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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-25
BOARD Of TRADE
HOLDS SHAD BAKE
Six Hundred From This City
Attend Victory Outing at
Chesapeake Beach.
UNCLE JOE PLAYS HOOKY

Six hundred strong, the Washington
Board of Trade held its twenty fifth
annual shad bake and victory outing
at Chesapeake Beach yesterday. The
morning train carried more than half
of the members. but in the afternoon
a large detachment arrived in time to
witness most of the festivities.
At 1890 the first dinner was served.
Uncle Joe" Cannon was member OF
the first contingent and told how glad
he was to be along.
The weather, until late in the aft
ernoon, was ideal for the outing. and
the amusement devices along the
boardwalk kept everybody busy. The
paddle man proved an exceptionally
popular person. and many staid Board
Of Trade members were seen carefully
making their way home last night
under their arms.
In the sack race Lieut.. Bob Eller
was the most capable navigator and
was declared the winner. {. H. Ruon
and r. Fl. Bachschmid were the vic
tors in the three-legged race. J. For
are from Philadelphia. but who are
now employed in the bureau of en-
craving and printing. staged a fast
three-round boxing match. No de-
cision was rendered.
Show Given at Pavilion.
Reinforced by the late arrivals,
every one gathered at the pavilion for
the show in the afternoon. S. Percy
Oliver. the gabby clown 1uggler,
demonstrated that as a balancer OF
miscellaneous articles. ranging from
a ball to a plate. he was most prof.
cient Murray Clifford gave fine imi-
tation of a cornet player, but it was
discovered that the real player was
behind the piano, and Murray was
bombarded with assorted missiles.
W. T. Pierson, assisted by DR.. William
A. Boyd. sang Sons Of America.
selections Mile. Marie de Pom Pom.
in "a poetry of notion" proved him.
self a dancer of no mean ability.
Lieut.. Joseph Magee. L. S. A. assisted
by Lieut.. l.. r. North, L. S. N. as the
"jazzo comedian" had a splendid act
and received vociferous applause.
Arthur Witcomb: cornet soloist OF
the Marine Band. having severed his
connection with Murray Gifford's act.
had a little act Of his own and was
given big hand. The Hawaiian Sex
tette, composed of Harry Gilman. AL
Levin. George Hoge and Raymond
Acton. played in pleasing manner
The Imperial Male Quartet. with
James X Young. first tenor; Newton
T. Hammer. second tenor: Ambrose
Durkin, first bass: J. f. S. Kinsella,
second bass. and Byron Blodgett as
the accompanist, won the immediat e
approval Of the gathering.
Committee Members.
The dinner committee consisted of
Edward ]. Murphy. chairman: Arthur
Carr. vice chairman; Ernest J. Lees
nitzer and Joseph P. Stephenson The
entertainment committee comprised
DR.. Frank E. Gibson, chairman. and
Seaton w. Trunnel. vice chairman.
Music was by Sol Minister'S Band
All who could possibly go went to
the beach for the affair. and as Uncle
Joe" Cannon said he did, many
"sneaked' away from important bust
ness affairs to be present. The trips
both down and up were emily aned by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-25

That Washington would contribute
its quota of 100000 to the Salvation
Army Home Service fund. was made
evident last night when money began
to roll into headquarters of the COM
mittee directing the drive. A barrel
containing all kinds of cash and evil
dences of cash in the form of checks
was rolled into the Office of 1914 II
street and later taken to the Federal
National Bank to be counted.
To Announce Pledges Tomorrow.
The last luncheon of the team cap
tains, the executive committee and
invited guests will be held at the New
Willard tomorrow noon, when an an
nouncement Of the approximate amount
of money contributed or pledged will
be made. Percy Foster. who Is direct
ing the work Of the teams. said he
thought it would be something like
s135 900.
Last night about $4,000 had actual
ly been accounted for. This did not
include barrels Of money" at the the
aters and in other places waiting to
be counted. How much these would
give up no one would venture to esti-
mate.
Department Reports Not In.
Not a government department had
made a complete report last night.
The United States Shipping Board had
collected up to closing time yesterday
about $1,000, but Chairman of the
would put on a stunt tomorrow and
bring the total to $4,000.
Alfred Holmead, who is directing
the work at the Interstate Commerce
Commits sion, said he thought the en-
ployes and officers would give a per
plete reports from the Department Of
Agriculture, the Department of Com
merce, the government printing Of
fee and other departments and bu-
reaus indicated that the clerks would
respond as they did in previous
drives.
Mrs. Louis Brownlow sold one
doughnut for $50. Tho purchaser de-
clined to give her name. Several
doughnuts brought $25 each, and it
was quite a common thing on the
streets yesterday for citizens to ex-
yeomen CD sold these popular deli
cacies until midnight. The aggregate
cash product could not be ascertained.
Tank From Camp Meade.
A tank from Camp Meade added zest
to the drive. 1t patrolled the streets
telling it's story by means of two
great streamers which decorated it's
sides. Citizens were invited to fill the
monster with current coin of the re-
public. The response was generous,
according to reports to the commit
tee.
II am literally exhausted trying to
count money" said Mr.. Foster late
last night, as he was preparing to
leave headquarters for his home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-25
Abandoned Valua bles.

