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Evening star., 1919-03-20
Just Folks
By EDGAR A. GUEST
BILL HOHENZOLLERN.
BILL HOHENZOLLERN.

If he had loved the green OF trees.
The drowsy hum of summer bees.
If friends had dared to call him Bill.
He might have been a monarch still.
Il he had ever stopped to play
With children at the close Of day.
Or ridden them upon his knee.
He might not now an outcast be.
II he had ever turned aside
And dropped his dignity and pride.
Forgetting that he was king.
To do a little neighboring
With humble men who crossed his
If he had ever spent one day
In comradeship-he might not now
Have hatred written on his brow.
Had he loved skies and running brooks
And tangled woods and fishing hooks,
And learned to call the birds by name,
And fed them crumbs as they grew
tame;
Oh, had he ever left his throne
To talk with men, he might have
Some secrets Of the human heart
And better played the monarch's part
II home had ever meant to him
More than a castle, cold and grim;
II he had tended it with care,
Planted the roses blooming there; :
Had learned to laugh and romp and
sing,
Been more a man and less a king,
He might not how in Holland wait
The dreadful verdict of his fate.
That man who worships power alone
Shall suddenly be overthrown;
Shall fall at last beneath the rod.
He that would seek for world success
Must tread the ways Of humbleness
And find in the gentle ways and pure
The royalty that can endure.
Copyright, 1919. By Edgar A. Guest)
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ONE DIVORCE IN EVERY NINE
MARRIAGES IN u. S. IN 1916

Statistics. compiled by the bureau
Of the census Of the Department of
Commerce show that during 1916 ap-
proximately one marriage in every
nine was terminated by divorce. Fig
ures taken at widely separated places
covering the calendar year 1916 and
covering 1855 counties. show that
the number Of divorces granted was
112,03s, or liz per 100000 Of popu-
lation.
The figures also show that divorce
in tho United States is increasing, as
in 1896 there were but eighty-four
divorces granted per 100000 Of popu-
lation. The District of Columbia is
numbered In those states showing
the lowest divorce rates in 1916, shar-
ing this honor with North Carolina
and New York. Figures compiled for
the District show that there were but
thirteen divorces for every 100000 of
population. The three highest di-
vorce rates are those for Nevada
Montana and Oregon.
The principal causes of divorce and
the percentages contributed by them
to the total were:
Desertion, 36.3 per cent; cruelty,
2S.3 per cent; infidelity, lis per cent; !;
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
Al(1nIoAH sECURITY AND TRUST CO..
Washington, d. c.,
March lS 1919.


- tie Stockholders Of the
American Security and Trust Company:
Nstice II hereby given, pursuant to law and
b the bylaws of the American Security and
Tfust Company, that a special meeting Of the
stockholders Of the company will be held at the
ONCE Of the company. at the corner Of 18th
street and Pennsylvania avenue. city Of Wash
ington. District of Columbia, on the 14th day
OF April. 1919, Mt Il O'Clock noon. The object
or business of said special meeting is to sub
init to the stockholders of the company for
crease the capital stock Of the company for
iire purpose for which the company was incor-
porated. from three million dollars ($3 OOo, ,OO0)
to three million four hundred thousand dollars
,$s. 400. .0Oe), said increase to consist of -four
thousand shares Of the par value OF Sl0o
each; and further. to submit to the stock
agreement. dated the 18th day of March. 1919,
executed by the officers of the company. pur-
suant to the authority and Objection OF the
board Of directors. but subject to the ap-
proval Of the stockholders. covering the dis
position Of such increase in the capital stock.
which agreement may be seen at the once OF
the company; and further to consider and
adopt such other and further resolutions as
may be desirable or expcdient in enecting
the objects and purposes of said agreement;
and further to consider proposal to increase
the number of directors of the company from
twenty-five TO thirty. and il such increase is
authorized. to elect such directors.
The transfer books of the company will be
closed on the 2and day of March. 1919. at noon
and will be reopened on the 18th day of April,
1919.
Charles ]. Bell. Albert NJ Read
Daniel Fraser. Chas. 4. Spalding,
Clarence +. Norment, Eugene f. Allies,
James NJ Green, William W. Everett,
Gilbert H. Grosvenor. Clarence r. wilson,
W. s. Corby, John f. wilkins.
Corcoran Thom. George W. Brown.
Myron NJ. Parker, VIM. J. FIatier. jr.,
J. c. Boyd. Edward Mclean,
II. s. Reeside, VIM. NJ. Coates.
Directors Of the American Security and Trust
COMPANY,
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neglect to provide, ~ per cent;
drunkenness. S.4 per cent; combina-
tions of preceding causes. Sc per
cent: all other causes. 81 per cent.
Desertion was reported as the cause
of so per cent of the divorces granted
to the husband and sos per cent Of
those granted to the wife.
In only 37.7 per cent of the divorce
cases were children reported in 52.1
per cent no children were reported,
and in 10.2 per cent the records con-
tanned no data as to children. Chill
dren were reported in 27.S per cent
of the cases in which divorces were
granted to husbands; no children in
5S.7 per cent of the cases, and In
the remaining 1876 per cent the rec
ords contained no data as to chill
dren. The corresponding percentages
based upon divorces granted to wives
were 42.2 per cent, 49.2 per cent and
S.6 per cent. respectively.
The report shows that there were
1.040.77S marriages solemniZed dur
ing 1916. and that the marriage rate
was a little more than nine times as
great as the divorce rate.
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MUST FACE OLD CHARGE.
F. Walker, Indicted Here, Surren'
dered by New York Police,

