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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-29
'WREATHS ARE PLACED
/: ON 'FTREMEN'S GRAVES
: Day Marks Thirteenth Anniversary
! of Adoption of Memorial by
Members of Department.

Graves of 127 men who served as
members Of the District fire depart
ment were decorated today, being the
thirteenth anniversary Of the adoption
by members of the department of the
memorial. Wreaths were furnished by
the Firemen's Association.
Deputy Chief A. ]. Sullivan. in the
absence of Chief Wagner, took charge
OF the decoration OF the graves OF
former chiefs Of the department, Mar
tin Cronin, Joseph Paris and ]. B.
Belt. He also decorated the grave Of
c. B. Proctor. battalion chief, in
Glenwood.
Capt. J. T. Rossiter went to White
Marsh. Charles county, Nd, where
he placed a wreath on the grave of
N. s. BealL Mrs. H. NJ. Farr went
to Holy Ghost cemetery at Cob Neck,
Charles county. Md, as representa-
tive of the fire department, and dec
GRATED the grave Of her husband.
while Mrs. M: T. Wfles acted in a
similar capacity at the grave of her
son. in Alexandria, Va, and Mrs. e. r.
Binaco attended to the decoration of
her husbands grave. in st. Mary GEM
etery. this city.
Acting Lieut.. J. G.. b. Key was in
charge of the decoration of one grave
in Woodlawn cemetery. and Acting
Sergt. Holmes placed wreathes on Ave
graves in Harmony cemetery, COM
prising all the graves OF colored fire.
men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-29
PARADE OF 10th HALTS
CRIMINAL COURT SESSION
Justice Siddons, Who Had Son in
Service, Joins in Review
ing Troops.

The martial strains Of the Marine
Band at the head of the returning SOL
diers this morning played havoc with
a legal argument being made by AS
per Of New York before Justice Sid
dons, in Criminal Division l, and
finally succeeded in suspending court
until the parade had passed. The JUS
tice. who had a son in the war, sur
rendered to the enthusiasm which
filled the lawyers and Jurors, and,
leaving the bench. went to the win
dow. whore the parade could be re-
viewed.
When the last boy had passed and
the band could be heard but family,
the legal machinery was again placed
in motion and the argument com.
pleted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-29
BIZ FRANK n. sIMONDs.


PARIS. May 26.-Decoration day for
Americans in Europe this year will
have q new meaning. More than
$4,000 Of our soldiers are buried on
French battlefields, and there is per-
haps no detail in all American activi-
ties since the war which will more
commend itself to the American peo-
pie than the care and thought which
have been expended in the direction
Of American cemeteries In France.
On this Decoration day there will be
opened with appropriate ceremonies
the greatest military cemetery, so far
the very heart of the Kriemhilde line,
at the little town of Romagne. MEM
orable for the many divisions which
fought in the Meuse-Argonne battle.
There will be dedicated a cemetery
where rs. 900 Americans will be buried
For many months thousands of men
have been engaged in preparing this
cemetery. In the great Mouse Ar
gonne battle of last year, which was
fought over an area Of nearly thou
sand square miles, nearly 10000
Americans were killed or subsequent
ly died of wounds. They were buried
hastily on the field of honor, and
one may still find scattered over all
this country American graves. Go
ing the other day from Stenay to
Varennes, across many miles of Amer
lean front, l saw scores and scores
Of these scattered graves, one OF the
clear evidences of our victory and
Of our sacrifice.
Where Americans Are Buried.
After the fighting was over the
Army adopted the wise policy or
| concentrating it's dead and in the
little town Of Romagne preparations
cans who had fallen over the really
vast area between the Argonne and
the Mouse. Within a few months the
task will be completed, and on a
pleasant hillside on the ground which
they won. and in the midst of what
tie in her history. 10000 soldiers will
| be buried.
But this Is only one of our military
cemeteries. Yesterday I visited an
other in the center of the Hindenburg
line, where are buried men Of the 9th
and Goth Divisions. who. with the
British and the Australians, shared
| honorably in the glorious success of
September 20. when the Hindenburg
line was broken in no small part by
the courage and devotion of the 9th
and both Divisions. This cemetery.
which will contain 5000 bodies, the
price to us of this victory. lies east
of Peronne. not far from the ruined
town Of lie Catelet. and the equally
destroyed village of Bonry.
There remain two other fields where
American soldiers fought and died in
considerable numbers. that of the
Chateau Thierry fighting and of the
st. Mihiel salient. At the present mo-
\ ment nearly ten thousand American
soldiers are buried in several score
of little cemeteries all the way from
| Chateau Thierry to Fismes. Around
Belleau wood alone there are at least
six clear evidences of how desperate
was the battle and how great the
cost of victory. Each of these little
cemeteries is admirably kept, individ-
uAl graves are marked with wooden
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-29
.HUCKSTER IS SERIOUSLY
|. HURT BY LIQUOR AUTO
-
Touring Car, Pursued by Police,
Smashes Into Wagon on
Bladensburg Road.