Being forced to leave the ship in such
a hurry, passengers left their clothes,
jewelry, money and other valuables be-
hind and all were lost.
The company's officials have as vet
been unable to learn the cause of the
fire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-25

Men prominent in the business life
Of the United States and the Latin
American countries will attend the
second Pan American commercial con-
ference to be held in the -Ameri-
can building from June to 8. The
opening session will be at 10 o'clock
on the morning Of June 3.
Frank L. Polk, acting Secretary OF
State and acting chairman Of the
governing board of the Pan-American
Union, will open the session. Senior
Don Beltran Matthew, ambassador Of
Chile: Senior Don 1gnac.o Calderon.
minister of Bolivia. and Speaker Gill
let of the House Of Representatives
will speak. Among the speakers at
other sessions will be Secretary
William C. Redfield, Charles NJ Schwah
Of the Bethlehem Steel Company. Frank
A. Vanderlip. president of the National
City Bank of New York; Edward N
Hurley, chairman Of the United States
Shipping Board DR.. L. 8. Rowe, assist
ant secretary Of the Treasury: julius G.
Lay. foreign trade adviser of the State
Department DR.. Burwel c. Cutler,
chief of the bureau of foreign and do
mestic commence, Department Of Com
merce, consular. commercial and finan-
cial representatives OF Latin American
countries and the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-25
Other Sections Suffer.

Jennings and Lafayette also felt thA
effect of the storm, but no reports or
damage at those places had been re-
ceived here tonight. Telegraph and
railroad companies reported wire con-
ditions crippled in the storm area
The local weather bureau reported the
rainfall during the past twelve hours at
Corpus Christi as zoe inches Galveston,
40; Shreveport, lao, and Vicksburg,
1872
NEW ORLEANS. May 24.-Bernard
Bellick and Louis Schumback Of New
Orleans were drowned and several
other persons had narrow escapes when
caught in a sudden squat on Lake
Pontchartrain late today. Schumback
lost his life in an attempt to rescue
Bellick and several other members of
a picnic party whose small boats had
been overturned by the blow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-25
People Deceived. He Says.

Germany made war to conquer
more territory. The old regime had
long prepared for 1t. The people be-
lieved that it was a war of defense
because they had been lied to. All
this has been proved. Those who per-
sist in lying knowingly have no RICH.
TO complain of the rigor Of the peace
terms because the rigor is the result.
of their attitude"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-25
Loss Over 100000.

The loss of the Virginia with her
cargo is estimated by officials at be-
tween 100000 and 81 100000. the
cargo. which consisted of merchan-
disc. cotton products and other
freight. being valued at about
100000.
4 report that a negro believed to
have set fire TO the ship. was chained
in irons on the City of NorfolP de-
veloped the fact that the negro was
chained there for safe Keeping be-
cause OF creating a disturbance and
being intoxicated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-25
Stand by Till Faces Are Blistered.

These three men. each of whom had
done his part to save the lives of
others. stayed until the fire got SO hot
that their hands and faces were Bills
tered. Then they leaped into the
water. II is believed that all of them
were picked up.
Maj. Davidson was picked up by a
lifeboat and taken to the steamer
Florida. sister ship. Finding that
the Florida was bound for Baltimore
he got into another lifeboat and went
over to the City of Norfolk to con-
tinue on his way to meet his friend.
Within fifteen minutes after the blaze
burst forth on the Virginia the men on
the City of Norfolk, who were doing all
in their power to rescue those on the
burning vessel. could hear the cries for
help floating up to them out of the
water. The boats of the two vessels
guided by the cries of those who, with
lifebelts around them, were battling
with the water. picked up all they could
find.
Those who witnessed the burning of
the steamer were impressed by the short
time in which il was consumed. BY
80 O'Clock the Virginia was a black
ened and smoking hulk. burned right
down to the water line
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-25
Trade Possibilities to Be Discussed.

