at the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church.
The association reiterated its atti-
tude on the Sunday question. when q
resolution was adopted to petition
both houses Of Congress to pass a
Sunday law for the District. prefer
ably the Sunday rest day bill intro
duced by Senator John Walter Smith
and now in the Senate District COM
mittee.
Rev. George A. Little. vice presi-
dent, was in the chair. The devotional
exercises were led by Rev. Reginald
Rowland. A paper on Some Chris
tian Bi-Products in Japan" was read
by Rev. DR.. T. C. Clark.
Evening star., 1918-05-20
in comparatively few cases. thss
mainly In the west.
Approval Tentative.

The figures made public today shs~s
that the New York Central was given
sylvaniA lines east receivsA Ssl.eee, ,0e6
and the Pennsylvania lines wsst. els.. /.
100000. The BAltimos> and Ohio got
34s.ooo.ooo: the Erie. $4,000, 900. and
the New Haven. $4,000. 600. Other -
southern Paeiae. sis. .ooo.6oe: Southern.
$4,000. 900: Illinois Central. $4,000
900; Philadelphia and Reading. f24.-
ooo. 900: st. Paul. t2s.oo0.o 200; Norfolk
and Western. $4,000. 200; c.. C., C. and
st. l.. $4,000. 900: Boston and Maine.
oo0, 900.
Evening star., 1918-05-20
JUNE REGISTRATION
PLANNED BY BOARD
New Regulations for the
Draft will Be Made Pub
lie Tomorrow.
81 TO LEAVE FOR CAMP

Members Of the eleven local draft
boards Of the city met this afternoon
at the District building to confer over
nnal arrangements for the registra-
tion June OF the young men who
have become of age since June S last
year.
Regulations were distributed to
local board members here at the
meeting this afternoon. Under the
regulations the entire work Of regis
tration will be in the hands Of the
local boards.
Ten Boards in District Building.
Tho ten boards now located in the
District building will shortly be put
back into various school buildings
throughout the city. The board for
division No. 3 will continue to be
located at the city post office.
The new regulations call for the
registry of the young men on the
morning of Juno 5. scarcely more
than two weeks away.
It is possible that there will be a
drawing by the office OF the provost
marshal general in order to determine
the order numbers of the registrants-to-
be.
Evening star., 1918-05-20
HKKRS WHIT LILY PONDS.
-
Moonlight Walk b Scheduled %,
WhaAerlugta9s WednasdaN

mare than forty WandsYlustsss
3oinsd b . hike of six OF seven miles
ysstsrdAy a3tsraoea from the Bsnning
race track 70 DhaWs lily ponds. at
Ksnilworth. across country. through
woods. ana terminating at Bladens-
burg.
A moonlight walk Is scheduled for
Wednesday night. to leave Georgia
avenue and nutternut street at s
noon 10 70 be . joint one with the
Public Athletic Walking Club Of Bal
timore. Washington 6iksrs are to
leave at s:15 o'clock and 1iI5 o'ciook
fssHsms 1sss 3.a 3a,,ss, 9 stssstA sRd g;9 Xg!9 b
Evening star., 1918-05-20
Chosen Rich in Coal and Iron.

from kno SAp3hese-Ameilcan CoM@otcaa4
Weekly.
Opening. Of northern Chosen by the
completion Of the Seishin Kainei
railway promises to relieve Japan
from further anxiety regarding lack
of iron ore. coal and lumber. The
recently discovered iron mine in Mo-
san appears to have been q vein
three miles long over a wide area.
with i've strata. It's possible output
IL conservatively estimated by experts
at 800,000,000 tons. Most of the ter
ritory 10 already owned by the Nit.
subiehi company.
Tho province of KanhoIku Is covered
by a vast coal fold capable Of giving
a large supply. but the drawback up
to recent times was the inferiority Of
the product, when compared with the
Anshu coal Hence. outside OF a
small area, no one attempted to un-
dertake the mining thereof. With the
rise Of coal prices, however. the ma
tlves in northern Chosen have come to
mine 1t.
Forests on the banks OF the River
Tumen cover a vast area. and the
governor general has established a
| sawmill in Kainei. greatly increasing
| the output. Lately. in order to take
advantage Of the forests. q pulp man.
| ufacturing plant has been built in
| 6hingishu. on the banks Of the Yalu.
Don't cheer the flag while your in
coma tar romafnR unnafd
Evening star., 1918-05-20

Don't cheer the flag while your in
como tax remains unpaid.
Evening star., 1918-05-20
Lucky Discovery,
ON H,rper's MsEasine.

