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Evening star., 1920-02-07
|N5,0D0,01L0SS
IN GOODS LOOTED
FROM R. R. TRAINS
Thefts During 1919 and
Methods Employed by
Rogues Subject of Report.
By the Associated Press


NEW YORK. February Whole
upon the railroads of the United States
caused a loss of approximately sis.
100000 in 1919. according to United
States Railroad Administration sta
tistics.
Substitution is the usual method
used by the robbers. Sometimes boxes
at their destination to be filled with
calico or other cheaper grades of
cloth, but, as a rule, waste paper is
found. These are referred to as con
cealed losses by railroad men, and
are especially difficult to trace, as
the shipments leave and arrive appar-
emily in good condition and it is al,
! most impossible to discover at what
point the theft occurred.
The silk industry has been one of
those most severely hit in the last
| year, and SO great has the risk be
| come that the railroad administration
| has been considering excluding raw
silks from the privilege of freight
transportation by rail.
Methods Employed by Thieves.
Among the methods used by thieves
are the following:
A truokman at a freight station
| with a load Of goods watches his op-
portunity and takes the freight clerks
| receiving stamp, puts it on the bill OF
| lading and then drives off with the
| goods. which he sells. He has a prop
| erly receipted bill of lading from the
railroad to show is employer For
| geries of the receiving stamp are
sometimes used.
| Another method is for a truckman to
drive into a city freight yard with an
empty box on his truck. The gateman
takes a record of the truck and its
Z IL
ages must be accounted for. But the
1 truckman in this instance substitutes
i q box Of stolen merchandise for the
empty he brought in. Or he may have
q bottomless box which he places over
a smaller package containing stolen
goods. In such instances ii is nearly
always found that the thieves have
borrowed stolen licensed trucks.
Robbers often get aboard trains and
throw goods out for confederates to
pick up along the route Motor truck
drivers have been caught taking part
| in this scheme in New York, Chicago.
ST. Louis and Kansas City recently.
| One thief was taken who had rope
to throw over the freight car as it
passed, catching it on the other side
and then climbing aboard by means
of the rope and breaking the seal of
the car door.
| Difficult to Get Convictions.
Railroad men complain of the diff
Guilty in getting convictions. The fed
eral law provides for a penalty of
| $1,000 or a year in Jail for breaking
car seals, but there have been so
many cases that the federal courts
have set them aside for business con-
I sidered more important Often these
cases go to minor. courts, and even
police courts, which the thief-hunters
say are often too lenient. An instance
of this was given in the case of three
railroad employees caught stealing
4 and convicted. The judge asked the
to De discharged from their jobs. and
upon receiving an affirmative answer.
Then I discharge you. too"
Evening star., 1920-02-07
SHIPS PASSENGERS
SAVED FROM SEA
Continued from First PaSe.)

Continued from First PaEe.)
ceived here this morning told Of large
quantities Of ice In the lower Potomac
and the numerous creeks between this
city and the mouth Of the river. The
Norfolk steamer arrived here on time,
and the steamer Northumberland left at
8 o'clock this morning for river land
ings and Baltimore.
Ne Danger From River.
Lieut.. Russell Dean of the harbor
police precinrt said there was no
change in the river conditions. The
tide this morning was no higher than
usual. he said, and there was nothing
about the condition Of the river to
suggest the probability Of danger.
At the municipal fish market. it was
stated: dealers were receiving oysters
from Norfolk and vicinity. None has
been received from the lower river
for some time. 1t is said that several
boats on the lower river have car
goes OF bivalves aboard and are only
awaiting an opportunity to get q tow.
Twelve oyster boats are anchored
at the foot of 11th street southwest,
awniting an opportunity to return to
the oyster beds. Members of most Of
the crews went home when they re-
allied the wait would be long one,
but will return as soon as conditions
become favorable and sail down the
river. 1t Is confidently expected. that
oysters from the Rappahannock and
lower Potomac will reach here by the
middle Of next week.
Evening star., 1920-02-07
SOCIETIES TO CELEBRATE
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
Program Here Arranged by Joint
Committee Of Patriotic
ORGANIZATIONS.