The possibilities Of growth In trade
between the pan american countries
| and the increases in both export and
import commerce which have been
made during the past few years, are
strikinEly revealed by figures made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-25
Peace Terms Discussed.

In discussing the peace terms. Or
Greeting said that they were nc
more than could have been expected
in view of the ruin and devastatio'I
caused by the German armies. lie
criticised the speeches delivered b?
Count Won Brockdorn- Rantzau at
Versailles, and by President Fehren
bach before the national assembly. in
which both refused to admit the re-
sponsibility of Germany. DR.. Greeting
said that such declarations were false
and have little weight. and showed
that their authors had not learned
anything.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-25
STEAMER TRAGEDY
DEATHS IN DOUBT
Passengers Say Over Twenty
Perished in Virginia Dis
aster in Chesapeake Bay.
OFFICIALS SURE ALL LIVE

NORFOLK. Va. May 24.--Whiie
some passengers. rescued from the Old
Bay Line steamer Virginia, which was
burned to total loss several miles
above Smiths point early this morn
ing expressed the belief tonight that
between twenty and twenty-five per-
sons lost their lives in the fire O. were
drowned. officials of the company at
the same time declared they believed
all of the 1856 passengers listed at
Baltimore were saved.
Say Woman and Child Perished.
What is considered as fiIst-hand
knowledge that a woman and child
We're drowned and that three negro
firemen persisted in the flames was de-
veloped in the statements of tonight:
and third passenger. citizen of
Norfolk. who was one of the last TO
leave the stricken shin. stated he be-
Iieved at least twenty persons were
trapped in their stateroomS by smoke
and flames.
Ninety-tWo of the rescued We're
brought here on the Chesapeake line
steamer city of Norfolk and the re-
mainder taken to Baltimore on the
steamers city of Baltimore, Florida
and City of Annapolis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-25
DEATH PART OF TOLL
OF STORM IN SOUTH
Many Persons Injured and More
Than Million Property
Loss in Texas.

HOUSTON. Tex. May 24.-One man
dead. two others reported drowned.
scores Of persons injured and property
loss of more than a million dollars at
the Goose Creek Oil Field is the toll
of a storm which swept about nifty
miles northwest of Houston this
morning.
Some of the Details.
NEW ORLEANS. May 24.-Passene.
gers arriving here today from points
in Texas and southwest Louisiana
brought reports of a severe storm
which passed inland today on the
Texas coast between Orange and
Houston.
F According to these reports a man
named Banks was killed in a ship.
yard at Orange during the storm. It
was also said the shipyard there was
considerably damaged. Several houses
at Port Arthur were damaged;F pas
sengers stated. '--.-l
Mrs w. F. Harveson and grand
daughter Miss Laura Nauman, were re-
ported injured at Lake Charles when
the roof of a shed in which they took
refuge collapsed.
Several derricks in the Edgerly oil
fields near Beaumont were blown
down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-25
Captain Thrown Into Water.

Can't. W. G.. Lane OF the stricken
vessel who was the last man to leave
his ship. was cut off from his subordi-
mates by the flames which swept the
forward freight deck near which por-
ton of the vessel the fire is believed
10 have originated He was thrown
into the water after being burned
about the face and hands following
loud explosion. and was rescued by
the steamer Florida. which carried
him TO Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-25
MILITARY SEEING
RE|NS IN GERMANY
0Iigarchy Being Formed
More Powerful Than Scheide-
mann Government.

ZURICH, Switzerland. Friday, May
% (French Wireless Service).--A mil
itary oIigarchy is being formed in
Germany, according to DR.. Richard
Grelling. the author of 'JAccus." who
has just returned here from Munich.
The oligarchy is more powerful than
the Scheidemann government he de-
clared. as the government only man
ages to remain in power with the sup
port of the military caste and of mer-
cenary troops.
Army Well Disciplined.
The army created by the govern
ment." DR.. Grelling continued, lis well
disciplined. well fed and well paid
The government can no longer act
as 1t desires because it can do nothing
against the will Of the generals who
tolerate the present cabinet for lack
OF a more suitable one. The situation
in Gernaby is developing in dan
g"rous manner. The military caste -
not yet thinking of the restoration of
the monarchy. but who can say what
wi / happen later?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-25
D. c. BOYS TO SHARE
VIRGINIA WELCOME

Continued from First Pase.)
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-10-17
War Prohibition.

