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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-24

FOR SALE
10Th and S SITS. NV.
Beautiful red press brick home; Q rooms
and hath; furnace heat; big bargain; price.
81. $50: too good to last; terms. Sl.ooo down.
balance easy.
c. +. WARISG,
1915 F st. NV, East Basement.
NEAR UNION STATION o-sToRY BRICK:
rooms. bath: good front: rear yards; wide
lot; price. $4,000: easy terms; owner occu-
pies. Possession.
ROLAND c. BOOTH. 215 NV. r. 27o2
de17s
FOR SALE-IMMEDIATE POSSESSION
high-grade apartment; ten rooms and two
be- tbs separate heating plants and yards; room
for garage; price. $500; easy terms. Also
smaller apartment; rooms and 2 baths
Price, $1,000.
WILLIAM a. STRYKER,
1925 Florida ave. me-
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$4,000
EACH.

Five brick houses in good condition; close
to North Capitol and Quincy sts; each has
six rooms and bath; 2O-foot alley in rear;
southern exposure; gaslight and latrobe heat;
81 900 cash required.
HARRY WARDMAN,
SALES DEPARTMENT,
1890 K ST. NV.
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FOR SALE-HOUSES.


FOR SALE
Desirable colored pur-
chasers-In best NV.
section city, to 9 rm.
houses. Prices, $3.50 to
$3.50. Cash, $500 to
$500, balance as rent.
For full particulars see
me, week days after 5
pm; Sunday, 9 am. to
ppm.
B. B. PINN, Agent.
1885 Walter St. Sc
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$4,4oO-$o50 CASH, BALANCE EASY. BUYS
nearly new Or. and b. brick; porch front; con-
crete cellar; hot-air heat; paved alley; near
Ca ave. and Harvard st. NV; monthly ten
ant. Address Box Bonn. Star office,
1877 AND 1879 l. ST. S.E.-2-FAMTLY
fat; 5-r. and b. each; brick; now being re-
paired at cost about $500; buy now and select
papering, etc; cheap; easy terms; fine view;
just S. Pa. ave. N. E. RYON, 1923 NV.
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BEAUTIFUL BUNGALOW IN PETWORTH-
r.. b.: large lot, 37x1i2, trees; 2 squares
nent porches; open fireplace; double hardwood
floors: modern in every particular; large attic
over whole house; INV. H.; large. bright. dry
cellar; immediate possession. Price, SIC, 500;
81 600 cash, balance terms. Could not be du-
plicated under $1250O. ID. J. PARTICLE,
4227 Sth st. NV. or Col. 1877.
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WANTED-LOTS.

IN HIGH-CLASS NORTHWEST SUBURBAN
section Mt least 100 front on improved street;
ami pay cash. 507 St NV. 70.
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OFFICES AND STUDIOS.

DESK ROOM WANTED IN MODERN OFFICE
building, by small airplane concern, incorporat-
ed in Virginia. Address Box TIM Star office
80
TWO OR THREE FURNISHED OR INFrR
nished Offices, first. second or third floor: busi
jess district. Phone NJ. 23l. c4s
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INVESTMENT PROPERTY.
FOR SALE-LOTS.

BEST RESIDENCE SECTION ANACoSTIA
:, lots. 10Th and W SITS. Sc; $500 each:
.fSSu feet. easy terms. GJERpRCA. 4li
18th St NV 3Os
FOUR LOTS AT CONGRESS- HEIGHTS. ID. .,
Two choice lots on car line; $500. Address Box
90-M, Star Office. 26s
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-26
"CindereHd'S
Daughter"
SYNOPSIS
BY HAZEL DEYo BATCHELOR
COPYRIGHT, 1913, by Public LEDGER 90.

III IL SYNOPSIS
Virginia West meets Kathleen
Foster at boarding school and both
girls become engaged to college men.
Neither boy has any money and Vir-
ginia's mother removes her from
school in the hope of breaking up the
infatuation and finding a wealthy
husband for Virginia. In the noun
tains they meet Sherman Holmes,
but when he proposes to Virginia
she refuses him. Mrs. West then
confesses that they have very little
money left in the world.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-26
Adventures
With Purse

ONE shop has mighty nice boxes of
" candy, specially prepared for little
people. 1t has in it several kinds OF
pure, hard candy, and-yes-even some
taffies on sticks, which have acquired
the polly name Of lollipops. The box
costs eighty cents.
And, speaking of candy, saw q
very unusual candy box-the kind you
leave around on the living room table
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-26

