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Evening star., 1916-11-27
Representative Fitz1eraId
Commended for His Plan
to Obtain Embargo on Food

Chairman Fitzgerald of the House
committee on appropriations who is TO
lead the fight in the House for an EN-
barge on foodstuffs to reduce the ex-
cessive cost Of the necessaries of life
returned to Washington today from "A
tltz.rera id found q stack of kilograms
and letters pretty near as high as he is
all commenting his proposed course
These fniSsIVeS came from all over the
country following the broadcast pub
hcatIUn OF his intention to introduce
at the ODchule II the session a bin pro
vidinP an>eyahargo on foodstuf and its
advocacy in the early stages of the
meeting Of Congress.
In my own distrfct." said Mr f'itz-
gerald. 81 received nothing but en-
coUragement of my coming effort in
behalf of an embargo. The people are
severely OF the sudden raise in prices
and VIII sanction any course which
Will reduce the extortionate prices to
u normal level.
AS he spoke Mr.. Fitzgerald was sur
rounded as by Il wall with a stack Of
books from the Library of Congress
bearing upon the subject of embargoeS.
There We're scores of them. treating
with he question from every con-
ceivable point of view. He viii 90
through this mass of data and burn
the midnight oil to gather material to
reinforce his arguments in favor Of his
bill He is quite aware of the Cppo-
Sition he viii have to encounter from
the farmers and from the eXportiI..s in
terests of the big seaport citi-s. but
is getting re;idy to take them ali on
Evening star., 1916-11-27
NEW YORK TO BAN
7. BUTTER AND EGGS
Housewives to Act on SuggeS-
ton of Commissioner
Hartigan.
TO STRIKE AT MlDDLEMAN

New York city in wrestling with the
excessive cost of food products, is not
waiting for an embargo to be lald by
Congress. but is tacking the problem IN
its lar-the wholesale and retail dealers.
The retailers claim that high prices are
enforced by the iobhers. the latter blame
the producers. the producers blame the
consumers for extravaganza. and so the
circle is completed. Meanwhile, there are
no reports of lessenng prices, and the
kitchenette and tenement housewives
continue to live out of paper bags. quart
measures and air tights"
One New York newspaper claims 10
article of commerce and consumption in
this case being butter. The newspaper in
vestigators claim that a retailer who was
selling popular brand OF western butter
at a profit of cents a pound was called
down by the wholesaler, who intimated
that unless this grocer demanded the same
rate of profit extracted by his rivals the
supply would he cut off at the source. So
the grocer was compelled to boost his
price.
Under official advice. to wit, the sue-
gestion of the city commissioner of the
bureau of weights and measures. Mr.. Har-
tigan. the Housewives League of New
York city today started a movement for
a wo-weell period OF ahStention from the
use of eggs in an effort 10 greak the
corner" i'll eggs which is alleged to exist
between New York and Chicago.
Evening star., 1916-11-27
SAY EMBARGO ON FOOn
WOULD NOT BE REMEDY
Senators Gallinger and Smoot As
sert Action Should Cover All
Products or None.

The proposal to place All embargo on
foodstuffs now being shipped in large
quantities from this country abroad Will
not get very far. in the opinion Of SEN
ator Gallinger Of New Hampshir4 :.le re-
publican leader OF the Senate. N'-,,. has
just returned to Washington
The rdea is un-American.' saA SEN
ator tallinger .'and if it We're eStenled
TO foodstuifs it might just We'll be ex-
tended to manufactured articles. We
tried an embargo on American goods in
the early days of the republic. but it did
not prove popular and was soon dropped. =
Senator Smoot OF Gtan ais" "A repub
lican. said today that he did not believe
Congress would give much of its time at
the coming session to consideration OF
the proposed embargo
Il do not believe that the sentiment in
favor of an embargo on fpodsiuffs iii this
country is strong enough to force this
matter to the fore. said Senator Smoot.
at would not be popular with the farm
:srs OF the country. 1t would not he fair.
either. 10 place an embargo on the prod
ucts of the farmers and To continue to
permit the export of manufactured
articles which the farmers must Use.
Certainly. if am embargo We're placed on
foodstuffs it should be extended to other
articles,
Evening star., 1916-11-27
Would Bar Potatoes Also.

