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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-21
Resolutions Adopted at Atlantic
City Recommend Broad 5cheme
for Controlling the Output and
Sale of Essential Products.
PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
SHOULD ALSO BE FORMED
Labor Adjustment Board Il Ad-
vocated to Handle All Majo.
Disputes; No Strikes or Lock
out While Differences Pending.


Atlantic city. n j.. Sept. 2i.--Gov-
ernment price fixing OF all essential
products, not only in sales to the gov
ernment hut TO the public as well. wus
recommended In resolutions adopted
today az the closing session of the
war convention of American business
men. The convention advocated leg
islatlve creation Of general govern
ment purchasing department.. which.
IN addition to fixing prices. would
have power to distribute the outpat
of industries In a manner most neces-
sary to the conduct of the war.
"It is the spirit of American busI-
ness" said the resolutions that how
ever fundamental may be the change
IN the relation OF government 20 bust
ness the government should have
power during the period of the war
Ia control prices and the distribution
Of production for public aud private
needs e. whatever extent may be nee
essary for our great national purpose"
The purchasing department pro
posed would absorb the present war
industries board aud the functions cf
the director OF priority. The present
power Of the government To control
priority nf shipment would be extend
ed to include authority To- direct pri-
ori,y OF manufacture. sale aud dis'ri-
tion. An buying nov done by various
bureaus of the war and navy depart
meuts would he centored In the new
board
The convention recommended assis.-
ing the government. In making pur-
chascs by the formation of general
committee of industry representing
al branches
The attitude of buriness toward Ia
bor wlr defined In resolutions recon-
ImendinT that labor starcards rcma IN
unchanged and that labor adjustment
board be named to handle al. maior
disputes The declaration was mae"
for industry that it endorse polic,
~ no iockoutE or strikes while diffe"
ences were before tar board and Ia
Dor wa urged 90 take similar stand
Other resolutions qrproved the gov
| crument's policy In giving financial
aid 10 Russia and pledged the su /.
port of retail merchants To the effor- =
~ the commercial economy board -
bring about economies In retail trads
advocated plan Tor the payment ~
taxes ~ quarterly installmcnts; urge
industries to call war meetings of their
members urged suspension of laws
preventing foreisn ships To- engage IN
coastwire trade, urged government ac-
| tion 10 keep the American dollar On
. parity with eNchange throushout TO"
world urged business Co give fun sup
! port a. the nest liberty loan aud ad-
voca,ed an immediate increase IN the
number of American merchant ships
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-21

emy stronghold known as "anzac"
southwest OF zonnebeke, flutters the
Australian banner. "A symbol OF the
Creates, victory which has marked
British operations In the western
theatcr In the past year. not excluding
that at Messines. Southwest OF Che
luvclt the Germans still are holding "a
position which the British desired and
today az 9:30 o'clock. Field Marshal
Halg began II local attack here.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-21
United States Regiment Is Doing
Good Work Keeping Men in the
Trenches Supplies With Ammu-
milton; Huns Raid Train.
SPIRIT OF CoMRADESHIP
AMONG THE WHOLE CREW
Most of Them Have Worked To-
gether and Have Known Each
Other for Years News Of Their
Arrival Spreads Quickly.
By A,soeIAted I,ts..