You will particularly like It IL you are
fond Of the work of the japanese. 1t
is a round lacquer box, covered with a
silky material in dull red or tan, elab-
orately decorated with birds and bear
ing a fat tassel beaded at the end.
The price is 50.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-26
Warm Blankets at So

They change the "Brrr" to an
"Ah" of comfort! These are of
snowy wool-and-cotton with blue
or pink borders. 70X80 inches.
Size 76X84 inches is $40.
(CentraD .
, 1919-08-25

~ 0011v@0@1O44S
PURSUANT to authority vested in me
by Section 3 of an Ordinance TO
better provide FOR the recording Of
vital statistics ia the Municipality of St.
Croix, and for othe purposes, approved
June "a, 1919, the following registration
districts are hereby designated and de-
fined for the Municipality of St. Croix,
to wit:
CRAFTSMANSHIP REGISTRATION
DISTRICT comprises all the territory
east of the quarter line dividing the 4th
md 9Th quarters 10 the junction with
ae southern quarter line of the 3rd
quarter, and including all of estates Mt.
Pleasant and Hermitage; thence west to
the western boundary line of estate
Fountain, thence north following the
western boundary line OF Estate Foun-
tain and Sweet Bottom 10 the north
shore line of the island;
FREDERIKSTED REGISTRATION
DISTRICT comprises all the territory
not included in the Chrisfiansted Regis
tratlon District.
Pursuant to the foregoing authority, the
following appointn ents are hereby made,
to wit:
The CHIEF MUNICIPAL PHYSICIAN,
ST. Croix, appointed as REGISTRAR
OF VITAL STATISTICS for the Munich
patty Of st. Croix;
The INSPECTOR of the CHRISTIAN
S1ED MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL appoint
tee as LOCAL REGISTRAR of the
CERISTIANSTED REGISTRATION
DISTRICT;
he INSPECTOR of the FREDER(K-
STED MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL APP
pointed as LOCAL REGISTRAR of the
FREDERIKSTED REGISTRATION
DISTRICT:
The CLERK of the CHRISTIANSIED
MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL appointed as
DEPUTY LOCAL REGISTRAR of the
CERISTIANSTED REGISTRATION
DISTRICT; and
Ghe CLERK of he FREDERIKSTED
MUNICIPAL. HOSPITAL appointed IS
DEPUTY LOCAL REGISTRAR of the
FkEDERIKSTED REGISTRATION
DISTRICT.
Government of the Virgin Islands of
the United States, st. Thomas. August
16, 1919.
j. w. OMAN.
Governor.
- w wA wm% "a Yg~%~
, 1919-08-25

h | is hereby made known that the under
signed Dealing Court has to-day, at
4 his W request. taken the es ate of
LOUIS HANSEN, Asst engineer of Els
tate La Grange" under administration
as bankrupt.
Parties having claims against the said
bankrupt estate are hereby Dotified to
file their claims with Frederik3ted Deal
ing Court with the necessary proofs with
in three months from date of the st
publication of this notice.
Frederiksted Dealing Court, St Croix,
August 14th 1919.
D. NOLL.
, 1919-08-25
Advertisement.

