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Evening star., 1919-03-30
ROCKET AS ENGINE
TERR|BLEFOR WAR
Invention by Prof. R. H. God
dard Has Altitude Range
of 70 Miles Straight.
WILL. CARRY zoo MILES
BY the Associated Presa.

By the Associated Press.
WORCESTER. Mass. March 2s-Dr
Robert H. Goddard. professor OF
physics at Clark College, acting under
the patronage of the United States
War Department, the Smithsonian In
stttution, Clark University and Worces-
ter Polytechnic Institute, has in
vented rocket that is reported to be
. terrible engine of war, with an alti-
tude range of seventy miles straight
up into the air and a distance range
Of at least 400 miles.
The rocket, in the opinion Of scien-
lists who have investigated it's work
ings, is the most efficient rocket ever
developed. It is claimed the best
known rocket in use today has an
eflciency of less than per cent, while
the Goddard rocket has an efficiency
of So per cent.
ATmistice sisping Prevents Usa.
The rocket has been developed in a
special laboratory at Worcester Tech,
and the signing of the armistice pre-
vented its being put to actual use in
warfare against the Germans, as all
the local tests had been completed.
The tests made by models. showed
that a rocket Weighing thirty pounds
equipped with the Goddard system of
propulsion. could be sent into the air
far above the earth's atmosphere.
The Goddard rocket Is propelled by a
perfected gas engine installed in the
lower part Of the shell, the explosions
that generate the power coming from
cartridges that are fed into the cham
Dor by a clock-like time device. The
range OF the rocket Is limited only by
the amount OF propelling cartridgea
1t could be fltted to carry.
Weapon HsstuRs u in Had.
The rocket does not require q can
nan to start 1t on tts flight. tina jour
pey beginning from any point whore
q man can get, The weapon feature
Of the rocket is in the head, where a
chamhsr 10 fitted to eentaip eitheI
high explosives or HaA Men who have
followed the development Of Dr.. God
dard's rocket claim 1t can be made as
efheient in naval Warfare - in land
battles.
Evening star., 1919-03-30
MIGHT HAVE WORN
FRIENDS UNIFORM
Chamberlain's Possible De-
fense Shown in Cross
Examination.
CLAIMS AERIAL FEATS

LONDON, March 29.-In the court
martial proceedings today of Capt.
Edmund G. Chamberlain of San An
tonic. Tex. in connection with his
claims Of noted aerial performances
in company with British air forces
last summer. the defense's cross-ex-
animation of the famous British air
man, Mai. r. s. Maxwell, commanding
Squadron 81. at Toquin, at the time of
Chamberlain's visit, indicated that an
attempt would be made to show that
Chamberlain had made an unofficial
flight with the connivance of some
British pilot friend. Disgusting himself
in the latter's flying clothes
Nal. Maxwell. who testified yester-
day that Chamberlain flew no machine
OF his squadron and that he did not
know any of the British officers
named in the reports of Chamberlain 5
exploits. admitted today that it was
possible for visitor to get away n
such fight. but said he had such con-
ndence IN his pilots that he was GER
tain he would be advised If any such
incident, and, furthermore. would he
able to check up any Justification in a
pilots report.
Points for Defense.
The defense brought out that the
witness had said to Capt Chamber
lain at Lille. where he had met him
at the officers mess in January last:
Aren't you the fellow that stole a
camel (the name of machine) from us
at Toquin?" and also that he had told
Lieut.. Commander f. b. Allan. United
vuyt0 hol f,,xy = ~.
Chamberlain case, that no squadron
commander would admit having let a
visitor fly unofficially, as that would
mean the loss of his majority and re-
duction to the ranks.
Maj Maxwell could not remember
whether he had told Commander
Allan that he would like to help
Chamberlain, but could not. He knew
of cases where pilots had claimed re-
suits that could not be verified Of
ficially.
Maj. Maxwell promptly answered
the volleys of questions which were
fired from both sides regarding the
minute details of his Toquin airdrome.
his fighting machine. and their equip
ment, flight operations, the topog-
raphy Of the front. the signaling used
in flights and the work of the squad
ron on the various days of Chamber
lain's reputed visit to Toquin.
The court has been greatly i'm
pressed by the knowledge of this
work and the exact information pos
sessed by the royal air force wit
nesses, and at the conclusion of Mai.
Ma1welfs testimony. the prosecution
gravely asked the witness if he had
ever taken a course in memory train
ing. He wished to show in the rec
ords to the authorities, he said, what
a remarkable witness the court had
before it."
Capts. G. n. Heakwill and v. S. Ben
nett of the royal air force testified
that certain parts of the report of
Chamberlain's flight were highly i'm
probable.
Evening star., 1919-03-30
Selection Of Route.

