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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-19
FEARS OF WATER
FAMINE INCREASE
Consumption Over Safety
Mark and ZihIman Measure
Fails in Senate.

District officials are more alarmed
over the water situation today than
they have been at any time since the
danger of famine appeared.
With consumption shooting more than
two million gallons a day over the
safety mark. failure of the Senate yes
terday to include in the District bill the
Zihlman measure for investigating
means of increasing the water supply
unexpectedly has added to the serious
ness of the situation.
Representative Zihlman said today he
would make every effort to get the
measure through as separate bin. In
may experience a desperate water short
age, District officials warned today.
Provision for Saving.
The outlook would be desperate now.
they say, but for the provision in the
bill which will require government de-
partments. federal and municipal, to
pay for the water they use after July l..
1920. This will lead to a saving of mil
lions of gallons daily. according to Supt.
Garland of the water department.
The Commissioners were instru-
mental in convincing Congress that
water should be paid for by the gov
eminent as well as individuals The
principal benefit will come in the form
of water saved, for government de-
partments have long been under the
indictment of using water extrava-
gantly.
In one federal department, it is
claimed. the installation of con-
denser would make possible the saw
ing Of about 100000 gallons a day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-19
Hints at designations.

In administration quarters nothing
is said nowadays about the Burleson
Continued on sec6nd Page)
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Pessimistic Report in Basic.

BASLE. June Is tby the Associated
1ress)--The German peace delegation
at this mornings meeting at Weimar
advised the cabinet to reject the peace
treaty. according to dispatch sent
from Weimar by the correspondent OF
1he Frankfort Zeitung. The CORE
spondent added that the experts with
the delegation also were of the opin-
1on that the treaty should be rejected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-19
Would Exclude superintendent.

Mr. Johnson of Kentucky proposed
an anne ndment to exclude the super
intendent of public schools from the
was rejected by the committee, where
upon Mr.. Johnson gavesnotice that he
would offer the amendment on the
floor of the House. Chairman Mapes
expects to call up the bill for consid
Grafton in the House Monday. If the
steering committee gives the District
of Columbia right of way on that day.
The District committee also ordered
favorable report on the bill giving
patrol wagon drivers in the police de-
partment all the rights of other men,
bers of the force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-19
Daily Capacity Exceeded.

The estimated safe daily capacity
of the conduit is 65.00O,0O0 gallons a
day. Excepting Sundays. there have
been but one or two days this summer
when consumption has been under
67,000,000 gallons. On several days il
has been over 100000 gallons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-19
IN HOT
DEBATE ON LEAGUE
Vice President Forced to Cite
Rules Against lrate
Members.
WILLIAMS STARTS ROW

y charge by Senator williams that
the foreign relations committee had
been stacked against the league Of
nations by the republicans. started
a heated debate in the Senate this
afternoon
The partisan clash became so heat
ed that Vice President Marshall re-
peatedly admonished senators against
breaking the rules.
Senator Moses Replies.
Senator Moses of New Hampshire.
Il new republican member of the COM
mittee. said his selection to member
ship had been stacked against the
President only in the sense that he
is democrat and ] am a republican,"
No" shouted Senator Williams.
you have stacked it against the hope
of world peace as well as against
democratic President. You have left
on it only one republican avoring the
league, Mr.. McCumber of North Da-
kota. and the reason you left him was
because you didn't dare take him off. "
Senator Mccormick. republican. of
Illinois. declared it might also be said
that the peace commission to Paris
was stacked with democrats ready to
bow to the will of the chief execu-
tive"
Senator Williams replied that the
Paris conference at least had done it's
work, while the republican senator's,
through the Knox resolution. were
asking for time to think when. if you
had any capacity to think al all, you'd
have thought long ago.
The discussion was begun by Sem
ator Thomas, democrat, of Colorado.
who said:
Adoption of the Knox resolution re-
garding the league of nations and the
peace treaty would be interpreted as
an uncailed for effort by the Senate to
dictate to the peace conference. The
Colorado senator declared the pro-
posa1 that the Senate declare itself
now against accepting the league as
interwined with the peace terms was
improper and unwise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-19
Sign and End Agony"

BERLIN. June-1s tby the Asso-
ciated PressI.-"Sign the treaty and
be through with the agony is the gist
OF the comment of the people of Berlin
today After the wrath provoked by
the moral Indictment contained in the
covering note of the allied answer
the residents Of Berlin seemed to
have resigned themselves to the iney-
liable.
Rather the end with terror than
terror without end" was the way one
small merchant put il xoday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-19
WEATHER.

