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Evening star., 1917-09-18
HIGH COST OF PATRIOTISM.
Red Cross Knitters Worry Over Ad-
vance in Wool Prices.

NEW YORK. September 1s-Femi-
nine knitters of articles of wearing
apparel for soldiers and sailors are be-
ginning to worry about the high cost
Of being patriotic. An increase OF 2e
cents a hank in the price of wool today
nut it at the dollar mark. Since April
the price per pound has risen from
$3.50 to s2.4o to the Red Cross and
other relief organizations that are sup
piled by the manufacturers and whole
salers at the lowest figures.
In all the relief societies the policy
prevails of asking the knitter of wool
to return her finished garment to the
society. Consequently if the knitter
wishes to present her own particular
hero with something of her own MAX
ing sine canno. get wool at the reduced
prices offered by the relief societies.
Manufacturers attribute the rise
partly to the fact that the government
now is using much raw wool 1or uni.
forms and to the higher wages paid
mill labor.
Evening star., 1917-09-18
SEES DOOM OF DEsP0TIsM.
London Paper Says President Will
sons Criticism Troubles Germany.

LONDON. September 1s.-The Chronicle
in a leading editorial. under the head
.Despotism Doomed" says:
'1n Germany just now, evidently by
preconcerted arrangement. resolutions are
being passed by all sorts of organizations
attacking the American President for his
scathing structures on autocratc power
in Germany, which planned this war and
in it's prosecution has stopped at no bar
rier either of law or mercy.
This tremendous indictmant of the kaiser
and his encourage evidently made a deep
impression in Germany. Hence the in
spired resolutions of protest: hence the
And Hindenburg's contemptous allusion
to the American President. . These
engineered German protests against Presi-
dent Wilson's powerful Indictment. prove
that the kaiser. his junkers and the mill
tary caste know the stream Of the ten
dency against them"
Evening star., 1917-09-18
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
ORGANIZING UNION
Temporary Officers Named and
Committees on Constitution
and Credentials Formed.
PLAYING POLITICS SCORED

Actual organization of National
Federal Employees Union proceeded rap
idly today at the American Federation
of Labor building, where the delegates
assembled for the first time yesterday,
the election of H. NJ. McLarin, presi-
dent of the Washington local, as tenn
porary president and the naming of
committees on constitution. resolutions
and rules being the principal business
of the morning
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor. called
the convention to order today, but an
other engagement caused him to yield
the chair to Frank Morrison. secretary
Of the federation, who presided until
Mr.. McLarin was named as temporary
officer. A. NJ. Johnston was elected
temporary secretary. and Martin j.
German of Montreal as temporary SER
geant-at-arms. There was practically
no contest over the temporary offices.
all of the nominees but one withdraw
ing in each case and the presiding Of
ficer casting a vote for the remaining
candidate.
Committee on Constitution.
The committee on a constitution, admit
tedly the most important in the conven-
ton. is as follows: W. E. Junker, New
Borman, Milwaukee: William ]. Barnes.
San Francisco Howard D. Ebey. Chi
cago; F. W. kain, Portsmouth. Va; c.
Scollard, Boston; William T. Griffith. FL
Paso; F. G, Swanson. Panama Canal
Zone: Earl +. Coe, Port Huron, Mich
Luther c. Stewart. Kansas City.
1t was originally agreed to have but
nine members on this committee and
there was prolonged discussion as to
whether it should be elected or ap-
pointed. Eventually it was decided to
hear suggestions from the floor. and
eleven names were suggested. On mo-
tion 1t was agreed to include all of
them in the committee. A motion to
only woman delegate. as twelfth
member of the committee was defeated
by viva voce vote.
The personnel of the committee on
resolutions. chosen in the same way as
the constitutional committee, is as fol-
lows: Martin J. German. Montreal:
John Fitzgerald. New York: Wallace
Springer, Pawhuska, Okla: Charles ".
Mallett. Philadelphia: Charles L. VIE
gand. Baltimore: Miss Florence Ethe-
ridge. Washington; NJ. ]. Hines, Leaven-
worth. Kan: c. A. Brode. San Antonio:
Joseph f. Knapp. Niagara Falls. N. Y.
1t was agreed that the convention
during the remainder OF its delibera-
tions here should meet at $50 am,
adjourn from 1880 to 2:3o o'clock, and
remain In session until $3.50 o'clock
in the afternoon. These rules may be
changed by a fwo-thirds vote of the
convention.
The report Of the Credentials commit
tee was the first business of the day,
and all of the delegates present were
seated except V. A. Zahn, who held creden-
tials from New Orleans. 1t was stated
on the floor of the convention that the
New Orleans local was not able to send
a man from that city, and that as an
accommodation Mr.. Zahn of the Wash
ington local had been transferred to
membership in the New Orleans local
that he might represent them.
This procedure was held to be irregu-
lar by the convention and Mr.. Zahn
was not seated.
Evening star., 1917-09-18
q. K. NEW HAMPsHIRE'S WORK.
Federal Officials Approve Organized
War Relief Work in State.