Mr.. Hartigan insists THAI g., cents is
enough to pay for cold storage eggs
that were put away last spring at 20
to 22 cents dozen. and he advises
housewives to "cut out" eggs from the
family menu for Il fortnight. After
that. he suggests that similar absent
treatment" be accorded butter and then
potatoes. to demonstrate if the law OF
supply and demand is still working or
# nature has changed.
Commissioner Hartigan said:
Il had a meeting last Tuesday with
twelve of the most important egg deal
ers in New York, and they agreed 30
cents a dozen is a normal retail price
for cold storage eggs, he said. "lf
the demand for eggs is decreased by
at least one-half it viii lead to the
brea king up of speculation in eggs.
The success of household embargo on
foodstuffs was proven two years ago,
when New York women refused to buy
meat at unjustitiably high prices and
the prices went down 20 per cent in
nine days.
Meyer London, the socialist repre-
sentative in Congress from New York
city, addressing n meeting last night
on the East Side, told his audience that
he proposes to introduce 4 bill provid-
ing that the government take over the
cattle ranches and that the govern
ment establish maximum prices for
food
Evening star., 1916-11-27
TO USE HYDRO-AIRPLANES
IN NORTH POLAR REGIONS
Roald Amundsen, Explorer, Goes to
New York to Purchase
Two Machines.

NEW YORK. November 2..-Roald
south polar explorer is here
to buy two hydro-airplanes for use in
his 1918 expedition into north polar
regions, he said on his arrival at this
port today on the Danish steamer
Freredick VIII. from Copenhagen. The
fyiug machines, he said, would be con-
strucUcd so as to travel over smooth
ice as well on water and will be
used for interior explorations starting
from the ship which will carry his
uarty The vessel Will be constructed,
he said, so that the planes can rise
from and land on its decks. The ex-
plorer added that another purpose of
his visit here was to buy food supplies
for his trip in this country because
prices in Europe were prohibitive.
Amundsen said his ship would be
ready for launching in March. and that
the work Of equipping her would begin
In July, 1917. but that no effort would
be made to get away before the fol-
lowing year. so he might have plenty
o ftime to complete his preparations
The start was originally planned for
1917 but was delayed on account of
the war
Evening star., 1916-11-27
Rumanians Are Driven Beyond
River Topolog, Berlin Reports

by the Associated Press.
BERLIN. November - Iby wireless
10 Sayvi!i.) .).-Germau and Austro- Hun
2arian troops. under command of Lieut..
Gen. Kraft Won DclncuSingen. advanc-
ing on both sides Of the River Alt. in
Wallachia. yesterday. pushed back the
Rumanian forces beyond the Topolog
river. says the official statement iss'ed
by the German army headquarters.
Ale&andria, i Rumanian town forty
seven miles southwest Of Bucharest
was captured yesterday by Teuton
forces.
The kumauiAu forces which had re-
tired from the Danube town OF Crsova
Were pushed farther TO the southeast
by the AustrO-tierru,,i troops the state
Iaent adds. and this Eunauian force
mas now been blocked by the approach
of other T.uton forces in the rear In
this sector - officers ana 200 men
have been captured by the Teutons
who also have taken three cannon and
a great quantity of munitions.
Evening star., 1916-11-27
JOSEPH BROOKS KILLED IN
FALL FROM EIGHTH FLOOR
Well Known Theatrical Manager
Had Been Suffering From
Nervous Breakdown.

NEW YORK, November 21.--Joseph
Brooks, theatrical manager, was Killed
today by fall from his eighth floor
apartment in West 10Th street.
Several weeks ago Mr.. Brooks suffer
ed a nervous breakdown. according to his
family. Today his wife left their bed
room to prepare warm bath for him,
and in her absence he went to the open
window. A few minutes later police
man notified Mrs. Brooks that her hns-
bands body had been found in the
courtyard.
Mr.. Brooks was general manager of
the Klaw & Erlanger productions and
was actively associated with many of
the theatrical successes of that cor
poration. He was the first producer of
Ben Hur. and at various periods
managed Booth, Barrett. Fanny Daven-
port, Lillian Russell, William III. Crane
and others. In 1908 he went 10 Eng
land. where he arranged to have the
Drury Lane melodramas produced i'll
Chicago.
Mr.. Brooks is survived by his widow
and a daughter. Virginia Fox. He was
born in Memphis. Tenn.
Evening star., 1916-11-27
Won Falkenhayn Is Confident
Teutons Will Take Bucharest