The war department declared in a
statement that 'the accident of war
and the process of rehabilitation
are at an end"
Wartime prohibition, however
cannot be lifted until after the rati-
tfcation of the peace treaty, in the
opinion of the attorney general, A
Mitchell Palmer.
The wartime prohibition law pro-
vides it shall remain in force until
after the termination of the war and
the rehabilitation of the army. Mr.
Palmer has held the state of wal
does not end until the treaty has
been ratified. President Wilson took
a similar position in asking congress
early in the year to repeal the war
! time law in so far as it affected light
wines and beer.
If President Wilson is minded to
lift the ban against the sale of in
toxicating liquor after the procla-
nation Of peace and before the Pro
hibition amendment goes into effect
on January 16, no further opposition
to such action will be offered by the
dry forces, it is said.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-10-17
Find 425 Pints On Steamer.

Norfolk, Va, October 10.-Members
of prohibition squad of police depart
ment found 425 pints of whisky in
Old Dominion steamer jamestown
when that vessel arrived at her pier
here last night rom New York.
The booze was hidden i'm almost
every conceivable place on the ship.
Some was found in ventilators, I'M
der the coal and behind pipes, etc.
The police claim the whisky would
have Melted to owners more than
$4,000 had they the opportunity to
sell it.
The police were unable to ascer-
tain who owned the booze, and for
that reason no arrests were made.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-10-17

ploy a competent Auditor to audit the
books.
1t was decided that the Board OF
Education pay for the transportation
of the Flohrville children to Sykes
vile at the rate of $3.50 day.
The vacancies i'm the Board of tTus-
tees at various schools were filled
as follows: Sandy Mount, Marion
Flater, Frank Vogt; Stacks, William
Wilson; Gathers, Walter J. Thomas
Supt. Unger was authorized to ISSUE
the usual annual report.
The payment of $1.0O per month fol
storage of the county wagon in Man
chester was decided upon; the Sup
erintendelt was authorized to sell
the wagon as soon as possible.
LSupt. Unger was authorized to get
permission from the State Super1n-
tendent to sell the school building To-
Gated on Charles street, in Westmins-
ter.
The appointments of County Scnol-
arships were made as follows: W.
M. College, Matilda Shipley, Freedom
district; w. wi. College, Martha Man
ahan, Westminster district; Md. Insti-
tute of Art and Design, Mrs, Florence
Johnson, Baltimore.
The meeting adjourned at $50 D.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-10-17
SYKESVILLE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Vivian LeatherwooC
spent Sunday with friends in Gath
ersburg.
Mr. and Mrs. George Bennett ant
children spent Sunday with Mr.. Ben
nett's brother in Montgomery county
Mr.. and Mrs. Leatherwood spent
one day with friends at Rocky Ridge
recently.
Miss Sadie Alexander spent one day
this week at the home Of her. sister
Mrs. LeatherWood.
Mr. and Mrs. V. c. Leatherwood
Mr.. Quincy Leatherwood, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wood Sullivan and daughter
motored to Washington on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Warner and chill
dren spent Sunday with Mrs. War
ner's brother, at Granite, Baltimore
county.
Mr.. Morley Leatherwood, of Balti-
more, spent Sunday with Mr.. Quincy
Leatherwood.
Mrs Florence Chenowith is at
Maryland University Hospital with
typhoid fever.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-10-17
Moves Mill 25 Miles I'm IL Hours.

