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Evening star., 1919-05-10
ORDER TO HUNS TO RESTORE
OKWAWA SKULL IS UNIQUE
|Calls Attention to Treatment of Natives
In East Africa Like That of
Belgians in War. ..--.

Germany is to restore within six
tan Okwawa, formerly in German
East--Africa, to his Britannia majes-
ty's government"
This sentence from the official
summary Of the peace treaty presented
to the Germans at Versailles set Of.
ficial washington wondering and
swamped Libraries and scientific in
stitutions in the capital with inauir-
ies," says a bulletin from the Ma
tional Geographic Society.
Have Marked Political Value.
Among some tribes of Africa. in
cluding German East Africa, skulls
Of former rulers, called sultans, are
held in high veneration. and their
possession often is of marked politi-
cal value.
There are numerous tribes in Ger
man East Africa alone, and as many OF
these sultans as there are tribes. 1t is
apparent that Sultan Okwawa was a
sort Of Mohammed or Confucius among
his clansmen. and that the nation which
assumes sovereignty over the people
who revere his memory and probably
worship his skeletal remains will be re-
ceived with greater friendliness II it can
restore the precious talisman.
Furthermore. the removal OF the
skull sheds a sidelight upon the long
arm Of German propaganda. reaching
even into darkest Africa in contempla-
ton OF der tag OF Prussias day under
the scorching equatorial sun.
THE German government contributed
a goodly sum for an expedition headed
by Adolphus Frederick. Duke of Neck
lenburg, which ostensibly made a scien-
tifc study of the German protectorate
in Africa in 1907-0S.
There is good reason to believe that
the explorers were not wholly unaware
Of political advantages and by way OF
tribal coup d'etat took away with them
Evening star., 1919-05-10
TWO MILLION SOLDIERS
ALREADY DEMOB|L|zED
Number of Troops Returned From
France Now Exceeds Million,
Gen. March Announces.

Demobilization of the war Army
has passed the 100000 mark. Gen.
March, chief of staf, announced to-
day, and the number of troops re-
turned from France now exceeds
100000.
The official total for demobilization
as announced today is 3.010.671, of
whom 106.476 were commissioned Of
ficers. During April 275297 men were
landed in the United States
Movement During April
The movement from France during
the month of April totaled 303.17S.
Gen. March said that the acceleration
of the official schedule is proceeding
to the point where 1t seems certain
that the official estimate Of $4,000
per month will be reached and ex-
ceeded.
In connection with the homeward
movement of the troops, Gen. March
said 1t was interesting to know that
7S per cent of them had been returned
on American ships. Thirteen per cent
were brought in British bottoms and
8 per cent on ships of other nations.
Wounded Men in France.
total only 1.192, Official records show
As an example of the degree to
which the return of troops has been
expedited, Gen. March said that the
Goth (Texas and Oklahoma) Division,
which was scheduled to sail about the
second week in June, would embark
this month.
Evening star., 1919-05-10
TWO PUNISHED FOR sLAY1NG.
Five and Three Years Given for
Fatal Assault,

Harry w. Cook. colored, was SEN
fenced to serve Ave years in the PEN
itentiary by Chief Justice Mccoy to-
day for manslaughter. Coleman De
Saussure, colored. convicted with him,
was given a term of three years in
the penitentiary.
The men assaulted Albert Mason.
colored, August Is last, striking him
a blow, which resulted in his death.
Marco Payne, also colored, was sent
TO the penitentiary for fve years by
the chief justice. Payne was con-
victed Of an attempted felonfous as
sault on a young colored girl.
Evening star., 1919-05-10
REPUBLICANS ANNOUNCE
LEAGUE NOT PARTY ISSUE

The republican national committee
through its publicity department, has
issued a statement declaring that the
republicans in the Senate will not
make the league of nations a partisan
issue. The republicans in the Senate.
the statement says, will exercise the
privilege of criticising such features
of the covenant as they deem unwise.
but will do SO as senators and not as
republicans.
The statement contends that the
only partisanship exhibited in con-
nection with discussion Of the league
is shown by democratic senators who
subsequently yield their own judg-
ment under pressure from the admin
istration.
Evening star., 1919-05-10
1919 DRILL SCHEDULE
OF HIGH SCHOOL CADETS
Assist. Supt. Kramer Announces
Program for May 10
and 20.

