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Evening star., 1919-12-05
NEW EXCESS CASH FARE
DESIRED BY RAILROAD
Washington and Old Dominion Pc
titions I. C. C. for
Permit.
The Washington and Old Dominion

The Washington and Old Dominic
senger agent, today petitioned the
senger agents today petitioned the
Interstate Commerce Commission for
authority to charge an excess cash
fare on its lines running into Virginia
to passengers who do not buy tickets
at q station where there is ticket
Office.
The company asks permission to
cancel a provision in Interstate Com
merce Commission ruling No. 122 re-
garding collection of excess fare from
cash fare passengers which reads as
follows:
fare of 10 cents or more the fixed sum
of 10 cents will be collected from all
cash fare passengers boarding trains,
provided that the conductor shall give
to the passenger receipt TOT TINS ad-
ditional amount paid, except that from
stations where there is no ticket SELL
er or agent the regular fare only Will
be collected"
These cash excess fare receipts may
be cashed at the company's ofhces Tor
the value of the excess amount pala.
AS a substitute for this rule the com
pany asks that a rule providing that
when a passenger boards train
without a ticket at a statlon Wnere
there is a ticket Office he Will De
charged an excess of fare OF cents
or less. and an excess fare of 10 cents
for a cash fare of 81 cents or more. be
promulgated. Where there is not
ticket office the regular cash fare Will
be charged.
In its petition the company AYERS
that an average of 375 cash fare re-
ceipts per month for the past three
months have been redeemed on the
Bluemont division of it's lines. 1t
claims that when conductors are
forced to make change without extra
charge they suffer a hardship and that
their work will be considerably light
ened by uniform purchasing Of tickets
at stations by passengers. The petit
ton says that the company in asking
the excess fare rate is seeking to place
the responsibility for purchasing tick
cts on the passenger rather than to
procure an increase in revenue.
Evening star., 1919-12-05
ASKS u. S. TO ASSIST
CHINESE IN MEXICO

SAN FRANCISCO, December s.
7. L. Yuen. Chinese consul general in
Mexico City, left San Francisco yes
ferday for Washington to ask assist
ance of the American government in
obtaining protection for more than
5000 Chinese living in the state of
sonora. who. he said, We're in danger
OF being massacred and having their
property conf1scated because OF the
inability of the Carranza government
to protect them.
Recently. Yuen said, Gov. De La
auerta of Sonora served notice on the
Chinese merchants and workmen that
they would have to leave Mexico, and
all their property would be confs-
specified number OF days. The threat,
he said. has not been efecut ed yet
He said the Chinese colony sent a
delegation to Carranza,, but that the
them since his authority did not ex-
tend to the state of Sonora:
Evening star., 1919-12-05
WORKHOUSE HAS FULL
WINTER COAL SUPPLY

There is one group Of Washing
tonians who will not have to worry
about the production of coal this win
ter. This is the group serving time
at the District workhouse at Deco
quan, Va. According to District off,
cials, this institution had its full win
ter supply on hand before the coal
strike became serious.
H. F. McQueeny, superintendent of
the janitor service in the public school
system, said today that the schools
have enough coal to last until after
Christmas and expect to get more in
the meantime. He said there were no
Indications that the schools would
have to close.
The situation at other District
plants, such as the water and sewer
pumping stations, was reported as en-
cOuraging today,
Evening star., 1919-12-05
COMMISSION TO REUNITE
SEPARATED FAMILIES
Hebrew Society Will Send Repre-
sentatives Abroad at
Early Date.

The Hebrew Sheltering and Immi-
grant Aid Society of America. accord
ing to announcement issued yesterday
by John L. Bernstein, presid ent of the
society, will send a commission abroad
for the purpose of bringing about a
reunion Of the wives and children and
the parents of residents of this
country who have become separated
from their families during the war.
The commissioners are Leon Ka-
maiky, publisher of the Jewish Daily
News. and Jacob Massel, honorary
secretary and chairman of the COM
mittee on foreign relations of the So
ciety.
The work will be done with full ap-
proval and cooperation Of the State
and Labor departments, and in CON
nection with the American Jewish
committee and the joint distribution
committee.
AS soon as negotiations with the
State Department and arrangements
as to steamship facilities are COM
pleted the commission will leave.
This, it is expected, will be early next
month. Mr.. Kamaiky will go in an
advisory capacity. and Mr.. MasseI will
remain in Europe indefinitely in
charge of the work.
Evening star., 1919-12-05

