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ASKS $500 FOR CHURCH.
Pastor Says Cosmopolitan Must
Have Amount BY End Of April.

"A total OF $500 must be paid off the
dsbt Of the Cosmopolitan Baptist
Church before the end of April if the
church is to continue its work, ac-
cording to Rev. Simon P. w. Drew.
who made another appeal to the peo-
pie of Washington today to help pay
Of the mortgage. Contributions
should be sent to the Washington
loan and Trust Company. to be
credited to the church.
DR.. Drew is conducting an evan
geical campaignu for the co1ored
people of Baltimore, and before re-
turning to Washington will make an
appeal to Gov. Harrington Of Mary
land to save the life of John Snow
den, colored, sentenced to die for the
murder of Mrs. Lottie May Brandon.
Mrs. Brandon was Washington
woman. killed in Annapolis. Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-21
CREDIT SECTION AT DINNER.
Merchants and Manufacturers
Branch Elects Chairman,

The credit section OF the Merchants
and ManufacturerS Association elect
ed David Sanger chairman for 1919
at a dinner at Harvey's, 18th street
and Pennsylvania, last evening. John
J. Clark was chosen vice chairman.
~ NJ Watson and Samuel Zirkin were
elected TO membership on the COM
mittee Of supervisors.
Need was expressed for a revision
of the present universal application
form that has been in use by the
credit bureau. and c. NJ. Keefer and
A V. Hoffman were authorized to
draw up q new form
A. Y. Hoffman, retiring chairman,
was Landed by the members of the
credit bureau for his services during
1918.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-21
L|EBKNECHT STRUCK
BY THREE BULLETS
Autopsy Shows Shots Fired
From Behind and From
Some Distance.

BERLIN, Monday. January 90
The autopsy upon the body of DIR. Karl
Liebknecht, the Spartacan leader, who
was shot and killed last week as he
was trying TO esca pc from the party
of soldiers which had arrested him III
supprcssinS the Spartacan revolt,
showed that he was shot from behind
and that the bullets which struck him
were fred from some distance.
The autopsy was conducted by Prof,
August c, q. Bier and Prof Paul +.
Strassman, together with a third sur
geon. William LiebIsnecht, Or. Lieb-
knecht's brother. and Hugo Haase, the
independent socialist leader, were
present
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Pastors Invited to Join.

Il was voted to extend to pastors
of the churches of all denominations
in that section an invitation to af-
filiate with the association, with hon
orary or active membership.
President Donovan announced the
chairmen of the standing committee,
as follows: Membership, p. J. CalIan;
streets and sidewalks, Robert Nc
Mackin: police and fire protection,
John H. Berger: legislation. DIR. ). J.
kilroy; railways, r. A. Dore. and
health and sanitation, DR.. D. D. Null
cahey. Members of the executive
committee include all officers and the
chafrmen Of the standing committees.
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sympathy for silliman's Dessii.I

Acting Secretary Of State Polk has
wired to Mrs. John r. silliman. widow
of the United States consul at Guada-
lajara, Mexico. his sympathy and that
of the department on the death of
Mr.. Siliiman. Mr.. Polk also directed
the consulate at Guadala5ara to
make arrangements for the return of
Mr.. Sil1imans body to his homo 10
the United States for burial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-21

Il will he two years before the m inAs
in he Lens region OF France are gaia
in full operation. Many mines are
flnGAnll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-21

Efforts to reduce the coal shortage
in the Coblenz region of Germany
continue, and it is believed that the
unemployment problem will soon be
solved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-21
For House for Colored Firemen.

J. H. Berger presented a resolution
urging that there be maintained in
the District a separate fire engine
house for colored firemen.
AS a protection against highway
traffic in the prevention of accidents
It was voted that the proper authori-
Ties be asked to place a. policeman
at North Capitol and Fl streets and
traffic standards at New Jersey and
Massachusetts, avenues, 9Th street and
Massachusetts avenue and New Jer-
sey avenue and H street.
District officials will be asked by
the association to widen the north
west corner of 4th street and Massa-
chusetts avenue by cutting down the
sidewalk. motion to that effect
being offered by Mr.. Rover and ia
vorable action having been taken.
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AsTR0LoGY.