Fair tonight and probably tonor-
row: little change in temperature.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending pm. today: Highest, 81,
at $50 pm. yesterday, lowest. 66,
at am. today.
Full report on page 90.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-19

The Associated Press 10 exclusively entitled to
the for republication Of all news dispatches
credited to # or not otherwise credited in this
papey and also the local news published herein
All rights Of publication OF special
dispatches herein also reserved.
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-15
LENINE WANTS BRAINS.

A. few days ago The Herald quoted
a part of a statement made to DR..
Taylor. who is writing on Russian
subjects, by a Bolshevik leader in
which the speaker attributed the lack
of success of the economic movements
in which he was interested to the
failure of men Of brains to accept the
plans proposed, or to cooperate IN
working them out.
Since then, Nikolai Lenine, the head
of the Bolshevist movement, has ex-
pressed himself in similar fashion. He
declares that the economic system
which he advocates needs the services
of experts, and that i: has been i'm
possible to obtain them for exactly the
reasons given by the unnamed leAd-
er quoted by DR.. Taylor-that experts
have no confidence in the Bolshevist
movement or Bolshevist policies.
And again the same. comment be-
comes appropriate, that movement
in which only the unskilled and un-
informed have faith is, according to
all the probabilities, wrong.
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-15
SYNOPSIS.

Eiida Lessing, whose father is dead,
and who has been placed BY he! uncle
On the farm OF German family named
nest of spies. She makes her escape from
the farm with the aid of a young rail-
whose father is the president of the
railroad, and comes to Washington to
lay her information before the secret
service department. .~ e..
Washington safely. and tells her. story.
In the meantime her mother who has
been placed in All asylum by the same
uncle comes to the farm in search of
her She is also taken care OF by young
Stevens, who also brings her to Wash
the Stevens roof. . 81
manifest antics '9 very oi DECIDED interest in each III
other Stevens has been comma stoned
in the army, and is. TO- leave for. France
In few days. '''
Young Stevens finally leaves to,Sjoin
the American army after making Efilda
tempts at revenge by the plotters!s
Comfortably established in nat.
Hilda and her mother discuss the mys-
terious disappearance of large sum OF
money which should have come ito Mrs.
| Ilessing at her husbands death. They
suspect Hilda's uncle.
X Then comes: the tear, that Stevens has
tbeen wounded, Hilda discovers that she
loves his. and at the same time. jumps
! to the conclusion that Stevens social
position is too high for her love to mean
anything to him.
At this point she again falls into the
hands Of the German spies. The captain
! who admires her plans to take her with
| him on a submarine which is to leave
+ that night.
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-15
the flesh prevail against her great

nede. -. .,..l.t
AS the second box began to wheel
into place her mind grew keen and
she knew what she had to do. She
must write q letter to Mr.. stevens.
She had her fountain pen in her
pocket and plenty of envelopes and
stamps. She would put on stamps
drop the letter out Of the window.
She must not be seen. at the window
lest some one set to watch across the
street might see her. That white
face at the window! He would be
on the lookout. He had a telephone
over there. She must be very eau
tious. If she could get that letter out
Of the window when some one was
passing perhaps it would be picked
Oh, she must hurry for the time was
going fast! The sun would be 60
/ ing down and it would be night and
he would be gone, and-she would be
gone with him! Then she thought Of
Daniel Stevens fighting over in
France, and something rose in her to
conquer. What were other girls and
now? They-were both fighting for
their country! They were comrades!
He, would win out, and live or die as
God pleased, and please God she
would win out, too. She might die,
she hoped she would, but she must
win before she died. Before all else,
that man must be caught! ~. -.
She set her shoulder to the box
and her will to the shoulder. and
softly, with velvet slide. the old box
succumbed, slipped into the empty
space, and the barricade was COM
plete. With one breath of relief and
assurance she got up and sat upon
the box. feeling in her pocket for her
ways carried. Then she wrote rapid
lily. the words tumbling Upon the page
faster than she could write them:
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-15
SUPERSTTTIONS.

