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The evening leader., 1916-12-22
THINK GERMANS
up AGAINST BIG
FOOD CRISIS NOW

London, Dec. 21.-The Times prints
an Amsterdam dispatch saying:
"The fact that emerges with IN
creasing distinctness from an examl-
nation of the circumstances attending
the German peace proposal is that
unless peace is obtained the economic
conditions of the central empires are
such as to threaten an acute domestic
crisis. That Germany is rapidly ex-
hausting her reserves of food supplies
seems evident.
"Her harvest is completed, and even
the Kreuzzeitung has admitted that
the situation is very serious. The food
dictator, Won Batocki, addressing a
number of Berlin editors on the eve OF
the chancellor's reichstag speech, and
therefore evidently with a view of in
fuencing the press comment on the
peace proposal, stated that the potato
crop this year amounts to 2O,OOO,ooO
tons, as against 50,000,OOO tons last
year. He estimated the shortage as
equivalent in food value to 5,00O,O0o
IONS of cereals. AS, however, the in
erease in the German cereal harvest
amounted to only 3,5OO,ooo tons, there
remains a deficit equivalent to- 1,50O,-
600 tons of cereals as compared TO
last year."
The evening leader., 1916-12-22
RIGHT NOW IS UP
TO HER KNEES in A BOOM

diately begin the construction of acid
phosphate chambers as soon as they
can purchase the material with which
to make the chambers.
Great numbers of people have gone.
into Dade City, Florida, and are pur-
chasing land daily at that point. In
the north, the whole southeast is be-
ing looked to by the great fnanciers,
finances are being furnished to all
worthy enterprises in the southeast,
and these financiers know that a boom
is coming, because we have in the
southeast that which has always caus-
ed great moYements Of people, to-wit,
cheap agricultural lands.
To prove my statement, look back
in history. Every great movement of
people that has taken place on the
American continent has been induced
by cheap land. The south lost five
million people to the central west inn
mediately after the war, and the great
incentive was homesteads and cheap
land. The government has said that
in this area are the remaining great
agricultural areas. The government
has also said that in this territory cat
tie can be raised more cheaply than
elsewhere in the United States, and
they have said in an official document
that eventually the United States
must look to the. southeastern Section
of the United States for reasonably
cheap meat.-B. L. Hammer.
The evening leader., 1916-12-22
FIGHTING ON ,VERDUN FRONT
LITTLE ACTIVITY ELSEWHERE

into Moldavia in the region of Galatz.i
The latest official communication
from Berlin says that in Dobrudja the
Russians have retreated past their
newly-fortified positions in the north
and that the Teutonic allies now are
advancing toward the lower Danube.
( Aside from the announcement of the
capture of more than thousand Rus
slams and Rumanians and the taking
of numerous vehicles loaded with pro-
visions, no mention is made by Berlin
of the advance in Moldavia. In the
Carpathians the Russians and Teuton-
Iic allied forces continued fighting but
with no great victories for either side
In all the other theaters artillery
preponderate, only small
infantry actions having taken place
Berlin records attacks favorable to
the Turks'and Bulgarians in the Stru-
ma region of the Macedonian front.
On the right bank Of the Meuse riv-
.er, in the Verdun sector, the French
and the Germans throughout Tuesday
fought spirited artillery. duels, espe-
cially near Bezonvaux, the Caurieres
rWood and !Chambrettes. The infantry
of neither side left their trenches.
Reciprocal bombardments took place
tafong the British front in France and
also along the line in Belgium.
Il
The evening leader., 1916-12-22
CARRANzA STATES
POSITION AGAIN
NOTHING DOING

.PhiIadelph Gen, Carranza's rep
resentative on the Mexican-American
joint. commission. made to the ,Ameri.
can members. the admission that the,
protocol signed three weeks ago at At
Ilantic City had not been ratified by
Carranza. They supplemented that
admission, however, with declara-
tion of the attitude Of Carranza's gov
ernment and assured the Americans
that the delay in ratification did not
signify rejection.
At the close of the conference it
was evident that both Americans and
Mexicans regarded as probable the
official sanction of the protocol and
the resumption of the discussion of
questions at issue between the United
States and Mexico. It was believed
tonight that the sessions might be
continued until near the end of the
week, when an adjournment would be
taken until otter New Years day.
It was indicated that Carranza had
withheld ratification not so much be-
cause he found the terms Of the agree
ment impossible as because he felt
that the declaration of the United
States governments attitude as to the
pursuit of bandits made by Secretary
Of the Interior Lane made it incon-
sistent for him to accept it without
in turn defining the position of his
government.
Carranza authorized Commissioner
Pani to draft and to submit the
statement intended as a counter dec
laration of policy. It was learned that
the Mexican commissioners were en-
powered to use their Judgment in
phrasing the document, and that they
were urged by Carranza not to cause
a break with the Americans if it
could be avoided.
Mr.. Pani said after the conference
that he believed a satisfactory ar
rangement could be reached, and the
Americans were hopeful that the
meeting tomorrow would bring an un-
derstanding that would be followed by
the ratification of the protocol.
The evening leader., 1916-12-22
WILL EMPLOY 1000 MEN
TN BIG SHIPBULDlNG CO.