RlDS are requested for the following
supplies which arr needed in the ad-
ministration Of the Cnristiansted MUM
cipal Hospital for the month of Septem-
Der 1919. Delivery is to be made by
the merchant, ir case the merchant
is outside the limit of Christiansted
Municipality Bids should be addressed
to the Inspector, Municipal Hospital,
Christiansted.
After August 9th, no bids will be con,
Sidered.
All supplies to be of the best quality.
Wheat fiour, 50 lbs; Corn Meal. IS
lbs; Rice 100 lbs; Sugar 300 lbs; Table
butter, SO lbs; Cooking butter, 35 lbs;
Lard, 35 lbs. Irish potatoes 300 lbs; Meat
beef, Mutton, Pork, 400 4hs.; Salt fish. so
lbs; Tea, 3 lbs; Quaker Oats, 60 lbs;
Cream of Wheat, 20 lbs; Beans and
Peas, 80 lbs; Onions, 20 lbs: Kerosene
Oil, 70 gallons; Matches l gross; Soap 112
lb9.;
Christiansted, st. Croix, vi. of u S. A.,
August 21st 1919.
j. C. DUBOIS
Inspector Municipal Hospital.
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Later, when the United States en-
tered the war on a large scale and
began shipping troops in large num-
bers to France to weigh down the bal
ance of power for the Allies. great
naval bases were established along
the French coast. Again the Navy
Department picked Admiral Wilson as
the man for the big Job. In addition
to taking command of these many
new bases. an unfamiliar duty which
he handled as II he had been for years
preparing for just such contingency,
Admiral Wilson also was placed in
charge Of a large patrol force. His
destroyers and gunboats met the
troopships at appointed rendezvous
several hundred miles at sea and
circled about them swift as proJectiles
and Just as deadly to the submarines
lurking beneath the surface. No trans
port carrying troops to France failed
to make port after Admiral Wilson
had become responsible for It's safety.
The work of these patrol ships is
but vaguely known, as are the perils
they faced, but some were torpedoed
by the German submarines. and men
of their crews went down with them.
fighting their unseen foe to the end,
that the soldiers might reach France
and Germany.
In addition to the obvious part OF
the work, the organization OF the bases
and OF the patrol force. complete CO.
operation with the French naval au-
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son at Brest and inspected in person
the American base and the vessels
operating from 1t. He compllmented
the commandant highly for his serv-
Ices. Subsequently there was con-
ferred on Admiral Wilson the Cross
OF the Legion of Honor.
But Admiral Wilson refused to ac-
cept the cross on the ground that he
felt the work he was doing in France
did not qualify him for the decoration
as the United States Governments
standing orders provided that Amer
lean officers may accept such honors
only II conferred for acts of war. In
the judgment OF Vice-Admiral Wilson,
his protection Of the American trans
ports and administration of the naval
bases were not "acts OF war;
Later. a few days before the actual
signing OF the armistice. a press as
ISOLATION set forth a report that the
armistice had been signed. and wild
applause arose throughout the coun-
try. The report originated somehow
in Admiral Wilson's dominion of Brest,
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being selected for promotion to Rear
Admiral. From that time on, when
selection. rather than seniority became
the rule, his rise was rapid, meteoric
in fact.
When the United States entered the
world war Rear Admiral Wilson, as he
was then. was selected by the Navy
Department to command the patrol
forces Of the Atlantic coast. He had
under him a miscellaneous assortment
Of 100 craft of every variety below the
rating Of armored cruisers with which
to defend the Atlantic coast and its
great commerce from the attacks OF
submarines and raiders which Ger
mans boasted would wreak havoc
among coastwise and transocean ship
ping and might also shell our towns,
1t soon became apparent that the Ger
man boast was only an empty threat,
but before this was known Admiral
Wilson had organized his force.
| AS soon as II became apparent that
our naval activities would be mainly
in European waters It was decided
that Rear Admiral Wilson and his
force would be Of more value there
He was ordered to Gibraltar in June,
1917. with considerable proportion
of his patrol force. He cooperated
successfully with the British naval
forces making Gibraltar their base in
protecting merchant vessels and in
keeping the Mediterranean swept clear
! Of all enemy craft.
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Evans, whose name. on the roll Of the
navy, but not in the mouths Of It's off,
GERS and men, was Rear Admiral
Robley d. Evans. The ship was then
on the China station. Admiral Evans
speedily recognized in Lieut.. Wilson an
officer whose zeal, unfailing energy
and officerlike smartness made him
unusual. even with the high standard
prevailing in the American Navy.
There was a strong mutual liking and
respect between Admiral Fighting
Bob" and his Junior officer.
His first command, an event long
looked forward to, with its grave re-
sponsibf1tty and its indication of hard
won success in his chosen profession,
came in 1909, when with the rank of
commander. with three broad gold
bands on his sleeve, he was assigned to
the scout cruiser Chester, the first Of
the turbine ships of the navy. Later
he commanded the North Dakota, also
a turbine ship. Under him she became
one OF the most efficient ships in the
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have been well fed. Keep an eye on
Belgium. Her industries may revive
first in Europe. and she has great
ability in the industrial field.
Here In France industry is handi-
capped in many ways. The French
man Is Jealous and suspicious of his