FRANK THEODORE ALIEN. sCIENTNIC
astrslogeR tdirector, Astrological Research So
cietyl. Private readings. BY appointment eoly.
lis y st nv. Phone franklin 68z2
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CENTRAL CITIZENS
ESPOUSE REFORMS
Urge Giving Government Jobs
Back to Discharged
Soldiers.

The charge of failure of the United
States government to recognize for
mer employees, who left their posi-
lions to enter the various branches
of the fighting service, by refusing
to reinstate them in their former
jobs on their honorable discharge.
resulted last night in the Central
Citizens Association passing a reso-
luton calling upon Congress to act
in the matter
The resolution urges that Congress
return TO their former positions and
at the same pay all men who left
the government employ TO enter any
branch OF the fighting arms and re-
ceived honorable discharges there
from.
President Thomas J. Donovan, who
presided at the meeting, at the North
Capitol Savings Bank, 131 North Cap
itcl street, submitted the resolution,
when it was stated by one or moro
members that there had been called
to their attention cases where the
government had stricken from the
pay rolls permanently the names OF
men who left their jobs to tight for
the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-21
PAI1IISTHY.

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Approves of Celebration.

The association applauded the action
of the District Commissioners in MAX
ing preparations for a fitting recep-
ton for the President on his return
from Europe. and also the return of
the soldiers from abroad, where they
have made creditable honors for the
District soldiery and themselves in
diyidually. The association appro-
priated s25 toward the reception.
The condolences of the association
were extended to the family of the
late DR. Howard Z. Ames.
A greatly increased membership was
present at last nights meeting, nine
ty-three new members having been
introduced. The association decided
to hold it's next meeting at Western
High School and to serve a buffet
lunch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-21
SPIRITUAIISTS.

KEELIR Known THE WORLD OVER FOR
inespesaent wfttinS. b in town fee short time !;
1897 P1fkwood plsce: interview On any mat
;ue1 81 re
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To Aid Street Car Conditions.

w. S. Slack offered resolution,
which was carried, to the effect that
the association appoint committee
to cooperate with other citizens as
sociations with regard to the street
car conditions. The object of the
committee would be to learn whether
certain reforms would not obviate
the necessity of increases in fares,
which. members of the association I'M
derstand, are soon to be sought by
the traction companies.
The association again reiterated its
opinion with regard to increases for
school teachers by passing resolutions
IN which the secretary was instructed
to notify the chairmen of the District
House and Senate committees of the
organizations attitude. There was
added to the resolution an amend
ment including demand for in
creased pay also for fremen and iaui-
tors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-21
WASHINGTON SEEN
AS WORLD CAPITAL
Rev. James P. Marshall Ad-
dresses Meeting of George
town Citizens Body.

"Washington should be the capital OF
the world. and in time Will be the CEN
ter around which all the affairs of the
civilized world revolve.' This asser-
ton was made by Rev. James l.. Mar
shall in a talk before the Georgetown
Citizens Association last night at It's
January meeting in Potomac Savings
Bank Hall. Rev. Marshalfs topic was
washington, the Capital City" He
dweIt on the Importance of Washing
ton and of it's increased Importance
during the war.
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For Higher Teachers Pay.

Benjamin w. Murch, superintendent
of the first division of schools, adVo-
Gated an increase in the pay of the
teachers He said the high cost of liv-
ing and small pay was causing the
teachers to leave the schools, and
either go to some other city or to
some more lucrative employmGlt- lie
said substitutes were hard to get, and
that the quality fell far below par. Mr.,
Murch further said that the normal
school was only half filled, and that
instead of taking this course teachers
would take the short cut and go i'm
mediateiy TO teaching.
Most Of the substitutes are married
ex-teaclers, he said, and they find it
more expensive to have sonie one do
their homework while they are at
school than TO do il themselves. If a
teacher is sick she has TO pay for her
own substitute, which makes big
hole in her salary, he said. A resolu-
ton approving an increase in teachers
nav was adopted by the association.
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Scores Street Car Service.