American Twiuiug Comp iu France
Thursday, Sept -5y day aud bt
night the men oi the American roCi.
m,ut of engineers which has taken
over am mport1n, line of French
strategic railways. are hauling tons
upon tom of ammunition and other
supplies TO the French army The
American regiment has been turned
oNe' as % unit 20 the French ana Is
getting tll IT,, supplies except clothing
from the French government
Within the past few nights a heavy
train OF supplies hurrying toward the
front was attacked 10y several enemy
planes Nouc of the bombs came dam
Ecrously close but every time the fire
box Of the engine was opened FOR
stocking, the planes swoupcd down up
ON the tran and Spattcrcd it with steel
jacketcl bullets The fire got 10 hot
eventually the train was stopped. the
'rCW taking refuge beneath the en-
Eiuc
The spirit of adventure Is strong
throughout th" American ranks arh
the engineers who $50 Ear have not
been humncd are openly jealous "i
their wurc fortunate comrades. So
far none uf the regiment has been un-
der shell fire but the men may yet
have % taste uf the noisy Gcrm4u 20
and the wh.stliug "pcrcys." woody
bears" and whit bangs" The rcgi.
mcut was recruited from American
railroads aud Ju GLASSES train opera
ttvos. Dispatcher. etc. are included
There b. great spirit ot cumrtdo-
ship among the officers and men
most of whom have worked together
aud have known each other for years
Tho ryclmclt i~ known Js th, op""ai.
ms unit as opposed Go the engineers
enlisted J- constructing units
Before proceeding Go the front an,
regiment Wds uuHrtyryd On % pretty
little French tu..u within the zone
uI Uh, Trru.b ARMY. The arrival ui
! tho Americans tf this town was Kept
SECRET and they marched into an,
I town 1t, at NIGHT after aIl Urhu
J had been yNuuguthcd The soiJirr'
Wcu, moi allowed 60 smoke strik,
matches or Say word Dc-pit, thu
s,saltnv entrance. however th,
/ French tuWu-pvuplv knew quickly u
I the arrival Jul soon the streets Wor,
/ uUrd with 3D. quiet tnruus which loiuc,
/ iu among the Americans and parade,
+ with them arm iu arm. IL was one
/ probably ever received anywhere. hu
/ ~ was zoo the same time one or ,h,
} moro sincere.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-21
Astounding Revelation German Intrigue United States Made Lansing
Count Berno Asked Berlin Foreign Office January
Spend $4,000 Bbe Congressman Prevent Declaration of Wa

the Gel man governments effort To di-
vide America into factions. by corrupt
means II necessary.
'rhis ought O end forever any
aud every doubt In the mind Of any
Americans as To- the Justice and rcc-
cssity for this war. II proves that tho
German governments was seeking all
along tu split ms into factions by cov-
rupt means Il necessary and possibly
hopin- uu time Go win the war 'n
Europe aHd then 60 humiliate and
subjugatc ~. He who is now not
wholcteartodlN for the war runs q
grave risk OF being suspected of get
ting part 81 the nfty thou-and. This
is au Louct congress aud an its mem
bcrs VIII resent this Insult to it's intclll-
geucc and honor.
An official invc~tipatiou by congress
Wax suggcstcd by senator uNcrmah
of South Caroiin1 chairman Of the
senate rules and LOBBY investigating
committee The latter Is still In cN-
isteuce and the senator said is iu q
pusition to act
"Thc whole affair ought to ho uu-
ravellcG 20 the end rc declared. ~
IN NIfNtfH .I'A NNl'l 0ANFN" 'AA' Wv 't''' 1919
ends Germany had gone to"
That b. an insult IN this govern
mcnt" Senator stone. chairilua of the
senate foreign relations committee.
uuprIH declared when hc read the
Hernttorff message.
"1. BE- absolutely ntplorlhlc' me
added. ANY representative of any f""-
,ign government who should make
such 500 attempt JH interfere with af-
fairs u' thi4 eoyorumcut--for it ts
dircs; Interference with the Eutcru-
mcpt Geo attcmp. tu influence congress.
we'll deserves tu Dee siyen his passports
and sent from the country"
Seuttur Stone .nid ho had up
knowledge uf amy attempt Go luflu-
ouco congress as indicated ny the CO.
man message but that hc. like many
other congressman n1d received stacks
OF pruupgaudu tclograms
- uout helicv" that amy such or
SANITATION tried To- influence congress
men sn.d senator Kenyon. "Cuugre. -
men cannot prevent scuuudrcls from
using their names. bot I do not think
any Gcrmuu money wus used 20 .u'
flucn.C congress
Representative Ertun of AlnaWa
sntd ON the floor oC the house todt
that 10 permitted ho could name thir-
teen GO fourteen m,Whcra iu the tw
hr1n,a,s col congress who had "uci
~u-p'o.uu.ly' and ourht to bo iryesti'
gated i % result OF fhc disclosure u'
Count won Hernstorffs letter 90 Ncr-
lu asking fnr money O." influence cone
E:css
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-21
BIG BUSINESS HOLDS
UP PASSAGE OF WAR
TAX BILL. ALLEGED
Demand Retention of Senate AL.
lowances of Good viii, Patents
and Other Intangible Assets in
Determining the Capital,