Plans of Ernest Kreher and associ-
ates to make Tampa the most import
ant shipbuilding point in the south
have eliminated in the organization,
in this city yesterday, of the Tampa
Shipbuilding and Engineering COM
pany, with a capital of $S00,O0O,
which will put in big plant on the
estuary and give employment to- at
least 1000 men. ys4
This announcement was made yes
terday by Ernest Kreher, in response
: to an inquiry from The Tribune.
Mr.. Kreher said: "Plans have been
perfected for the establishment in
Tampa of great shipbuilding indus
try. To this end, the entire holdings
of the Tampa Foundry and Machine
company and my holdings on the es-
tuary have. been put into new cons
pany, to be known as the Tampa Ship
building and Engineering company.
The capital stock of the company is
to be $S00,000 and the holdings of the
other company and myself have been
merged into the corporation at value
of $4,000. leaving $23O,000 of the
capital stock for disposal to Tampa
investors.
"Much of this stock has already been
subscribed by Tampa men. 1t is our
desire to make it Tampa concern
throughout, and to that end commit
tee has been appointed from among
the stockholders to have charge Of the
sale of this stock. This committee is
composed of A. C. Clewis, Edgar A.
Roberts, Frank Brusen, L. H. McIn-
tyre and myself"
Great Demand for Ships
Mr.. Kreher called attention. to the
fact that the demand for ships is such
. that should all the shipbuilding plants
in the world work at full time, it
would require FIVE years for them to
turn out sufficient bottoms to make up
for the vessels which have been de-
stroyed during the present war:
SIT is. not. a question of getting sthe
work" said Mr.. Kreher, "but OF, being
able to handle it. / have studied the
,
The evening leader., 1916-12-22

The military developments are few
and unimportant. There have been
only bombardments on the Verdun
front since Paris reported winning
back the Chambrettes farm from the
Germans. The latest reports from
Rumania indicated the Russians are
preparing to make a definite stand
in southern Moldavia. They are re-
ported to have erected a strong de-
fensive line.
i Berlin announced the Germans had
advanced in Dobrudja. Berlin report
ed Increased artillery fire in Russia
and Galicia. Unofficial Berlin advices
said it was asserted there that the
results the French attained at Verdun
were small and would not affect the
military situation. 1t was not heliexr
ed or expected the attacks would ne
'cessitate the transfers of troops fro1n
other points. -
The German advance in Ruma1fia is
declared to have released large num-
Bers:of troops through the shortening
of the line
b The Russian. and sRurrfanian troops
who .have<been in retreat before the
Teutonic allies.fn Dsbrudia, seeming
" now are at. 9. point where they ei-
ther must make stand. .,or cross the
Danube into Southwest Bessarabia, or
The evening leader., 1916-12-22

Florida right now is up to her knees
in a boom, and within the next six
months will be up to her eyes. Some
of the important facts that would
call to your attention are these: The
Consolidated Land company, which is
the same as the Consolidated Naval
Stores company and the Consolidated
Grocery company, have taken one mil
lion acres of their land, and are fenc-
ing it in and are turning it into a
cattle ranch, instead of placing it up-
on the market as the turpentine COM
panies and the land companies have
been doing heretofore. Mrs. Potter
Palmer, in Manatee county, has fenced
in one field Of twenty thousand acres,
and has gone into the cattle business
upon a very extensive scale. A life
insurance company of Louisville, KY,
owns the Anthony farms of Anthony,
Florida, and are extending these very
greatly. Effenger & Russell, of New
York, who own 10000 to $4,000
acres in Columbia and Baker counties,
are going into the farming business
upon very large scale; Hall brothers,
at Watertowns Florida, lumber opera
tors, are turning their cut-over areas
into farms, and going into farming;
the Consolidated Fruit company, of
New York, which company 4 under
stand owns eight thousand acres of
grove in California, have come into
this state and are putting out, in
Polk county, one grove Of three .thous-
and acres, and they have six hundred
acres on the east coast of the Indian
river It is such operations as these
that is removing these vast areas Of
land from the market, and # the shall
farmer does not get his land in Flori-
da now, + have not much hope for
him getting it in the future. 4
To further Illustrate to you that 1
boom is on; I will say that the Sea.
board AiF Line railway company IN
November, 1915, tfehght they did a.
exceptionally large business. but il
November, 1916, their business oi
passenger traffic increased rs per cen1
over 1915. Upon one day we brought
~, fo,,,.foo,, D,,I1v,,or 1oaJe of ,,o<,,l 4
With the close of the war, Florida il
going to prosper wonderfully The
phosphate mines will open up in full
force with orders ahead for years to
come. In Tampa and vicinity there
will be constructed a great number of
acid-phosphate plants. Wilson &
Toomer, of Jacksonville, have already
purchased their land, and will imme-
The evening leader., 1916-12-22
BARLEY IS THE OLDEST
CEREAI. IN THE WORLD