James Fusco, q huckster Of Hy-
attsville, was probably fatally in
[jured early this morning. his wagon
was smashed and his horse badly
hurt whe1 touring car driven by
James Thomas OF this city collided
with the huckster's outfit on the
Bladensburg road. The machine:
laden with liquor, was wrecked and
Thomas, the driver, was seriously in
jured.
The smashup, one Of the most Sc
rious of q number Of such cltmaxes
to liquor car chases. was the culmi-
nation Of an exciting pursuit OF the
Earl Kruger and Frank Yeaser Of
Mai. Pullman's automobile force, and
Lieut. Hodges, Sergt. Russell and
Motor Cycle Policemen Marks and
Little Of the ninth precince partici-
pated.
Kruger and Yeager. at Hyattsville.
saw the car Thomas was driving as
TT approached the town about 4:30
o'clock this morning.
They trailed 1t to the District line.
where Thomas, suspecting q police car
was following him. speeded up and
crossed the District line at sixty
mile clip. He was .distancing his pur-
suers when he struck the wagon driv-
en- by Fusco.
The wagon and horse were thrown
over q twenty-foot embankment and
Thomas machine overturned. smash
ing a large part Of the cargo of 300
half-pint TASKS Of whisky 1t carried.
Thomas. too badly hurt to get away.
was captured when the police came
up, but three other men who were
with him in the machine made their
escape. -..-
Fusco was taken to Casualty Hos
pital, where surgeons found his skull
was fractured. Thomas. who is thir-
y-three years old and lives at 4 Crab
tired court southwest. was taken to the
ninth precinct station, where charges OF
speeding, colliding and violation Of the
bone-dry law were lodged against him
and he was locked up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-29
Greeks Advance in Smyrna.

PARIS, May % (by the Associated
Press) - Information has been re-
ceived in French circles that Greek
troops are advancing from Smyrna
toward Magnesia and Adm. about
eighty miles to the southeast, the
Turks retiring before them. The
statement II made by the Greeks that
their purpose in advancing is to re-
store order and to take Q census.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-29
JEWISH PROTEST PLANNED.
Executive Committee for Sundays
Mass Meeting Meets.

The executive committee for the
mass meeting Of protest against the
persecution Of Jews in Poland, % be
held at Liberty Hut Sunday afternoon
at O'Clock. met last night at the
Sixth Street Synagogue and reported
plans practically completed for the
big gathering. ]. l. Topper pre-
sided.
Reuben Fink, who will be chairman
81 the mass meeting. made tho report
for the committee. Speakers at the
P0merene of Ohio, Representative
Madden Of Illinois. and Rabbi Stephen
Wise Of New York city Prayers for
the dead will be offered by q cantor.
Young ladies connected with Jewish
organizations in Washington are to
b ushers. The public Is invited.
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Various Contributions.
LIEUT.. COL. BoNsAL HERE.
Has Served With American Peace
Commissioners in Paris,

Lieut.. Col. Stephen 3. Bonsal Of the
military Intelligence division Of the
general staff, q. 8. A, has just ar
rived In Washington after an ex-
tended term Of service with the
American commissioners at the peace
conference In Paris. Col Bonsal was
attached to tho commission in a spe-
cial capacity Immediately after the
signing Of the armistice and was
Transferred at once to the French
capital. where he has been stationed
until May IL.
The staff ofacer IL especially con-
versant with the situation in the
Balkan states, having resided in that
portion Of Europe for some six or
seven years. He has now been as
signed to duty in the ONCE Of the
director Of military Intelligence, War
Department. this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-29
It. COL. SANCTUARY
|NPLAzAD|SPUTE
Manager J. H. Weaver Holds
Former Official Tries to
Create Dissatisfaction.
BARS SECRET MEETINGS