by The Associated Press.
IiEEMANNSTADT, TransyIvania, No
vember 2s. via Berlin and wireless to
Sayville. y. y, November 21.-At Il
luncheon which Gen. Won Falkenhayn,
commander Of the forces on the north
ern Ruman!an front. gave today to a
small group Of neutral correspondents
he remarked TO the Associated Press
representative that, although nothing
in this world is so certain that one
dare predict anything with safety"
Bucharest will be an uncomfortable
place for any one to be in when the
Germans get their guns trained it,
Although Gen. Won Falkenhayn de-
clined absolutely to commit himself to
any prediction as to when this might
occur. and even questioned the purely
military advantage OF possession of
Bucharest, with its thousands to feed.
when the same result might be accom-
plished gradually decimating the Ru-
manian army. he left not the slightest
doubt in the minds Of his hearers that
he considered ii q possibility of the
immediate future.
Gen. Won Falkenhayn was reticent as
to the probable length of the Rumanian
Continued on Second Page.)
Evening star., 1916-11-27
EXPECTS SHARP FIGHT
ON RAILWAY BILLS
Senator Gallinger Predicts Little
Legislation on Subject at Short
Session of Congress.

The coming struggle in Congress
over railroad legislation will be d
sharp one, Senator Gallinger of New
Hampshire. republican leader Of the
Senate. predicted today. He doubted,
he said. whether it would be possible
to enact much legislation at the short
session of Congress, about to open, on
account of lack of time.
Il am in favor of some plan whereby
industrial disputes may be investigat-
ed by an impartial body before any
strike or lockout is ordered said Sen
ator Gallinger He said that law of
this kind has worked well in Canada,
and that he thought it would work
well here.
Evening star., 1916-11-27
Rumanians Admit Retirement
From Positions on the Alt

BUCHAREST. November -. via Lon
don. ll:51 a.m.-The Rumauians have
,etired from the line Of the River AIT.
the war Office announces.
The RGmanians also have retired j
little 70 the east of the Topolog river.
The TopoiOg is Il tributary Of the Alt
into which II flows at a point about forty
miles south of the Hungarian border. be-
low RothenthUrn pass. IT runs parallel to
the Alt over most of its course, about
ten miles east of that river. This Sec
tion OF the front is northwest of Bu-
charest. and it's abandonment by the
Rumaniaas WAS forced by the Austro-
German advance farther south, Hank
ing the Alt linz,
Evening star., 1916-11-27
FIGHTING RESULTS
IN HEAVY LOSSES
Outcome of Battle Between
Villa Bandits and De Facto
Troops Not Yet Known.
CLASH AT CHIHUAHUA CITY
By the Associated Press.


JUAREZ. Mexico, November 21.-The
final result of the fighting between the
de facto government forces defending
Chihuahua City and Francisco Villas
bandit army was unknown at the Amer
lean border early today. Wire commu-
nication between Chihuahua City and
Juarez. broken presumably by bandits
Saturday. had not been restored. Car
rama officials here e press the convic-
tion that Villa S efforts to take the city
had been defeated. although the last
news received directly from the battle
field indicated that the bandits. during
the lighting Saturday. carried the con-
flict into the city proper. and that they
Were finally elected after heavy losses
bS both sides
Evening star., 1916-11-27
TO FIGHT FOR MORE PAY.
Federal Employees to Concentrate
First on Nolan Minimum Wage Bill.

Government employees, aided by the
Federal Employees Union and other or
ganiZations. will make a determined
fight for increased wages at the COM
ing session of Congress. according to
H. NJ McLarin. president of the union,
who has just returned from the ses-
sions of the convention of the Amcri-
can Federation of Labor in Baltimore
Efforts will be concentrated at first
on the Nolan minimum wage bill, as
this affects class of employees who
need increases more than any other
according to Mr.. McLarin. but every
effort will lie made for a general re-
vision Of salaries upward. He said that
the prOaDoG1Q looked very bright to
him for Q eouoral increase.
Evening star., 1916-11-27
Paris Reports Quiet Night.