by the public laundries, F. Malkie. su-
perintendent, testified that outside
plants forced me to pay the scale of
wages now being paid in my laundry"
Says Lawyer Made Threats.
Mr.. Malkie, speaking specifically Of
a wage of $4s a month paid colored
ironers, said that lawyer. claiming
to represent local laundry, had come
to him, when he started to pay the
girls more, and threatened him. Mr..
Malkie declared that in the case of a
certain male washer the laundry had
threatened him because he was pay
ing more than the laundry, which de-
clared, he said, that the man had left
them to come to work for the govern
ment laundry without it's permission.
Mr.. Weaver, then in charge of the
government hotels. told Mr.. Malkie,
the latter asserted, to let the man go,
to avoid trouble. This he did, and in
a day and a half the washer was al
lowed to come back.
Could Do U. s. Work.
Questions from the reclassification-
lists elected the information from Mr..
Nalkie that he has machinery stand
ing idle in his laundry on which, Mr..
Malkie declared, could be done much
Of the laundry now being done by
public laundries for the various gov
ernment departments. Mr.. Malkie
said he could do this work for about
half the rate charged by the public
laundrieS.
Miss Harlean James, general SUPER
intendent of the government hotels.
told the commission that she and her
associates did not wish to ask for
knew in what proportion the salaries
of the girl clerks who live in the
hotels might be increased. She de-
clared that the girls are paying now
about all they can afford. in her opin-
ion, and that if the wages of the
creased the rates to the girls would
necessarily have to be increased,
since that is the source of the reve-
nue. of the hotels.
$3.50 n Day Refused.
Freight handlers earning $3.50 a day
at the bureau of engraving and print
ing have refused to work in the laun-
dry there for s2.62 a day, according to
the testimony of a brief presented on
behalf of the laundry workers. 1t
was brought out in testimony that the
laundry, which washes the rags uses
for the plate printers on their presses.
is working on two tWelve-hour shifts
and that the workers. all of whom
are colored, have received time-and-
a-half pay for the four hours over
time since Director Wilmeth came to
the bureau.
Others Present Briefs.
Ushers and footmen at the White
House and others employed in the
domestic service in the government
presented briefs to the commission
asking increased wages.
Rural Service to BE Heard.
Workers in rural industries service
of the government will be heard be-
fore the commission at $50 o'clock
tomorrow morning at the headquar-
ters, Az street and Missouri avenue.
Evening star., 1919-12-05
Empress Passengers Lose.

LONDON, December 5.-The judicial
committee of the privy council has re-
versed the decision of the Canadian
supreme court in the suit involving
the sinking Of the steamship Empress
of Ireland in the St. Lawrence river.
The court gave the passengers of the
sunken vessel the preference in the
distribution of the proceeds from the
sale of the Storstad. the collier which
rammed the liner. The privy council
decides that the Canadian Pacific
Company shall share in the proceeds
of the sale.
Evening star., 1919-12-05
.PROPOSESFEDERAL
CONTROL OF MINES
Representative Keller Intro
duces Resolution Intended
to Relieve Coal Shortage.

To relieve the present coal shortage
and provide for the uninterrupted
production of coal, Representative
Keller of Minnesota has introduced a
as the foundation of our economic
existence is endangered" the Presi-
dent. under his war powers, should
be instructed by Congress to take
over and operate the bituminous coal
mines now idle.
Recommends Call to Miners.
He recommends that a call be is
sued to all miners to return to work
under the following agreement:
mines: that the increase of IA per
cent offered the miners be accepted; !;
that the government will conduct a
thorough investigation into the profits
of the mine operators with view
toward increasing the wages of the
miners. if found practicable under the
present price of coal, and. If not,
that the government establish such a
price as will permit Of a wage being
paid miners commensurate with the
increase in the cost of living.
Objects to Action Taken.
Representative Keller says that in
his opinion the action taken by the
federal government in the present
emergency is not going to bring the
OeSlTeQ results. Inc dCllOH III
prisoning certain representatives of
the miners" he says. "is antagonistic
to every workingman pf the coun-
try. Even if the government has the
power, it is not a policy which\will
bring the desired results. 1t is goal
we want, and I believe that if Mr..
Garfield had not interfered with the
representatives of the operators. the
miners and Secretary of Labor Will
son that an agreement satisfactory to
the miners would have resulted. TAX
ing into consideration the statement
Of Mr.. McAdoo. it is probable that no
increase in the price Of coal would
have been necessary in order to meet
the increase in wages agreed upon.
Purpose Of Resolution.
'"The resolution have introduced,
he explained, simply asks the gov
ernment to take over the coal mines
in the same manner as the railroads
were taken over. The idea I have in
mind is to do the thing which will
make it possible for the miners to &c
back to work with some assurance
they are going to get a fair deal. anc
it is my opinion that if such propo'
sition is made to the men that they
have confidence enough in the Presi
dent and Secretary Wilson to trea'
them fairly. that they will go back tc
work and produce coal I believe thi.
proposition is worth trying, at least
Evening star., 1919-12-05
ORDERS MEAT PACKERS
BE FURNISHED COAL

