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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-01
HIF-FARE RATE rs EXTENDED
no MANY BY DIRECTOR McADOO

C7srgNmen of all denominations.
Sisters OF Charity. deaconesses.
bsothers Of religious orders. persons
.ESvutehl exclusively to works of
,narityt and inmates of national and
sshto soldiers and sailors homes may
row travel over the railways of the
auuntry st one-haH of the regular
fzres This order became effective
today.
II was declared by Director General
McAoOo ia be in the nature of a New
Year gift to the beneficiaries. 1t re-
N1vcs q general custom which was
suspended by many of the large rail-
ways when the two-cents-a-mile rate
WAS eHablis he'd in nearly all the I'M
uortarr states of the Union.
Some OF the less important roads
granted the clerical rate privilege at
an times. but the larger roads said
that in view of the enforced reduc-
lion in fares they felt under no OBJ
liCstion to grant any concessions.
Butt the new rule forces all the roads
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-01
NEW YORK WILDLY
USHERS NEW YEAR
Trinity's Famous Chimes Are
Neglected for Riotous
"UptoWn.'

NEW YORK, January I,--t'a Their
knickerbocller and his numerous
family began ''prying up the lid"
late last night and had it entirely
removed by the time chimes, whistles.
bells and horns gave riotous greeting
at midnight to the advent of 1919.
y strike of union walters. called
almost literally at the eleventh hour,
and the excessive cost of high living
cast no damper on their determine
ton to celebrate properly They
blithely pawned the family jewels or
mortgaged the old homestead that
they might be prepared for emer-
gencies.
The oldest Inhabitants OF BROAD
! way and adjacent streets in the roar
ing fortieS' admitted unanimously
that for merriment and noise 1t was
the most successful New Ycarsve
they could remember. They attribute
ed the whole -soule dnesS OF the ceie-
! bration to two factors. One was that
war no longer cast Il CHASTITY shadow
over the spirits of mankind and the
other was the prospect that when
1920 appears upon the scene toasts
viii be drunk in nothing more en-
liyening than chaste tea or foan1ing
ginger ale.
BY a special dispensation Of Mayor
Hylan permits were issued 10 $50
of the more popular hotels and cafes
TO continue festivities for an hour
and 4 half after the usual closing
selves of the privilege to the last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-01

in the United States under federal
control to make the concession.
To prevent imposition and abuse
of the privilege, the concession is adj
mfnistered by clergy bureaus MAIN
tanned in New York. Atlanta Chi
eago and other points. The bureaus
operate under passenger traffic COM
mfttees and in conjunction with the
railway authorities in Washington
No Clergyman will be able to OBJ
tain ticket at reduced rate unless
he can satisfy the agent selling the
ticket that he is exclusively engaged
in the work of preaching the GOSPEL.
The rules will be equally strict VILE
others who may claim the half fare
rate.
Director General McAdoo said the
half-fare concession would continue
as long as the government controls
the roads and would not be abro-
gated if the revenue in the near fu-
ture should justify q general reduc-
ton in passenger rates The priv
ilege. however. does not extend to
sleeping car rates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-01
NEW YEAR GREETINGS
EXPRESSED IN VERSE
DR.. William Tindall, D. c. Official
Since Grants Day, Sends
Cheer in Poetic Form.