Fittirgly to celebrate George Wash
ingtons birthday. exercises will be con-
Quoted under the auspices of a joint
committee composed of representatives
from the National Society, d. A. R.. the
Sons of the Revolution OF the District
of Columbia and the District of Colum-
bia Society, Sons Of the American Revo-
luton.
The exercises will be similar to those
conducted in previous years and will be
held at 0:30 O'Clock. February 20 in
Memorial Continental Hall. Justice
Wendall p. Stanford of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbis will
make the principal address ana Mrs
George Thacher Guernsey, president
general. National Society, D. A. R., will
preside.
The invocation will be by Rev. John
William Hamilton, music by Marine
Band.
Representatives Of the three socie-
ties on the joint committee of ar
rangements are Mrs. G. T. Guernsey,
chairman; Miss e. L. Crowell and Miss
Grace M. Pierce of the d. A. R., David
Jayne Hill, John b. Torbert, treas
urer, and Col. Frederick c. Bryan of
the Sons of the American Revolution,
Brig Gen. George Richards. secre-
tary; Charles p. Light and DR.. Mar
Gus Benjamin of the Sons Of the Rev
olution.
Evening star., 1920-02-07
WORLD WAR CASUALTIES
| AMONG D. c. TROOPS, 773
Itemized Report Made From Tables
Prepared by Adjutant General
of the Army,

According to tables prepared by Adjt.
Gen. Harris, there were 773 casualties
among troops accredited to the District
Of Columbia in the world war. of which
number 1856 were officers and SIT en-
listed men. OF that total % officers
and Sc enlisted men from the District
of Columbia, or IS in all, were killed
in action; 6 officers and 19 enlisted
men, % in all. died of wounds; 13 Of
flcers and 81 enlisted men, 80 in all,
died Of disease; 5 officers and enlisted
men, 8 in all, died from accidents; 2
enlisted men were drowned; 1 enlisted
man committed suicide: the case of 1
enlisted man is described as murder
or homicide; 3 deaths were from
other known causes: enlisted men
died from causes undetermined; the
total deaths were ZOE. Six District SOL
diers were taken prisoners and repatri-
ated. and 109 officers and 456 enlisted
men. 585 in all. were wounded.
OF the number wounded, 40 officers
and 172 enlisted men, 221 in all, were
slightly wounded and 80 officers and
100 enlisted men, 229 in all, were
severely wounded. In the cases Of 21
officers and 81 enlisted men wounded
1877 in all. the degree Of injury is stated
to be Undetermined"
Under the heading. missing in ac-
tfon." . blank appears opposite the
record Of the District of Columbia,
showing that all the soldiers from
there have beeA accounted for on the
official records of the war.
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couldn't ESCAPE
FOREIGN MEDALS
Col. E.,E. Lewis Testifies Al
lies Ordered Them for
General Officers.

American general officers couldn't
escape foreign decorations" Col z. e.
Lewis Of the awards board of the A.
E. F. today told House committee
investigating medal awards. These
governments ordered a certain num-
Der OF medals distributed through
American headquarters and all gen.
eral officers were given them IL the
number of medals was sufficiently
large. he explained.
Asked the reason he received the
ltal1an war cross. Col Lewis replied,
II have no idea" He added that he
had been informed all American off,
GERS who had won the distinguished
service cross were given the Italian
award. Many foreign decorations
were received by virtue Of high Offices
held by American general officers. he
told the committee.
Commenting on the routine of the
awards board, Col. Lewis said that an
effort had been made to pass or reject
zoo applications for American awards
daily. but never more than LOG were
passed on in a single day.
Tho board worked from am. to
pm, approximately nine hours" Sam
uel T. Ansell, counsel for the committee.
commented. That necessitated action
on more than ten recommendations each
hour, or approximately five minutes for
each one
Asked by Representative Bland. re-
publican. Indiana. whether he believed
this time long enough to pass thor.
oughly on the merits of each case
Col. Lewis replied that many could
be disposed of in five seconds"
No officers were particularly desig.
mated to make awards, he said, add.
ing most of them originated with
company commanders and were trans.
mitted through military channels un.
til they finally reached the awards
board.
Evening star., 1920-02-07
[MRS. KATE UHL'S CASE
| GOES TO Jury TODAY
Defendant on Stand Testifies With
Composure-Both Sides
Rest.