BY Associated Press
Washington, sept. II l- Members uf
the ways and means committee, at q
meeting with the house coufcrccs ON
the war ttN mli today were tuld that
the presence OF hg business agents,
demanding retention of senate allow
auccs of good Will, patents and other
Intangible assets 100 determining tho
capital of business FOR taxation pur-
poses. WAS responsible for the failure
OF cont,r,o- tp agree ON the d-f.ni-
ton OF capital the big point 900 cons
truN'r-N
AfWr explaining the situation to tho
ways and means committee the house
,uutpr,cs returned To- conference n
was said thn outlook wa poor for an
early agreement ON the excess profit
section
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-21
CHIEF on GENERAL. STAFF
or Russ ARMIES RESIG ~

'etrogrud. Sept 81 - General Alex
ieff nns resigned his post as chief OF
the general staff under Premier Ker-
eusky the commanders -chief of the
Russian armies. according to uewspa q
per reports TODAY The resignation -
said O. bc due tu differences with the
premier, the latter insisting on the re-
moyal from hadduar,vrs % an officers
under suspicion ~ completely with
Gcnera kurulloff
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-21
BLISS >UCCEEps sCVrr.


Cy Associated Press
Washington, sept. 2l.-NIior Gen
cral Ia~kcr ~, Hli-s tuGaN was unurd
chief uf starr Of the army to succeed
MAJOR General Hugh l., scott, who re-
tires from office tomorrow,
-~~~~~~~-~~-~~~~-~~~-~~-~ >>~~~>~>~~-~- -->-~-~~
higher wages. were dcudlnckcd early
today after au nll night conference
between representative of the men,
their employers and federal mcda-
tors
The cmplo,rrs D. was said, offered
20 twelve aud one half per cent wage
increase if the mou returned to work
immediately and submit fn3l adjust.
mcut eft the differences tu arhjtri.
tion The mon. II was understood
stood fast fur their demand uf a 50
u du, minimum au Increase OF ufN
prr cent over the sralc carried in the
working agreement which expired lasI
SATURDAY prior to the walk out
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-21
GERMANS BEING SQUEEZED
OUT on FAMOUS COAL CITY

Canadian Headquarters In France,
Sept. 2o.-Prcssure on the dcfenses OF
Lens Is unrelenting and the Germans
are being literally squeezed out Of the
town. Posts have been pushed out In.
70 No Mans Land again In the region
Of St Laurent ana the ground in de-
fcnse OF which the Germans fought
hcrcely month ago has been occu-
pied By US almost without a struggle
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-21
KANSAS CITY MAN VOTED
AGAINST CHARTER; SORRY
NOW HE WAS so UNwIsE


, How many Nlbuqucrquc cit
. iIcns viii feel Iihe this Kansas
. cay man " they succeed IN de-
= fCating the Dcw charter;
. ANOTHER mcmbcr of the all
y mini~tration clOsc Ia the may
y or. WHO was active in his OPP
. position To the charter VoIcd
= on last spring. has expressed
. openly hi- regret for his aiti-
y tudC thcn.
y II I had forrS,cn the situ-
y alton then -iN months IN adj
D vance would have bccn NJ aC-
. tive In my support of that
. charter. II was full Of loop
. s,olc~. ! said so then and ! saN
. ~ now. iiut u was far supc-
. rior tu the one We are forced
y to- work under now. ."---kansas
o THY Times. Sept. Is. 1917.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-21
Haig's Men Are Holding All the
Valuable Ground They Gained
in Their Attack of Yesterday
Troops Achieve a Big Success.
TEUToNs ARE MOVED DOWN
BY THE INFANTRY OF FOE
Tommies Turn Their Big Guns on
the Enemy and Riddle His
Ranks; Comparative Calm Pre-
walls on Other Fighting Fronts.
BE- A.,oeIAted rts.s