Charging Lieut.. Col. Eugene N.
Sanctuary. U. s. R., with attempting
Co create dissatisfaction among the
war workers housed in the govern
ment hotel on Union station plaza,
James H. Weaver. general manager
of the hotel. today sent .:urt real est
to the Army officer to desist from
visiting the premises.
At the same time Mr.. Weaver had
posted in the several dormitories 8
notice to the effect that secret meet
ings of he guests in the recreation
hall will not be permitted and that
the approval of the management must
be obtained for all meetings to be
held hereafter.
Col. Sanctuary formerly directed the
allotment of rooms in the dormitories.
Mr.. Weaver and Col. Sanctuary have
mer took over the managerial reins,
March Is, last.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-29
SOL HERzoa HoNoRED GUEST

A testimonial was given last. night
by the Jewish Welfare Board to Sol
Herzog. president Of the District Grand
Lodge. No. S, Argo Lodge. Of the Or
der of B'nai Birth. He was the guest
of honor. Mr.. Hersog made an ad-
dress. Rev. Abram Simon. rabbi Of the
Eighth Street Temple of the Washing
short talk on "B'nai Birth Ideals"
Capt. julius Peyser spoke on "Ameri-
canism." Hyman N. Levy on THE
Reason" The Y. NJ. H. A. orchestra
furnished the music. The singing of
The Star Spangled Banner" was q fea-
ture. Miss Rosafe Livingston was the
soloist -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-29
POLICE AFTER BULLETINS.
Need Them to Secure Official Eff.
ficiency Marks.

Membess of the police department
are scrambling for copies Of the de-
partment's bulletin issued since jan
uary /. Maj. Pullman having notified
them that they will receive efficiency
marks based on the condition OF the
publications they have saved. The
bulletins contain reports OF thefts,
lost, strayed and stolen animals, lost
persons and descriptions of persons
wanted to answer for various crimes
In all parts Of the country.
January 1 the police were instruct
ed to retain copies Of the bulletin for
future reference. and June they will
be called upon to tell If. they COM
piled with the order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-29
Expenses Put at 1925, $40;
Revenue, $973,500. Salary
< Jump to $500, 100 Is Seen

the operation of temporary dormi-
tories on Union station plaza accom-
modating 1900 woman war workers
now total ss17,aso a year and will in
crease to $400.160 during the next rs
cal year. according to statements of
Leroy K. Sherman. president Of the
United States Housing Corporation. be-
fore the House appropriations COM
mfttee. The testimony was made pub
lie today by the committee.
Total operating expenses Of the dormi-
tories for the next year were estimated
at 1895. $40. and the revenue at $973, 500
The women are charged $45 monthly for
room and board. Salaries listed included
5000 year for the manager, 81, 100 for
the chef. $1,000 for a stenographer, $500
for a head dishwasher. $500 for an Office
boy and $500 for a utility man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-29
: PUT ON SHIPPING BOARD.
Thomas A. Scott Succeeds Balm
bridge Colby, Resigned.

yo&r has served as an officer In the
bureau Of construction and repair in
the Navy Department. has been made
. mambor Of the United States Ship
pfnE Board. succeeding Bainbridge
Colby, resigned
1ond0n. Conn. towing concern. He
WAA Q lieutenant commander in the
Nasal Reserve force. and had been
rseommsnded for the rank of COM
nnAn6aF. H1s principal work while in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-29

Collective bargaining by farmers
organizations would be permitted I'M
der an amendment to theeClayton act
introduced yesterday by Senator Cap
per, Kansas. 1t was referred to the
Judiciary committee. Senator Capper
said the amendment was Endorsed by
various state oranges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-29
French FLYER Ascends $1,000 Feet.

PARIS, May 2s.-Adjutant Casale.
French aviator, today in fight for
.It,tude ascended $1,000 feet. This
oonstitutes q worlds record. Adju-
tant Casale during the war had nu-
merioUs Aghts In the air ana was
credited with having dovned twelve
German machines. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-29
Water Until 1910 Is Seen.