CUMBERLAND, Md. February
(SpeciaD Mrs, Kate Uhl, charged
with the murder of Bryan Powneil,
was on the witness stand practically
all Of this mornings session Of court.
and then both sides rested. The case
will go to the jury about o'clock.
Four hours are. allowed for argument
this afternoon.
Mrs. Uhl lost nothing OF the com
posure which has marked her de-
meanor during the trial: She seems to
be a cool. self-possessed woman, VINO
rarely smiles. The smiles that she gave
members of her family in greeting
them when she appeared in court
seemed to have been forced.
Mrs Uhl, who is twenty-five years
old, lived at Mount Savage, mining
village, until year ago. She has
three children, who are in court. She
said she had placed blinds in her k1tch-
en- several weeks before the day OF the
ed to show that the blinds had been
erected just before the tragedy. She
then told Of the incidents leading up
to the night before the tragedy, with
out showing the least emotion.
/. The night before the killing OF Pow
nell, about IL o'clock. her husband was
called out by a telephone message. and
Rryan Powneu appeared. She said she
was suffering from indigestion.
When Pownell entered he locked the
door, telling her that Uhl, her husband.
was taking a girl home and would be
gone some time.
He turned out the light. she said.
Just at that moment. her husband
came to the door and Pownell fed up
stairs. She said to her husband, 'Uhl,
I'm so glad you came. Her husband
began ouarreling and would not per-
NIT her to explain. but made a leap at
her which caused her fright Uni, she
declared, Quarreled with her all night.
The next morning he told her to get
ready to 20 to her home, that he was
through. She said he told her she co4'"
not have the children. 1T was because
was to be separated from my chill
dren that / begged Bryan Pownell the
next morning to go to my husband and
tell him it was not my fault" the wit
ness said.
HE only chuckled." she said. and
replied: 'If he is going to put you
out, get ready and I will go with you.
but I won't tell him anything about
you" just then, Mrs. Ubl said, he
grabbed me in his arms. tried to
pull away, and in trying to support
myself on the kitchen cabinet. my
hand fell on the knife. / picked II
up, intending to scare him, and struck
him with it"
. The cross-ex3mination was conduct
ed by ]. S. Zimmerman and Attorney
Rommey Of West Virginia. who is as
stating the state, but it failed in hav-
ing the woman alter her story or the
affair.
Evening star., 1920-02-07
NAM|NG0 OF TITUS
ST|RS congress
New Member of Shipping
Board Is Ship Corpora
ton ATTORNEY.

Considerable feeling has been arous-
ed In Congress, among shipping boa rd
and other officials by the appointment
Of Louis Titus. designated as a San
francisco attorney. to" be member
Of the President.
The confirmation of this appoint
ment fs pending before the Senate
commerce committee. The attention
of members of this committee has beer
directed to the fact that Mr.. Titus has
been attorney for the Skinner & Eddy
shipbuilding Corporation in Seattle
which built large number Of the largest
cargo ships for the shipping board. This
company is credited with having made
profit of about $4,000, 900 on ship
ping board contracts. 1t developed
that contracts for number of these
ships were Cancelled, on which Skinner
Eddy have claim for about S.
100000 still pending, on which Mr.
Titus, as attorney for the Skinner &
Eddy company, has been in confer
ence with the shipping board officials
Mr.: Titus has also been represent
Ing Danish, interests. which have a
claim for $2,000,000 pending before the
shipping board for several boats
which were under construction for
Danish interests and which were
taken over by the shipping board.
The shipping board is ready to settle
wisn sheSe DdhlsH interests .1Or vi
Z0O,000, so there is a matter of about
100000 still in controversy. on which
Mr.. Titus has been in conference with
the shipping board officials.
Shipping board officials, including
Chairman Payne, are said by mem
bers of Congress to have been not
at all pleased with the appointment
of Mr.. Titus, because large claims
in which he has been personally and
actively interested are still pending.
Considerable perplexity had been
felt by members of Congress and OF
the shipping board as to why Mr.
Titus would accept a seventy-five-
hundred-dollar position with the
shipping board when it is understood
that he has been receiving at least
$25.000 as attorney for the shipping
interests. Mr.. Titus is at present on
a trip to the Pacific coast
Evening star., 1920-02-07
LABOR MEN COMPLETE
POLITICAL FIGHT PLANS

The extraordinary session of the
executive council and heads Of de-
partments of the American Fedora
tion of Labor. which has been plan
ming a nationwide political cam
paign for organized labor in the cleo
ton of members Of Congress. state,
county and municipal officers friendly
to labor, adjourned last night after
completing the plans for the most
progressive political campaign labor
has ever undertaken.
Samuel Gompers. president of the
federation, is today formulating a
plan to be sent to every labor 6rgani-
zation in the country.
1t is understood the ofhcial state
ment soon to be issued will contain.
in addition to the declaration of the
federation to fight it's enemies, their
ames along with those Of public
men who are friendly and who will
have the support of the A. F. Of l..
at the polls in the coming primaries
and general elections.
Evening star., 1920-02-07
EARLY LIFE IN DISTRICT
IS DEPICTED IN PLAY
Striking Contrasts Between Days
of 1919 and Those Of 1917 in
"Hullo, Washington."

