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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-18

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gains for colored friends in central northwest
-4-story brick. side and rear alley all modern
improvements; splendid repair; $1,000. Terms.
Near Library, bet Pa. ave. and East Capitol
st.-10 rooms and bath, modern cottage. with
front and rear yards and porches; lot over 20
IT. front, with large frame garage. Price,
5000. Terms. Address Box 89-M. Star Of
Ace. 19s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-18

FINEST LOCATION IN N.W.-BEAUTIFUL
home; modern in every respect; large rooms
baths. large attic, h.w.h. and electric lights:
large sleeping porch; semi-detached; wide lot
to alley; garage; owner in property; possession
at once. Price, $12 800.
THOMAS P. BROWN, 6I7 Az st. sw.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-18

EXCELLENT EIGHT-ROOM HOUSE ON 18th
St; above Park I'd: electricity: double garage.
Price. 1880. Possession about Nov. l.
Mt. Pleasant Realty Co.,
1411 Park 3D. ~, Ana
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-18

SHANNON & LUCHS,
REALTORS,
Main 2345 713 18th St. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12

The subject of drives" and ZAP
peals' came up at a mems banquet
in Washington a night or two ago:
One diner produced and passed
around the following copy of let
ter which. he said, the 'steenth ap-
peal of the year had called forth
from prominent and generally phil
Columbia. who is of the type that can
be pushed just so far:
For the following reasons l am
unable to send you the check ask
ed for:
sandbagged, walked on, sat on, nat
tened out and squeezed.
First by the United States govern
ment for federal war tax, the excess
profit tax, capital stock tax, income
tax. liberty loan bonds and war saw
ings stamps second. by every society
and organization that the NINA OF
man can invent to extract what 1
mav or NAV not. have in my posses
sion. +,o
Raptist. the G.. A. R. the woman 5
Relief. the Navy League, the Reo
Cross, the Black Cross. the furp,e
Cross, the Double Cross. the Chlldren $
Home. the Dorcas SOCIETY; the So u NJ
the Jewish Relief. the Belgian Relief,
the Salvation Army, the Union Mis-,
sion and every hospital In Town. !
have received appeals.
''The government has so governed
my business that 1 don't know who
owns it. am inspected, suspected.
examined, reexamined. informed. re-
uuired and commanded so that l don't
know who I am, where l am or why
I am. heEA. All that l know is that
I am suppd1ed to be an inexhaustible
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12
MORE CONSULAR AGENTS
PURPOSE OF CAMPAIGN
Southern Congress Urges Appoint
ment for Every Port and Inland
CITY of Commerce.

SAVANNAH. Ga, December ia
campaign for the appointment of
American consular agents at every
port and inland city of commerce in
the world. as d means of furthering
American and particularly southern
commerce, will begin soon, under di-
rection of the Southern Commercial
Congress. which at it's closing session
here authorized DR.. c. ]. Owens, di-
rector general of the organization, to
institute the movement. Control of
tuberculosis, as an economic and pub
lie health safeguard for the south,
also will be emphasized in the work
of the organization during the coming
year.
Resolutions urging that the Senate
agree on ratification of the peace
treaty with its league of nations cove
nant, favoring the universal adoption OF
the metric system, protesting against
the sale of American SHIPS that would
initiate against trade routes established
and approving the movement looking
can sugar for American consumption
were adopted at the closing session.
The following officers were elected
Thomas r. Preston, Chattanooga, Tenn
president: John NJ Parker, New Or
leans. honorary president; Duncan U
Fletcher, Florida, honorary president
Richard I. Manning, South Carolina, first
vice president; Carl Espy. Savannah
Ga, second vice president: DR.. c. J
Owens, Washington, D. c., director gen.
eral William H. Saunders, Washington
D. c., treasurer: Buist c. Getslnger
commissioner Of commerce.
Washington was selected for the next
convention Of the congress, in Deem
ber 1920.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12
PLANS PERIODICAL DRILL
FOR INACTIVE RESERVES
Bureau Of Navigation Sends Out
Instructions to District
Commandments.