A schedule Of the order in which
the companies of High School Cadets
will appear in the annual competitive
drill at American League Park May
19 and 20 was made public today by
Stephen Kramer. assistant superin-
tendent Of schools.
II you have a relative or friend in
the cadets the following schedule will
inform you whether his company will
drill on May 19 or 20:
Morning. first day-Company F..
Central: Company D. Central: Com
pany M Central: Company X. Cen
trail; Company e. Central; Company /,
Central.
Afternoon. first day-Company NJ.
Business: Company e. Business: Com
pany c. Central; Company G. Central
Company b. Central: Company F,
Eastern: Company L. Western.
Morning, second day-Company D
Mckinley; Company H. Mckinley
Company B. Mckinley; Company c
Mckinley; Company X. Mckinley.
Afternoon. second day-Company A
Mckinley; Company A. Central; Com.
pany I. Business; Company H. West
ern; Company @, Eastern.
Three officers will be detailed by
the War Department to Judge the
drills.
Evening star., 1919-05-10
Americans Ever Ready
to Fight in Freedoms
Cause, Says President

PARIS. May 10.-Pres!dent Will
son. speaking at the session today
OF the Academy of Moral and Po-
litical Sciences. of which he was
elected a foreign associate last
year, said that the United States
came into the war in the cause of
liberty.
Whenever we see tho cause OF
liberty imperiled,' the President
added, I'VE are ready to cast our
lot in common with the lot of those
WHOSE liberty is threatened. That
Is the spirit of the people of the
United States"
The occasion of the Presidents
speech was the presentation to him
of a specially struck gold medal.
Evening star., 1919-05-10
AMERICAN CRUISER
REACHES RUSSIAN REDS

PARIS, Friday, May 9.-word has
reached the American peace delegA-
ton that a courier sent through Nor
way in an endeavor to reach Moscow,
where he was to lay the details Of the
plan for allied food relief before the
soviet government. has completed his
trip. All efforts to communicate the
plan to the soviet government by
telegraph and wireless have thus far
failed and the courier Is believed TO
have brought the first informet tion OF
the allies Intentions to the bolshevik
authorities.
Evening star., 1919-05-10
CHINESE FEELING RUNS HIGH
Ambassador Morris Says DISPOSE.
ton of Shantung Is Responsible

Ambassador Morris at Toxic in an
official dispatch received here yester-
day at the state Department. said
there was very strong feeling
among the Chinese against the jap.
anese As the result Of the disposition
of Versailles. Mr.. Morris told of the
recent disturbances at Peking, during
which the Chinese minister to Toxic
was attacked by students who beliey-
ed he was favorably disposed toward
the Japanese claims.
The ambassador attached no par
ticuIar Significance to the interrup.
ton Of communication out Of China.
Evening star., 1919-05-10
PROTEST GERMAN FLAG.

PARIS. Friday, May (by the Asso-
ciatee Press).-Belgium has protested
to the entente allied powers against
the proposed use by the German re-
public of a red. yellow and black flag
which Is almost identical with that Of
Belgium. Germany originally pro-
posed to use the red, gold and black
flag of the old German federation. but
later adopted yellow in place of the
gold. the result being duplicate of
- =.
Evening star., 1919-05-10
PASSPORTS STILL RESTRICTED
Flood of Applications Brings State
Department Statement.