Striking contrasts between the time
Of the war Of 1912 and the war OF
1877, particularly exemplified In the
theme for a considerable portion of
the action and scenic effects in "Hullo
WashinEton!" the big amateur musical
performance to be staged next Tues
day and Wednesday down At the ma
rine barracks for the benent OF the
In a scene laid in the National Capt-
tai in 1909 two characters, known a.
Mr. Dee Gee and his wife, come here
to visit relatives and to and the lat
ter entertaining President and Mrs;
fashion that was then the vogue
among residential circles. Features RI
this "soiree" are the stately minukt
ana other dances of the period. while
the episode gives happy opportunity
for the display Of the quaint costumes
A hundred years pass with tho dip
ping of the curtain. and the locust-like
army Of war workers flows into the Dis
trict, headed by Mr.. Wahbeighby. and
his feminine cousin. Miss J. A1z.
Thereupon the peaceful routine or a
"cave dwellers'' Is rudely shattered by
the eccentric gyrations Of the ''jasz.' -
which became tho rage about the time
every vacant room in the old town had
from one to four young strangers as
occupants. Although the elite Of Wash
ington are to portray these war work.
ers, the management promises that any
differences will be indistinguishable
when they come to grips"
Many Boxes and Seats Sold.
Boxes for the Tuesday matinee per-
formance are all sold and for Tues
day night every seat in the house has
been purchased. There will be no
matinee Wednesday, owing to the diff
ficulty foreseen in competing with
Sir oliver Lodges personally con-
Quoted tour of the spirit world, but
the boxes and seats for Wednesday
night, the third performance, are said
to be going like hot cakes.
Algernon p. NJ. Grieg Of the British
embassy stan. director OF the produc-
ton, makes q special request that
every box-holder and seat-holder, be
in place when the curtain rises. and
that preliminary dinner parties be
timed with this desideratum In view.
Miss Louise Littauer and Miss Sarah
King will head q group Of the seasons
debutantes who will sell the programs
at the Wednesday presentation.
Evening star., 1920-02-07
ATTACKS REFERENDUM
CLAUSE IN OHIO LAW

The Supreme Court, in briefs filed
today by George 8. Hawke. an attor-
ney Of Cincinnati. Ohio. was asked to
referendum clause requiring federal
constitutional amendments to be sub
mitted to the voters in that state.
The brief was prepared in connection
with proceedings brought by Mr..
Hawke as we'll as J. Frank Hanly,
former Governor of Indiana, to pre-
vent the woman suffrage and ma
tional prohibition constitutional
amendments from being submitted to
referendum in Ohio last November.
Should the clause be sustained, the
brief said, power to ratify federal
amendments. which under the federal
Constitution is granted directly to the
state legislatures. would be made sub
ject to revocation by a plebiscite.
Evening star., 1920-02-07
of this act. for a period Of equal

of this aot. for a period Of equal
duration.
Section v.
Section v. That no officer. teacher
or other employe of the board Of edu-
in the service of the public schools
of the District Of Columbia shall be
required to be reappointed under the
provisions Of this act.
Section VI.
Section VI. That appropriations. for
salaries of officers. teachers and other
employees Of the board Of education Of
the District of Columbia for the fiscal
year ending Juno 80, 1920, when not
in conformity with the rates and
titles established by this act. are
hereby reduced or increased, and titles
are changed. as may be necessary. to
pay said officers, teachers and other
employees in accordance with the rates
and under the titles provided by this
act during the fiscal year ending June
30, 1920, and any unused balances of
such appropriations are hereby made
available under the provisions of this
act; and such additional amount as
may be necessary to pay the salaries
authorized by this act is hereby ap-
propriated, one-half out Of any money
in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, and the other half out Of the
revenues of the District Of Columbia.
Section VII.
Section VII. That all acts or parts Of
acts in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
Evening star., 1920-02-07
TO CATCH Up WITH
/ ASHC0LIECT|ONS
Street Cleaning, Also, Will
Be Task Set for
q romo...,v