The fool who started the story that
dire disaster was about to come upon
the world because Of the unusual po-
sition which the planets Of the solar
system will occupy on or about De-
cember Il, ought to be shot off into
space to keep company with the
planets, il such a thing were possible.
Wild predictions Of this sort. are
bound to get into general circulation,
and when they do they cause enough
mischief to make them really serious
things
The beliefs that the weather changes
with the phases Of the moon, that the
signs of the zodiac have an import
ant bearing on a number OF domestic
activities, and that the character of
the approaching season may be ascer-
tanned by an inspection Of the bark
on the trees and the fur on the wild
animals-all these are survivals of
ancient supersutions, absolutely with
out foundation, but in most cases
quite harmless. i,
Baseless predictions OF disaster.
however, are not harmless when they
are credited by any considerable num-
ber of people. Predictions of the end
Of the world, or of tremendous dis
aster to occur on a given date, have
been made from time immemorial.
Within the past generation there have
been several such wild announcements
which have gained sufficient currency
to create a state Of popular feeling
ranging all the way from anxiety and
uneasiness to actual panic. People
have been unable to fix attention on
their ordinary duties, nervous people
have been sent to bed i'll, deaths have
occurred as the result Of nervous
strain. and in not a few cases indi-
viduals have taken their own lives in
desperation, rushing headlong to meet
the fate which they felt was Unavoid-
able.
No situation of this kind can be re-
garded without concern. The fact
that the fa,eful day will pass withou:
| anything in the field of nature or il
| the affairs of men which cannot be az
way does not at all relieve the situation
while it lasts.
The planetary situation which has
been used as the basis of the present
predictions is that about December II
most Of the planets OF our solar sys-
tenn will be approximately in line with
each other and with the sun, an ar
rangement which occurs only once in
a long time. Somebody became Inn
: pressed with the notion that because
the planets would then all be pulling
one way great tidal disturbances
would be created on the sun, and that
these in turn would cause other dis
turbances on the earth. Just why j.
was assumed that this would mean
freezing rather than burning, or ex-
plosion, or some other manifestation
does not appear.
AS a matter of simple fact, the pull
of these planets, lined up instead OF
scattered, will have about as much
influence on the sun as an equal mum.
Der of baseballs lined up across the
Arctic ocean would have on the flow
Of the Mississippi river.
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-15
CHAPTER Xxx.

When she was alone again the
significance of all that had been said
to her pierced to her heart and brain.
Sylvester here, too! Sylvester and
the Captain and all of them determ-
ined to take their revenge. All.
Where were her friends. indeed {!
How could they reach her now! on
ly God could reach and help her.
Surely God was stronger than the
Schwarzes, stronger than all the Ger
mans put together! Surely God
meant to turn back these enemies Of
mankind and freedom some day and
save His people. Surely: Surely!
Wasn't she one of His? Could He,
the great God in heaven. with all the
universe to look after have time to
care that she. little Hilda Leasing,
lay in torment upon. this. old straw
tick waiting for a. swift unnamable
awfulness to come to her?
"Oh, God. my Father in heaven u
she cried with a breath Of her soul
"come help ME, please, now, and
show me what to do if there is any
thing 1 can do. Forgive me for be-
ing sucl, a fool and come and helr
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-15
the cord gave way and she was able
70 loosen it enough to get one hand

the cord gave way and she was able
70 loosen it enough to get one hand
oCc-
Even then it was no easy task to
unite the hard knot behind her head
and atl the time her heart kept pray
ing. praying. her fingers were cold
and tense, with the thought Of how
the minutes were slipping away and
she was doing nothing. nothing to
save herself or capture the man who
was making so much trouble for the
Government! This thought would
prick her tagging forces into action
again, and she struggled with the
knots until at last, with a final ef-
fort, she was free! ,"
Her first thought on getting out of
her fetters was to place "a bar at her
prison door that would keep her cap
tors out. There was the trunk.
Dared she move it across the door?
1t was heavy as lead. But it would
make a noise and bring someone up
to see what was the matter, perhaps.
However, she must try. and she must
might be fatal. She got down beside
the trunk put her shoulder. against
the heavy. box and was rewarded by
feeling 1t move q little. She dared
not move it more than an inch or two
,at a. time. Slowly. painfully lifting
one side and then the other, inch by
inch 1t wheeled into place across the
door, and HiIda sat down to breathe
and think what next. At least she
was safe for. a few minutes. They
could not easily push that trunk
away before she had a chance to call
out the window. But it wouldn't last
for long. She must brace it some
how to the opposite wall. IL she
could only get couple of those
heavy boxes between the bed and the
trunk the thing would be done. Soft
ly she dropped to her task again, en-
dowed with almost superhuman
strength it seemed. and with a will
that would not let mere weakness Of
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-15