The American Army had the repu-
tation of doing things on big
scale; and when the war ended it
had a regiment which was from six
to ten times larger than the average
regiment. In the infantry this Or
dinarily comprises about 5000 men
and in the engineers about 1900
men. But there was one regiment of
engineers which at the time of the
signing of the armistice had on its
rolls $50 officers and 1888 men, an
aggregate of 1888.
This was the Twentieth Engineers
(Forest), which was made up of the
Iforesters and lumbermen, who went
over to get out the wood needed for
Uncle Sans army. In honor of
these men the American Forestry
Magazine of Washington, d. c., has
just issued special number telling
of their work The number has
scores of pictures showing how i'm
portant the forestry work was to
winning the war. The American
Forestry Association is now receiv-
ing subscriptions to its fund for
helping reforest France and Belgium.
The work of these woOdsmen, saw
mill operators and lumberjacks was
to supply the army with the millions
of feet of lumber required every
month.
The Twentieth Engineers included
men from all parts of the United
States. 1t contained men from the
spruce and fir forests of the North
west and from the pine belt of the
South, woodsmen and sawmill opera
tors from New England and Michi-
gan, graduates and students from
forest schools all over the country
and skilled employees from lumber
concerns. They cut timber with a
rapidity which made the French open
their eyes in surprise. They did
things which they had been told
were impossible. The group at one
mill would make record one day,
only to learn that some other COM
pany smashed it the next day. Old
French sawmills buzzed with a speed
to which they were not accustomed
and mills which were supposed to
turn out 10000 feet a day made ii
$4,000 feet and then 10000 feet
One mill which was rated with a
capacity of 10000 feet of lumber in
a 10-hOur day made the record OF
the war, when it ground out IT,
486 feet i'm % hours and 30 minutes
This was done by the Twenty-seventh
Company.
On one occasion a 10,000-foot mill
was moved a distance OF % miles
and was in operation AZ hours after
\ ii ceased saving In its first location
i Five days had been allowed as a
reasonable time to move the mill
| That shows something of the speed
with which these forestry boys
made things hum when they got to
France.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-10-17

James c. Mclean, 1O5, the oldest
Odd Fellow in the world, died at
Franklin, O., recently.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-10-17
Proposed Regulation OF Meat Pack
ers EffectiVe-WOuld Put Burden
OF Proof On MONOPOLY,

The Packers are trying to raise
a fog concerning the Kenyon Bill by
making people think that it would
establish a license system" AS a
matter of fact, no such system is in
yolVed in the Bill Would requiring
a reckless driver to give bond for
future good conduct create a "bond-
ing SYSTEM? The idea is little short
of absurd. Obviously, the bond
would be required only of a driver
who was reckless and would not
affect those who did not drive auto
mobiles, nor those who did not drive
them recklessly
The fact concerning the Meat
Packing industry is that it has been
found to be in the control of a mon
Opoly. This fact has been found by
the Food Administration and by the
Federal Trade Commission. Also,
previous Government Investigation,
long before the Federal Trade Com
mission was established, has proved
the same fact.
The question is, how can we make
the Antitrust Laws effective in
stamping out monopoly in the Meat
Packing Industry, and remove the
menace of a great food trust? We
do not want to destroy the Meat
Packers, but they must be regulated
Past experience shows that it has
been almost impossible to convict
the trust, and when convicted the
results have been small Therefore,
Senators Kenyon and Kendrick, in
drawing their Bills, which are now
before the Senate Committee on Ag-
riculture, have endeavored to put
teeth in them,-teeth which will be
effective in checking monopoly.
They believe that the investiga-
lions of the Food Administration and
of the Federal Trade Commission
establish a prima facie case that
monopoly control exists Therefore,
these Bills shift the burden of proof
to the Meat Packers. That means
that when the Secretary of Agricul-
ture shall find that the Meat Packers
are disobeying the law, he may take
prompt action against them, which
action will be effective unless the
Packers can prove in the Courts that
the findings of the Secretary of Ag
rlculture are wrong. To accomplish
this, the Bills provide that the Pack
ers must 60 through the form of
taking out a license, in which they
agree to live up to the Antitrust
Laws. If they are found to be in
violation of these laws, the Bills
provide that the Secretary of Agri-
culture may either suspend or re-
woke the license The Meat Packer
may then appeal to the Courts and
have full hearing before action is
taken Thus he is provided with his
"day in Court"
This is not a license system"
like that enforced by the Food Adj
ministration, and which has come to
be a bugbear to so many business
men. 1t is not precedent for other
businesses. 1t is merely wise pro-
vision designed to make it possible
to reach properly and effectively a
proven monopoly.
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Cd 80 81 60 20 yS2(S2S$x

barrels were empty when employees
arrived in the morning. Whisky
stood in every available receptacle
and half an inch deep on the base
ment floor.
One of the safes was robbed of
$1,000. The second was married with
zigzag tracks of drills and blows of
hammers. The other two were I'M
touched.