DURHAM n. H, September 18-
President Ralph ID. Hetzel of New
uampshire College has returned from
= visit to Washington, where federal
officials expressed approval of the CO.
oneration which has been established
IN New Hampshire among the various
state and federal organizations for war
-eIIef work. Particular interest was
expressed in the recently established
Ten days special-training course at the
college for woman demonstrators who
are to cover the state in a campaign
10 demonstrate proper nuyihs ana ssrs-
pleted and the demonstrators have be-
gun their work. -
Evening star., 1917-09-18
NORWEGIAN SHIPS SUNK.
Two Sent to Bottom by German Sub
marines, It Is Announced.

CHRlSTIAN1A, Norway, September
1S.-The norwegian foreign office an
steamship Askelad of 2,823 tons gross
had been sunk by a German submarine
One boat with eleven men was lost, and
the captain and ten men were saved.
wegian steamship Rein of 1,175 tons
gross had been sunk by a German sub.
marine off Cape st. Vincent Ten men
lost their lives and the captain and
nine others of the crew were saved ''
Evening star., 1917-09-18
NEW NAME SUGGESTED.
Southern Department Would Change
Camp Funston to Camp Stanley.

SAN ANTONIO. Tesas, September 1s.
Camp Stanley" will be recommended
by the southern department as the now
name 1or lamp runs.on, Iexas. The
new name was received here last week
from the War Department. and is
sought for the purpose of avoiding con-
fiict with Camp Funston, Kansas
"Camp Stanley is suggested in order
to honor the memory Of the late Gen.
David Stanley. a distinguished officer
Of the civil war. who for many years
was commander Of the southern de-
psrtment. His son. Col. David 8. Stan
iey, Quartermaster Corps, 10 now in
service In France. 49,. .-- - -.
Evening star., 1917-09-18
COAL SHORTAGE
MAY Be REALITY
Production Shows Big Drop,
According to Reports to
Geological Survey.
INDUSTRIES MAY BE HIT

Reports to the geological survey on
production of bitumnous coal show a
decrease during August at the rate of
more than 100000 tons month and
indicates that a shortage of coal this
winter. feared by many government Of
ficials. may be a reality unless produc-
tion shows a decided increase.
Indications are that while there will
be sufficient anthracite for domestic
consumption in the east, there may be
an insufflciency of bituminous to keep
industrial plants going at their pres
emf capScitS
Evening star., 1917-09-18
Appeal Against Playing Politics.

In taking the chair as temporary
president, Mr. McLarin appealed to the
delegates not to play politics" and re-
minded them that Mr.. Gompers had
warned them II the need of getting the
confidence of their fellow workers in
the federal service and the public gen.
orally.
BY unanimous consent the floor of the
convention was yielded for a brief pc
New York Federal Civil Service Society
and of the National Association of United
States Customs inspectors. Similar
courtesy was extended to Daniel Cold
smith, president of the Civil Service Re
tirement Association. and to Llewellyn
All three were invited to present sug-
gestions to the committees on constitu-
ton and resolutions.
Evening star., 1917-09-18
British Officials Surprised
at Swedish Delay in Sending
Formal Regrets to London