Great care had been taken in the
selection Of the route. 1t would be
preferable to start from Long Island,
where there fs q high percentage OF
s0nshine, but by q glance at a map, 1t
can be seen what great saving 0f dis
tance can be effected by the New
foundland start. It is 1900 nautical
miles from Roekaway to Newfound-
land and only 1850 nautical miles
from Newfoundland to the Irish coast.
Naval aviators are unanimous in de-
claring that in the future flights will
be directed into the sheltered waters
Of Rockaway, but that the Newfound-
land flight will have to come first.
Because Of the secrecy which the
Navy endeavored to maintain, there
10 little appreciation OF the tremen-
dous difficulties which had to be over
come. The principal task was to Sc
cure permission to land In alien
waters. The transatlantic section pre-
pared the request. which was submit
ted to the State Department. The
State Department turned the request
over to the British embassy. which, in
turn. got in touch with the Newfound- :
land government, dominion separate
from Canada.
-Four Mo dying boats were ordered,
the last one now nearing completion.
The first Atght of the NC-1 was on
October 1918, when. with q load of
$4,000 pounds, the ship got on the
water in thirty-six seconds. Work has
progressed steadily since and the mon
ster seAplanes are ready for the acid
test
Evening star., 1919-03-30
slovaks Are Not 'satis1id.

1t is known that the Slovaks are
not thoroughly satisfied with their
absorption into the Czechoslovak
state. Factions Of the slovaks have
garian governments. Ignace Pader-
ewski received proposals from one
faction for = confederation between
Slovakia and Poland. 1t is known
that Slovak representatives have
been negotiating with Budapest. They
seek an agreement with Hungary
about the division of large estates
among the Slovak peasants. 1t Is
Understood that If Hungary would
concede the demands. this party In
slovakia would favor a confederation
between Hungary. slovakia and Po-
land How strong or important this
party tn or what effect the revolu-
tion in Hungary will have upon the
movement is not yet known.
At any. rate. different political cur
rents and counter currents. stimulat-
cd by the general economic weakness
of these regions. tend to disintegera-
tion and SO the drift toward bolshe-
vism.
The .viennese, an easy going. pleas
ure-loying people, have so far ac-
philosophically. but these conditions
cannot continue indefinitely. AT
present, in Vienna, 10000 working
men are unemployed. Food is scarce
and it is beyond the means OF tho poor
| to purchase 1t in sufficient quantities
| adequately to sustain life. The dis
ease Of softening Of the bones, due to
undsrnourishmen has developed
greatly among persons OF all ages.
Sunday morning at the station in
| Vienna ! saw hundreds of men and
women coming into town bowed down
under loads Of provisions which they
carried in knapsacks and bags. They
had gone to the country to exchange
| clothing for farm products. The peas
ants will not sell for money. They
have plenty Of money. and It buy1
] little. The middle and lower classes
I of the Vennese are exchanging all
their clothing except what they wear
| on their backs for a few pounds OF
potatoes. onions or carrots.
Evening star., 1919-03-30
Lectures in Old National Museum.

Lectures to be given this week in room
80, old National Museum. sth and B
streets southwest are announced as fol-
lows: Monday ct 4:b o'clncls. floods
From Group ~. Miss Chinn, Tuesday,
$50 O'Clock. demonstration Of preserv-
tng eggs In watar giasa. by J.. w, King
horne; "Wednesday. $50 o'clock. Miss
Nilisr. "Exhlhit Of Renovated Clothes"
and Thursday, $50 o:clock. Mtas Chinn.
FOOD for the Family on $2 . Day."
Evening star., 1919-03-30
REFUSE TO OPPOSE
RUSS WITH FORCE
American Delegates Disagree
With French as to Fight
ing Bolshevists.
Mr.. WILSON ADAMANT