Freder Walker, alias Edgar r.
Sutton and also known as Hugh
Michaels, under indictment here for
alleged grand larceny. was surren
dered to Detective James Armstrong
in New York yesterday. The pris-
oner was indicted with John Carboni
for grand larceny as a result OF al
legged participation in a game Of
matching coins with Robert NJ Pierce
of Rome, Ga. three years ago. Pierce
alleging that they got $34 in money
and two diamond rings valued at
$1,150 from him.
Carboni was tried. convictedaand re-
manded for sentence, but his alleged
accomplice was not captured until
this week. Walker. who is said to be
a Baltimorean, will be tried in Crimi-
nal Court soon.
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Knitting Materials for Europe.

Knitting materials to the value Of
$2.31s.445 are to be shipped imme-
diately to the American Red Cross
commission in France. These goods.
which include more than 100000
pounds of yarn and large supply of
knitting needles, are to be distributed
in the war-swept countries. according
to an announcement made yesterday
hare
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BERLIN HUNS bow
TOOLOW" TOYANKS
Tip Hats and Dance to
American Tunes, Realizing
Source of Food Supply.
BY BEN HECHT


Especial CorPespOndence Of The Even
ing Star and Chicago Daily News.)
BERLIN, Germany, February 1e.-
Berlin is an embarrassing place for
an American today. Santa Claus
dropped into an orphan asylum
wouldn't feel more i'll at ease. When
the Germans areht tipping their hats
they are bowling to you. When they
aren't bowling they are shaking hands
with you. They are candid. They are
courteous. polite, considerate. They
talk to me about the war as if we
had been firm allies for at least three
years. fighting Shoulder to shoulder.
Eight half starved Germans have
apologized to me for the lack Of food.
Germans of every description, from
the carefully groomed diplomats Of
the foreign office to the ragged, hol-
low checked citizen who was once
part of the '.impregnable Hindenburg
line" and who jingt couple Of iron
crosses in his pocket, greet me with
the same CHEEKY air. Food is coming
from my country. Raw material is
coming from my country. Hence
walking the show streets of Berlin
sporting a small American flag from
the south lapel, I am the candy kid
with the diamond grin. Captains of
the guard protecting the Branden-
burger tower escort me to points OF
vantage, where / wait nervously FIR
battles that never materialize.
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Lieut.. Col. Lewis Sent Awsy.

Lieut. Col. Converse R Lewis. m
fantry, has been relieved from duty
with the purchase, storage and traf.
fic division, general stan, this city,
and detailed as assistant to the dis
trict military inspector, Minneapolis,
MINI.
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Russians Are Full Of Secrets.

And then there are the Russians. ex-
quisitely manicured diplomats. pris-
oners Of war-some 100000 Of them
-couriers, ambassadors, merchants,
plain exiled citizens and what not,
who engage me in eager conversation.
They have secret caches of tea They
offer me halves. They offer me vital
statistics. leather mackintoshes, per-
fumed cifsarettes. I have SO many
vital stat. sites now about my person
that l creak when I walk. I am full
of strange secrets, The Russians
It's like trying to get away from
travelling mans jokes in Pullman
smoker. If you say. "Oh, yes, know
that secret. I heard it at the Es-
planade," they come right back at you
with another. Have you heard about
The real secret" is, Of course. that
America is sending 100000 soldiers
into Russia to overthrow the bolshe-
vik. have promised faithfully not to
give this secret away. But feel 1t Is
my country should know.
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Mai. Davis Sent to General STAT.