LONDON, September 1S.-The A0EO-
ciiated Press interview with Admiral
Lindham. Swedish minister OF foreign
affairs. which was published in Lon
don yesterday. attracted wide attention
in official circles, where astonishment
was expressed that the minister had
not yet made any similar expression
Of regret to the British government
I'VE have been expecting statement
from Admiral Lindham along these
lines" said a foreign Office official.
but we expected that it would come
in an official way. An expression of re-
gret along these lines. IL made in q
formal way, would undoubtedly do
much to smooth relations. But thus Tar
Sweden has not oficially expressed any
regret or offered any explanation.
THE foreign minister's statement to
the Associated Press covers the ground
quite broadly, and we should be very
glad il he sees fit to repeat it in SUBJ
stance in a formal communication to
us Thus we would be very pleased to
learn that Sweden 'deplores most sim
cerely that practice which was exer-
cised in absolutely good faith has been
gravely abused that she is determined
that the condition which led to this
result shall be remedied.' and that she
has already given orders that this
practice shall cease
I'VE hope that the Associated Press
interview is the precursor of an Of
fetal explanation which will form .
the relations between Great Britain aza
Sweden"
Germany has given no Official excuse
regarding Count Won Luxburgs abuse
of Swedish confidence, says the Ex-
change Telegraph correspondent at
He quotes the Nya
Dagligt Allenhanda's Berlin correspond
ent. however. stating he had harmed
from the German foreign ozlice that all
German diplomatic Representatives
abroad had been informed that Afhe
Swedish government had no knowledge
of the contents of the counts tele-
grams.
In the statement referred to, Foreign
Minister Lindman admitted that Swe-
den realized the seriousness Of the
situation created by the recent expos
ures at Washington regarding the
of German dispatches by
the Swedish legation. and declared thar
the Swedish government was minded to
do everything possible to settle the
problem He added that the transmits
sion of dispatches on behalf of Germany
had been stopped absolutely: that the
government had no knowledge OF the
nature of the dispatches in Quesfion<
that strong representations had been
made to the German government on the
abuse of the privilege and that condi-
tions would be remedied-
Evening star., 1917-09-18
Sections Facing Shortage.

The chief sections of the country fac
ing suffering are New England and the
west and northwest The situation in
New England has been caused by the
withdrawal from coastwise traffic for
transatlantic trade OF some of the
feet of vessels formerly engaged in
transporting coal from New York to
New England ports. The burden of
this transportation will be thrown, un-
less corrective steps are taken. in the
opinion of officials. almost wholly upon
railroad lines already overburdened
with traffic
Evening star., 1917-09-18
Peace Terms of Germany
Not Sent to WASHINGTON
Kaiser,s Foreiqn Office Also Denies Sending
Out Trial Balloons to Sound Sentiment
in the United States.

formed the Associated Press that the
rumors were promptly discredited on
the strength of the peace terms as
cribed to Germany, and further by the
fact that there was no occasion for
Germany to address the Washington
government in this respect
The assertion made by Matthias Err
berger, the clerical leader in the reichs
tag, that Germany's note in reply to
Pope Benedict's peace proposals already
was on it's way to Rome, also was de-
MED in official quarters. The center
leader informed his electors to this ef-
feet in the course of two meetings
which he addressed in Wurttemberg on
Sunday
Evening star., 1917-09-18
Engineer Asleep; Seven Killed.

AURORA. H., September 1S.--A c.
Carlson. engineer on Chicago. Burling-
ton and Quincy freight train which killed
seven men when it crashed into a stock
tain at Earlville. Ill. yesterday. admitted
to the coroner Of Kane county that he
He had been sick for several days and
dropped asleep on his run ten miles be-
fore reaching Earlville. q. W. Wiley.
states attorney Of La Sale county. an
nounced that he would obtain q warrant
charging Carlson with manalaugAter.
Evening star., 1917-09-18
Wealthy Steamer Owner Dies.

WILMINGTON, n. c., September 1S-
can't. John w. Harper, sixty-one years
o,d owner of the Harper line of river
steamers and one of the wealthiest
nan in this county. died at local hos
nital this morning, following an opera
fion last Friday. He had been in i'll
health for the past three years and had
been to various sanitariums In search
Of health. He Is survived by a widow
ana five children. The funeral win be
held here tomorrow.
Evening star., 1917-09-18
King George Aboard U. S. Vessel.

LONDON. Monday. September H.
King George, in the course of visit
today to the River Clyde, in Scotland,
went on board an American patrol ship
The crew lined the decks and cheered
his majesty Justify. The king fnspect-
N the quarters Of the crew and con-
Erafulated the officers on having such
6ae ships,
Evening star., 1917-09-18
BY the Associated Press.

AssOclAINd Press.
BERLIN. Monday. September II. via
London, September 18.-The German
foreign office, in a statement given to
the Associated Press today. denies
stories appearing in Danish and other
foreign newspapers to the effect that
the German government has indirectly
communicated its peace terms to Wash
ington, or that Wilhelmstrasse even
had sent out trial balloons for the pur-
pose of sounding sentiment in the
United States.
The German foreign Office further in
Evening star., 1917-09-18
Canada Gets 100000 Tons.