CHICAGO, December 5.-Following
receipt of instructions from United
States Fuel Administrator Garfield at
Washington, T. w. Proctor. regional
coal director. today announced that
fuel will continue to be furnished
and northwest to operate slaughter
ing, refrigerating and packing plants
Chicago needs 500 cars of coal daily
to continue on its present six-and- "a
half-hour business day basis. A mes
sage to this effect has been sent to
the fuel administration at Washing
ton. Unless this amount of coal is
forthcoming each day Chicago may
have to be put on a four-hour busi-
ness day basis.
Evening star., 1919-12-05
Mexica Has War Ahplanes
and German Pilots, House
Committeeman Informed

Mexico has twenty-fours war-type
airplanes mobilized at 3 sChihuahua
City alone. and is obtaining additional
planes from Germany, according. to
War Department information, given to
the House military committee today
by Brig. Gen. Mitchell, chief Of opera
tion of the Army air service.-Th de-
partment also has inform ation, Gen.
Mitchell said, that former pilots in
the German army are arriving !, in
Mexico for service in the army air
forces there. --se-'g rF'
ThzInited States, Gen Mitchell
said y4producsd- practically. no
aerRETar equipment since the armis-
tice;xAnd consequently ,is' not capable
of meeting any frst-class power in
the air today. as foreign countries
have continued! development Of war
time air equipment. = 49,. -
eign -bt1iat pursuit planes. these could
not be used for combatant: work, he
said, adding. that they would be of
value only for training duty, as they
Gen. Mitchell urged immediate uni
hcation of all governmental air ac-
tivities with manufacture of planes
and equipment by private industries
operating under some form Of a gov
ernment subsidy.
Present developments OF aviation
point to an early radical change in
naval policies, he said. Radio COM
mun1CdClOn between diIpidneS ana
submarines will eventually drive sur
face warships from the sea, he said.
"RED" BOOKLETS IN MEXICO.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. December A.
A shipment of 500 bolsheviki booklets
printed in California have been re-
ceived here by Gonzales de la Mata
Mexican consul, but distribution of
them was stopped, the official declared
today, as soon as his attention was
called to the nature of the contents.
Consul de Ia Mata said he could not
read English, and as the booklets
were printed in that language he gave
only a few of them out to English
reading friends, one of whom after
wards reported to him that the sub
ject matter was red"
On the book cover is printed a men,
acing claw-like hand reaching from
the United States and over Mexico.
Evening star., 1919-12-05
"RED" BOOKLETS IN MEXICO
WEST VIRGINIA TO PROBE
COAL STRIKE CHARGES

CHARLESTON, W. Va, December
6.-Lon II. Kelly, United States district
attorney for the southern district Of
West Virginia, announced today that
special grand jury had been called
for next week to investigate charges
growing out of the coal strike.
Reports from the New River field
for yesterday, the latest available
showed an increase of 1,1S0 tons over
the day before. Operators said that
incomplete reports this morning in,li-
Gated a still further increase today
Evening star., 1919-12-05
GREAT white WAY TO GO
INTO PARTIAL ECLIPSE

NEW YORK, December 5.-New
York's subway and elevated riding
millions began today to carry their
own heat with them as coal con-
servation measure. Electric heating
of trains was suspended during the
saving of 1000 tons Of coal day. 9
Beginning tonight the Great White
Way in the theatrical district will go
into partial eclipse. Big electric signs
will be operated only between the
hours of 7:30 and $3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1919-12-05
Admits Sending Wanamaker Bomb