PARIS, November 27.-The French
official announcement on the progress
Of hostilities on the French front at
the office this afternoon reads as
follows:
There has been the customary can
nonading at various points on the
Somme front and in the sectors of
Douaumont and Vaux. The night
passed quietly on the remainder of the
front.
"A group of French aviators last
night bombarded the aviation fields at
Guizancourt and Matigny. The mis-
siles thrown down reached their mark"
Evening star., 1916-11-27
Chairman of Ball Committee.

Miss Nellie Johnson. one of this sea-
sons popular debutantes and a gradu-
ate of Eden Hall, is chairman of the
committee of Washington young wom-
en- VINO are in charge Of the alumuee
ball tonight.
The other members of the committee
Edith Oracle. Miss Ada Morgan Hin,
Miss Caldron Miss Harlow, Miss
Elizabeth Hamilton. Miss Amy Bennett,
Miss Margaret Clark. Miss Reeves Har-
ris. Misses futile, Miss Mary Veeder,
Miss Dolores Crawford, Miss Louise
Hamilton and Miss Roberta Wiley.
Ralph Snowden Hill is chairman Of
the door committee for the aluinnae
ball. and has with him Bowie Clark,
Warwick Emile Montgomery. Jr-, VIII
liam Payne Meredith and others
y hile the ball is in progress at the
Willard hundreds of the alumnae arc
TO accept an invitation to another re-
ception in the Library of Congress.
from 5 to IL pm
A number OF the alumnae are to re-
main over in Washington for i few
days as guests of local alumnae. bur
the big ma jority of them will leave the
apitaI at 1925 o'clock on a special
train for Baltimore
One of the features of the Nv Washington
day entertainment Is a souvenir pro-
gram on the first page of which is a
sketch giving the early history OF
Catholic Washington, written by Miss
Ella Lorraine Dorsey, an alumuae OF
Georgetown Visitation Convent. The
work of compiling this program was
in charge OF Mrs ". \. Roach, jr.
Visitors of Note.
many women Of note. who have
Evening star., 1916-11-27

But every one knows that the Adam
son law is not properly an eight-hour
law, that it was never intended as such
by the men who sought it, although
expect the misinformation spread in re-
gard to this law was responsible for
hundreds of thousands of votes being
cast for President Wilson November T.
The men who came here advocating tn,
law admitted to us that ii was not AN
eight law. but a wage-increase
law, pure and simple"
Senator Gallinser attributed Presi-
dent Wilson's reelection in large part
to the ''he kept us out OF war" slogan
of the democratic campaignerS.
Evening star., 1916-11-27

All the international officers will assist
in receiving They are Miss Clare |.
Cogan, ST. Joseph's, Emmitsburg, Nd.
founder and first president; Mrs James
l. Sheeran, St Joseph's, Emnitsbure.
Nd founder and chairman of the COM
mittee on organization: Mrs. Hugh Kelly,
Loretto Alumnae Association. Toronto,
Ontario first vice president: Mrs. Frank
fiahne. Notre Dame alumnae. Dayton.
ohio second flee president: Miss Irene
NJ. Cullen St Josephs Alumnae Asso-
p1 resident; Miss iiestber E. Sullivan. s.
i.lizabeth's aIumnae. Convent Station.
n j. corresponding secretary; Mrs. Jchl4
McFnery. Immaculate Conception alum
nae, Davenport. iowa. recording secre-
tary; Mrs. William Muldoon, Mount 81.
Josepll's s,Iuinlae. Brighton. Mass. treas
urer, and the following trustees: Mrs. Ed
ward q Paine. Mrs. T. f. Phillips, Mrs.
Daniel & Gallery. Miss Margaret J.. lta9t
and Miss Cecile H. Lorenzo.
The presidents of the affiliated or
sanizaiions who viii be in the receiv-
ing Iil.e are Mrs. Darcy McGee. Miss
Mary Harlow, Miss Eunice X. Warn.l,
Mrs. William Roach. jr.; Mrs. q. W
Evans Miss Mary Maloney. Mrs. Alice
NJ. Brown. Miss Margery Lucas, Miss
Eugene Liewtawd, Miss Mary KAY
anaugh, Miss Hortense MCGOWAN. Miss
Dorothy Boucher and Miss Josephine
i'm.
Evening star., 1916-11-27
Shriners Sail for Panama.