Reports to officials here say Canadian
interests withdrew approximately L.
100000 tons of bituminous coal from
the United States during the period
that elapsed between the governments
fixing of fiat coal price and the plac-
ing of the embargo. They are reported
to have obtained this large stock by
bidding from 25 to so cents per ton
higher than the price set by the Ameri-
can government.
Other contributing factors to the situ-
alton are the growing needs of France
and Italy for coal with wAich to keep
munition factories and other wartime
Industries going there
Evening star., 1917-09-18
SUNK BY COLLISION.
Tank Steamer Bouvet Goes Down;
No Lives Lost.

PARIS. Monday, September II ode
layed.-The tank steamship Bouvet
sank in the Mediterranean September
IL. after being in collision with the
French passenger liner Orenoque of
$3.50 tons gross. There were no VIC
tins.
After colliding with the Orenoque fire
broke out on the Bouvet and this was
followed by an explosion. the ship sink
Oronoque, notwithstanding that she
was damaged. managed to reach the
Algerian coast.
Evening star., 1917-09-18
Chairman Hurley Of Shipping
Board to Confer With A. F.
of L. Leader Today.
LABOR'S HEAD ALSO
WILL SEE PRESIDENT
Secretary Wilson Authorizes Tender
of Mediation in Troubles Holding
Up Government Shipbuilding.

Chairman Hurley of the Shipping
Board today appealed to President
Gompers of the American Federation of
Labor to stop the strikes which are hold
ing up government shipbuilding on the
Pacific coast. A conference will be held
today between Mr.. Hurley and Mr.. Com
pers. Mr.. Gompers also has an engage
ment to confer with the President this
afternoon.
Chairman Hurley also conferred to-
day with Secretary Daniels on the Ma
WIS settlement of wage demands IN gov
crnment shipyards.
Evening star., 1917-09-18
Cotton Mill Men to Meet Here.

BOSTON. September 1s.-The national
council of American Cotton Manufac-
turers has issued q call for a confer
ence in Washington October to con-
slider ways and means for a speedier
and more economic movement of the
cotton crop from the south to mills in
New England.
Evening star., 1917-09-18
DEUTSCHLAND DESIGNER
HANGS HIMSELF IN JAIL

BALTIMORE. September 1S.-Gotthold
P,usse, one of the designers of the Ger
man merchant submarine Deutschland
who came to Baltimore on the first
voyage of that craft. committed SUICIDE
in the city Jail today by hanging.
Prusse had been imprisoned az an
alien enemy. He was arrested by the
United States authorities on August
90 for leaving restricted zone with
out permission. He was forty-one
wears old and born in Germany.
Evening star., 1917-09-18
2OOFF|CERS KILLED
AND 60 MISSING
Fatal Disorders at Finnish
Seaport of Viborg-Fire in
Russ Military Factories.
KERENskY GOES TO FRONT

BY the Associated Press
HELSINGFORS. Finland, September
1s.-In the course of disorders at the
Finnish fortified seaport Of Viborg,
seventy-four miles northwest of Petro-
grad. in which soldiers were 1nVoiVed'
twenty officers were killed and sixty
others are missing.
ROME, September IS British admir-
atty, per Wireless Press. via London).-
A Petrograd dispatch to the Messagero
saws that great fire has broken out
in the military factories at the Putilon
works. The damage amounts to several
million rubles.
LONDON. September 1s.-A Copen-
hagen dispatch to the Central News says
that according to the Sydsdenska lag
Alexaier committed suicide after an m
teryiew with Premier Kerensky. Inc
name of Gen. Alexajer does not appear
in any available list of the Russian
military forces.
Kerensky Goes to Front.
PETROGRAD, September 1s.-Pre-
mier Kerensky. accompanied oy zen
Verkhoysky minister of war, ana Al
miral Verdervski, minister OF marine
left Petrograd last night for the Rus
clan general army headquarters in the
field.
Twenty-three generals and other Of
ficers arrested on Friday with Gen
Korniloff. leader of the reVolut1oI
against the provisional government
are being closely guarded. Gen. korni'
loft is imprisoned in a hotel at MohiieN
where he is writing statement
Cossack Head Resigns.
Gen. Kaledines has resigned as het
man of the Don Cossacks.
Cen. Kaledine's arrest has been sough
by the provisional government oecaus
of his adherence to the korn1lon re
volt. and instructions to that eHec
were sent to the grand council OF In
Don Cossacks. sitting at Novo Tcher
kask. The council. however, relied ina
| it was impossible to obey the order De
cause of the necessity of Gen. haie
| dimes attendance at the military con
| ferences of the Cossacks in his omcia
capacity as hetman-
Demands Order on Fleet.
Premier Kerensky had sent tele
gram to the Baltic feet imperativei
demanding the cessation of acts
| violence. and all eXcesses committe
under the pretext of safeguarding tn
revolution In reality, he says, the me
hv their actions are disorganizing tn
navy by reducing its fighting capacit!
The premier condemns the gulit
parties scathingly, and adds that n
awaits news of the complete re-estaH
| lishment of order
Evening star., 1917-09-18
To Expedite Moving of Careoes.