4st Lee d. Davis, United States IN
f1ntTy, has been relieved from com
mand of tho Washington Battalion, en-
cAmped At East Potomac Park, and
has been assigned to duty in the per-
sonnel branch, general stan, in this
city. His successor has not been des-
ignated
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Adriatic Ports Open to q. S, Trade,

An Adriatic ports have been opened
10 American trade. the War Trade
Board yesterday announced. All COM
modatjes except. those that might be
diverted TO military uses can be sent
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In the alluvial deposits of NADIA
gascar there have been found the re-
mains of octriches which were twelve
or fourteen feet in height.
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Before India rubber came into gen.
eral use as an eraser the crumb of
bread was used for erasing purposes.
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SCIENTIFIC AsTRoLoaY.

IAANK. THEODORE ALLEN, DIRECTOR,
Assr'lssie.i Rss.areh seeisty: private rssa.
f9sessts, By mail. $6 up. Expert vocat1saal
eAviosr. lis Nv. Phoae Frankiin 6624s
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Lieut.. Col Andrews Comes Here. j.
Lieut.. Col. Frank NJ Andrews. r.
Signal Corps, has been, relieved frorS
duty at Montgomery. Ala. ana orss
dered to this city for duty in the
ONCE Of the director OF air service.
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Bolshevik Sure of b. S. Aid.

Secrets aside, the strange confidence
my immediate surroundings seem to
have in America is appalling. Even
the bolshevik I have spoken to are
full of confidence in America With
wave of the hand they dismiss the
matter of the secret decapitations In
Kiev and take up the question OF
American aid. 1t will come just as
soon as my wonderful country realizes
that the best way to improve the
world is to let the poor pick out all
the people they don't like and decapi-
tate them. This is bound to come
A country as advanced and enlighten-
ed as mine will not fail to see the
simplicity, the noble intelligence OF
such a procedure. -s-,
The bolsheviki. like women. are Pc
culiar. The continental bolshevist ls
much more peculiar than the Ameri-
can variety. When asked what boil
shevfsm has done that is any good, the
continental sbolshevist looks amazed
and then with a grandiloquent gesture
points to Russia, which is east OF my
hotel. Russia, he says, with far-
away smile. Russia is now the only
!enlightned spot on the map. the only
democratic center. The rest OF the
world has gone mad. I point out in
return that Russia ig starving, assas-
~
general like Mrs. Frankenstein's pet.
The bolshevik, a simple fellow. can
not understand me. He shakes his
head sorrowfully at my stubbornness.
"You will see." he finally murmura
your country il bound to wake up
and aid US" @. s
And in my room / have tea twenty
minutes later with a Russian states
man who holds my lapel and confdes
to me anew that America is sending
over 100000 troops to wipe out the
bolshevik.
Mystery About Berlin.
It is all America . An American
could open a store in Berlin and sell
Raemaeker's cartoons at an enormous
profit. In the cafes the orchestras
i play American music. After-the-war
cafes of Beriin-they are a story in
themselves. They grow gayer every
Tonight watched Eerliners dance to
Pretty Baby and -On the Missis-
sippi." Then watched them dance
to tune that the men brought homo
from the trenches-"I Had Kamerad,
but He Is Dead" The dancing became
more frantic when the music Of this
song struck up.
1t is all q part of q strange business
| known in the states as the psyche
logy Of the German mind" / learned
today from Russian woman who has
Germans as a whole had no particular
hate during the war. "As the thing
went on they seemed to grow more
| polite. at least in Berlin" she said.
There is dignity about Berlin-and =
mystery.
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Lieut.. Col. Mcintyre Reassigned.
Lieut.. Col Henry B. Mcintyre, 1Isa-
ical Corps. has been relieved from
duty in the surgeon generals Offices.
this city, and ordered to Newport
News, Va, for duty.
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ANNOUNCEMENT

After an illness of more than seven weeks
am now back at my desk ready for business
We can sell or rent any property You may
have. We make prompt returns. We meet you
On the level and part with you on the square.
LUTHER l.. DERRICK,
With n. l.. SANSBURY CO.. INC.
121 18th st. NV.
Evening star., 1919-03-20

BARBERSoPEN MASS MEETING OF BOSS
es and Sourneymen BARRIERS, union and nom
union Thursday. March %, 1919. at Walters
STORE FRONTS THAT ATTRACT ARE THE
very best ads in the world. We specialize,
especially where a quick job is required. Ask
for estimate. WIN. SERBY, Builder, I'll 18th
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RIPPING RHYMES
RoCKS AHEAD
BY WALT MASON.

