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Evening star., 1919-04-15

day. after a long illness. She was the
widow of George n. Beall. at one time
connected with the local Standard
Oil agency, who died on March ~ last
and 1t is believed that her husbands
death and the results Of serious &C
cdent she suffered some time ago
weakened her to such an extent that
she was not able to rally from her
last illness.
Mrs. Beall was a member OF the
Daughters of the Confederacy. his
torian of the Daughters Of the Ameri-
can Revolution, local chapter; one OF
the board of directors of the Civic
League, secretary of the local woman
suffrage committee and numerous
other organizations. She was also an
artist of note
Funeral services were held today
from her residence at o'clock. In
terment will be in Chestertown. Md.
She is survived by brother, Joseph
Cole of Baltimore. Md.
Evening star., 1919-04-15
PENWOMEN LEASE HOME.
League Takes Building at 1872 H
Street as Headquarters.

The League of American Penwomen
has decided to lease as national head
quarters the three-story building at
1922 H street northwest At a meet
ing held last night the step was ap-
proved and plans made for occupancy
about May or Is. Funds were raised
at the recent authors carnival and
ball.
The league has taken a four-year
lease on the property with the option
Of buying. The whole first floor OF the
building will be thrown into an audi
torium. A tearoom will be run in con-
nect1on. Writing women Of the city
and visiting penwomen will find ac-
commodations at the club. The usual
Friday afternoon teas will be con-
tinued.
State auxiliaries will furnish rooms
in the new headquarters. All forms Of
war worA in which the league has
been active will be continued. Mrs.
Isaac Pearson, national president,
presided at the meeting last night.
Evening star., 1919-04-15
900 Are Appointed.

The actual number of persons who
left the government service here dur
ing the first week of April was 2,1OS.
There were 800 appointments. how
ever. leaving a net reduction of 1,20S.
These figures offer further evidence
of the unsettled condition Of the de-
partments as they are being gradually
readjusted from a war to a peace
basis.
The Civil Service Commission stated
today that it can be assumed that any
employe who returns home now does
so from choice, because arrangement
has been made for relisting on the
eligible list the clerks who are being
dismissed from the war bureaus.
Evening star., 1919-04-15
CARDS OF THANKS.

CH1LDRESS. wish to express my apprecia:
tion and sincere thanks to my relstives and
friends for their expressions Of sympathy and
floral tributes sent at the death Of my be-
BY HIS WIFE, MARY V. CHILDRESS. Is
PERKINS. wish to express my sincere
and relatives for their kindness and sym
pathy extended during the illness and death
of my beloved husband. JOHN W: PER
lI!. kiNs. and also for the beautiful norai
BY His DEVOTED WIFE. AGNES JONES
PERKINS.
WYCHE. We wish to express our apprecia-
ton and sincere thanks to our friends, neigh.
bors and relatives for their expressions OF
at the death of our beloved husband and
father, NAPOLEON L. WYCHE.
MRS. Ida WYCHE AND LITTLE chill
Evening star., 1919-04-15
Shortage of Eligibles.

The commission added that there is
shortage of eligibles for some posi-
tions, including several hundred va
cancies for temporary stenographers.
typists, cardpunchers and general
clerks.
These vacant positions" the COM
mission declared, offer an exceptional
opportunity for men honorably dis
charged from military service who
left civil positions to go to war. OF
who recently took an examination
and are waiting to learn the result
or who have filed application or in
tend to do So"
Persons recently separated from the
service because of reductions of force
and those who have taken a first
grade examination Of any kind during
the past year may also be certified to
fill these temporary positions.
Persons interested should present
themselves to the appointment clerk of
the Civil Service Commission. 1924 F
street northwest, without delay.
Evening star., 1919-04-15
MAIL RESTRICTIONS LIFTED.
Parcels to U. S. Boys in Europe
Nav Now Go Without O. Z.