Wheat has long been our bread
grain. Within recent weeks it has
gone to prices not before attained in
the past half century. This has forced
the price of flour so high that master
bakers declare they are obliged to
charge an increased price to keep
their bakeries running. A few, seek
ing to run and still give the trade
fve-cent loaves, were put out of bus
mess. The National Master Bakers
association declares it is impossible to
give our people five-cent bread with
the present high price of four-and
wheat prices are still soaring upward.
Is there a substitute?
The evening leader., 1916-12-22

The German emperor has said, in
substance, to his people: "More bread,
less beer" He has sent forth an order
curtailing the use of barley for beer
throughout the empire, 50 its use for
bread can be more generously increas-
ed.
Stock feeders figure to fraction
of cent on stock-fceding ration,
but they make dollars in the end.
They have weighed and balanced their
rations with mathematical exactness,
so they can adjust them to the vary
ing prices in the market. A definite
ratio is maintained, so profits may ac-
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The evening leader., 1916-12-22
POPULATION OF U. s.
IS NOW 102,017,312

Washington, Dec. 21.-The popula-
ton of the United States is 1o2,ol7,-
312. according to estimates issued to-
dav by the census bureau. The popu-
lation of the United States and its
territorial possessions is given at 112,-
-44OOO The estimate by the bureau
shows big drift to the cities, despite
the back-to-the-farm movement.
The evening leader., 1916-12-22

shipbuilding proposition from every
angle and / know that a plant such
as we propose to build will have, at
all time, more available contracts
than it can attend to. We are even
now being besieged to undertake the
building of a half-dozen ships. Tampa
is peculiarly located for shipbuilding
purposes and we will be able to under
bid many of the other concerns by
reason of our water freights and other
advantages"
/ Asked as to the probable extent Of
the plant, Mr.. Kreher said: "We have
forty acres on the estuary basin, and
this will give US ample room to build
the plant. At the present time, and
with the limited facilities of the Tam
pa Foundry and Machine company, we
are employing more than 200 men reg
ularly. With the new plant we will
have steady employment for at least
1000 workmen."
"All the properties of the Tampa
Foundry and Machine company" said
Mr.. Kreher,s "and the estuary holdings
will be merged into the new company.
Much of the stock which we have for
sale has been subscribed for. We ap-
prehend no difficulty in selling the en-
tire issue, because the enterprise must
appeal to wise and thoughtful invest
ors as one of the best available"
"Among those who have become
subscribers to the stock" said Mr..
Kreher, "are A. C. Clewis, j. A. Grif-
fin, A. L. Cuesta, E..A. Roberts, Frank
Bruen, Perry G. Wall, w. L. Preston,
William Forger, L. H. McIptyre and
R. NJ. Prince. I"
Tampa's opbortunity
1 5A..sC: clewiss who was present. at
the interview, .and WHO has. already
taken stock in the,new company, was
asked his opinion as,t6 the .opportuni-
ty which sthe enterprise opened for
Tampa. -
Mn Clewis said .That Tahapa is
the logical point for d great sship-
building enterprise has lorg been my
opinion, and I can imagine no indus
try which has a brighter outlook for
this locality than the one which Mr..
Kreher has inaugurated. The demand
for ships far exceeds the supply and
there is constant clamor for more
|of them. / am assured that the Tam
pa company will have more than it
can do from the start. The success
which Mr.. Kreher has achieved in the
Tampa Foundry and Machine compa-
ny indicates what he will be able to do
with enlarged facilities and a greater
field of operations. I regard the ship
building company as the most meri
torious and the safest enterprise
which has been launched here in years.
1 was glad of the opportunity to be-
come stockholder, because l feel that
it will not only be personally profta
BILE, but will be big thing for the
city of Tampa. Tampa Tribune.
The evening leader., 1916-12-22
CITIZENS OF CLEARWATER TOPAY
COSTS OF COUNTY SEAT MIDDLE

q
The city council of Clearwater has
voted that city shall pay all costs of
carrying the county court house fight
to the supreme courts, in an effort to
save the court house to that town.
This action was taken Wednesday
night and the costs will amount to up
wards of $500. E
Ex-Mayor J. R. Jeffords, of Clear
The evening leader., 1916-12-22
NO INAUGURAL BALL