The present street railway service
was characterized as disgrace to the
National Capital, and its effort to cater
to the travelling public We're de-
nounced as infinitely worse than pre-
historic horse cars. in a resolution
which was adopted. The companies
it was claimed under their organic
act are required to carry passengers
to ali points along their lines. an OBJ
legation they fail to live up to owing
to the almost hourly "held-ups,
The association said that railroads
have no just equitable grounds to ask
a suffering public to be further taxed
for increased fares, and went on
record as opposed to any such legis-
lation in their behalf.
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Protest Police Non-Promotion.

On a motion by B. +. Rover resolu-
tons We're passed protesting to the
District Commissioners against the
failure of Maj Pullman. superiutend-
ent of the police department, to pro-
mote nearly twenty members of the
department, money for which having
been provided by Congress on last
July ]. The association asks that the
District Commissioners make it a
point to see that the orders of Con-
greSS are carried out.
Several members spoke on the aues-
ton, the consensus of opinion being
that, while the department is now
short more than 100 men. it will not
augment its present number by re-
fusing to promote men now on the
force. 1t was pointed out that the
only incentive proffered men in the
past to join the department has been
the hope of promotion and the idea
that good work will be recognized.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-21
For Suffrage III D. c.

Delegates to the Federation of Cit
liens Associations were instructed to
a resolution to work for the appoint
ment of committee from the parent
organization to cooperate with the
Chamber of Commerce and the Board
of Trade, with view to obtaining
suffrage for the District. John Nc
Mahon offered the resolution. With
suffrage in mind, the association vot-
ed. if possible, to become affiliated
with the trade bodies. 1t was thought
by members that with effort concen-
trated in the two trade bodies more
could be done for suffrage than by
tho individual work of organizations.
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spEc1AL NOTICES.

JANUARY 20 1s1g.-THD UNDERSIGNED.
n ma jority of the board Of directors Of the
Big 4 Transfer Company, Inc. Of the District
Of Coiumbia. do hereby certify that the capital
stock of said company Is $4,000 and Is fully
paid and that the debts of the company
amount to $43. oo0.s5. ", W. HALL.
II. y. CHlLDS.
District Of Columbia, SIS:
], WALTER W. HALL. president Of the
above company. do swear that the facts
stated in the above certificate are true.
WALTER W. HALL, President
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st
day Of January. I'd. 1919.
tSeal.) ELIZABETH l.. NEWS0M-
Notary Public. ID. @, .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-16

be counted on the fingers OF thumb,
In the case of the doughnuts it Is gem
orally always broughten up that lard is
to expensive. for lardners or doughnuts
don't set good on the kids or the owner
don't know II lola can make them or
not and they don't seem to be no way
of finding out and II you get them from
the bakery you don't know what is In
them though personly l don't give
darn as long as they taste greasy and
fill you up.
As far as oysters Is concerned they's
verse in the psalms that says don't
eat them only in months which'is speit
with a and though 1t goes vs.. the
grain for man to speak Of their wifes
short comeings suffices to say that
they's many a nice girl that was born
a bad speller and just as many that
can't bare the looks Of a calendar
around the house for all as they know
oysters may be at their zenith in, July
instead of vice versa.
S. The abolition of the birthday.
The normal husband has as many
birthdays per annum as the owner but
where as the husband Is expected to
remember the 10 of April or whatever
it is and spend the equal of half yrs.
golf dues where as on the other hand
the owner IL they don't forget the Of
March entirely why they GUY you book
that until they have read 1t through
you can set around evenings and pare
your finger nails.
That is the demands as they will be
presented to the owners as soon is the
husbands can get organized and hope
dear editor that you are in sympathy
with this movement and will urge all
the husbands on your staff az well is
those amongst your subscribers to at
once join the Amalgamated Married
Mon of America and put end to the
humila lions to which a member of the
servile sect becomes party to the min
ute they are drug up to the harmenial
alter and II walk out is nessary on
the date chose which is xmas eve why
hope the owners will see the light
and bow to the inevitable and not try
and continue in business with = gang Of
scabs. RING w. LARDNER.>
Greenwich. Conn, Nov. Is.
Copyright, 1919. By the Bell Syndicate. Incl
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Foolish Pride.
SENATOR said in a discussion of
the steel strike.