Restrictions on the mailing Of parcels
to the American expeditionary forces in
Europe have been removed by the Post
Office Department The restrictions had
prohibited the shipment Of parcels
through the mails unless accompanied
by approved requests Of the men in the
military services for the particular arti-
cles contained in the package and o. K d
by his commanding officer.
The restriction was removed at the
request of the War Department
Evening star., 1919-04-15
1,2(6 LEAVE i. S.
SERVICE IN WEEK
One of Biggest Reductions
for Such a Period Since
War Ended.
BRINGS TOTAL TO e,as7

There was an exodus of 1908 clerks
from the government departments in
Washington during the week ended
April 5. according to a report OBJ
tanned today from the Washington
division oS the United States Hous-
ing Corporation.
This is one of the biggest reductions
which has occurred in any week since
the war ended 1t brings the total re-
duction since the signing of the
armistice up to 6.387.
When it is recalled that only 1852
left the departments during the entire
month of March. some idea can be
gained of the significance of a reduc-
tion of 1908 in the first week OF
April. Housing officials are of the
opinion that the big reduction in the
first week of this month was due to
a desire on the part of many war
workers to get home before the free
transportation offered by the govern
ment expired.
Evening star., 1919-04-15

Rehearing has been denied by the
United states Supreme Court to Jacob
FrohNerk. Kansas City newspaper
man, whose conviction under the eS-
plonage act was upheld at the time
the DebS case was decided
Evening star., 1919-04-15

r. u. Redmon, night watchman at
Norcott Mills, was shot and killed and
!, a man named Porter had his leg
j.. broken by a bullet, in a row between
the two men on the outskirts of Con-
| cord, N. c., yesterday.
Evening star., 1919-04-15
MRS. N. BEALL DEAD.
D. A. r. and Civic Worker, She
Succumbs to Long Illness,

Mrs. y. Beall. prominent d. A. r
and civic worker of this city. died at
her apartment in the Ontario on Mon
Evening star., 1919-04-15
Trade Board Drops 1,152.

| The War Trade Board during the
first week of sApril dropped 1,152
clerks and made no appointments. The
Federal Trade Commission appointed
and dropped 1856. The Department
of Labor appointed IL and dropped
so, a net reduction of So. The Navy
Department appointed only and
dropped 55. net reduction, 48.
Only two departments showed sub
stantial increases in force. The Treas
ury took on 459 and lost 207, net in
crease of 252. The Shipping Board
took on 106 and lost 25; net increase
81.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13
PRINCE OF WALES
 I IS STILL BOYISH

London, December S.-"The Prince of Wales is developing, but remains boy ish." says morning paper, which re- calls that when King Edward. as heir apparent was the age of the present prince he had been married for five years. had two sons, presided over a large establishment, and was admittedly the chief figure in the social world.
 The question of the princes marriage is in abeyance, as is that of Princess Mary's. Queen Victoria was deter mined that her daughters should marry young, and openly said so. Queen Alex andria never encouraged match making for her daughters.
 Arrangements<h have been made, it is understood, for the Prince of Wales to go to Cambridge this fall for an officers stan coursa but the plan was altered and the prince was directed to go to France. where he vis1red in turn the various forces of the allies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. CoRBETT

An umpire must be infallible." "SillS" O'Loughlin told me when l saw him at the Friars' club in New York just a few weeks before his death. The statement was made while he was re- spectacular career as diamond ar bitter.
 'I never made mistake on the baseball field during my entire ca reer," added o'Loughlin.
 Didn't you ever make ruling that you afterwards decided--in your own mind-was an error?" I asked. him.
 Never" was the reply. There never was a questionable play in base ball. man is either out or he is safe; the ball that the pitchers throw over the plate is either a strike or it isn't. The judgment of other-people may cou- flict frequently with that of an um pire. But the umpire is on top of the play and he has his whole mental and physical forces focused on the play before him He is the man who fol- lows the ball with unceasing vigilance The spectators follow the ball of course. but their minds are not con centrated as fully upon every play as is that of an umpire. Therefore, when ever there is a decision made by an umpire in which the spectators orfthe opposing players disagree it is a req sonable thing to side with the um- pire. whose sole part in that game $ to make rulings.
 More than 15 years in the Ameri- an league convinces me that most of the .ballplayers are nothing more nor less than big, overgrown boys. And the real secret of success in handling most of them is to regard them as just that. In the heat of battle a ball. player very frequently loses his tenn per and says or does things that at any other time would never occur to him. A man who aspires for success as an umpire must be student of hu- man nature. And he must be callous- ed to the ordinary insults, if they come from excited players.
 There is in baseball two distinct types of players, one who kicks over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13
Labeled Made in America
By R. M. Iron Top
GsRA' DINE EARRAR3