Washington, Dec. 22.-There is to
be no inaugural ball to usher IN the
second term of Woodrow Wilson, the
president said today. -,
1t is expected that the president VIII
have. Anference late this week with
Cfa RAnN, Harper, chairman OF
~ committee, to discuss
The evening leader., 1916-12-22

water, presented a petition signed by
many of the taxpayers of the city
asking that the step be taken and a
number of citizens were also present
asking that the petition be granted.
It was voted that 5000 be appropriat-
ed and paid at once and that the bal
ance of the court costs, fees, ETC., be
paid as soon as it is needed.
The evening leader., 1916-12-22
DIET ON WHICH GERMAN
SOLDIERS ARE FIGHTING

Berlin, Dec. 22.-Figures made pub
lie regarding the rations of German
soldiers at the front give the articles
and amounts which make up the fight
ing mans diet as follows:
Of meat, the men at the front re-
ceivc daily 8.S ounces of fresh meat or
|5.3 ounces of smoked meat or 5.3
ounces of canned meats. The meat
ration, however, may be varied by
serving 1 1-3 pounds of salt water
fish or an equivalent of, picked fish.
To the meat or fish ration are add
led potatoes and other vegetable foods,
the latter in the form ora daily ration
of A ounces of rice or 8.S ounces of
legumes or5.3 ounces of canned vege-
tables, which may be replaced by 3 1-3
pounds of potatoes. There is also an
allowance of 25 grams (less than an
ounce) of salt per day, with 25 grams
of onions or other seasoning sub
stances. For the making of hot
drinks the soldier gets regularly each
day approximately 25 grams of roast
ed coffee or 3 grams Of tea, with about
II grams of sugar. He is allowed IA
ounces of butter or marmalade or SIM
liar substances for use with his bread
ration, which consists of / 2-3 pounds,
or of IL pounds of biscuits baked with
eggs, which can be preserved for an
unlimited time and which are always
held in stock.
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scure that the American consul had to
be requested by the state department
to verify it.
The first news Of her death was re-
ceived by Captain fortress, treasurer
of Lyon, Gary & Co., in a cable from
Padua, which said:
IA "Clara dead. Notify family. Cas-
i,alQta.'
ksssalota was the last Of her many
AGds. Her relatives in America
ker even seen him. She left
1t is not known how much
Evening star., 1916-07-21
GOLF SCORES VERY LOW
Shortness of Links Responsible for
Many Professionals Turning In
Startling Figures.

The reason for the very low scores
OF the professionals in the last two
open Journeys is. of course, due to the
relative shortness of the links over
which they played. In these days of
the rubber-cored ball the tremendous
distance to which the pellets can be
driven seems miraculous, and the con-
sequent shortening of the courses is
not to be marveled at. The pros at
Minikhada were getting home on holes
which were laid out as regular two
shot holes with a drive and a short
mashie-niblick pitch. On the holes
the paid players found no trouble in
reaching the green in two often with a
drive and an iron. It Is one of the hard
est matters in the world of golf to lay
out a hole which can be played right
by both the long hitters and the short
ones. II bunker is placed $50 yards
second shot of the mediocre player the
pros will have difficulty keeping out
of it OF the tee.
The holes. ranging in distance from
200 yards to 800. are built for them.
for it is seldom that long hitting
pro who Is in the top ranks fails to
get at least 240 to 2s0 yards off the
tee. and when the accuracy of the
pitches is considered it makes a course
look very short when three are being
secured on par five holes. A short
time ago one OF the local pros visited
another of the paid brethren at his
club. On one of the holes the last
named man got magnificent drive,
rough in a bad lie. The hole in ques-
tion has set OF cross-bunkers about
420 yards from the tee. The player
who had the good tee shot had to play
short of the bunkers. while the other
man. having gotten good out of the
rough. played a good midiron. shot to
the green and got a half with the man
who had played the hole perfectly. The
been In the rough was nothing extraor-
dinary. but only the usual shot cal
culated to put the ball on the green
from 1so yards away.
1t does not seem quite fair that when
one player gets as good score as is
| possible on the hole that another who
| has virtually missed a shot should
come along and get half One of the
| holes on the old Westward-Ho course
at Chicago was s02 yards in length
| and Gil Nichols. one of the longest hit
ters In the country got home with two
| wooden shots, carrying bunker on the
second. The eleventh hole at the CO.
| lumbia Country Club is more than 480
yards in length and yet Fred Mcleod
plays 1t frequently with a drive and
| a pitch.
Another point in which green keen
ers frequently err is in the matter of
| cutting the holes. Often the hole is
round on the edge of a hazard and the
| pitch Is almost impossible. as the ball
cannot be made to stop anywhere near
! the hole. Then again sometimes the
artificial difficulties of putting green
are exaggerated. for the surface lis
Iwisted ana bumped in all directions.
If the ball happens to light on the near
| siope OF one OF these mounds it stops.
| out II II happens to pitch on the far
slope there is no stopping it.
Evening star., 1916-07-21
CONGRATULATES CHICK EVANS.
Lord Northcliffe Pleased at Chicago
Boy Winning Golf Title.