From 61fpers Maghxine.
Two women OF the parvenu class
were discussing the future OF their
respective sons. when ono of them
said:
do you know, I believe that a boys
development depends largely upon his
environment"
II know it," replied the other. as
she carelsssly toyed with her jewel
box. There was my cousin Williams .
boy-he never knew what 1T was to
have a we'll day until the doctors
found out that the trouble was with
his environment and cut 1t OUT
Evening star., 1918-05-20
Approval Tentative.

Railroad administration onicials to-
day. explaining that the approvals
were only tentative, said the figures
were more likely to be increased
rather than decreased later in the
year. particularly since purchase Of
many more freight cars than are al
ready ordered is eontem plated. AnAly-
Evening star., 1918-05-20
Ten Boards in District Building.
Inducted Men Leave Tonight.

Selected men Of local boards No. i
and assembled in the board room of
the District building at 10 o'clock
this morning, were inducted into the
and received their Anal instructions
prior to leaving at 9:45 o'clock to-
night for Fort Oglethorpe. Ga.
The quota of local board No.
was forty-one men. No. furnishing
twenty men. OF these all but ten an
swered roll call, the ten absentees
being men who are out of the city
and who were unable to reach here in
time.
The men were instructed to assem-
BILE at the city post office at 8:45
o'clock this evening, one hour before
the time Of the departure of their
train.
Tomorrow night sixty men, thirty
Ave of board No. and twenty-five of
board No. 4, are to be entrained for
Oglethorpe.
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WANTED TO BUY

GOOD Farm. adapted to growing To-
" bacCo, Cotton. and Grain: good
road frontage, good community, suill-
cirnt Woodland and tenant houses.
Name best price and terms in letter.
ADDRESS INVESTOR. Care this paper.
40 f.. It
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ERIENDS Of J. Il. HALLE OF Fort
Mill. recognizing his fitness for the
position, respectfully announce him as
:, candidate for the important office OF
Probate Judge Of York county. sub
ject to the rules governing the Demo
cratic Primary Election. Mr.. Halle Is
a practical business man with years oil
experience as bOokkeeper and othce
man and II elected he will make good.
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AN ORDINANCE

Providing for the Holding of a Munich
paI Election for Mayor and Alder
men and Commissioner OF l'ubilc
Works, and School Trustees, Within
the Town of York. :. &.
DE il Ordained by the Mayor ana
ID Aldermen, the Town Council ol
York, :. G.:
Section !. That an election ior
Mayor and six Aide men for the Town
of York, =. G., all To serve for Il period
of two wears and until their SUCCESSORS
are elected and qualified. will be held
in the Town of York, :. G.. on TlE
DAY, July 9TH. 1918, ut the Flrr
House. Liberty Street. The polls VIII
Omen AT eight o'clock Il. M, ana closc
nj ( o'clock p. III. The Mayor Will be
elected by the voters OF the Town at
large, and the Aldermen Will be elected
for each Ward by the electors dulS
registered and residing in said Waru;
Ssciia2 sAi ias Slld QAe a9a
place. an election will be held TO MI
vacancy caused ~ expiration OF term
of service of w. q. White, as COM
missioner of Public Works.
section 8. At said time and place
an election will also he heiu LOT "o
School Trustees, To I'LL vacancies V'"S
ed 10y expiration OF terms "i Ser\"e VT
Il Nj. StfUuD ana ~.
Section I. Vt the said election. IN"
qualified electors OF the Town or iork
will be entitled to vote and VIII he re-
ouir.d to produce their Muniripal
Registration Certificate and their Siat'
and County and Municipal Tax h'-
ceipts, In order To cntitlc them I" vote
section :. The following are hereby
,uuointcd Managers oi said Elccti"!
a. n. Sandifer. u. T. Woods ana j. NJ
Brian. .,, ..,,..,,,,,
Done and ratified in Council asS'h, l.
BLEED in regular session at lork' - =
on the 18th day of June, i'iN,
j. &. WIlBoRN,
Attest: -""''
w. :. WILLIS. tSeaD
Clerk of Council.
iun. 2l-50 "'
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
County OF York.
IN The PROBATE COURT