We did not hear much about chemis- try before the war. During the war we heard good deal. And now that peace Is with us we are going to hear even more concerning the progress and use fitness of that branch of natural science wEich can be made to produce no end of beLefits to humanity other than giving it's best toward helping to kick the hell out of Wilhelm.
 Through the proper channels this science can, in the hands of efficient men and will make the American waste pile gradually disappear almost entirely leaving instead an unconceivably valuable supply of American-made byproducts This, of course, requires money, time and cooperation, cooperation between
 the American manufacturing business
 man and the American chemist and the
 American public and the American
 chemist.
 Business is on, the boom Cempeti-
 tion is not now as great as it will be
 soon. With increased competition comes
 demand for reduced manufacturing costs, utilization of by-products or the NCotu Oi q PloDdply SOOu UuSlHGSS. w llH
 increased competition we can less than ever, if we ever could, afford to use .'cut and dry methods. They are expensive. Through chemical control results can be
 pi edicted, with an amazing degree of accuracy to those not immediately in i touch with this control. Troubles may be forecast and would-be accidents pre- vented. Not perhaps the kind that spell disaster to humans. but of the type that means dollars wasted through the inter- lrrptions to what should be- continuous processes.
 With the coming of the chemist and his work the quality of supplies purchased can be determined and those which are not good investments can be isolated 1 Through the use of proper apparatus | and chemicals the chemist can deter mine whether a piece of mechanical aD- paratus is working efficiently or not. | for instance he can determine the oper- ating efficiency of a coal or ore dress , ing apparatus in separating the impuri- l ties as well as the loss during separa tion.
 l He predicts the behavior of a given
 coke in blast furnace. the amounts of 1 limestone ore and coke to be charged into
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13

a decision because he feels it is an unjust one. the other who kicks lodd and vigorously because he wants to make a little play to the srandstands. It is the latter class which cause um- pires the most trouble and who aIs most frequently chased to the club house.
 O'Loughlin wasn't the equal of Tim Hurst in diamond repartee-ouI O'Loughln, just the same. was a mas
 ter of sarcasm and never lost decis- ion to a ballplayer when it came to exchanging verbal wallops.,
 Among the humorous stories told about OLoughlin is one that occur ei back in 1910. He had expelled q rowdy player from the game. A team mate sauntered near OLoughlin and See I'm Lonely" O'Loughlin, without removing his mask or chest protector. merely turned around and said to that player:
 Well, you aren't going to be lonely very long. dearie. Beat it to tho clubhouse and join the other boob. Incidentally, you can consider yourself fined $50 for singing on a ballfield." Very early in his career in the Amer ican league. OLoughlin let the players know that he wouldn't stand for any rowdy tactics from them. Jim Dele hanty, in a rage. jumped up and be gan to rough" the umpire. When the excitement had died down. OLoughiin
 made a long wrAten report to Ban Johnson and insisted that the best way ko suppress any further outbursts was
 to make an example of Delehanty. Thereupon. Johnson suspended Deie- hanty for full year--the longest ;us- pension ever dealt out to a ballplayer in the modern history of baseball. Baseball owes much to silk OLoughlin. A disciple of "speed-and more speed" he did everything possible to abolish dilatory tactics on the ball. l field. He was ever speeding up the l players in their trips to the bench and no game in which OLoughlin work el was a tagging affair. O'Loughlin made many suggestions for betterments to Ban Johnson. and the adoption of , some of them remain as a testimonial Baseball has suffered a tremendous loss through the death of Silk "OLoughlin. a clean. moral, upright man and one of the squarest and best baseball umpires that ever lived.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13
WIHELM'S FATHER
 SAW HIS WEAKNESS
In 1886 He Considered 1t Dangerous to Let Son Have Any Hand in
 Foreign Politics
By Associated Press