A SENATOR said in a discussion of
the steel strike:
Strikes are often caused by pride
pride as foolish and misplaced as that
OF the incurable in the hospital
IAN incurable. lifting his hagga:,rt
head from the pillow. said in a ',wa
voice to newcomer with q egpsbeo
thumb: ~
: The worse we are. the better thev
like us here. Why, pardner, they
won't think nothin' o. that there
thumb o yourn. But say, II We had
a big lump in yer insides like me
goshalmighty, they wouldn't do n
thing but make a fuss over We then,
Trifes like your thumb the young
boy doctor sees to, but when Il comics
to big lump cases like me We ge,
four or five Of the high muckymucks
tendin' to We. Bet yer life."
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"You 'Eard."

ARIE DRESSI.ER. discussing the
A'A actors strike in New York,
laughed good naturally and said:
1.-The managers intention of re-
cruiting substitutes for the strik ers
was a failure. They got too much
talent like the raw youth who was
engaged by London manager to
play the part of a lackey.
"It was simple part. The youth
had merely to walk on in livery and
announce that his lordship's carriage
was at the door. All would have
gone of very well but for the fact
that his lordship was a waegish per
son addicted to guying.
80 when the footman came in and
awkwardly remarked, My lor'. your
kerridge is at the door, the peer ex-
claimed. What sayest thou, varlet?'
This was too much for the Iackey
Flurried and annoyed by the unex-
pected question. he retorted: You
'sardr and amid shouts of laughter
stalked on the stage"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-16
The Proud Congressman.

p REPRESENTATIVE MUDD Of Mary
land told at a Baltimore banquet
a story about a new congressman.
When this gentleman was elected
to the House Of representatives." said
MIR. Mudd, his pride knew no bounds.
He-even he-was a congressman!
Waking and sleeping, he rejoiced,I
zone night in the small hours his
wife gave him sharp nudge and
whispered: a- ,i11b.h
" Joseph. Joseph there are burglars
in the house, fftge 70
Joseph cleared his throat and
answered.:
You are mistaken, my love. quite
mistaken. In the Senate, yes-that
I admit. But in the House-no, no!
The suggestion is preposterous!
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The Trouble.

bishop GORMAN said at a dinner
- in Boise:
The trouble about poor church at
tendance isn't only that there are a
great many dull preachers--it is also
that these men are content to be
dull. 1t is as il they thought preach
ing was inevitably a dull business.
They are like the sick man who
consulted the physician.
do you talk in your sleep" the
physician asked him.
The sick man smiled complace ntly.
No. DOCTOR he said. I talk in
other peoples. I'm a clergyman"
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Speaking About Strikes, How About One
For Husbands"
2. THE CLOSED MOUTH.