By Associated Frees
To-day found ia" British in Flan-
ders holding all the valuable ground
they gained IN their attack OF ycster-
day. when they surged forward ON
an eight mile front on both sides OF
the Nprcss- Mcnin road. penetrating
the German lines more than mile
In places and capturing prisoners In
excess of 1000.
IN reports emphasize the complete
ness Of the success the British troops
achieved. They hold Neldhoek. Ze-
venkotc and numerous strategicaliy
important farms and wooded tracts
which had been heavily fortified by
the Germans. bht which were cap
turcd In the resistless British sweep.
Lntc yesterday the Germans began
to counter attack hut every thrust
was effectively dealt with by tho
British guns. which wiped out the
advancing lines of German infantry.
The heavy casualties sustained in
these fruitlcss attacks evidently Inn
PEELED the German command 10 or
der their cessation for there were no
repettlons uf them during the night
and the British were able to con-
solidatc their new won ground with
out disturbance.
British Continue offensive.
IN some sectors the British contiu-
ucd their offensive during the even
ms Local attacks. notably northeast
of Ilngmarck resulted in the clear
INK out Of % number Of strong points
20 which some German forces were
clinsiug Correspondents dispatches
| to-day report the continuance OF sim
liar tactics al night when the new
line was considerably improved In
strength
Todays advices further announce
| the resumption Of British attacks dur
ing tins morning southwest of Ghelu-
vcu where a position desired by the
British was still held by the GER
mans This was assaulted hy Brit
| ish forces which advanced to the at
| tack lt $50 O'Clock
| From none uf the other fighting
! fronts were there indications ia tho
morning dispatches of operations of
m"rr than ordinary importance.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-21
NEW MEXICO WEATHER

Fair except showers south portion
tonight or Saturday. no; much change
ia temperature.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-12-28
Almost tha anans Llmls.

"At Chattanooga" said a veteran of
the Civil war. ''one Of tho men in my
company left early In the action. aud
40 one saw him Ill after the battle.
when he appeared In camp nnwuunded
aud unabaahcd. Some Of the boys &C.
cnsed him Of running away. but hs
wouldn't admit t.
~ only retreated In good order Ne
declared.
Il heard Of the matter. and > few
days later / asked him IL he had any
idea how fast he had 'TetTanfed.'
We'll, III tell you. cap'n.' he maid.
IF bad been ~ home. aud going after
tho doctor. folks that aee mo paHain'
would have thought my wife vas right
alex Z .--fIarper'A MONTH";
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-12-28

Gladstone WINS a hard worker, with
no breads with regard TO work. says
the American Magazine.
lie turned from political rcNponai.
htlities Of the heaviest to Greek for
recreation. and lived his four~scure
years and mere. just ~ Pope LEO
XIII, turned to Latin poetry for hls
relaxation from worldwide burdens,
and lived ON beyond four-aeura aud
ten, living 50 hopefully thnt when.
Mt the little dinner given him on his
ninetieth birthday, one OF tho curdtn.
ais said. In proposing n toast to him.
Here's that Jon may live 10 be q
hundred. holy father" the old pontafg
replied: 'But why limit ma 10 q
hundredY"
They were contemporaries OF Ranke,
the German historian. who at the age
OF ninety proposed to write . his.
tory Of the world In IA volumes. one
volume 10 be completed each year.
and actually lived, I believe. TO com.
plete nearly half of IL.
These men hnd no breads but they
allowed their energies to work on.
without any fear Of exhnuattng theIr
vitality.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-12-28
HALFWAY Work.