With the number Of applicants for
European passports increasing daily,
the State Department has issued a
statement reiterating that passports
will be refused to all persons whose
applications the department believes
are not made in good faith or whose
purpose in seeking to go abroad is
purely that Of pleasure or curiosity.
Regardless of previous warnings, it
was said that the department had
been flooded with passport applica-
tions, a largo number Of which have
been refused.
Evening star., 1919-05-10
RAIL FINANCING A BURDEN.
Bankers to Ask Congress to Replen-
ish Revolving Fund.

NEW YORK, May 1o.-With view
to obtaining relief at the earliest
possible moment from the burden of
financing the railroads bankers held
a conference yesterday with repre-
sentatives Of the Association Of Rail-
way Executives in the omces of J. p.
Morgan & Co.
The bankers made 1t clear that the
drain upon their resources caused by
the necessity Of advancing funds to
tho railroads has become too great.
They suggested that an organized ef-
fort be made to get the Forthcoming
Congress to expediate legislation
which will replenish the revolving
fund Of the railroad administration.
Evening star., 1919-05-10
Secretary Lane 0ratiiied.

Secretary Of the Interior franklin
X. Lane expressed much qualification
today with the report Of victory loan
subscriptions by employees OF his de-
partmsnt- Although complete returns
! have not yet been made. 1t was stated
that approximately $4,000 900 had
been subscribed and that of this
by employees Of the department in
Washington. Throughout the cam.
paign the Secretary has kept IN close
touch with the progress OF the loan
and curing the closing days made n
number of addresses
Evening star., 1919-05-10
employees ADD TO PLEDGES.

War Department employees have in
creased their total subscriptions to
the victory liberty loan to 32.521. 800.
The subscriptions were made BY %
1876 employees. being "a per cent of
the total force. A clean record of
bureau and the telegraph and reouisi- :
tion and accounts division of the of :
fee OF the Secretary OF War. The Office
OF the director OF finance has a record
OF 80 per cent in subscription and
the motor transport onice a record Of
% po1~1ents
Evening star., 1919-05-10
Final Contest for Air Rides.

: The final contest for the victory air
rides by solicitors OF sales Of victory
liberty bonds Will take place from 5
pm until lnidnrHi.t tonight
Awards for today's contest which
closes al pm. will be made at that
hour at victory liberty loan head
quarters. I4l3 II street northwest
Inc awards in the contest which
closes at midnight will be made at
headquarters at 10 o'clock Monday
morning.
The rides in the Army airplanes at
Rolling Field were awarded yester-
DAY afternoon TO Miss Annie L. Ste
y<os of the Lenox apartments and
h. lyle Of the Evans building
Evening star., 1919-05-10
NO CHANGE IN PLAN TO
GET MEN OUT OF RUSSIA

There has been no change in the
War Departments planN for with
drawing the American troops from
northern Russia, Gen. March, chief
Of staff. said today, and it Is ex-
pected that all Of them will be out
by June. Gen. March said. however,
that he had no recent official dis
patches regarding the movement
Evening star., 1919-05-10
COURT ORDERS AID LOAN.
Investments by Trustees and 9th.
ers, Totaling so, 400, Authorized.

Washington's effort to boost the vic
tory loan over the top has been aided
materially by orders signed by JUS
tice Bailey. presiding in the probate
division. At the request of guardians
administrators and trustees. the court
authorized total investment Of So
400 in victory notes. according to fig-
ures made public today by w. C. Tay-
lor. deputy register Of wills,
Evening star., 1919-05-10
Chief Parts Of Exhibit.