IN THE PROBATE COURT
I,y L. Il. Williams. Probate Judge ior
York County.
WHEREAS Mrs. J. +. WHITE has
w appli"d To me for Letters OF Ad'
niniStrsitiun. on all and singular, inc
goods and ChattclS. rights ana cr"ditS
Of J. y. WHITE. late of the Coun-
" aforesaid, deceased.
These are. therefore. 10 cit" ana al.
monish all and singular the Kindred
and creditors Of the said deceased. I"
be and appear before me at our ncX'
Probate Court for the said county. ="
he holden ut York Court House on IN"
ETH DAY OF JULY. 1918. TO sh"w
cause. il any. WHY tn" said Administr;' =
tiun should not be granted.
Given under my Hand and Seal this
18th day OF June. in the year "i
our Lord one thousand nine hun
dred and eighteen and in the li2nd
year Of American Independence.
I. X. WILLIAMS.
Probate Judge OF York County.
jun 2l-50 u
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NOUN E M E N T S
FOR CONGRESS

ITO the Democratic Voters OF the
i Fifth District: | respectfully ASK u
i. IcnOiIIIIaICu anu i,-r!:Lt'u -
Congress from this District. and agree
10 abide the results Of the Dcmocr, tic
PRIMARY Election. l VAL not be able
10 spend much time Ill the District
this summer. because Of the great
amount of important legislation grow.
ing out Of the war situation, but vii
attend meetings in the District hen
ever possible. 1t is absolutely essen
tlaI for congressman TO be at their
post at this time.
". f.. STEVENSON.
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CLEANING AND PRESSING

TT is real economy to have your
Clothes Cleaned and Pressed fire.
quently, and besides Clean Clothes, II
rightly pressed. add much to ones ap-
pcarance Satisfaction guaranteed.
straw Hats Cl, ,aned and Reblocked.
ROYAL PRESSING CLUB,
r. D. DORSETT, Prop.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
IN THE PROBATE COURT
BY l.. II. Williams. Probate Judge or
York County.


WHEREAS. a. NJ. BRABHAM has
w applied to m" for Letters oi
Administration. with will annexed on
all and singular. tho goods and chatt"is'
rights and credits of ". e. MOI "'N'
late Of the County aforesaid. d"r"as'n'
These are. therefore. to cite ana ad,
munish all and singular IN" kindred
and creditors OF tho said deceased. '"
he and appear before mo at our new
Probate Court for the SAID county. u"
he holden at York Court House on inc
ETH DAY or JULY. 1919. y"
shew cause. II anv. why the said Nd
ministraiion should not he granted.
Given. under INV Hand and Seal. TINS
10Th day of June. in III" wear "i
our Lord one thousand nine nun
dred and eighteen. and In the
l42nd year Of American lnd"pond-
ence.
/. r. WILLIAMS.
Prnbatc Judge OF York County
inn 3l--IO ]. -
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FOR PROBATE JUDGE

7 hereby announCr myself as Il candi
l. date for the office Of Probate Judg'
Of York county, subje-t to the choice
of the Democratic voters IN the Pri
mary Election.
JOHN NJ. WILLIFpRD.
May 10 S. W. u
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FRIDAY, JUNE 2I, 1913.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE

HAVE Mixers and SprIngers that 1
will sell at from $50 TO s'o, or
which ! will exchange for dry ca'tie'
Address Hickory Grove. NO. Z.
40 ~ |. Il. McGII.L.
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SUNDAY, JUNE 23RD
FOUR O'CLOCK 4. VI.
To the school District Chiirmcn OF
Nk.Stsrn Work. -

Western York.
| Please call your workers together
on sunday afternoon next, 1T i.op
o'clock and tabulttc the amount "i
pledges for the sale uI War SAVINGS
Stamps. ascertain work 10 be done ana
discuss your plans FOR til" follow IhS
week. Remember, that the taIiI.'!Sn
closes OH the 2Nth, and every school
district MUST GO OVER TIE TOi'.
This Is u holy work as much III the IN
tcrcSt OF the church as anything ihtl
,uI can d", ana II will be cntlr'l!
proper to hold thus meeting on SUNDAY
when all the Committees can bc got
ten together. Report 10 me by POSTAL
card, Mondays mail. just what you
have secured, az | wish to tabulatc
and report to the state Chairman.
The merchants of this community
have been requested to invest their en-
tire cash Sales Of saturday, tie 22nd,
in War savings stamps. We must not
fall down. hut meet every call from
the boys, that Iii, Kaiser may h made
10 give up his ambitions.
W. u. MOORE, Chairman,
Western York.
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FOR SALE

NIFTY bushels Of corn in the shuck
L and 200 bundles III Fodder. Nd
dress or call on me, Filbert No. l.
5u u Mrs =. J. BARRY.
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SPRUCE CONE

A Nd Bunchberry--A Play by camp
"A Fire Girls, at Graded School Au-
dltoriun this Friday night, $50. Ad-
mission. - cts. and % It's. Public
invited. -