The country's going to the deuce,
and anarchy is breaking loose
Whichever way we chance to turn
VIC find new ills and threats TO burn,
and il you throw a brick. by heck.
YOU hit a crisis in the neck We hear
such bunk, and bushels more, each
morning in tho soft drinks store.
where all the graybeards congregate
to mourn the sinking ship Of state
Cheer up! We heard the same old
gag before this country had a nag;
we heard 1t. or our fathers did, ere
Bill Tell shot at Gesslcrs lid. They
used to hear the same old dope
when Caesar was the Romans hope.
And Noah heard it when he sailed.
that time the drouth predictions
failed. Our gardens going to the
dogs" cried Adam, when he chased
the hogs which had destroyed with
tooth an dtush the rhubarb and the
currant bush. Our distant prehiS-
toric sires, who had no chairs or
comfy fires, but had TO roost around
in trees, were guilty Of the same old
whceze. There always will be rocks
ahead, and COLLINS dire and bogies
dread, but our old ship of state will
glide to safety on the further side.
So let's forget our doubts and fears,
and order four denaturcd beers.
Copyright by George Matthew Albums
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THE WORLDS FOOD

The discouraging outlook of six
weeks ago as to crops in this country
has been somewhat improved by tn"
September statement. A yield Of ESQ.,
ooo, 900 bushels Of corn. as compared
with 2,5s2, 900 in 1918. and yield
OF e23.o0o.oeo of wheat this year COM
pared with $4,000 900 last year. is es-
tinated. While these figures are not
q fultllment Of the rosy expectations
Of the early spring. they are, on the
whole, a tremendous agricultural achieve
mcut. A Se0. 900. 000 bushel wheat crop
a few years ago was considered phe-
nominal. and as late as 1917 the total
production Of the country was only
5000. 900.
We were compelled by the short crop
of 1917 to husband our wheat supplies
and TO use wheat foods sparingly. but
the excess Of 1918 and 1919 will nearly
equal the 1917 crop itself Food from
Argentine and Australia are now also
entering the market. while Europe Will
certainly grow more this year than
last. The world may be on shortened
rations for q few months to como, but
there is no reason why there should not
be enough for all. If it is carefully han
died and wisely marketed
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1hursday, September II, 1919.
JoHN ]. PERSHING

= General John J. Pershing. commander
.,ln chief Of the American Expedittonary
sForea II the guest Of New York City
) teday and has been, and will be. the
fscapisat OF demonstrations perhaps
unncualleSs In the life Of that great city.
Modern war gives to the commanding
Eensrals little opportunity for tho dis
nlax Of magnetic leadership We can
not imagine John J. Psrshing. or any
Of his division commanders, riding
nstride q cannon rs Phil Sheridan rode
up Missionary Ridge The military
leader Of today cannot. as Robert &.
Lee did, ride out at Gettysburg to help
rally and reform the shattered ranks
Of Pickett's division. The modern army
commander must stay many miles in
some cases, back OF the firing line. His
work Is to organize and to make effect
i've, to gather together ~. means OF at
tack and keep up the line Of supplies
/. Of great lighting forces. He must be
not only a soldier. but a great executive.
a diplomat and business man. In his
succinct and soliierly-liks rcviLw Of.
the work Of the American Expeditionary
Array, General Pershing summed up the
Responsibilities iof leadership in the
following brief statement:
Our purpose was to prepare an in
tesral American force which should be
able to take the offensive in every re-
spsct."
That purpose was accomplished. An
army OF over two million men. hastily
gathered from every walk Of life. hur-
riedly trained. was landed in France.
organized and marched into the battle
line to cover itself with glory. in less
time than 1t took Mcclellan to discip-
line and train the Army Of the Potomac.
It Is too soon to say what place in his
tory will be accorded to General Perish
Tag and his achievements. Had the war
lasted longer and had the American
force been more thoroughly and dcsper-
ately tried. Ne might haze now 4 more
accurate estimate OF hi' sOldiGrly ca
pacities, but the work wkirh was gwen
him To do wss done we'll. He measured
UP 10 the requirements o. great &C.
casion. AMI the honors wrich the Amer
lean peaple VIII be proud &c extend 10
him were WORLDLY won.
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we are wise enough TO study the facts
and TO profit by them.
BIG PROMISES-SMALL
RESULTS