Continued on page 22.)
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-15
THE RED SIGNAL
BIZ GRACE LIVINGSTON (LCTZ)
Author OF Enchanted Barn." Man.. EXC.
ne quickly from this terrible pre-

me quickly from this terrible pre-
dicamenti''
Then she rolled herself softly over
and tried to stand up and look about
her. Her head swan. and the gag
and the cords about her wrists hurt
horribly, but something must be done
quickly while yet she was alone and
er way she must find means to kill
herself. But first she must find a
way to send word about the airman.
He must be caught, even if she died
for it. But now was her time to do
anything there was to do before any
body came back to watch her again.
She must get those cords off her
wrists and unite: that gag. 1t could
be done it she tried hard enough.
ritself to prayinsiagain as she strug-
|gied to her feet .alid looked about the
room. r.
The shades were down at the two
windows, showing long, slanting rays
of light from the late afternoon sun
where 1t crept through the scratches
and pinholes in the old green shades.
The room was papered with ugly
dark paper and carpeted with a
faded old ingrain,' accentuating the
darkness of the place. Besides the
and chair. Several boxes, some open,
some nailed shut, stood about the
room and between the bed and the
door was an old leather trunk with
iron straps and rims. She would not
have noticed it if it had not caught
her dress as she started to move
slowly toward the door. One of the
iron rims was broken and bent up.
wards. showing q jagged edge. The
girl gave gasp of eagerness and
slipped softly to her knees, backing
up to the trunk and struggling tc
bring her wrists up to the broker
place in the iron.
1t was hard work, for her hand:
were tied in such a position that sht
could scarcely move, and she coul.
not, of course. see what she was do
ing behind her back. There was al
SO the added problem OF rubbing tn
cords back and forth over the rougl
iron hard enough to cut them with
out making any noise that might b.
heard below. She worked away fo
some time in a ferver. Of horror AM
agony. The blood was running dow
her wrists. and the gag made he
sick and dizzy. Once she staggere'
to her fet, the perspiration dripping
slowly about the room. trying to fin
some more effective means of sever
ing her bonds. but finding none re
turned and went at the task NOR
desperately, stopping every now an
then to listen and make sure she ha
not reused her captors. But at las
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-15

Any ambitious man who has any hold
on his neighbors: personal, social, fin
ancial, or Of any other character.
may use this bill for his own pur-
poses and for the destruction of the
independence OF his neishbors. ;'%;
A more villainous bill was never
enacted and its operation would cast
the state back into the dark ages 50
far as election methods aret con-
cecned.
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-15
"Deas Mr. stevens:


!; M shut upI i. che third story OF
er part 81 TIE eityssnear the tivsr.
think. The; achwarzes are hers. The
mum bered al u. 4 followed, hin, to
see, where ne was ,stsyinE. and they
tight onsas ssubmarinc---7----'''iEsisss1e FED
The rapid. pen paused Just a sec
to take :her with him? Noyfof It
would kill her mother to know that.
Better. let her think anything than
that! -. ~. rs:,s ~, - !,
The pen hurried on: sss.5: e g.
i. "send SOMEONE. quick! / will
draw q, map df the way Iswent as
nearly .as. II can remember after I
left 7Wanamaker's. n II anything hap
pens to me and I don't come home
ing my duty. If l had been q boy I'd
have gone to France to nght.sI want
her, to be glad, she had a girl t. give.
Please get here before dark or he
will, be gone!: II I. find any way Til
give you q signal where r. am. but
don't worry about me. Get the man {
ts's : y =sts ..&s .,'Hfild ,.''Hfilda Lessins.~
She tore the, sheet from her note I
book and enclosed It in one Of her
envelopes, addressing It TO Mr.. Ste
venss office. where he was usually 70
/ he, was. not there his trusted secre.
tary might open. it or hurry, It on to
him. She, wrote Haste! in large let.
ters across. the corner. and. import
anti" Under that. She put. on the
usual postage and then ten.afents IN
stamps and wrote Especial, Delivery
~N.~ - =
when she had no special stamp. and
crept softly over to the window, tax.
ing care: that she kept to ti,1.sside OF
the shade where no one would see
her from across the street. Cautious
ly she slipped her hand along the
sash and turned the fastener. trying
to push up the window. but it would
not bulge. She tried again, pulling
the window was firm. as a rock. She
examined it carefully along the sides.
1t was nailed shut with two big nails
driven through the sash into:thes win
dow frame! She went over to the
other window and found 1t was the
same. Her heart sank and she
slipped down on her knees and
buried her face IN her hands TO
smother dry SOD that came INTO ne.
throat. She prayed again. "Oh: Goo!
Help mel Heip me 10 ca1cn hln pc
fore 1t is too late! Then she Trted
up her head and set her lips oe.
terminediy. She .wouiu nave 10
break the glass! But how TO 90 II SO
that it would make no noise?
y She sat in thought minute or two.
If she should take something heavy.
like her cloak, and lay it on the glass
and then press: hard against it, would
that break 1t quietly? It would
probably rattle down into the street
10
pavement, but she must take that
, chance. There was no other way.
She must tust trust that 1t would lie
in the path and somebody coming
along would pick it UP and mail it.
, Was there a mail bog in sight?r She
slipped to her feet again and peered
mambered T. inst across the street.
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-15
BEAUTY is TRUTH.

BEAUTY is TRUTH.
When old age shall this generation
waste
Thou shalt remain, in midst OF
other woe
Than ours. a friend to men: to whom
thou Sayest,
Beauty is truth, truth beauty; that
is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need
to know"
keats lode to Grecian Urn"
Kotcpak has moved from Omsk to
Tomsk and is throwing Bomsk.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16

states where undeveloped land is avail
able. AS the land is cleared and irri-
gated or drained, it will be aggregated
into projects sufficient to form set
tlement. These larger tracts will then
be divided into farm tracts, which will
be sold to soldiers on a forty year-pay
basis.
Cash Deposit of Per Cent
A cash deposit of 5 per cent will be
required of soldier purchasers. the
price of the tracts being estimated bv
prevailing land values and the cost Of
development to the government. Then
the government will lend up to maxi
mum of $1,000 to the purchaser for
building Improvements, provided he
contributes 25 per cent Of this amount
Tor the same purpose. Finally the gov
ernment will lend up to q mexim1nr Of
$500 for the purchase Of equipment,
provided the soldler-settler cuu.i4,-
utes 90 per cent Of this amount in like
manner
Under the provisions of Mr.. Mon
deii's bill, great fiexibility will be per-
mitted in the administration of the
law SO that the Secretary Of the In
terror will be free to meet without
undue handicaps the many individual
problems which will arise in managing
the settlements.
The bill further prohibits all trans
fers of title or equity in the land pIr-
chased under its provisions within
period OF ten years after purchase
without the written consent of the
Secretary Of the Interior.
Work Would Begin at Once
In a statement issued here to-day
by the Department of the Interior.
Secretary Lane said:
IF farms -for-soldiers Legislation is
passed work will begin at once in the
development of cooperative farm set
Elements. In practically every state
in the Union there are large areas of
suitable land. There is dry land in the
west that needs wa which can be
provided by building >.-...s and canals.
In the East are large areas of cut
over or logged-off timber lands from
which it will be necessary to blow the
stumps and clear the underbrush In
the South is a large amount of cut
over land and swamp land which must
be drained. There would De work of all
kinds in connection with these settle
rents, from the highest technical and
clerical positions to that of laborer.
competent instructors in farm prac-
tlce will be stationed on each project
to teach the men how to make sue
cess of farming. The plan is to he
open to every man who has worn Uncle
SANS uniform in the great wal"