Berlin, December 12.-Less than two years before William II, the former German Emperor, came to the thpone of Germany. his father, Frederick, con- sidered it dangerous to allow him to have any hand in the foreign politics of the German empire. Frederick. Tn fact, had an extremely low regard for his sons mental equipment and ability, and it is frankly set forth in a letter written to Bismarck September 2S, 1886, from Portofino, Italy, and which has just been made public.
 williams principal defects at that time. as his father saw them. were "his habit of making snap Judgments in a manner tending to exaggeration," lack of actual learning" which was still full of gaps" and "an inclination to conceit." Here is the text of the let ter:
 My son, Prince Wilhelm, has, with out my previous knowledge, expressed the wish to his majesty Civilian I; Frederick then was still the crown prince) to become better acquainted with the operations of our ministeries during the coming winter and I learn that it is intended to employ him in tHC loTciSA oAiCc.
 'Tnasmuch as I have received no of- ficia1 communication to that effect, am compelled to turn to you in confi- dence to learn what has really been decided on, and further to declare that despite the fact that I am in favor in principle of introducing my son into questions of the higher administra- ton, l am decidedly opposed to hay mig him begin at the foreign office For, in view of the importance of the tasks to be entrusted to the prince. consider it imperative that he shall first of all thoroughly learn the in- tornal conditions of his own land and have the feeling that he understands them thoroughly before he. with his habit of making snap judgments tend ing to exaggeration, busies himself with politics.
 His actual learning is still full of gaps, and at the same time he lacks the proper foundation, and for this reason it is absolutely necessary that his education be improved and com pleted. If he could be assigned to, the office of civilian advisory official, and if he could later be connected with or even given a post in one of the ad- ministrative ministeries, it would serve this purpose. But, in view of the i'm maturity as well of the inexperience of my eldest son, and also of his in clination to conceit. I am compelled to declare that it is absolutely danger ous to bring him into touch with ques- tions of foreign policy at this time And while begging you to consider my communication as strictly confidential count on your support in this matter which causes me grave anxiety"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13
CLUB HOUSE OPENED

The new brick clubhouse and restroom for soldiers recently erected by the war camp community service, will be opened for the use of the Camp Mcclellan sol ders during the present week. The new institution will be a real mans club from every point of view and is designed to accommodate a large number of visit Ors The main office of the war camp community service will be located in the new building, and the interior has been arranged in such way as to furnish the maximum of service for the hundreds of visitors who will visit the place.
 Athletic equipment will be installed, bath rooms have been built and equipped, reading and writing tables are there in abundance and every possible convenience has been arranged for tte men from the local camp.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13
Farm Lands for Lease
 Sought for Soldiers
By Associated Press

Washington. January 12.--Agricultural agents of railroads have been instructed to gather all available information con- corning farm lands along their lines open for lease or occupation by return ing soldiers, it was disclosed today in the report of the railroad administra- tion's division of traffic. headed by Ed ward Chambers. covering the year 1918. This is in furtherance< of Secretary Lanes plan for encouraging reclama- ton of lands by discharged soldiers. The report also indicated that the rail- road administration hopes to put into effect as soon as the interstate commerce commission has approved, the uniform c.ass scale of rates recently submitted to the commission and to state commits sons
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13
JUST A SMALL VOICE
By ROSA c. JOHN