We are. none % ua. - good Archs-
tectm ma to be ahie 81 work habltuailY
beneath cur strength; and pet theirs
In uoe q building that know ~, lats-
~ raised. wherein ~ - not sufficiently
evident that neither architect nor
builder hmm done him best. ~ In the
especial Characteristic " m0dern
work. All old werk eeariy has bean
hard work. II may ~ the hard woFh
sc children. Of haFbarianH. az ruslieHs
but IL Ii always thelr utmost. Les -
hava done with this hind of work n
once cast or every temptation 10 H.
do NOT let ua degrade ourselves yoinns
tarIIy. and then mnttcE and m0urn
over our shortcomings iet IA confe@a
nur poverty oT our paraimony. but nOa
belle our human Intellect. II tn not :
question ~ doln@ more. but Of dotna
better. Bo moi let rs boss our roofs
with wreteh@d. halF.wnrked. blnnf-
edged FoMatteH; do not lat rs flank our
gates With riRid limitations of medieval
atatnnry. smeh things ara more In
suits to eammen sense. ard only unit
TN TOR feeling I'm nobility of their pro-
tOtypems~-I1nakln.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-12-28
EARLY. MAN FIGHTING ANIMAL
Ancestors es Present People Were
Called upon 60 Face Beasts THAT
tnhahIsad@ptalns ard RIveea

the Ktrae houses were caves MmRfy
man w== lighting animal. and had &c
contend against the huge and far@c4s
GUS beasts that infested chs plains and
rivers. observes q writer. Hts dwelling
naturally had 20 be place Of security
ar well aa a hahltattou. Cavea were
natural and ARTIFICIAL. ina latter being
followed ont OF solid rock by rude fiint
Instruments. Most cf them wrru FORM
"a In the sides Of cliffs and among
high. rugged bills.
To those early ancestors of ouFm the
primevni men and women who secured.
am eae would think. but acnaty shelter
md protection frutn these stone caves
and holes I'm the rock, we apply tina
generic term Of cliff dwelierw.
They were entirely ignorant of agrs-
culture. and auhstHted hy hunting and
ASKING and an the natural products
they found growing III q wild state.
What In very remarkable. nc ouF
very deere can AE!l se seem the typical
houses and handiwoEk ~ those pse-his-
t0Fir trtb@a ia the caves nf che lsaneo@
river I'm southern Colorado. These, tn
moat instances are ~ well preserved
a. when their ancient occupants de-
serted thent-peFhapw 10000 years
ago. when Inhabited they were reach.
81 quite Frequently ~ notchrn cut In
the rock. and at other times rope lad
degn must have been u@ed.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-12-28
RUSSIA TO RECLAIM DESERf
Coed Pasture Lands Are Destroyed a4
the Rate of One Hundred Theus-
ard Acres . Wear.

The shifting sands or ANsvakhan and
thu measures taken hy the Russian
government 10 deal with this problem
form the subject OF q memoir ny j.
q. F4rmtov. published In Petrograd. oh
serves the Scientific American. Ten
million acres Of the province IN CUES
ton are covered with shifting sands
formed during the nineteenth century
and subsequently,. These sands have
been spreading at tho rate Of 100000
acres q year. the result being the trans
formation Of good pasture land Into .
barren waste. The principal cause IL
ever grazing flocka and herds are kept
90 long In ono place ~ 20 result In the
complete destruction Of the turf. Poor
agricultural methods are also respcu-
slble. About the beginning % the pres
ent century the government took ueaa.
urem Of control and reclamation. and
between 1904 end 1909 an AREA 81 about
$4,000 acres was brought under culti-
walton. In 1913 q special service was
ordered 60 deal with the question.
The province was put under the charge
Of chief forestry offlces and divided
into six districts. in each Of which q
subordinate official was appointed 20
auperlntend the work. AZ tho time of
writing good progress has been made
In planting soil binders and growing
heFhaeeous crops, but II was still prob
fematicAl whether the province waw
adapted 20 the establishment OF for
@m4m
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-12-28
Good
Resolutions
0=Opyright-p
By May Graham BOnner