"oISI WILL 40xO 40 0SCAs
The District engineer estimates that
his plan would provide an additional
supply Of water adequate to meet the
needs Of the city until the year 1910
at least. A second conduit, it is re-
marked, would meet future needs
probably to the year 1880.
He points out that while his scheme
may be criticised on the ground that
II involves q departure from the pres
emit gravity system, in reality all Of
the present supply of water is pump
ed once, half Of 1t Is pumped twice,
and the present average pumping lift
for the entire supply is seventy-fi
feet. Under the plan proposed. this
average lift would be increased only
about 20 per cent when the consump-
Hon reeS,hes the requirements for the
year 1ey.
engineer Commissioner KutZ showed
keen interest in the plan submitted
BY Mr. Phillips Representative Fred
erick N. Zihlman Of Maryland. who
introduced the bill calling for an in
vastigation Of the Districts water sup
DIV. was informed OF the results OF
Nj. Phillips study. and expressed the
hope that it would lead to q speedy
and economical solution Of the prob
lem. He said that If an fnvestigat-
inr commission is authorized. in &C
cordance with the terms OF his bill.
the phillips report undoubtedly will
be given every consideration oy the
commission:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-29
Justice Brandeis Going to Palestine

Associate Justice Brandeis OF the
United States Supreme Court will
leave Washington about June Is for
a trip to Palestine. stopping first at
Paris. Justice Brandeis will seek
to ascertain whether the creation Of
a separate Jewish state in Palestine
is practicable, and will also look into
the massacres of Jews in Europe. He
expects to confer with President Will
son in Paris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-29
GREATEST MILITARY CEMETERY
WILL BE OPENED TOMORROW
Graves of $4,000 Americans at Romaene.
France, Will Be Decorated-War Victims
Buried Elsewhere to Be Remembered.

crosses and are fenced. At Seringes,
memorable with Cierges and Sergy
for some of the most desperate fight
ing in the Chateau Thierry time. there
is another large American cemetery,
and in the same way American grave
yards are scattered over the st. Mi
hiel salient.
Romagne Cemetery to Be Opened.
On this Decoration day Romagne
cemetery is to be opened and with
the aid of the French inhabitants in
many adjoining villages the graves
of the American soldiers in all the
various battlefields are to be dec
GRATED. At a later time. I believe, the
dead who fell IN the St. Mihiel and
Chateau Thierry salient are to be-
gathered in two central cemeteries,
like that at Romagne.
In making the cemetery at RomaEns
the work has included not merely the
moving of twenty-six thousand bod
les, but also the task of identifying
many hastily buried where they fell
in the press of battle. Almost with
out exception, thanks to the devotion
of the officers engaged in the task.
Identification has been made. and for
all the future the graves OF these
men will be marked.
Romagne cemetery in the future.
like those in St. Mihiel and in
Chateau Thierry, will be IA place or
American pilgrimage. Today ona
can reach these American cemeteries
only by car, but in all areas where
American soldiers fought and fell
American units are stationed and are
working carefully and successfully.
Neither the French nor the British. In
the main because of the greatness
of their task by comparison. have yet
been able to spare men for making
,v-I nd a rn
of the graves of the soldiers who fell
had in a very large degree fallen
upon the people of the regions in
which the fighting took place, and all
over France, no matter how dew
estated the region. one Will ma
cared for with equal tenderness by
the people Of the countryside.
No Grave to Be Undecorated.
It Is the plan and hope of Ameri-
cans in France that no grave OF an
American soldier will remain undec-
grated on this Memorial day. Thanks
to the French peasants. this result
will probably be achieved. But L
know of no more moving or perhaps
saddening impression than one may
still have riding along the remote
roads of the Argonne and Mouse coun-
try and seeing on the shell-torn hill
sides the scattered graves of so many
of our soldiers. There is a certain
loneliness almost impossible to de-
scribe. a loneliness which in sense
has been the portion of the American
soldier in Europe from the beginning.
a loneliness shared only by the Aus
tralians and Canadians. 1t will be OF
course impossible now or hereafter
to reproduce in France the moving
ceremony which takes place in every
American city and village on Decora-
ton day, and yet on this Decoration
day, at least, the American dead in
France are not to be forgotten and
for the future they are to sleep in
cemeteries which will have all of the
appeal and something of the beauty
of Arlington.
Copyright 1919. Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-29
Woman Ends Life by Hanging.