The exhibit includes one of the IA
;mous Filloux 165-millimeter, long
range guns, . trench mortar. q giant
All are mounted on or propelled by
<tfactofs. A giant searchllght ia
mounted on q tower. and there IL q
J formidable array Of equipment. The
! organization brings with it a COM
:plete band and will give concerts 4.
J an added feature Of the exhibits and
i drills
! The train, which includes seventeen
. cars, arrived on the siding at the foot
OF 18th street early this morning.
Tho guns will remain on exhibit In
I; front OF tho White House until $50
. when they will rumble down Pennsyi-
vas1ia avenue and halt In the triangular
; park In front Of the Southern railway
, building. They will remain there until
$3.50 and give . series Of concerts and
drills. The train 10 under command OF
/, Lieut.. Col. H. FF. SpurGin.
{ A total OF 91S6.o00 worth Of victory
! loan pledges was taken in Loews Palace
. 1heAter lAat night a. . result OF q rous
! Ing rally and sales campaign.
approximately $150,000 was sub
. 0crfbed yesterday by employees Of the
/. government printing ONCE. bringing
the total subscriptions Of the big print
plant up to $45o.o0o. This remarkable lie
showing was largely due to the ef-
forts Of Public Printer Cornelius Ford,
who made an eleventh hour appeal to
the entire force.
Evening star., 1919-05-10
Rio Janeiro Strike Spreading.

BU UENO6 A11SI1CS = tf01y' 3N2y "
Advices reviewed here from Rio
Janeiro state that tho port strike
there is spreading. 1000 men being
idle. There have been no disorders.
Sailors from the Brazilian navy are
taking the place Of the strikers and
ships have continued to sail from the
harboE -
Evening star., 1919-05-10
$3,5O0,0OO,0OO LOANS
TOTAL AT NOON TODAY
Treasury Says Reports of Sub.
scriptions Not Turned in Indi-
cate Greater Amount.

Onacial subscriptions to the victory
liberty loan shortly before noon today
Appropriated &s.50o. 900. 900. A state
ment by the Treasury said reports
Of unreported subscriptions indicated
that the .conntry's total was greatly
above the official showing"
From all Districts" said the state
MAnt. came optimistic reports. xEyen
k1zKsDallas district, which has cAuHed
1rs4sury ofdcials and local leaders
zpftit that presased victory"
Today Tells the Tale.
-The SUCCESS Of the last popular
xmerican war loan II in the balancs
banks will accept subscriptions and
then they Will take ten days to report
their sales. The degree Of success
will not be known definitely until
some time after May 20. when each
bank is required to render an account
Ing with the federal reserve bank of
the district.
The nation started it's fnaI days
drive with $s,3i4,s7o,o00 already
pledged and clinched with initial pay
rnents OF subscribers. At an early
hour kilograms began to reach ma
'tional loan hsadquarters in the
Treasury telling of new millions but
these probably will not be tabulated
until the final results are known
nearly two weeks hence.
Subscriptions May Be Cut Down.
All subscriptions of $4,000 or less
will be taken in full. even II the loan
total 10 oversubscribed. In this case,
however. subscriptions of more than
that amount are liable to be pared
down to keep the accepted sum to
approximately $4.5o0.0 900. 900. There
has been much speculation as to the
scriptions for $4,000 and leas might
exceed the $4,000, 100000 and thereby
force the amount to be accepted d
above that mark. This was considered
highly improbable by officials, how
ever.
Evening star., 1919-05-10
Dr.. Loren A. Sadler Dead,

, Or. Loren A. sadler, for many years
principal examiner of the patent Of
nee. died at his home. 1904 Decatur
street Thursday. He was nifty years
old. Funeral services were held this
afternoon at the First Presbyterian
Church at $3.50 o'clock. He is sur
vived by his wife. Mrs. Mary A. Sad
Ter.
Evening star., 1919-05-10
Girl Poisoner 'sNot Guilty"

SEATTLE, Wash, May 10.-Ruth
Garrison, eighteen -year-old girl who
confessed to the poisoning OF Mrs
Grace G.. Storrs, her rival for the love
Of d. M. Storrs, her husba nd, on March
IS last. has been found not guilty by
q jury. which held her mentally irre-
AnonaihnrAts-th0u 0uxt I'm nr.of tho IoHkW6A
Evening star., 1919-05-10
Will Avoid Bargaining.