Immediate organization of the inactive
naval reserve force in each naval dis
trict, with provision for pexiodical lrin
and instruction, will be garfield oaxey
district commandments unders1nstruetions
from the bureau of navigation an
nounced at the Navy Department
With each district organized into a
brigade, composed of battalions. divi-
sions and sections located Throughout
the district, every effort will be made,
it was said. to preserve and build up
the efficiency of the organization : re-
cruited during the war
District commandments have been au-
thorized to confirm enlisted members of
the reserve who meet all qualifications,
including that of three months service
at sea, while an examining board now
is proceeding with the confirmation of
officers, it was said, this requirement of
the law having been neglected in gen.
eral during the war Upon confirmation
members of the reserve become eligible
TO receive the compensation of two
months base pay annually.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12
REASONS ARE GIVEN
FOR ALLIED ACTION
Concessions Won by Berlin
Due to Unpreparedness and
Trade Conditions.
BY WILLIAM F.. NASH.
by Cable to The Star and Chicago
] Daily News. Copyright. 1913.

Daily news. tOpyT1Snts IoI0.
! PARIS. France. December 81 have
! grounds for thinking that | have dls-
| covered the reasons for the conces-
sionS the supreme council made TO
Germany in reference to the rat1nca-
ton of the Versailles treaty protocol
Trustworthy reports are that the a,
lied armies were totally unprepared
to advance across the Rhine and that
tbev lacked supplies. Transportation
and material. A conference between
Marshal Foch and Field Marshai SIT
Henry Wilson in Paris brought out a
woeful tale of military unprepared-
ness.
supply Service.
For instance. il showed that all the
supplies for the British troops were
now brought up the Rhine through
Rotterdam and that in case of war
Holland would object to the use OF
this route Again it was demonStrat-
ed that rehabilitation had played
havoc with the French motor traffic
system. Nine-tenths of the expe-
rienced truck drivers have disap-
peared from the service. leaving only
p, green recruits to fill their places. and
these boys could not possibly accom-
plish the immense task of provision
j ing an army on the march.
! Only two such details are needed to
| show the impossibility of an allied
| advance The reason why the SUI
preme council did not take stock Of
/ these matters before sending it's Sc
ries of notes is a conundrum. Its ex-
/ perience with Rumania and Hungary
/ ought to have taught a few useful
lessons.
Moreover. aside from the military
elements, there are good grounds for
believing that the allies were hope
lessly split among themselves. France
alone stood for a firm course. She
knew from long and bitter experience
that the only way to deal with Ger
many was to show firmness.
American Attitude.
The. American delegates are sup
posed to have sided with France in a
measure. though the effect of their
advice must have been lessened by
the imminence of their departure.
England and Italy were absolutely OPP
posed to an open break. for various
reasons First, they have internal
troubles enough to absorb their ener-
gies at home. and. secondly, the Brit
ish forces on the Rhine are few in
number. while the Italians are con-
spicuouS by their absence.
Great Britain would have become in
volved in the fighting without having
much to say as to the real conduct of
the campaign. while the Italians
would have had to prepare for long
and costly advance through the Aus
trian Tyrol
In the third place. England. Italy
and America have established bust
ness ties in Germany since the ar
mistice which they are unwilling to
break. Finally, England and Italy
consider the sinking of the German
fleet at Scapa Flow as good rid
dance to bad rubbish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12
AIRMAN, WINDOW WASHER.
Won Five Decorations for Gal
lantry, Nov Paid SIS a Month.

NEW YORK, December 12.-Award-
ed five decorations for gallantry as
an airman during the war. including
the priced Victoria cross of the Brit
ish empire, Frank Percy, twenty-six
years old, has been forced to wash
windows for living. His pay is SIS a
month.
Il had to have a job" he said, $50
/ started on the first one that was
offered. 1t may have been offered as
a joke, but ii was no joke to me-"
Percy. as an acting major of the
Royal Air Force, won the Victoria
cross when he commanded a SQUAD
ron of six planes which brought down
score of German machines on the
western front. He also is entitled to
wear the French war cross, Mons
medal, general service medal and Vic
tory medal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12
THEIR HUMAN SIDE
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

they returned to their cabin they dis
cussed the Mexican situation and
world politics as they awaited the
coming of former Representative
Hamlin. now a member of the joint
congressional Redistribution commits
sion. Long after midnight. when the
fire had died down and no one wanted
to go out and get any more wood to
replenish the flames, they went to
bed
In the wee small hours they were
awakened by a pounding on the door
stiffness of the early mountain-top
morning. Something very important
must have happened to send a mes
senger up there at that hour-ten
miles from other habitation. Despite
the intense cold and their Scanty raj
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12