CablexFam to The Sunday Star and the
New York Tribune. Copyright, 1al0.
PARIS, March 29-It seems prob
able that Russia will be left to welter
in chaos and bolshevism as the result
of the persistence of the American
delegates to the peace conference in
their policy of non-interference in
Russian affairs. Though the French,
on the advice Of military authorities.
are making every effort to convince
President Wilson of the necessity of
a Gordon from the Baltic to the Black
sea against the further advance of
bolshevist forces. the President re-
mains adamant.
ME. Wilson. backed by his own mill
itary advisers, is not convinced of the
necessity of armed Intervention and is
unwilling to make a move toward
strengthen the Poles, Czeehoslo-
yaks, Rumanians and Serbians. and in
assisting them to mobilize under al
lied leadership and with allied aid.
Fear Bolshevism Virus.
The position of Mr. Wilson and his
military advisers is that military
measures would hold back the bolshe-
vik armies, but not bolshevism, which
they compare to the cholera and
which. American military men point
out, would probably rise up behind
the allied military Gordon. It has
been made clear to the French by the
Americans that they need not expect
any aid from America in such a pro-
gram OR ANY other military adven-
ture east of the Rhine"
Mr.. Wilson also favors engaging In
further conversations with the Ger
mans regarding the occupation of
Danzig by Polish divisions now in
France. Those in his confidence point
out that the German request for fur
ther details before yielding to the oc-
cupation Of the port is perfectly rea-
sonable. The Americans take the view
that the Germans have the right to
know what Polish troops are to be
used and how long they will occupy
pan4ig. The impression ia given that
II the Germans refuse to permit the
landing of the Poles at Danxig. some
other port, such as Libau or Memel
may be used. in consideration Of the
fact that forcible entry into Danzig is
likely to cause fresh outbreak Of
fighting.
Say Confusion Results.
I've are here to make peace, not
war." is the statement Of one Ameri-
can peace delegate. but the French
point out that while Mr.. Wilson's
policy Of keeping the allied troops
from making war on bolsheyism il
creating confusion at the present time,
there may be a repetition of Mr.. Will
sons metamorphosis In 1917. Mr..
Wilson's complete reliance upon q pa-
per peace, the French say, will lead to
the necessity of much greater use of
military measures in few months.
Evening star., 1919-03-30
Bauer Old Friend Of Lenin.

Herq3auer. president Of the new
Austrian republic. 10 an old friend Of
Lenin. He will not express himself on
Russian bolshevtsm. Austria forms .
link In the chain between Germany,
Hungary and Russia The Arbeiter
Zeitung, one Of tho most important
papers In Vienna. at present claims to
be the organ of the German social
Evening star., 1919-03-30
CLOCK TIME TODAY
ADVANCES AN HOUR
Everybody Gains Sixty Min
utes of Daylight by Heed.
ing Injunction.
"TRICK TURNED" AT 2 Am.

Everybody up one hour earlier this
except those who forgot to turn
their watches and clocks an hour
ahead before turning in themselves
last night. This is the day the United
States began saving daylight under
the daylight-saving law. and will con-
tinue to save an hour Of daylight each
day until the last Sunday in October
the 26th of the month-when the
clocks will all be set back an hour.
plan has worn of, for the same plan
was in force last year. Few people
IN Washington sat up until 2 o'clock
this morning to turn their timepieces
ahead. although that was the official
hour to turn the trick on Father
ahead an hour before going to bed.
knowing that he would have the right
time when he got up. The exceptions
were those who had to attend to the
official timepieces.
Little Inconvenience Caused.
The change in time was made with
l"sHnssnsnfs fims sairo.d to ,me aay oss
time. all will continue the same by
the clock, though in reality they will
be one hour ahead of the old sun
time.
In the government departments yes
terday many of the clocks were set
an hour ahead before the employees
left for the day. SO that they would
snow the correct time when they as
eemble tomorrow morning. A colored
Janitor at 4:30 o'clock. his usual time,
wandered into an Office whose clock
n a duo L. 4
dusting up. His eye suddenly caught
the clock time on the wall, and im-
mediately be began to work with
feyerish haste.
whats the matter, Joe?" the oc-
cupant of the Office asked. whats
your hurry"
Deed, boss. amt never been so
late before" Joe replied: look at that
there clock, half past five"
Some or the experts were trying to
convince themselves that this morn
ing the United States had erept up an
hour nearer league of nations and
an hour nearer the next session Of
Congress.
City Post Office Instructions.
At the city post Office instructions
to set all their clocks ahead an hour
before going to bed last night. The
instructions also broke the news to
the night force that they would have
to work full eight hours, with half
an hour for lunch, Irrespective of the
change in time at m. Clerks who
went on at midnight and ordinarily
would have been off at $40 am. con-
tinued on the job until the clock
showed 9:36 this morning.
, Old Schedule at Danville, Va.
DAEVILLE. Va. March 29-An the
large industrial plants in this city and
suburbs have at the request Of op-
eratives decided to resume work Mon
day on the pld schedule, or sun-time
hours. Dissatisfaction with opera
tion Of the daylight saving plan last
year impelled the operatives attitude.
Evening star., 1919-03-30
WAR WORKERSQU|T,
FARES HOME PAID
Employees Who Resign or Are
Discharged Entitled to
Free Transportation.
MANY ACCEPT OTHER JOBS