NEW YORK, December 5.-Ernest
Albert Gustav Kurth, who sent a
bomb to Mrs. Rodman Wanamaker
has pleaded guilty to assault. He
will be sentenced December IL, the
maximum penalty being five years i'm
prisonment. He had been employed
in the Wanamaker home. but was
discharged for giving wine parties.
Evening star., 1919-12-05
PITTSBURGH MINERS ARE
HELD WILLING TO WORK

PITTSBURGH. Pa, December s.
Reports that many union coal miners
of the Pittsburgh district on strike
since November 1 had expressed to
their employers a desire to return to
work reached here today. Operators
viewed the situation with optimism,
but union leaders declared coal dig
gers of the district were 100 per
cent idle"
Evening star., 1919-12-05
Convicted of DRY Law Violation,

Edward Walker and Governor
Faust, charged with violation of the
bone dry" law, were convicted late
yesterday afternoon by a jury in the
Police Court. The defendants were
charged with bringing into the Dis
trict 1872 bottles of whisky on March
8, 1917. The defense was that de-
PENDANTS were en- route through the
District to a point in Virginia.
Evening star., 1919-12-05
Old German Paper Taken Over.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, December s.
The Volksblatt, German language
daily newspaper. appearing in Cincin-
natl for eighty-three years, has been
absorbed by the Freie Presse. and will
cease publication with today's issue.
Evening star., 1919-12-05
200 NEW MEMBERS ELECTED.
South Washington Citizens Asso-
citation Reports Gain.

More than 200 new members were
elected to the South Washington
Citizens Association at the adjourned
meeting, held Wednesday evening.
OF this number. George M. Yeatman.
vice president of the association, had
secured ISL applications.
H. A REM, jr.. was elected secre-
tary. to succeed NJ. J. Driscoll, who
resigned. The association will re-
quest the District Commissioners to
place shade trees on the north side
of D street southwest between 11th
and 18th streets. The superintendent
of parkings will be asked to trim the
shade trees along 10th street south
west between B and G streets.
Evening star., 1919-12-05

Cribbed comfort for children-the
Childrens Hospital.
Evening star., 1919-12-05

Where the little "fellers" find many
Children's Hospital.
Evening star., 1919-12-05
NO COAL BEING MINED
IN CUMBERLAND SECTION,
BIG FEEDER FOR D. C.

Continued from First Page
Evening star., 1919-12-05
HOSPITAL TROUBLES
TOLD AT DOMESTIC
SERVICE HEARING

CONTINUED from First Page.)
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task that 1t sounds, but it requires
community effort and in many instar
cas- would be possible only through
large expenditure Of energy and
money.
To destroy the anophales mosquito
lit would be necessary to prevent
them from breeding They breed in
still water and pools, and by the
grassy edges of streams. It is often
thought in some communities the
cost of eliminating these breeding
places would be too heavy. Never
theless much might be done by drain.
ing or filing up pools where practi,
cable. Malaria and mosquitoes were
formerly quite prevalent in the
marshy districts of Staten Island and
the low lands of New Jersey, not far
from New York City. BY drainage
have been greatly reduced in number
and there has been a corresponding
decrease in the prevalency Of malar-
ia.
1t should be remembered that the
bold voraciOus mosquitoes that bite
so impartially, day and night, do not
| transmit malaria however great nuts
ances they may be in other ways. The
anopheles mosquito is shy, bites only
at night and does not sing as loudly
as the common mosquito. Often wa
ter which cannot be drained or oiled
properly can be rendered compare
lively innocuous as regards mosquito
breeding, by the introduction OF small
| fish, or what is commonly called tor
minnows, which deyour the mosquito
wiggIers. While mosquitoes breed in
water, they shelter themselves in
brush and high weeds. especially dur
| ing the day when the sun is shining
1t is therefore a good plan to cut all
such weeds especially in the vicinity
of houses SO that the mosquitoes
| cannot find shelter nearby.
1t is a wise precaution in districts
in which the anopheles mosquito is
forund, for persons as far as possible
to remain after dusk in places that
are properly screened. A good screen
should have a mesh of sixteen wires
to the inch In addition to screens
for the house, sometimes it is neees
sary to use mosquito bars, which are
simply pieces of fine mesh material
placed over the bed in such manner
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WHO AM I?