According to the Berlin Zeitung Am
Mittag, the delegation at Versailles
will carefully avoid any bargaining.
but will present definite, clear-cut
counter propositions which, in part.
have already been prepared.
'These counter proposals.. the
newspaper declares editorially. will
be based on the fourteen points so
djseracefulIy abandoned by President
Wilson. II the German people had
TO vote on these terms. as whole.
there would not be in the whole en-
pire a single yes Force without
measure or limit-that used to be a
Wilson phrase-and the wilson
peace offered us yesterday falls in
this category, instead of on his four
teen points
Evening star., 1919-05-10
|PATR|A BRINGS 1877
OFFICERS AND MEN
Arrives at New York From Mar
seille. With Many Eastern
Troops.

NEW YORK. May 1e.-The Army
transport Patria arrived here today
from Marseilles with 73 officers and
1874 men. nearly half OF whom were
members OF the aOsth Machine Gun Rat
TALON, 18th Division (western New
York. Delaware and New Jersey.
The others were members OF the s25th
Bakery Company and oasualsr all des-
tined for Camps Meade. Taylor. Dodge
Custer. Pike. Grant, Sherman. Dix,
Lewis and Upton.
Evening star., 1919-05-10
Lieut.. Col. Starr Ordered Here.

Lieut.. Col. John P. Starr, ordnance
department. at South Bethlehem. Pa,
has been ordered to this city for duty
with the personnel branch, ordnance
bureau, -6thr and b streets.
Evening star., 1919-05-10
Russ Dowager Empress in Britain.

LONDON Friday. May s.-Dowager
EMPRESS Marie Feodorovna Of Rus
ala and her daughter, Grand Ouch
ess Xenie, arrived in England today
on board a British warship. They
were met in this city by King George
and Queen Mary and Queen Mother
Alexandra.
Evening star., 1919-05-10
Capt. Austin's New Assignment.

Capt. Frank +. Austin has been de-
tached from duty in tho bureau of
navigation, Navy Department. and
ordered to the U. s. S. Northern Pa
cific as executive officer.
Evening star., 1919-05-10

the skull which now has gained such
unlocked for publicity.
THE duke wrote a book about his
travels in which he states. in sum-
that 1.017 skulls and about 1000
ethnographtca were collected
He describes visits to various sui
tans.' At one point he digresses from
botany and linguistics to give this
naive comment on German policy
IT is desired to strengthen and enrich
the sultan and persons in authority
and to increase thereby their inter
est in the continuance of German rule
At the same time. by steadily con-
trolling and directing the sultan and
using his powers, civilizing influences
would be introduced. Thus by de-
grees, and almost imperceptibly to
comes nothing less than the executive
instrument OF the resident (German)
governor
But Germany's early policy in her
African colonial expansion was mark
ed by no such adroit methods: rather
toms and ruthless measures as that
indicated by her removal Of the skull
referred to in the treaty.
T Caused Reign of Terror.
Karl Peters, one of the first Ger
mans to seek to exploit African re-
sources. instituted such a reign of ter
ror among the natives by inhuma n
treatment. and especially by whole
sale murders of their women, that the
German government was compelled to
remove his commission until the
storm of civilized protest blew over.
But Peters was soon restored and
other bureaucratic German officials
rudely deposed native rulers. instead
Of Cooperating with them as did the
British, and thus melted numerous
native uprisings. One of these. in
1905. cost nearly $4,000 native lives
before the Africans succumbed to the
same sort of terrorism as that insti-
tuted in Belgium in 1914"
Evening star., 1919-05-10
Veteran Horse Show Judge Dies.

NEW YORK. May 1o.-Charles A.
Raudoufne, veteran four-in-h hand
whip and prominent exhibitor and
Judge at horse shows throughout the
country, has died at his homo here. He
was sixty years old.
Evening star., 1919-05-10

delegates be sent, but there was no
attempt to revolt or bolshevism.
Evening star., 1919-05-10
Feeling Of Amazement.