DR.. William Tindall. the District
official. who has been. in continuous
service since the first administration
OF President Grant, is sending New
Year greetings to his many friends
I! today in the form Of a poem of which
( he is the author.
| DR.. Tindail is one Of a trio Of MS
trict officials who entered the sorvica
at the close of the civil war His two
associates are Alexander Mckenzie.
an assistant assessor. ann Cant ! ~
Fetty Of the assessors Office His
| first work was as secretary 10 Mavor
| Bowen. Washington then had suffrage
and elected its officers. including {
council
f! He has lived TO see the coming and
! going of seventeen Presidents of the
| United States. having been horn in
| Wilmington, Del. in 1874, one wear
before President Polk was inaUe1,-
rated From President Grant to
president Wilson he has personally
| known all of these executives.
! He was a defender of the flag as q
member OF the list Delaware In
fantry in 1S61-63, and has beer
prominently identified with every
| civic movement in Washington for
the past half century. He is widely
known as a writer, physician, jurist.
| political economist and loyal citizen
| Tic IS a stanch friend whose faith in
ms friends stands second only to
that of his God. His loyalty to conn
| try is emphasized in active work as
a member OF the I'd Army Corps Of
! The Grand Army of the Republic The
| New Year greeting Follows:
| Wishing You Cheer Through the
! New Year.
When with life problems we re parp.1 +-
Doubtful what we should venture Dext.
Gcanntng each probability
! With apprehension wary;
! rwouid tend to further our repose
! II we'd reflect, that, win or lose
| Though everything important be-
Nothing is necessary!
The moral of these platitudes my phrasipg
| may obscure.
| It's plain! Life has few worriments the balm
of time can't cure.
Be not depresst nor too elate within your
heart head.
| Our troubles fade tomorrow: our pride when
| dead.
! While we should have 4 care to shink
and do our best,
! We then shall have performed our snare
and God VIII do the resi-.
] WILLIAM TINpAILA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-01
MRS. C. T. AUSTIN DIES.
Resident Of Kensington. Nd.
Passes Away at Her Home.

Mrs. q r. Austin, a resident of Ken
sington, Md, for more than twenty
nine years, died Monday 1T her home
there after a brief Illness. Funeral
services will be held tomorrow morn
ing at the Church of the Holy Re-
deemer, in Kensington, at 1890
O'Clock. Interment will be at St.
Marys cemetery. Rockville. Md.
Mrs. Austin is survived by her hus-
band. g T Austin, and two dauch-
ters. Mrs Earle :. Carlin of Phila-
delphia. Pa, and Miss Carrie Austin
of Kensington, Nd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-01
Nineteen Eighteen .

By VICE PRESIDENT THuMAS H. MAR
SHALL.
The years not dead. II raaao, die
Its record lights the future sky.
1t walks beside all upright men;
Its gaze oGtstTips all mortal ken.
IT moves with France to lily fields
Where peace her bountcouS harvest yields.
II smiles cnre more Flanders plain
Where plougi4sharos hide the sword again.
IL marches hack across the seas,
To all our moors and all leas;
1t sits by each mes firPside,
70 be fer aye Gods human guide.
II Is not dead. nor can Il die
While men lift up our banner high.
n will have cternsl ycBth
,Khiie Ne laxe Liberty and rutA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-01
SENDS D. c. BUSINESS MEN
STIRRING 1919 GREETING
President Leese Of the M. and M.
A. Urges q More intensified Com.
mercial Side of the Capital.

Hope that commerce and rnanufac-
turing will be developed near Wash
ington as a result OF the war is ex-
pressed by NJ. 4. Leese. president OF
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association, in a New Year message
to the business men of the city.
we believe that the necessity exists
for a more Intensified commercial side
of Washington" said the statement
This can well be accomplished and
without sacrificing in any manner our
ideals for the city beautiful. Light
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-01
ELEVEN AID THE NEEDY.
Contribute Through The Star to
Opportunities" to Relieve.

/ At least eleven Westinghouse are
enjoying a happy new year. for in the
last few days they have contributed
$40 through The Star to the fourteen
Christmas opportunities of the Asso-
GATED Charities for the relief of needy
families.
"F, s, s. gave s35 toward oppor
tunity- No. 4, which is for widow
with three children under thirteef|
years of age. The Associated Char
tiles asked for $500 to keep this fam
lily going for the year.
M. T. NJ gave 81 toward opporX
tunity No. u. which is for Il widoj
with four children. who needs s14
week in order to make ends meet.
There were nine other contributions
designated for the most needy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-01
Demobilizing With All Speed.