CHICAGO, July 21.--Charles (Chick)
Evans, who recently won the national
open golf championship at Minneapolis,
today exhibited note from Lord
Northcliffe. editor of the London Times.
congratulating him on his victory.
The English editor wrote: Il cannot
tell you with what pleasure the news
of your victory was received in Eng
land. Some of us who are over fifty
still play golf. and 1 happened to be
at club when the news came of your
splendid win. The members could not
have been more delighted had the open
championship been won by an Eng
lishman over fighting age.
Your bearing and conduct at Sand
wich two years ago were recalled by
all. Your extreme good temper in face
of the extraordinary luck against you
made a marked impression"
Evans was a contender for the Eng
lish championship at Sandwich two
years ago
Evening star., 1916-07-21
NEW CIRCUIT ORGANIZED.
Washington Amateur League Will
Begin Play Monday.

At meeting of the representatives of
several teams new amateur base ball
league was formed last night. The or
ganization will be known as the WASH
ington Amateur League. The following
clubs have franchises: S. s. c. c., Man
haitian A. c., Regent A. c.. Truxton A c.,
Royal A. c., Cherrydale Juniors, Fra
ternity A. c., Trojan A. c.
The constitution and bylaws and sched-
ule were adopted. The season is to open
Monday, July "a. and will close Septem-
ber s. Games are to be played each week
Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
The average age of players must be sew
enteen, and no player can be more than
nineteen. The following are the officers
Harry E. Late, president John A Du-
secretary; j. Seabrook, treasurer The
following schedule was adopted. the va
rious teams being represented by num-
bers, according to the table following the
schedule.
Evening star., 1916-07-21
ADAM A. wEscHLER. AUcT1oNEER.

BRICK DWELLING, KNOWN AS HOUSE
40. 62s MARYLAND AVENUE SOUTH
Under and by virtue Of a certain deed of trust
recorded in Liber No. 3293, at folio 4s9 ct seq,
one Of the land records Of the District Of Co
Iumbia. and at the request Of the party secured
for sale at pSbl1S ss,cp in front Of the
SIXTH DAY OF JULY, AID. 1915. AT HALF
PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM, all that parcel of
land situate and being in the city Of Wash
ington. in the District Of Columbia, and de-
scribed as lot numbered sixty (601, in johnson
and Birkhead, trustees. subdivision Of lots in
square numbered four hundred and sxty-two
1882, per plat recorded in Book 10, page
IT, in the surveyors Office for the District of
Columbia. together with all the improvements
thereon
Terms Of sale: one-third Of the purchase
money to be paid In cash and the balance in two
the day Of sale, with interest at the rate of
six per cent per annum. payable semi-annually,
and the deferred payments to be secured by
n first deed Of trust on the property sold, or all
cash. at the option of the purchaser. deposit
of 5000 will be required Of the purchaser at the
time of the acceptance Of the bid All convey
ancing, examination of title. recording. notary
fees and revenue stamps at the cost of the pur-
chaser. The said terms Of sale to be COM
piled with within fifteen days from the day Of
sale otherwise the trustees the right
to resell said property at the risk and cost of
the defaulting purchaser, after at least five
DAYS advertisement Of such resale In some news
CHAPLIN BROWN. Trustee.
No. 323 John Marshall place NV.
HENRY Fl. PERGMANN Trustee
iy15-d&dsexSu No. 511 1th ST. NV.