BOSTON. September 1S.-New Eng
land shipping men held a conference
with representatives of the federal
shipping board here today. They dis
cussed the proposed plan of bringing
under a central authority the operation
Of all North Atlantic tugs and barges
and expediting the movement Of car
goes.
Evening star., 1917-09-18
At Work on Problem.

Railroad officials at present are work
ing on a program designed to meet the
heavy winter demand for domestic coal
and to devote to that purpose as large
a number of cars as possible.
Evening star., 1917-09-18
Experts to Discuss BLOCKADE.

undersecretary of state in chAfgo ~
blockade. has arrived here from Hnslo
with q number of expert advisers 70 e.
suit the British government on cl0sec -
ordination In the blockade. -
Evening star., 1917-09-18
Cause of the Unrest.

1t has been reported here that ono
Pacific coast firm has a number of COM
mercial contracts at such prices that it
feels justified in paying almost any rate
for skilled workers. The company, 1t is
said. does not plan to stay in the ship
building business. except to complete
result has been. it is said, that this
company has offered prices far above
the scale paid by the well established
firms along the coast and drained the
regular industry of its most valuable
men and created unrest among others
through its action.
Evening star., 1917-09-18
Russ Gain on Riga Front.

PETROGRAD. September II (de-
layed).-Russian forces on the Riga
front continue to make progress in
their drive against the Germans On
Sunday the Russians occupied a Ger
man position southwest of Hapsal and
also forced the Teutons out of Sadzen
farm. to the south of Sisseral The
statement issued by the Russian war
office reads:
Western Russian front: In the di-
rection of Riga fighting between ad-
vanced posts continues. our advance
elements offering resistance every
where and at certain points making
progress.
we have occupied the farm of Sad
zen. south of the town of Sisseral. and
also have taken the cemetery south
west of Hapsal on the northern bank
OF the River Aa. West of Sabelki. in
the direction of Lima. one of our par
ties successfully raided enemy trenches.
On the rest of this front there were ri
ne hiring and scouting operations"
Evening star., 1917-09-18
Mediation to Be Offered.

Secretary Wilson of the Department
O. Labor has telegraphed W. I. Boyce,
assistant commissioner of immigration
2; San Francisco. to tender his offices
6 mediator or conciliator in settlement
ss the strike of the ironworkers and
s.ipbuilders there.
Mr. Boyce has been instructed to keep
g. close touch with developments. and
e advise the Department of Labor here
promptly concerning them.
Extension of the strike to mills pro-
61cing lumber for government ships is
Ieared by shipping board officials.
From Portland and Astoria, Ore, came
reports that striking carpenters were
trying to persuade other workmen to
walk out and that lumber mills might
h affected
Evening star., 1917-09-18

Available shipping records do not
contain the name of the Bouvet. Pre-
sumably she was French tank
steamer.
Evening star., 1917-09-18
RUSS AND RUMAN|ANS
BOTH STRIKE ENEMY
Gains Are Registered in Region of
Varnitza and in Riga
Section.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
PETROGRAD, September ls-Ruma-
nian forces yesterday occupied a sec
ton of the Austro German fortified no.
sitions in the region of Varnitza, saws
the official statement issued today by
the Russian war office
The statement reads:
western front-The situation in the
Riga sector is unchanged Northeast of
f'riedrichstadt our deta achments. after
an engagement, occupied a wood south
of the village of Biddag. We captured a
machine gun. On the remainder of the
front there were fuSillades and scout
ing.
Rumanian front-In the valley of
the River Suchitza, the Rumanians. aft
er artillery preparations, yesterday at
tackled and occupied sector of the
enemys fortified positions in the re-
gion of NarnitZa. During Sunday even
ing after strong artillery fire with
chemical shells the enemy endeayored
to attack the Rumanian positions in
the Pantziu- -Mera schesti region but
were frustrated by rifle and artillery
Are.
"Aviation-Our pilot Komarovsky in
making reconnaissance was attacked
by an enemy airplane, which he
brought down in the direction of Vladi-
mir-NolynSki."