'sThe Animals were talking" COM
menced Daddy. '"They were getting
quite excited when along came Pinky
Pig. who asked what the trouble was
all about.
The Pigeon family said Mr.. and
Mrs. Peacock together. say that as Il
is around the New Year they should
make resOlutions-goOd resolutions
"'Well.' grunted Pmky, III you'd
talk like a sensible animal and not
like one of the silly Grown-Ups. per
haps could get some sort Of an Idea
what you meant. As IL Is, don't know
at ALL What's q resolution, anyway
And are there bad ones and good ones7
That's silly word. Now good means
good, and bad means bad. and what
right has that word resolution 70 be
both good and badp
"sDear me- clucked Mrs. Hen. how
irritable you are today Pinky. You
should be pleasant and try to make
good resolutions, too
"'But how can l make something !
don't understand" squealed Pinky.
Resolutions crowed Mr.. Rooster,
are resolvesl There That's some
thing for you. And Mr.. Rooster
strutted about proudly.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-12-28

TO be bad. III just be natural and
regular pig
ave think it's silly for u.s. said the
Peacocks, as we're about as srfect as
ran be-
"You're conceited,' said the Pigeons
You should resolve not to think so
yell of yourselves
"'But how can we help itf' answer
ID tie Peacoeks. We have something
. be vain about
"'You're hopeless said the Pigeons.
"'What liz every other animal re-
p0ivingT asked Pinky.
4 am going to be mp bright and
llarly every morning said Mr.. Rooster.
"'You do that anyway said plnky.
I might as well resolve TO wade in
every bit of mud see. OF course. In
ME winter that's hard. but then ! can
10 my best I
"'And am going to lay lots Of
eggs said Mrs. Hen.
:. I am going to give good milk said
a6rs. Cow.
81 shall protect the Sheep said the
Sheep Dog.
And shall look after the farmers
house. barked the Watch Dog.
I have decided TO let the children
drive me, brnyed the Donkey.
ave shall pick up as many bread
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-12-28
aoystrous and clrletrous.

Mary's mother objected to her assoc
ciating with little girl in the neigh
borhood and thought that she ought to
be contented in playing with Tommy.
her small brother.
She once said to Mary, II don't like
you to play with that little girl she is
too boisterous
Mary replied. you won't let me
play with her because she is too boy
strous and / won't play with Tommy
because he Is sissy-he is too girl
strous."
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-12-28
pvv1nor1an4 n, mWotnara
homeIike.

There is something charmingly
homelike to Americans in at least one
passage of a recent alleged interview
between a newspaper correspondent
and the Russian revolutionary Foreign
Minister, Mr.. Trotzky. Said the Rus
sian official, as the correspondent re-
ports him: "A few of our intelcctuals
who held ministerial posts got cold
feet recently and resigned" Gold feet |
What is Russian for cold feet Chris
tan Science Monitor.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-12-28

crumbs ~ we can 0nd,' chlrped some
SpaFrows who hmd been listening.
And shall give some very gans
goats milk said the Goat.
"'well, did eyerr exeiaimeS
Pinky.
What do you meanr asked Mr..
Rooster. Here are all you animals
Dragging about what yon win do. You
have all said you would do the things
that you always do-you have not
made any good resolutions. as yon call
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-12-28
BUTT for Giant

Gardner. Mass. has n one Of is
parks what II believed to be- the largest
chair in the werld. made FOR actual
use. II il 5M feet square ~ the base.
and y feet In height The seat " Nix
feet from the ground. 30 TINT those
who wish 10 vt In IL have 10 literally
climb up into the chair. like children.
The chair weighs loo pounds II was
presented to the city. and In an object
OF considerable attraction Ia strangers.