neighbors. He is an individualist and
does not like to cooperate. The gem
ius Of the French is for small bust
ness. They do not want Americans or
English to come in TO do business in
France. That policy is undoubtedly
mistake. They ought to welcome
the energy and brains of outsiders
who would help them to get going.
There has been enough altruism and
amateur charity in regard to France
What France ought to do is to let
capital and brains flow In and give
vitality to her whole industrial life.
She should do away with her restric-
tons. But, in fact, she has become
more Chauvinistic than ever.
DO not be deceived, however, by the
possibility OF recovery in France
France has been very sick, but there
is nothing wrong with her constitu.
ton. Foreigners can do business In
France II they will only learn how &c
go about it. Americans particularly
do not know how to deal with French.
men. Americans are too direct ant
too blunt. No Frenchman wants tC
talk business in the first interview
and much of the business of France
is done by indirection. One must
take time to find out where the lines
lie and in direct contact never take q
Frenchman too seriously. The field
Cf industry In France would be diff.
cult for an outsider, but In the field
II finance there is unlimited oppor.
tunity.
You ask what America should bt
doing In Europe. Europe is fairly
crying for brains and capital. Their,
are possibilities everywhere. and there
are particular possibilities In some o.
the byways of Europe that capita
does not think Of Portugal is one
| Clear sighted engineers with a bust
ness sense would find many opportuni
ties In Portugal and in Spain. Their,
are great mineral resources there anC
an excellent climate.
"One OF the old regions OF the world
Mesopotamia, will be made TO flourish
like a green bay tree II little capita
and some brains would get hold of tn
situation and revive the irrigation sys
TEN OF ages ago. In the Balkans am,
C0ntth1ed on lfRhth P0a6
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most serious obstacle to the distribu-
ton of food and necessities, and
makes doubly difficult the restarting
OF industry. Among all Of Europe's
needs none is more poignant than the
rehabilitation OF her railroads.
Occasionally I had an interview
that was so rich in material and
that was given under such circum-
stances that could make very brief
running notes. 1 find in my note
book, which indeed is a lamentably
scanty and scrappy one. the notes Of
an interview I had with a man
who has made a great success on two
continents and knows thoroughly
from personal experience the railroad
conditions in America. England and
| in Europe and who has rendered dis
tinguished service throughout the war.
My talk with him ranged over many
subjects. Portions OF the interview
would logically fall In various chapters
OF this book, but perhaps it will be as
| interesting and readable to try to
give an outline of what he had to say
! without any attempt at logical ar
rangement:
I'm France the railroad tariff Is
fixed by law 1t is now admittedly too
| low. but there has been an indispo-
sition materially to increase 1t, just
as there has been an indisposition
! to increase taxes. The result Is a
sad deficiency in income and a serious
decline In the physical condition of the
rolling stock. The French railroads
seem never to scrap rolling stock.
have seen a locomotive regularly run
ming on a French railroad that bore
the date 1857 on it's name plate. That
locomotive would be in a museum in
America. It's boiler tubes were all Of
copper. 1t is to-day In regular opera
hon. The way in which France has
conserved its old rolling stock makes
me wonder II Americans have not
gone mad on rebuilding railroads.
Economical as is the management
OF the French lines, their income at
the present too low rates is not sum
cient to keep up properly their phys
ical condition. The Allies have paid
the Nord Railway three million
pounds on account. and that is ali
that has kept the road going. The
finances Of all the French roads are
bad.
'In France a tremendous amount
will have to be spent to restore the
railroads to good physicist condition.
The problem Is by no means insur-
mountable. but France will have "a
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work. He also served ashpre as presi-
dent Of the Board of Inspection. which
not only inspects the older ships. over
sees important repairs, &C.. but also
surveys the new ships of all classes to
make certain they come up to contract
requirements.
Admiral Wilson had reached the
rank of Captain in 1916 and had COM
mand of the great Pennsylvania, the
pride of the Navy, when the event
which was to reward him for his TWEEN
ty-nine years Of unusually hard work
and close attention to duty came. In
that year Congress passed a law re-
curing that officers above the rank
OF Lieutenant Commander should be
promoted by selection rather than by
seniority. Just how highly Captain
Wilson Of the Pennsylvania was re-
garded in the Navy is shown by the
fact that when the Selection Board,
composed of Rear Admirals, met In
December. 1916, Captain Wilson was
ono OF the six officers distinguished by
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up practically all double track, even
on the principal main through lines,
and have left but single track for all
traffic. Literally hundreds of masonry
bridges have been destroyed in Bel
GUM and northern France. 1t is easy
to say that all this damage can be
readily repaired. and so 1t can in time.
My point Is that 1t has not been re-
paired, and at the present moment the
tremendous handicap resulting from
an inability promptly to move freight
would alone be an enormously disor-
ganizing factor to the industrial life