NEW ORLEANS, La, November 81
Charles +. Ovenshire of Minneapolis,
deputy imperial potentate of the An
cient Arabic Order of the Mobiles Of the
Mystic Shrine, and Ashley J. Abell, il
luStrious potentate of osmond Temple,
St Paul headed a delega tion of forty
Minnesota ShrinerS which sailed for
the Isthmus of Panama from here Sat
urday on the United Fruit steamer
Turrialba. The officers will conduct a
ceremonial on the isthmus,
Evening star., 1916-11-27
Eight Sites From Which to Choose.

LOS ANGELES. Cal. November 27.-
Rear Admiral J. NJ Helm. head Of the
commission on naval yards and naval
stations. took under consideration to-
day data assembled In the inspection
of eight proposed sites for submarine
and aviation stations near this city.
One of the sites visited was Catalina
Island. about twenty five miles off the
California coast. The commission will
depart late today on the destroyer
Paul Jones for San Diego. where a
number Of sites will be inspected.
Evening star., 1916-11-27
NIGHT ATTACK
BY FRENCH ON SOMME
Berlin Announces the Enemy Was
Repulsed in St. Pierre
Vaast Wood.

BERLIN. November -, by wireless to
Sayville. y. I.-French forces last night
attacked the German positions in the
southern portion of st. Pierre Vaast
wood. on the River Somme front, says
today's German official statement. but
they were repulsed by the German ar
ulIery and machine gun fire.
Evening star., 1916-11-27
Conservation
of Paper

Every citizen is called upon to see
that not a pound of paper Is wasted.
Demand from every clerk that any
unnecessary wrapping Of packages
be dispensed with.
If you have no further use for to-
days newspaper save 1T for the
school children's playground fund.
Call Main 6036 and ask for the
nearest public school to your homo
and the old papers will be sent for.
Evening star., 1916-11-27
Was the Work of Experts.

detectives Grant. Armstrong. Mullen,
O'Brien and CornwelI were detailed to
investigate the robbery, and the police
hand it it They are all of the opinion
that the work was done by men who
are experts at handling explosives, and
the small amount of noise made, they
assert shows that the yeggmen knew
just what quantity of the explosive
was necessary to throw the tumblers
of the lock.
A heavy instrument, probably ham,
mer or hatchet, was used to break the
knob off the lock, a handle of such an
instrument being found on the roof of
a shed during the course of the inves-
tieation of the affair.
In order to gain access 10 the prem
ises it was necessary for the robbers to
enter the yard of the adjoining prem
Uses. climb a brick wall and drop a
distance of ten feet into the store yard
There is no rear outlet to the yard. 1t
required considerable force to knock a
panel from the rear door. the pol!ce
said, and it may have been the noise
made in breaking the door that was
heard by the neiShbor.
Having knocked the knob off the safe,
the yeggmen proceeded to soap the
lock and put in the explosive, hrst
taking precaution against the noise OF
the explosion being great enough TO
attract persons from the outside. This
was done by gathering several old
coats and sacks and holding them
a gainst the safe with an Office stool
The coats and sacks were blown from
the safe. and the stool was shattered
Evening star., 1916-11-27

Official ;tdyiccs received here today
say that Saturday night the Villa
forces attacking Chihuahua had pene-
trtted into the city and established Il
line Of trenches. Prisoners from the
penitentiary were liberated, the dis
patch said. and the guards joined the
Villa forces. News dispatches have
later reported the repulse ot the at
tackers. but nothing official on that
feature had reached here today
Evening star., 1916-11-27

Il know that the labor union leaders
are opposing any law which would
seem to compel arbitration before Il
strike was ordered" said Senator Gal
linger. Il know that Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor. has been quoted to the ef-
feet that the eight-hour law. so-called,
must go into effect January l. law or
no law. Or course. If We are going to
disregard all law in this country in
the interests Of any particular band of
men. we might as well move into some
country where there is no law
IF the labor organizations, or any
other organizations, are to be permit
ted to come to Washington and enforce
their will upon Congress, as they did
last September in the passage of the
Adamson eight-hour law. then the
country is in a bad way. Personally, [
am in sympathy with the eight-hour
day wherever it is feasible to have it.
Evening star., 1916-11-27
British Artillery Active.

LONDON. November 27.-"Our artil-
lery was active last night in the neigh
borhood of La Bassee. says today's
Official report from the Franco Belgian
front "Otherwise there is nothing to
report