War workers in Washington anxious
to avail themselves of the offer of the
government to pay the railroad expenses
home of all those desiring to leave the
service turned in their designations in
considerable numbers last week. The
| designations must be turned in before
midnight tomorrow, under the provisions
OF the law granting them transportation
| to their homes. The employees however,
have ten days in which to make appli-
cation for the transportation to their
| homes after they have resigned or been
discharged from the service.
A canvass of the departments and
! bureaus of the government showed last
night that about $50 employees OF the
War Risk Insurance Bureau within the
last two weeks have asked for trans
portation to their homes, separating
! themselves from the service. 1t is ex-
pected that additional applications win
be made before the close of business to-
morrow. This does not indicate. how
ever. the number of designations from
| the bureau in that period, which total
more than 500. Some of the employees re-
signing have gone to other government
bureaus and departments.
In War and Navy Departments.
In the War and Navy Departments
also a considerable number of the
war workers have taken advantage
of the governments offer to pay their
way home, now that the war is prac-
tically over. The exact number was
not ascerta ined.
Three hundred and thirty employees
of fha IfDjtad Statal n
ice in the Department of Labor were
! dropped March %, owing to the fail
ure of Congress to provide the neces-
sary funds for continuing them on the
job. Most of these employees, it is said,
found places in other government
agencies here, though some of them
availed themselves of the free trans
portation to their homes.
Only those employees of. the govern
| ment who entered the service after
April 6, 1917, when W 4 was declared.
and whose salaries were not in excess
of s1,400 nor less than 500. may ap-
ply for this free transportation. which
includes railroad tickets and sleeping
| car facilities.
Reports of Other Bureaus.
At the Civil Service Commission it
was said that approx ximately 20 en-
ployes had applied for transportation
to their homes; at the Interior De-
partment, II; Federal Trade Commits
sion. IA; the Post Office Department.
8; Department of Justice, 10, and at
the Department of Agriculture, rs. No
estimate of the number who have left
the Department of Commerce and the
city was obtainable. though it was
said that many employees had resign
ed to take effect March 81 Thirty
employees were let out of the war Ia
Dor board recently because of lack of
funds to carry them on the rolls.
Contract workers In the bureau of
war risk insurance, 1t was learned
yesterday, numbering now about 1900.
will be given opportunities to take
civil service examinations and to OBJ
tain places on the permanent rolls of
employees. Already a number of the
contract workers have passed exam
inations and been given permanent
Evening star., 1919-03-30
AIMS TO END PORT STRIKE.
Buenos Aires Nationalizes Service
of CoastWise Vessels.

29.-The government has issued . de-
cree nationalizing the port service
here of coastwise vessels in an effort
to solve the port strike situation as
it affects eoastwise trade. It is said
that the February wages OF the port
workmen win be paid by the govern
ment "a '-,s
Evening star., 1919-03-30
Airman Falls 5000 Feet to Death.

MIAMI, 0EH-s MSSch zS'-G. d Cen
dreap Of Chicago, student officer
at the naval air station here, was
crushed to death today when hfs arr
plane fell from q height Of 1000 feet
In a spinning nose diva.
Evening star., 1919-03-30
ARREST OF PROHIBITION
DETECTIVES IS URGED
Virginia Official Fears for Safety
Of Officers Who Shot
Bootleggers.

RICHMOND, Va, March 29-Fear-
full of the safety of the four prohibi-
tion agents charged with the mur-
der OF two alleged bootleggers on the
Valley turnpike, Commonwealth's At
terney C.. e. Williams of Shenandoah
county has written Chief of Police
Sherry of Richmond to arrest the
men and hold them until such time
as he can provide adequate protection
for them in this county. The letter
expresses fear that the men wifi need
extraordinary protection when they
are returned to Winchester for pre-
liminary hearing. Harry F. Sweet,
former Richmond policeman; c. w.
Hall, J. H. Sullivan and W. H. Dun
lazy are the men charged with shoot
ing Raymond Shackelford, aged
thirty-five, and Lawrence Hudson,
aged eighteen. both of Petersburg.
Shackelford died Immediately after
being shot, while Hudson died in a
Winchester hospital Friday afternoon.
The agents have been held since
Friday evening in the custody of City
Sergt Chicester of Fredericksburg.
Evening star., 1919-03-30
Says Bootleggers Fired First.