LAS America made her power felt
more quickly than the foe thought
possible, so she viii return that pow
or to the pursuits Of peace with ali
Cue speed. You hava shared in the
pride Of the first accomplishment. so
must your patience aid III the pres
emit adjustment TO new conditions
The privilege of having stood in the
ranks of the Army of victorious de-
mocrHcy viii be your pride through
the years TO come. II fortune has de-
cfoed that only weeks or months re-
main for you to stand in those ranks
instead of bloody years as our allies
have done, then bear yourselves
through the remaining days in a way
to increase that pride.
The best wishes Of the country, for
1919, and all the coming years are
yours To these. | add my own
heartlest good wishes and the conf
dence that in the future us ex-soltliers
as you have don. III the past AS sol
diers. you viii continue to reflect the
highest honor of our country"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-01
Mr.. BAKERS GREETING
SENT ALL MEN IN ARMY
Tells Men Abroad They Will Be
Brought Back With All
Speed.

Secretary Baker has sent the fol-
lowing New Year greeting to the
men OF the. Army, to be read at all
camps and cantonnents at home and
overseas today:
ITO YOU who have fulfilled the
promise of the nation overseas, and
YOU who have stood ready In reserve
at home, 1 send greeting for the
New Year.
THE year of 1918 has shown what
American can do: 1919 will show
what America is.
Your part in the great accom-
piishment has been a vital one. The
part you will bear in the days TO
come Will be no less important for
our country. The process of ,ielnob-
iiization is moving swiftly, III order
and according to plan. Clearly cv-
erything cannot be done at once, and
patience will be needed. Each step
must follow the step before, and
some Units will go quickly while
others may be held n little longer for
reasons that are Very real, though
sometimes not apparent on the sur
face
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-01
EOODCOUNC|L MAY
VOTE We
Plans for Future viii Be Dis
cussed at Meeting on
Friday Night.

Plans fer tho future Of the Citizens
Food Council OF the District Of CO.
Iumpia are to be discussed at 4 meet
ing of the council in the boardroom
iof the Municipal building Friday
night. Election of officers for the new
! year is scheduled. provided it is not
detaded to disband the council. The
latter course has been suggested and
discussed, but John G. McGrath. pres
ident of the council, as well as the
District Commissioners are opposed to
the plan
Commissioners Brownlow and Car
u'her are strongly in favor Of the
continued existence and operation of
me council. declaring that in its brief
existence it has demonstrated its
value 10 the community as a medium
WHEREBY food prices may be kept
within reasonable bounds. and as a
neans for the Ultimate extension of
community buying TO the entire Dis
trict
As organized a few months ago the
Citizens Food Council was to have
continued its work for the duration
OF the war. or longer, as may be de-
termined by the members"
Some Favor Dissolution.
Many of the members. it is under
! STOOD, mold the opinion that the coun-
CT no longer is needed and that It
should be dissolved, while others, de.
ciarlng the war is not yet over,
say the council should remain in ex-
lStence until IL treaty of peace ac-
| tudfiy terminates the war. and az
much longer as may be required TO
bring business back to d normal
basis.
Decentralization" of the federal food
aoml nistration, it is pointed out, and
gradual restriction of activities of the
local administration will leave resi-
dents of the District at the mercy Of
any food dealers who may feel in.
cifned to Drotiteer.
The Citizens Food Council, it is fur
| fher pointed out, is the only means
residents have of protecting them
selves against extortionate practices
OF some food dealers
Officers Are Optimistic.
Temporary officers of the council
SAID today they did not believe stuff
Gent sentiment existed among coup-
eli members to bring about the disso-
| lutlon OF the organization at Friday
nights meeting
call has been issued for a meet
| ing at Park View School at o'clock
tomorrow night to plan for collective
buylng and distribution OF food III the
PaTk View community. The call. is
sued by President McGrath saws:
hmm dlatc action must be taken If
the work started is to be continued
ana enlarged as it should be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-01
FOOD FAIR PRICE LIST
WILL Be CONTINUED
District Administrator Plans to
Weed Out Dealers Who ''Gouge'
the Public.

The District food administration
has no intention OF disseminating the
official weekly fair price list. The
local administrator takes the stand
that with tbs removal Of many rc@u-
latory measures aud orders since the
signing of the arnisticc there is an
even greater need for guard against
price boosting, and in the fair price
list he believes the city is safeguard
ed to a considerable extent.
Continuation of the food adlnints-
trations weekly fair price list
throughout the country has been left
optional to the state administrators
it was learned at the United States
Food Administration today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-01

manufacturing may well be carried on
within the shadow of even the Capitol
itself. and for the sIerner side of bust
ness the great outlying sections OF
the District may well be utilized.
There is n wonderful opportunity to
fill tho gap between Washington ard-
Alexandria with manufacturing in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-01
Fine Advantages at Hand.