Reports from the Versailles corre-
spondents emphasized the feeling Of
amusement and excitement which
prevailed on the reading OF the terms
OF the peace treaty. All the corre-
spondents agree that no hasty de-
eision will be reached. A fortnight
Is allowed the Germans for an an
swer, and this time will be used for
careful confederation Of the demands
and the preparation of counter sug-
gestions. the correspondents say.
There is much speculation In Ber-
lin as to whether the terms repre-
sent maximum demands which may
be reduced or whether they are
minimum and irreducible.
Evening star., 1919-05-10
'CLIMAx OF LOAN
CAMPAIGN TONIGHT
AT LIBERTY HUT
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permits, they will give an exhibition
In PennBylvanla avenue In front Of the
White House during the day
The guns Are propelled by massive
caterpillar tractors. and are fantastically
.cAmounaged In green. orange and black.
They are accompanied by fourteen on
cers and 100 enlisted men.
Evening star., 1919-05-10
EBERT SEES WAR
DANGERS IN TERMS

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pended for a week and allow in the
theaters only such productions as cor
respond to the seriousness of these
grievous days" -
4. Stunned by Severity.
BERLIN. May s.-Tht parliamentary
leaders of all factions who are In Ber-
lin to attend committee meetings
admit that they were stunned by the
severity of the proposed peace terms.
Beyond casual comment, however,
they declined to discuss the entente's
conditions or details or-to forecast the
assembly's probabte attitude.
ent socialists declared the peace Of
fered was wholly dictatorial and that
its revision was possible only
through q world revolution.
Attitude of People.
The people. though fairly stricken
dumb by the peace terms, are now re-
covering sufficiently to declare that
Germany cannot and will not sign
the compact, no matter what comes.
Strikes are increasing and bolshe :
vism and the Spartacan uprising of
the past two months have, II any
thing, made Germans immune to the
possible horrors which are to be an
ticipated II they are again plunged
into war, according to the best opin-
ion here.
There exists a small group Of Ger
mans, chiefly conservatives, who pre-
fer seeing the entente occupy the
whole country to having it holshe-
vik, but they are in the dwindling
minority.
Evening star., 1919-05-10

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New Britain herald., 1919-06-28
STRIKE EPIDEMIC
 TOUCHES CHICAGO
10000 Building Laborers Quit and Bremen and Policemen Threat
 en to Walk Out.

Chicago, June 28.-Ten thousand building laborers and bod carriers were on strike today for an increase in wages from 57 1-2 cents to 75 cents an hour. More than 150 structures are affected by the strike.
 Strikes of policemen and fremen also were indicated today. Heads of the Patrolmen's assoclation with a membership of 5000 out of $500 po- icemen, asserted the men were not satisfied with the council finance com mtttee's raise of $240 a year to $1,74O and would not accept less than $2,0OO. They will take a strike vote at a meeting tomorrow. City ffremen, vot- ed a similar raise, also are dissatisfied and demand $2,000 a year their lead CTS said and will meet tomorrow to vote on whether they shall resign en masse."
New Britain herald., 1919-06-28
MOTHER OF IA DIES OF HEART TROUBLE
Mrs. Matilda Felechner Succumbs at Her Home in Stanley Quarter
 Last Night

Mrs. Matilda Felechner, wife of Matthew Felechner and the mother Of IA children, died suddenly at her home in Stanley Quarter at 10 o'clock last night. Mrs. Felechner was ap- parently in good health all day and her death came as a shock to her husband and family.
 As the Felechner home is over the Pennington town line, the coroner of that town was called. He gave per m!sslon to have the body removed. Death was due to heart trouble
 Mrs. Felechner was twice married. She was 4S years of age. The funeral will be held on Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock from St Matthew's church. Rev. A. c. Theodore Steege wll pfhciate. Interment will be in Fair eiew cemetery