Congress is doing the heavy. high
brow stuff, in the way of legislation TO
ease the costs of living, but under the
very dome of the Capitol an humble
effort is being made to get good whole
some food at a minimum cost by one
of the veteran employees of the House.
Joel Grayson has been serving Uncle
Sam in the Capitol for forty-five years.
and is the only employe for whom a
direct salary appropriation is made In
his own me.
! Joel knows where to find every bill
or document in the House document
ROOM and most of the members do not
want any one else to serve them SO
Joel cannot be spared to take a lunch
con hour.
Up a spiral staircase from the docu-
ment room is an alcove where surplus
documents are stored. Joel has seen
members of Congress come and go: he
has known of many promising bills IN
troduced which never got beyond a
pigeon hole; he knows what the law s
delay means. lie has pressed this al
cove into service as a two-room cafe
terra, and there he prepares his own
! lunches and occasionally has member
! of Congress to luncheon with him.
Joel has a fine farm in Vienna, Va,
] from which he brings in fruits and
| vegetables and home-churned butter,
preserves, salads and homemade cherry
| pies He has refrigerator in his al
cove dining room under the Capitol
dome, and in the kitchen section an cleo
| trio stove on which he prepares warm
drinks, soups, etc. With a full equip
| ment of pots and pans and dishes he
| has served some nice little parties in
| his retreat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12
DUTCH FEAR EX-KAISER.

THE HAGUE. December 10 (by the
Associated Press).- IF previously we
have not regarded him as danger te
our country, he now is proving to be a
DANGER" said Deputy Sannes in the
chamber of deputies today, referring to
former Emperor William of Germany
The deputy was dealing with book
written by Carl Kautsky, a German So
cialist, which Sannes declared showed
that the former emperor was the cause
of the world war. The data in Kautsky' S
book are said to have been obtained
from official archives in Berlin.
Deputy Sannes asked the government
to reconsider the question of the sojourn
at Amerogen Of the former emperor and
seriously to consider the question of his
extradition.
This incident constituted the first
serious anti-kaiser movement to occur
in the Dutch parliament.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12
MANY Business
: Women Need
: Pepto-Mangan
They Build Up Promptly on
: Pepto-Mangan
Recommended by Physicians
Builds Rich, Red Blood
, Creates Natural Attrac-
tiveness-Pleasant
; to Taste

THE pale, nervous. always tired
type of young business woman is
a liability both TO herself and To
her employer.
How the bright. laughing, ener-
getic type Of girl is admired IN
business Her sunny disposition.
enthusiasm, and general efficiency
combine To MAKE her Naluabi.
asset To her employer
If the Siri utta Ga" continue y
listless. tired. aHi vorn-ou feel
ing -ould only realize that such a
condition is probably caused by
poor. Impoverished blood which
can he easily improved. how much
happier she would he,
After taking F"pto- Mangan for
short time. the checks regain
the wholesome. rosy complexion.
the eyes sparkle. the step quick
ems. the entire system is filled with
new vitality and energy.
PeptO ManCgn is sold in both
liquid and tablet form. Both are
Of the same medicinal value.
Guides is ;ne genuine Pepto-
Mangan If Guides" is nor on
the package. il is not Pepto-Man-
Advertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12
Narrowing Story With Hot Finale.

Harry Sandinger. secretary to Rep
resentative Stiness of Rhode Island,
is telling a narrowing story of the
Army Navy foot ball game and a
hunting trip in the Virginia noun
tains that has a hot ending.
Each member of Congress has a
chance to get four tickets to the an
nual gridiron classic between the
West Point Military Academy and the
Naval Academy at Annapolis. Toward
the closing days of the special session
there was a mad scramble to get these
tickets.
John n. Blackall. secretary to Rep
resentative Lonergan of Connecticut.
was arranging a party to the game
and needed one more ticket. He re-
membered that Justin L. Barber. sec
rotary to Representative Rucker of
Missouri. had gone off on hunting
trip with Representative Rucker and
some other members. He was told
that the address was Lewisburg, Va.
Way up on Cold mountain a party
of congressman had a busy day out
with their guns and guides. When
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12

ment they crowded about the mes
senger. Eager-eyed, they read the
telegram: Have you an extra ticket
for the Army-Navy gamer The mes
senger asked $40 for bringing the
message. He got it on the agreement
that he would carry the reply, which
was signed by every member OF the
party and sent to Blackall collect"
1t merely told him where to go to get
the ticket he wanted so bad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12
'VICTIM" OF MANY A ''DRIVE'
GIVES OUT VAIL IN LETTER

supply of money for every known
| NJ ed, desire or hope of the human
race; and because | will not sell all
have and go out and beg, borrow or
seal money to give away, ! am cussed,
discussed, boycotted. talked about,
talked to, lied to. lied about, held up,
hung up robbed and nearly ruined.
and the only reason that ] cling to
life is to see what in - is coming
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12
Sim Fein Quarters Closed.