of these countries.
As one goes further east, how
ever, the transportation system is
found to be far more seriously disor-
gained 1t Is true that there has now
been established some through serv-
ices that might be taken to indicate
return to normal railroading condi-
lions. One can travel from Paris to
Warsaw. or to Belgrade, Bucharest or
Constantinople. When 1t comes to
transporting freight through the
whole district east and south of Ger
many and of old Austria Hungary
the situation assumes serious aspects.
Serbia was swept almost clean of all
railway equipment.
was told that at the date OF the
armistice there were but nine loco
motives left in Serbia. The situation
is bad in Greece as we'll as In Ru-
mania, Czecho- Slovakia, Poland and
Lithuania. In Russia the locomotives
seem to have been run until they
ceased to function and then were de-
serted, little IL any effort being made
at repairs, and It is here that there
are the most notable examples OF star
walton and ample food supplies not
distantly separated.
1 have the highest possible author
ity for the prediction that the food
situation will be more serious In the
spring and summer of 1920 than It
has been this year. and indeed that It
will be SO serious that, taking into
account the breakdown of transporta-
ton. 1t will be impossible to prevent
another horror Of starvation even II
the ports of Europe are amply sup
piled with food. I am not arguing
that this whole situation cannot be
readily put to rights, but l do say
that no substantial start has yet been
made to do so. that even no systematic
plan has Yet been developed. and
that under the very best of conditions
the task Is one that will consume a
great deal OF time. In the interval the
transportation situation presents .
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the basis Of what appeared to be Of
fetal and authoritative information.
am in a position to know that the
United Press and its representatives
acted in perfect good faith and that
the premature announcement was the
result of an error for which the
agency was in no wise responsible"
At that time THE SUN, commenting
editorially upon the unusual and
courageous announcement, said con-
corning his declination of the cross:
1.-THE press dispatches recording his
decision suggested that he conceived
the acts of war for which foreign
decorations may be accepted to be acts
performed in actual combat. At that
time THE SUN took occasion to speak
Of the essential, arduous and highly
complicated task entrusted to Admiral
Wilson, and said that there would be
many who would not agree with Ad-
miral Wilson's classification of his own
duties, but that nobody would fall to
applaud his modesty, as all acknowl-
edged his success in his post,
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Ing sixteen hours a day. An eight hour
day would add ELS, 000, 900 annually to
the operating expenses. The present
increase OF wages over the pre-war
total is f55. 100000, 80 that II an eight
hour day is granted on top OF the
present wages. the operating costs for
labor alone will be fS0.000.000 more
than prior to the war. Standardiza-
ton, cooperation and the operation of
all the roads as one system will save
about f15, 10000 per annum, leaving
f55. 100000 to be met by increased
rates Railway economists agree thai
this cannot be done. 1t means doub-
ling the expense. Winston Churchill
before election promised nationalist
ton. His unauthorized promise was
not denied until after the election.
Now England Is TO have n new Minis
try of Ways and Transportation. but
as yet no definite Government policy
has been announced.
THE English public is divided upon
the subject of naturalization. The
subject. however, Is not so compli-
Gated as 1t is in America. The differ
ence between the railroad situation In
the United States and in England lies
in the fact that there is no vindlCtive-
ness in England between the Govern
ment, the railways and labor. There
have been no such acts In EnFlnnd as
the taking away of private cars or the
reducing of salaries of managers
The English public always stands for
fair play. is It cricket?' is a question
ever in the minds of Englishmen. In
America the policy of legislators and
OF the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has often been vindictive. Eng
land will probably be slow in making
It's final decision In regard to the rail-
roads. 1t is the habit there to con-
slider public questions carefully: but
| in the end 1t will be fairly considered
and the owners of railroad securities
will be treated fairly.
Personally, think the Govern
ment ought to get out of the railroad
business. Political influences will
always hamper its policy of manage
ment / doubt II railroads can ever
be publicly run successfully In a de-
mocracy. although perhaps they car
in an autocracy.
| II have been spending some time
In Belgium. You can discount some.
what the Belgian hard luck stories
The Belgian is inclined to exploit his
misery. 1t is true that certain town.
were wiped out. but all were not. Bel
gian agriculture Is better than II wa,
before the WAT. The Thlgian phildEel
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Spanish war he earned another half
stripe. becoming a fun Lieutenant.
1t was as a two striper" that he
served throughout that war. He saw
and assisted in the destruction Of Ad-
miral Cervera's feet at the battle Of
Santiago. July 3, 1898, from the deck
Of the battleship Indiana, then one Of
the most powerful vesselspf the navy.
After that war, but still a Leuten-
ant, for no chance to win fame inter-
rupted his usual but strictly executed
duties, he served as navigator and ex-
ecutive officer on the battleship Ken
lucky, the flagship Of Fighting Bob"