FREDERICKSBURG Va, March 80
The state prohibition officers who
caused SO much excitement at Wood
stock early Wednesday came here
Friday with three men and Buick
car loaded with whisky. The ar
rests were made in Stafford county,
this side of Chappawamsic Swamp,
where the liquor machine became
stuck in tho mud.
w. c, Hall, in discussing the Wood
stock case, stated that when they
tried to arrest Shackelford and Hud-
son near Woodstock Wednesday
board of the car and called to the men
to stop. He said he was fred on three
times, one Of the bullets going
through his coat. He exhibited hole
made in his coat by bullet at such
close range that the. powder stains
could be seen. Hall said the man in
the car fred first and that the officers
returned the 6Fe.
Evening star., 1919-03-30
England Moves Clocks Up an Hou,

LONDON, March 29.-Summer time
In the United Kingdom will begin
Sunday. The clocks will be advanced
one hour at 2 O'Clock tomorrow
Evening star., 1919-03-30

On March Is the Argentine govern
ment issued decree Matchmaking
the port and ordering the workmen
to load and unload all vessela The
transatlantic agents accepted the de-
cree, but the workers refused to load
refusal on the part of the workmen
left to the German-owned Hamburg
South American line control of the
heavy coastwise traffic into Buenos
Aires, the German vessels not having
been affected by the strike.
Evening star., 1919-03-30
Eighty-Ninth Division.

Eighty-ninth Division tCsmp Fun
ston. Kansas; area, Missouri; Colo-
sado and Kansas). Retained: nth
Infantry Brigade, 340th and. 341st
Machine Gun Battalions. a14th Train
Headquarters. Military Police. Engi-
neers. Field Signal Battalion and
Ammunition Train. From 35th Divi-
sion: 10Th Infantry Brigade. 60th
Artillery Brigade. both Machine Gun
Battalion, 10th Supply and Sanitary
Trains and 35th Cavalry. Regulars
assigned: I'd, 20th. 32d and l1st Regi-
1nents Infantry: 1st. 9Th and 18th
Artillery.
Ninety-frst Division tcamp Lewis
Washington: area, Pacific and Rocky
Mountain states). Retained: 1s1st
Infantry Brigade, 347th and 34sth
Artillery. s4sth and -347th Machine
Gun Battaiions, 346th Train Head
quarters. Military Police. Field Sig
nal Battalion and Ammunition Train.
From 4oth Division: 1so,h Infantry
1illery. 145th Machine Gun Bat
talon. From fist Division: S2d In
fantry Brigade. 10th Supply Train
4Ist Cavalry. From AID Division:
117th Sanitary Train.
Forty-second Division Cavalry
Southern Department.: area, all
states). Retained: $50 and s4th
Cavalry Infantry Brigades, I4sth
150th and 151st Machine Gun Squad
rons (Battalions), l49th ARTILLERY
fHorse), 117th Train Headquarters
Military Police, Field Signal Bat
talon and Ammunition Train. From
s0th Division: 343d Machine Gun
Squadron (Battalion). 315th Supply
and Sanitary Traina Regulars as.
Ear nal
4th, 18th and 18Th Cavalx1 sth Enxi-
lars.
Evening star., 1919-03-30
City Post Office Instructions,
Old Schedule at Danville, Va.

DANVILLE. Va, March 29-An the
large industrial plants in this city and
suburbs have at the request Of op-
eratfves decided to resume work Mon
day on the pld schedule, or sun-time
heuFs. Dissatisfaction with opera
tion Of the daylight saving plan last
year impelled the operatives attitude.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-24
USTICK

Ustick, Dec. 24.-Mr. and Mrs. Vic
tor Dahlberg of Mountain Homo ar
rived Tuesday tn spend the holidays
with the T. NJ. llaniberg and ]. A.
Hielstrum families.
Miss Myra Agee, who is teaching in
the public schools in Rupert Is home
for the holidays.
Albert Shubert and sister, Mrs. Rich
ard Klemt of Roseberry, arrived Mon
day evening for visit with their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. p. l.. Shubert
A splendid program by the children
of the Baptist Sunday school and choir
was given Tuesday evening. An offer
ing was taken for the Armenians.
A program of music and readings
will be given at the Christian church
Thursday evening beginning at 1890
Each member of the school and any
one else who desires are asked to bring
a gift Of clothing or food TO be given
to the Associated Charities in Boise
A silver offering will be taken for the
Armenian and Syrian relief fund. Ev-
erybody invited to contribute some
thing to the needy.
The primary and intermediate rooms
OF the school here were given treat
by the teachers, Misses Sinsei and
Mayer, Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Margaret Spangenburg IL Wis
iting friends in Kuna.