We speak of the barbarous Huns as still not having suffered enough to be re-
 pentant of their crimes against the in- nocent and humanity, yet their lives in our own countrywide land of Chris | tianity-men, --who, judging from their
 own words in carping criticism of our great President have souls SO dead as to be classed with the execrable Huns. When we have President whose life of integrity, ability and righteous ness proves to the world that he lives l close to God, holds daily communion with Him in prayer, seeking His guidance in the great work of the high office he holds. we mightNrest in peace. That war has ceased, that millions of hearts rejoiced at this proclamation, still, it seems, not to have touched the
 envious. jealous bipeds who call them selves men of intelligence or sanity. There is so little of good in the best Of us that we should pause before crit icizing. envious man will resort to base ways to supplant his brother who is ahead of him in the race of life.
 He who is without sin let him first cast a stone at her. should ever be in the
 minds of people who are ready to crit icZe.
 Is there a man in this country who could fill President Wilson's place better | than he has? We have the assurance 1 that he goes to God for guidance in all the ways of life, that the weight of his office is heavy, that his big heart must ache from it's burden. that his God--the God of his fathers-shares this work -ip greatest love.
 On Thanksgiving Day our nation knelt I in prayer to God for His benefits, mercies to us, now let us pour out our prayers that our President may reach Europe in safety, be in Gods hands while he is there subjected to epvies and jealousies of poor, weak man while lending his voice, giving his heart at this momentous hour second to that when the angels proclaimed-"Peace on earth, good will toward all men,"
 Mite of a woman I am, yet say if our President hears the voice of God calling ! him over to Germany in the midst of assassins, he will go. and if he falls by cowardly hands, he will have lived and died as Paula martyr to the cause of Christ
 Birming ham, November, 1918.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13
New Conditions for Armistice Extension
 to Be Offered Huns

Paris, January 12.-(Havas.)-lt is prob able new conditions for an extension of the armistice will be offered Germany at the meeting tomorrow of the supreme war council, according to the Matin.
 Immediately afterward it will deal with a settlement of territorial questions per taining to the eastern border of France, the French representatives setting for their views on the recovery by formal claim of Alsa Lorraine and the modus vivendi they will recommend for the left bank of the Rhine. The newspaper con- cludes: Tt is believed that maximum Of two and one-half months, consequent' ly in March, the plenipotentiaries vii have settled in all their details the pre- lininaries of peace and the conference will have finished it's work. The congress will have only to work out a settled project"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13
Congress Will Be Busy
 With Big Questions
Rx Associated Press

Washington. January 12.-With Sonly A working days remaining in the pres- ent session both houses of Congress eX- pect to speed up work this week. The House, after disposing of the rivers and harbors bill tomorrow. will take up the rule for consideration of Presi- dent Wilson's request for $1OO,OO0 for famine relief in Europe. with spirited debate in progress.
 While the committees are working on appropriation measures and other legislation the Senate tomorrow will begin the considerati tion of Legislation to validate informal war contracts Addresses on the league of nations to enforce peace are planned tomorrow by Senators Sterling of South Dakota republican. and Myers of Montana democrat while Senator Thomas oi Colorado. democrat. expects to discuss the American policy in Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13

, the furnace to give the greatest eff ciency. i; sassta
 He predicts from the chemical analysis of a steel sample it's strength under given heat conditions or given the condi- tions that given steel must stand up to he can specify the analysis of d steel that will come up to the specified tions.
 He determines the impurities and their amounts present in water whether it is fit for drinking or commercial pur- poses Through his knowledge many useless water supplies have been puri- fled so as to be safely useable. Is the American chemist essential to An erican industries?
 Let us as Americans put our shoulder to the wheel and give the American chemical industries the boost they so badly need Give the American chemist the we're with you spirit and our waste piles will be mostly memories, in their stead will stand a gold mine of by-prod- ucts as asmonument to made in America chemicals, products, by-products and eff i fic.ency toward reducing waste.