THE National Capital is a. railroad
center and its water transportation
to the south has never been realized
to the extent to which it might be.
Mr.. Ieese said he did not believe
there is any doubt that Washington
will retain much of its new popula-
ton and that local merchants VIII
enjoy another year of prosperity in
1919.
The department store section Of the
merchants association VIII meet at
= 30 o'clock Friday Afternoon to o1cct
. chairHaH for The year ana map out
what the section VIII undertake TO
do in 1919. George +. DE Neale IS
the present chairman. Other sections
of the association viii meet ia tbs
near future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-01
Action in District.

In Washington the food administra-
Tor recently enlarged the size of the
/. fair price list and issued strict orders
| TO dealers to display 1t prominent
ly. He asks housewives to study
these quotations that they may be
more familiar with price conditions
and that they may better be prepares,
to protect themselves from unfair
prices. He also wants buyers TO re-
port dealers who are not displaying
these lists in their stores.
In line with the local administra tor &
declared policy of requiring a strict
compliance with the price lists two
food dealers were given hearings at
the administration yesterday to show
cause why they should not be pun
ished for profteefinG. Nearly a dozen
more dealers will be hailed before the
administrator during the next week for
oVercharging. Last week four dealers
We're given hearings and three were
punished
Following report made to him sew
eral weeks ago by one of his inspec-
tors that some local dealers openly aCl-
mitted that they were simply waiting
for the adminiStrat ton to be abandoned
when they would start price boosting.
the local administrator has taken every
pTecaution to weed out dealers believed
to have profteering inclinatious and
otherwise to protect the general pub
lie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-01
Fun for Doughboys and Gobs.

In the merrymaking crowds we're
thousands of soldiers and sailors.
headed for the scores OF places where
he slogan of he day was Your nni-
form is your pass" and where every
form of entertainments from ''eats''
to dancing and thaatricals was Of
fernd. Armed detachmeuts Of mill
fary police cTuiSed the streets TO
make sure that hospita bic New York
FRS did not lure the uniformed men
into exresscs.
a feature Of the celebration was
the corn parative solitude of the vicin-
ity OF Old Trinity in lower broadway.
which on past New Year ewes has
been one of the favored gathering
Spots OF ce}cbrat0rs. When Triuity's
chimes rang out al lnidn i&ht in sacred
and patriotic airs there were few
ears to hear The crowds were up
town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-01
Warships Illuminated.

The great overseas fleet. lying in
the Hudson. was brilliantly iiiumn-
ated and searchlights from the men
of-war crossed their shaft of light
over the merrymakerS.
The HnteImenS Association. aHtic!-
pating the extension Of the strike.
which has been in progress in sew
er3l hotels for some weeks had
modified more than 1900 relief wait
ers and these were rushed in auto
mobiles TO places where the walters
walked out.
The Carlton met the situation
by throwing a detachment OF uni
formed soldiers into the places vacat-
cd by the walters and. as it was \
victory New Year eve" anyway, the
fighters were warmly received and
reaped a ycritable harvest Of tips.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-01

II, q, III ~ II III Il III III II MOI ss1fSMSs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-27
rs PAID
DAVID r. FRANCIS
BY PRES. WILSON

st. Louis. Mo, Sept 27.-In a
telegram made public here today,
President Wilson pays tribute to
David r. Francis, United States
ambassador to Russia, for his deal
ings in that country with a situa-
tion which was difficult to the point
of possibility"
The message was announced in
connection with a banquet given
here last night in the ambassador S
honor. Addressed 10 James r..
Smith. OF the welcoming committee
it reads:
Il wish with all my heart that
might be present at the reception
and banquet to be given Ambassa-
dor Francis. Inasmuch as it is i'm
possible for me t. be there, Will
you not convey my sincerest con-
to the ambassador He
has merited the admiration and
gratitude of the country. No one
could have been more steadfast,
more courageous or more consist
emily guided by principle than he
was in all of his dealings with a
situation which was difficult to the
point of impossibility.
(Signed) WOODROW WILSON" &"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-27
us. TO KEEP
ENEMY SHIPS
TURNED0vER
Rejects British Proposal
to Pool Eight Boats
With Others Held.