Susie Stanton, colored, committed
suicide in her bedroom at her home,
2211 18th street. last evening by hang
ing. Coroner hewitt gave o certificate
Of suicide. He was told thoL deod- WAA
prompted by tllneeA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-29
For q. s. to Own Cape Cod Canal,

A bill authorizing tho Secretary of
War to acquire by condemnation pro-
ceedings the Cape Cod canal at n
cost not to exceed S1o.ooo.ooo and to
improve 1t SO as to provide . twenty
flve-foot channel was introduced yes
terday by. Senator Lodge. Masse !.
chusetts. The measure was referred
to the commerce committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-29
Finally Gained Empire State.

There was long lapse, then. until
1898, when Colorado came through,
followed by Utah and Idaho. in 1896,
and during succeeding years by other
states, all west Of the Mississippi.
until 1913, when they won Illinois, and
then in 1917, 10! and behold! the wom-
en- reached clear across the Ale
ghenies and grabbed of the Empire
state. Thereafter. the other states
came tumbling into line, pell NELL.
AS welcome as the flowers in spring
are these new voters to the bosses, but
business of boss hopping anxious
brow-how are they to be corralled?
That is the big question that bids
fair to keep the managers busy plum
ND until election day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-29

Miss May Henderson OF Denver 10
the. new secretary OF the Colorado
state board Of pardons.
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UNIFORM FEEF0R
BATHING PROPOSED
$500, 900 Appropriation Ask.
ed by Engineers for Build
ings and Grounds Here.
Brig. Gen. r.. ID. simms, com

Proposal that a uniform fee shall be
charged for the use of the bathing
beach in the tidal basin is made in
request for supplemental appropria-
tons totaling $4,000. submitted to
Congress by the Secretary of the
Treasury on the recommendation of
the engineer department of the Army,
This estimate includes 100000 for
public buildings and grounds in
Washington. and 100000 for a bridge
across the Potomac river at George
town.
1000 for Bathing Beach Asked.
For the tidal bathing beach the
supplemental estimate for inclusion
In the sundry civil bill is $4,000. It
an extension Of the bathhouse. The
letter of transmittal explains that ex-
perience at the tidal basin bathhouse
during last summer showed that the
facilities afforded by the present
10 desired that the capacity Of the
mems wing be doubled. The explana-
tion is made that this estimate was
not submitted with the regular esti-
the extension could not be foreseen
at that time.
Brig. Gen. Frederick B. Abbot, acting
chief Of engineers. in submitting his
recommendation, said:
This open-air bathing is q very
popular form Of recreation, and now
that the government departments are
SO expanded, 1t is considered imperaA
lively necessary that the additional
facilities be furnished as soon as pos
sible."
$2OO, 600 for Lincoln Pool Asked.
An appropriation of 5000, 900 is asked
for commencing the construction of the
Lincoln memorial rejecting pool. and
to be available until expended.
1t Is explained that the plan for de-
velopment of the area aroundsthe Lin
coin Memorial and the portion Of Po-
tomac Park Immediately to the east,
which has been approved by the chief
Of engineers and the fine arts com;
1000 feet long and 100 feet wide, te-
tween the memorial and 18th street.
with q subordinate pool near the
It is estimated that the excava-
ton and preliminary drainage sys-
total cost Of the work will cost $780,
900, If the ground weather will main
a ssn t1 SOB S &c. The pool REQUIRES
waterproof bottom.
The Appropriation Of 100000 10
asked for continuing the construction
Of a bridge previously authorized to
replace the Aqueduct bridge.
available about $20s, 200 for construct
ing the Key bridge. An estimate Of
5000, 900 was submitted for the fiscal
year 1920, which. II appropriated, will
make available approximately $408,-
600 for this work until July 1, 1890.
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duit and take water from the
Potomac at Great Falls and the other
proposing new source of supply,
namely, the Patuxent river.
Eventually one or other of these
conduits will be required to be built.
but at present-day prices the cost
would be from twelve to fifteen mil
lion dollars. he asserts. In the mean
time. the problem of meeting the Dis
trfct's need Of additional water would
not be solved, and conditions border
ing on q water famine might develop
before q new conduit could be made
ready for service.