Representative Fforello II. LrGuar-
dia. OF New York. former major in the
air service OF the United States. startled
the House subcommittee invest eating
aviation when he said: The hope of
the world in 1917 was tn" Liberty mo-
tor. It's merits had been 50 widely and
enthusiastically advertised and W" had
made such reckless promises Of dcl'v-
ery that the manufacturers of France
and Italy slowed up. in expectation Of
the arrival Of this wondcrfui'motor. We
never made good our promises. and cur
blowing about this motor AMI then fall
ing to make good prolonged the war.
We had made arrangements to furnish
Great Britain and F,rance'and Italy with
motors. In February or March "f 1915
I submitted our promises of delivery Of
Liberty motors to Franc" and Italy.
That was when their manufacturers
slowed up Whoever framed tho
promises must have known th"y could
not make good on them Some time
later three Liberty motors CAM. and
they were so defective that II was gem
orally remarked tina, the ,man who sent
them should have received the Iron
Cross If he was a Hun ana should have
been shot if nc was an American. Our
promise to the Italian government was
1850 motors. specifying the actual num-
Der to be delivered each month. We
never made good at all. The total
number we delivered u .I:rry WAS tire"
secondhand navy planes UP to III" sign
ing Of the arInisticc."
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WHAT Is WEALTH?

A great deal Of the unrest which is
Ia be found in the United States today
is due to an entirely wrong conception
Of property and OF industrial condi-
items. Because money is more plcnti-
full and because many people have
n3oaey in their pockets, or in their
bank accounts, who never had any be-
fore millions Of good Americans have
como to believe that they have sud
denly become rich that they can work
shorter hours. that they can spend more
Nancy and that they can enjoy a larger
MEASURE Of luxury that they have hith-
erte had. They have been told about the
great accumulation Of wealth in this
country and many seem to think that
all they have to do Is to reach out and
tap the fountains OF accumulated
wealth and draw from them all that
thsy want or wish
A. q matter OF fact this country. and
svsry other country in the world. is
poorer today than 1t was in 1914. instead
Of richer. Wealth is not merely money.
Noaay Is only a standard for the meas
ure Of wealth Wealth Is the accumu-
latien Of useful goods, Of foods. OF
clothing, Of homes. Of housefurnishings,
OF improved lands. Of farm machinery,
Of factory buildings and machinery.
There = is not more OF this kind Of
wealth in the world today than there
was fve years ago. Probably there Is
not as much In the total as there was
ave years ago, and. compared 10 the in
creased demands Of world population.
there Is much less. For Ave years the
great producing nations OF the world
have been destroying, instead Of Gre
atinE, wealth They have spent in va
rious ways, sum Of money equal to
what was supposed to be half Of their
entiFs wealth when they went into the
war. We have fewer goods. and more
people to divide them up among. The
cure for this situation Is not In shorter
houra nor in wasteful extravaganza. It
il in increased production and thrift.
It may be hard to enforce this lesson
Most Of Us learn only by bitter expert
enee. and the bitter experiences Of panic
and long periods Of depression that
have In the past followed every great
" are certain to follow this, unless
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It's ALL RIGHT
BUT REALLY
NOW IS It?
Nv Charles Brooks Smith.

WASHINGTON, d. O.. Sept. lot Is
all right about that alleged million dol
lars worth of cotton lying out in the
open at the government powder plant
at Nitro. w. Va.
Yep it Is all right The Chief Of Ord
nance. L. S. A to-day informed Senator
Davis ElKins TO that effect He SAID
that the cotton at Nitro is known as
cotton llnters" and that storage IN the
open is looked upon as proper storage
for this class of material.
This Is just the reverse OF the way
that the folks in and about Mir" "l""h-
ed upon it. They regarded 1t as a wan
ton waste and criminal neglect OF Na!u-
able government property. Many OF
them believed that 1t was evidence uI
conspiracy to maintain tho market price
Of cotton. There were complaints from
them to officials here too numerous TO
count Affidavits and photographs by
the score were sent in. 1t has been
matter for bitter criticism for many
months
Senator E1kins went down to the War
Department to see about II to-day. And
they told him what is stated above. II"
returned 70 his office Uniformed but I'M
enlightened," as he expressed II, and
proceeded to have all available authorI-
ties on cotton linters" brought to him.
The result of his study he hopes may
clear away doubts and suspicious.