Washington, Sept. 2S.-The
eight former German liners al
located 10 the United States
after the armiStice including
the former Hamburg-American
steamer ImperatOr, the second
largest ship atlOat, are to be
turned over to the shipping
board by the war department as
soon as necessary surveys can
be made.
The British ministry of ship
ping here had expected that the
Imperator would be turned over to
its agents at a. N. today at Ho-
boken and the vessel already hod
been promised to the Cunard Line
for service between New York and
England Decision that the ship
should be delivered to the shipping
board was reached late last night
at a conference between board Of
ficials and Representatives of the
war department.
Rejects British Contention.
After their ALLEGATION to the
United States, the ships were used
as transports and Great Britain
has contended that their ALLEGATION
was only temporary, and that when
the troop movement had been COM
pleted they were to revert to the
allied shipping pool for permanent
ALLEGATION. ]. H. Rosseter, director
of operations for the shipping
board. said today. however, that the
board held that the original assign
ment Of the ships was permanenL
Besides the Imperator, the ships
are the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Cape Finistere, Graf Waldersee,
Prinz Frederick Wilhelm, Pretoria,
Mobile and Zeppelin. All are huge
passenger liners which had been
laid up in German ports during the
war. After the armistice, they
were delivered to American naval
officers in England. All of the
vessels are now in port in this
country, most of them at New
York.
Alterations TO Be Made.
All of the ships will be delivered
to the shipping board as soon as
surveys and necessary alterations
can be made. 1t was said that with
the German liners seized in Amer
ican ports when this country en-
tered the war they would be used
in establishing new American
freight, mail and passenger lines.
presumably to Great Britain and
Europe, as well as to South Amer
ica.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-27
PROBE OF SUGAR
SHORTAGE ASKED
BY SENATOR NEW

Washington, Sept. 27.-Charging
that failure of President Wilson to
act on recommendations for con-
troll of the new sugar crop was re
sponsible for rising prices, Senator
New, Republican. Indiana, introduc-
ed a resolution today proposing in
vestigation of the sugar shortage
by the senate commercial commit
tee.
The committee also would deter
mine methods to prevent specula-
tion which is needed.
Senator New said that owing 20
the presidents failure to act, no
Americans had made contracts for
the Cuban crop and that beet su-
gar refiners were asking liz cents
a pound for beet sugar.
The stock of raw sugar will be
exhausted in four weeks" said Sen
ator New. and rehners will be out
of sugar by November. resulting in
a sugar famine for the entire east
ern half of the country"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-27
PAIR FOR
COOPER DEATH AT
NASHVILLE, TENN.

Nashville, Tenn. Sept. 81
Spiritualism has been resorted to
in an endeavor to solve the mys-
terious murder of Robin J. Cooper,
prominent attorney, and upon tes-
timony of Gabriel Hansen, phycho-
analiticaI detective. Dennis Metcalf,
Cooper's gardener. and Nora Lee,
his negro cook, have been held for
hearing.
Hansen declared that in a spirit
ualistic demonstration he had seen
Metcalf kill Cooper"
Cooper's body was found in a
creek not far from his home, with
the skull crushed. The case has
baffled the police.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-27
BUTTER AND EGG
PRICES STILL ON
JUMP IN CHICAGO

Chicago, Sept 27.-Butter and
egg prices in Chic: go show a lar se
increase over a month ago, with re-
ports on storages indicating 5S4, 900
pounds more butter and 1000 more
cases of eggs than 80 days ago.
Butter a month ago sold whole
sale for 5311 cents a pound: yesttr-
day for 81 1-3 cents. Retail prices,
80 days ago, ranged from 81 to SO
cents; yesterday it was G3 to 65
cents.
Wholesale price on eggs a month
ago was AZ cents a dozen and yes
terday 1t was so cents, with the re-
spective retail prices SOC to SIC
and So to g. cents-