In an EFFORT to catch up in its work
the street cleaning and city refuse
departments Of the District will COL
lect ashes and clean streets all day
tomorrow.
Thomas l. Costigan Of the street
cleaning department made this an
nounee1! ent today and appealed for
able-bOdied men to work.
Men willing to work in the ash COL
lection service should report any
time after 6 o'clock in the morning
at 4th and NJ streets northeast, and
those for the street cleaning service
should report at the stables between sth
and 10th. N and o streets northwest.
Many Men Absent From Work.
The ranks of both the ash collect
ing and street cleanig forces were
badly depleted during the past week,
Mr.. Ccstigan said. making IT impos-
aible to give normal service.
During the past few days only about
half of the street cleaning force has
been at work and about the same sit
uation exists in the ash collection
service.
The department was unable to make
two ash collections on many streets
up for th.s tomorrow. Monday morn
ing Mr.. Costigan hopes to have many
of the regular men back on the
wagons.
The local employment service, Mr.,
Costigan said, has offered to assist in
keeping the street cleaning and refuse
department supplied with enough
workers. but has been unable to fnd
many men willing to accept this class
Of work.
I'VE have had quite a number of
applicants for the position of fore
man." said Mr.. Costigan. but they
are not needed"
The idea OF having the fire depart.
ment help clean the streets by flush
ing them has been given up for the
present.
ClogEed UD Sewers.
1t was tried out yesterday evening.
but did not prove practical, accord /
ing to Engineer Commissioner Kutz
who Witnessed the experiment. Com
missioner Kutz said there was 40
much hail or ice mixed with the snow
that the flushing only clogged up the
entrances to the sewers
The street cleaning department fs
utilizing it's depleted force in an at
tempt to keep the cutters clear, SO
that as the slush thaws out 1t will
find An open passage to the sewers.
Residents again were requested to
Cooperate In. this effort by clearins
the gutter in front of their homes
when they clean the sidewalk
Evening star., 1920-02-07
FOUR MEN TO SERVE
PENITENTIARY TERMS

Sentences of ten years each in the
nenitentiary were imposed today by Jus
tice STAFFORD on four 'colored men, Gar
Acid Prioleau, William Thomas, Louis
EsnIIer mad Samuel w. Zedwick. Full
Ter was convicted Of an attempted as
sault on q woman: the others were
convicted OF robbery.
Justice Stafford overruled a motion
for a new trial made by Josephine Berry,
colored, convicted of murder in the first
degree. He deferred sentence until next
Friday.
Douglas Tunstall. colored, was sent to
the penitentiary for six years for
larceny. He had a criminal record. Os-
car jackson. colored, who had also been
in trouble before. received sentence of
five years for appropriating $40 intrust-
ed to him. by his. employer to get
changed.
For forging doctors prescription for
dope" Lillian Bowie, colored, was sent
t2 the pen for two years.
Evening star., 1920-02-07
VIRGINIA REJECTS SUFFRAGE
State Senate Defeats "Votes for
Women" "a to 10.

RICHMOND, Va, February AT II
o'clock last night the state senate re-
an suffrage by a vote of "a to 10. This
action followed an all-day session, be-
ginning at 10 in the forenoon. During
this time there was a flow of oratory
in which states rights figured con-
spicuously.
This makes the second defeat the
suffrage question has had in the Vir-
ginia legislature in the past few years.
Evening star., 1920-02-07
DEMPSEY LOSES HONOR.
Legion Post Finds His Election
Was Unconstitutional.

Gordon Barber Post of the American
Legion. which recently brought upon
itself a storm of mingledsprotest and
approval by making Jack Dempsey
an honorary life member Of the post
and declaring the "slacker and draft
dodEer" charges against him to be
false, voted last night 10 nullify the
heavyweight champions membership
The resolution praised Dempsey
lated that the retraction was due NOT
to any change of mind on the part
of the legion members. but because
Of the discovery, that honorary mem
bership In the legion 10 unconstitu-
tional.
Evening star., 1920-02-07
In Darkest Chicago.

CHICAGO. February Weather
observers said yesterday was the
darkest within their memory, and
while Chicago had had smoky periods.
never before has the blackness been
known to continue through the entire
day. Automobiles and street cars, like
ONCE buildings and homes. had to
keep all lights burning. At noon at
the loop district it was practically as
black as. midnight, the SUMS efforts
to, pierce the heavy veil of smoke
which hung over the city being un-
ayailing.
Evening star., 1920-02-07
MEXICO ORDERS RELEASE
OF JOSEPH E. ASKEW

The Mexican foreign office has in
formed the American embassy that
orders have been sent to take all DOS
sible steps to obtain the release of
Joseph y; Asks", an Amerlcan EN-
Companys plantation at Laredo. state
of Durango, the State Department
was advised today.