I am more powerful than the com
bined armies of the universe.
I have destroyed more men thar
all the wars of the world.
/ am more deadly. than bullets and
I have wrecked more homes than the
mightiest of siegeguns.
/ spare no one and find my vic
tins among the rich and the poor
alike: the young and the DID, the
strong and the weak. Widows and
orphans know me.
l loom UP. to, such proportions that
/ cast my shadow over every field OF
labor from the turning of the grind
stone to the moving of every train.
i massacre, thousands and thous'
ands of wage earners in a Year. =
l Turk in unseen places and do most
of my work silently. ~
You are warned against me but you
heed not
I am relentless, am everywhere
in the house, on the street, in the
factory. at the railroad crossings and
on the sea-
| bring sickness, degradation and
death, yet few seek to avoid me-
| destroy, cruch or MAIN; / give
nothing but take ALL
1 am your worst enemy.
/ AM CARELESSNESS
American Machinist.
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Al native OF Marion county FIOrida,
mother of Mayor John Martin, Oh
Jacksonville, Fla. Mr.. Albert Martin,
Mrs. Melvin Tucker. Mrs ADner
Withee, her soldier boy" Marshall
Aston Martin.
Not changed, but fortified! OH
beauteous language
For those who. weep,
Mourning the loss of some dear face
departed.
Fallen asleep
flushed into silence, neyermore 70
comfort
The hearts of men;
Gone like the sunshine OF anotnef
s country
Beyond our ken.
10, lovely deadl we see thy white soul
shining
Behind the face,
Bright with the beauty and Celestial
glory
Of an immortal grace.
What wonder that some stumDle,
faint and weeping,
And sick with fears,
Since thou hast left them-aH alone
with sorrow
And blind with tears?
Can it be possible our words shail
welcome
Their coming feet?
How will it look that face that we
have cherished
When next we meet?
Will it be. changed, so glorified and
sanity
That we shall know it not?
VIII there be nothing that will say
81 love thee,
And l have not forgot?"
Oh! faithless heart, the same loved
face TRANSPORTED
I shall meet thee there,
Less sad, lest @istful, in immortal
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MALARIA

One of the most prevalent of all
preventable diseases in the state of
Florida smalaria. 1t is so common
as to be a menace to the general
good health and efficiency of any
community, especially in the South.
This is the proper time of the year
to get ready to prevent the spread OF
this disease which is sure to come
with the warm days and nights. The
cause should be removed There was
a time not far distant when the real
cause was unknown and people were
excusable for not preventing it. The
methods or manner in which the in.
lection was spread is comparatively
a recent discovery and mode of trans
mission the most brilliant discovery
of sanitary science After all these
discoveries and despite the fact that
we have more knowledge of the cause
transmission and prevention and
more accurate means Of diagnosis
and specific remedy, still malaria
counts its victims by the hundreds of
thousands annually. 1t is estimated
that over seven million people in the
United States are infected with NAL
aria.
| AS is well known malaria is trans,
mitted by the female mosquito of the
variety known as the anopheles and
this is the only way to get the disease.
It is preyentable disease if certain
measures and precautions are taken
and carried out successfully. The
best and most thorough method Of
/ eliminating malaria, would be to
wipe out the anopheles mosquito en-
tirely, and this is not the impossible
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Fondly,
JESSIE ASTON OWENS.

the surface of oiled water. The
larvae of the anopheles mosquitoes
are the most easily destroyed for the
reason that they rest and feed in a
horizontal position at the surface.
For a complete description OF how
to oil waters for the prevention OF
mosquito breeding and their develop
ment, the Florida state board OF
health will gladly send out a pam
phlet on "OiIng as an Anti-MOsquito
Measure" to anyone upon request
V. H. G. in Fla. Notes.
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as to protect the sleepr.

as to protect the sleepr.
Win drainage is too expensive or
not practicable, oiling should be done
as a supplementary measure. The OBJ
iect in using oil (petroleum) is to
destroy the larvae of mosquitoes. To
do this successfully the surface OF
the water must be completely and
continuously covered with film OF
oil. The larvae cannot penetrate the
oil film with their breathing tube
thus being cut off from the air, they
die. Mosquitoes do not lay eggs on
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A man often forgets the exact
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chase, and as a last resort takes
something else instead That is al
ways disappointing and unsatisfact-
ory The safe way is to cut this out
and take it with you SO as to make
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