DUBLIN. December AN order
has been issued under the defense of
the realm act closing the Sim Fein
organization and it's branch office,
both of which are situated in Har-
COurt street
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12
1000 Steel Men Yield.

WHEELING. w. Va. December IL
Two thousand steel workers at the
Bellaire plant of the Carnegie Steel
Company have voted to declare their
strike off and return to work at once.
By "A vote of three to one more
than two thousand employees of the
Benwood mills of the Wheeling Steel
and Iron Company in session de
cided to return to work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12
THEOTHERANC
Help Wanted.
BY KIRK MILLER.

Among the municipal rallies. Wash
ington is going through the motions
of sharing service man for every
empty job on the pay roll.
Christmas is closer than the bottom
of the sugar vat and the city is turn
ing itself wrong side up and outside
in to get the boys off of the street by
December %.
With few outlying sections still to
be heard from, there is corporaTs
guard of government graduates who
would like to gyrate 'emselves into a
nice steam-h heated job for the winter
These are the same hand-picked
boys that you nominated a couple of
years ago to throw the wolf for a loss.
You cheered EN- when they went
away and now they're giving you a
chance to cheer 'em as they hit the
old home plate. Are you going to
take the encore?
Two summers and two winters
haven't made much of a change in
these boys appetites. Their biscuits
came regular while they were punch
ing the Army time clock, but with the
infantry and artillery down to peace
strength the cookies aren't hitting so
punctually.
In the ola Army Gays II maZark
wasn't getting enough to eat he could
commit a little Army sin and get put
on kitchen police for the duration of
|, his hunger. Every day on k p. was
guaranteed to add a pound of weight
or your money was refunded. K p.
consisted principally of peeling spuds
and sampling the soup. Life was just
one sample after another.
The only oil on the troubled waters
now is that all the X. p. jobs are
gone-but not forgotten. The pro-
fessional soup samplers of the A. T..
F. are back with us and want to
know if we are with them.
Are We? You tell em-Im hoarse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12

Christmas is closer than the bottom
of the sugar vat and the city is turn
ing itself wrong side up and outside
in to get the boys off of the street by
December %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12

Among the municipal rallies Wash
ington is going through the motions
of sharing service man for every
empty job on the pay roll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12

Windows may be kept free from ice
and polished by rubbing the glass with
a sponge dipped in alcohol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12

With few outlying sections still to
be heard from. there is corporars
guard or government graduates who
would like to gyrate 'emselves into a
nice steam heated job for the winter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12
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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-11-20
CHAPTER xx-continued.

And If space itself can be haunted,
as memory is haunted, then some time,
when the space that was Isabel's room
came to be made into the small bed
rooms and "kitchenettes" already de-
signed as its destiny, that space might
well be haunted and the new occupants
come to feel that some seemingly
causeless depression hung about it-a
wrath of the passion that filled it
throughout the last night that George
Minafer spent there.
Whatever remnants of the old high.
handed arrogance were still within
him, he did penance for his deepest
sin that highland it may be that to
this day some impressionable, over
worked woman in a "k%itchenette,"
after turning out the light, will seem
to see a young man kneeling in the
darkness, shaking convulsively, and,
with arms outstretched through the
wall, clutching at the covers of a
shadowy bed. It may seem to her that
she hears the faint cry, over and over:
Mother, forgive me! God, forgive
mel"
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to laugh at his own embarrassment. 81
suppose I'm about as ignorant of bust
ness as anybody in the world" he said.
but I've heard they pay very high
wages to people in dangerous trades;
I've always heard they did, and I'm
sure it must be true. I mean people
that handle touchy chemicals or high
explosives-men in dynamite factories,
or who take things of that sort about
the country in wagons, and shoot oil
wells. l thought I'd see if you couldn't
tell me something more about it, or
else introduce me to some one who
could, and then I thought I'd see If l
couldn't get something Of the. kind to
do as soon as possible. I wanted to
get started today if l could"
Old Frank gave him a long stare. At
first this scrutiny was sharply incred-
ulous; then it was grave; finally it de-
veloped into a threat of overwhelming
laughter; a forked vein in his fore
head became more visible and his eyes
seemed about to protrude.
But he controlled his impulse; and,
rising, took up his hat and overcoat.
"All right" he said. IF you'll prom
Use not to get blown up, I'll go with
you to see if we can find the job"
Then, meaning what he said, but
amazed that he did mean it, he added:
"You certainly are the most practical
young man I ever met!"