2. THE CLOSED MOUTH.
The way 1t Is now you don't no
sooner get in the house when the
owner wants to know where was
you. The husband wants the right
to not answer.
3. A INCREASE OF AT LEAST so
PER CENT IN POCKET MONEY.
The owners is getting a bigger al
lowance than ever before but the hus-
bands is still supposed to go along
on the old scale, though it costs 4 and
times as much to mingle around
and where person use to be able to
get paralyzed on SO it now takes $25
or $50 to even feel like you wanted
to hear the Rosary.
4. COLLECTIVE MARKETING.
In rare cases the owner consults the
husband as to what would he like for
dinner but they generally always wait
till just after breakfast. when the
bare mention of food-stuffs rubs the
fur the wrong way and even when a
husband can remember / Of his ia
vorite dishes at that hourin the morn
ing and mentions it out loud why he
mas MS trouble Tor MS pains you
might say as the matter will either
be forgotten and hushed up before
night fall or else they tried to get it
but the man at the store advised
them to pass it up as it was libel to
be little rancid at this time of W.
or something.
In regards to Demand No. while I
don't like to drag in personaltys
however I feel strained to say that I
have now been husband for better
or worse than yrs. and have never
kept 1T a secret from the owner that
my favorite viands was oyster cream
stew and doughnuts and yet dureing
the entire Eight Years War the No of
messes OF doughnuts in our home has
hardly ran into double figures vile the
oysters that has dropped in on us could
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besides. the furniture in her room. in
Guiding the alarm clock on the man
telpiece. These. my wishes"
vigorous exclamation interrupt ed
him. 1t came from Maria, who said:
What pleases me most is the alarm
clock! A nickel alarm clock, and
nearly neww
Clementine's mother broke in:
What pleases me most is that I am
to be consulted by my daughter,
and"
Jules cut them Off sharply.
Look here" he said. I'm not
dead yet"
The noise of the carriage below
furnished a happy diversion.
oh! Mon Dieu." cried Jules. for
getting everything. II am going to
be late. Quick! Ny hat and my
valise"
There was a rush.
On the doorstep he barely took time
law.
Returning together. the mother, the
daughter and the nurse stood at the
window and watched the carriage
drive away. 1t wasn't hearse. But
that fact didn't prevent Clementine
from shouting:
What luck! At last l can put
the sofa crosswise."
And the mother-in-law
AT last 1 can fix the curtains like
this"
And the servant:
AT last l can arrange the pantry
the way l want to-"
Quitting the window with a jump,
without waiting for the carriage to
turn the corner. they ran about the
house, each satisfying desire re-
pressed for years. Their rejoicing
over their deliverance was SO loud
that they didn't hear the sound Of
the returning vehicle.
Had Jules forgotten his umbrella
or his overcoat? At the top of the
steps he opened the door and saw
standing erect on the threshold, mute
and motionless as phantom, he
could contemplate for one long mo-
ment-the bitter tableau of life as it
would be in that household after he
had vanished into the great hereafter.
Copyright, 1879
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Translated from the French b.
william l.. McPherssn.
7 ULES had never left the little
village in which he had been
born, brought I'D and married.


village in which he had been
- born, brought up and married.
Possessing an arbitrary tenn
permanent. he seemed to have adopted
the mission Of poisoning the lives of
the women who constituted his house
hold
There were three Of them-Clemen-
tine, his wife; Clementines mother
and the old servant, Maria, who had
been in the family for generations. SO
to speak.
How had Clementine, the village
schoolmaster's daughter - born in
Paris and gifted with imagination,
like her mother-ever consented to
marry this tiresome Jules? How had
the mother-in-law agreed to share a
life SO narrow, in SO obscure and iso-
lated spot? Only because the school
masters early death had left them
without means and Jules had a sub
stantial income.
To have an income is an assuring
quality in husband or son law.
But what defect it was when added
and Jules in particular
Even man who works finds OPP
portunity, in the hours when he is at
home, to upset the household regime,
so tranquil without him. The seven
male demons are more troublesome
than the seven female demons. The
latter. such as slyness. deceit, etc,
OF ,o;C ~ q
faults are so conspicuous that you
can't escape being constantly annoyed
by them. That monster known as a
busybody is encountered in all his
splendor only among the male sex.
There is another neutrality-suspicious.
ness. And third--insistence on
knowing the reasons why. This last
women simply can't tolerate.
Clementine never played four
hand exercise with her mother, but
Jules entered the salon and whistled
different tune or asked foolish
questions which stopped the music.
The young wife never bought things
which she considered indispensa BILE
without causing violent arguments.
If her impulsive, artistic spirit ever
prompted her to effect some happy
change in the arrangement of the
furniture or the hangings. Jules made
a scene and demanded return to the
implacable, antipathetic, old-fash-
toned order to which he had always
been accustomed.
Not a day passed without controver-
sizes over the bringing up of their little
son. Jules was imbued with all the
activity of sex made for labor out
side the home, for strife. for war. But
he exercised it in the six rooms of
his house-now around the stove, tag
ging to the skirts of the old servant.
who was eaten up with depressed
rage; now in the conjugal chamber.