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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-28
Mr.. M'ADOO EXPLAINS
DEMANDS FOR REVENUE
Discusses With House Committee
Provisions of Forthcoming Bond
and Certificate Bill.

House ways and means committee to-
day to discuss the forthcoming ad-
1883, 945, 400 bond and
certificate bill and to explain the ex-
pected request of the Treasury for an
additional $4,000. 000, 900 bond issue to
be authorized by Congress
Democratic Leader Kitchin declared
that the new Treasury estimate prob
ably will make it necessary to increase
to s21 900. 100000 the amount available
to the government for the present
fiscal year. Authorization of the addi-
tional two billions is recommended as
a safety margin for emergencies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-28
Mfllers' Maximum Report.

1t was learned here today that maxi
mum profits of millers have been fixed,
at an informal conference in Minneapo-
lis. at 25 cents a barrel for flour and SO
cents ton for mill feed
though meat prices are expected to
be lowered oy voluntary action of the
meat packers, following conference
OF Herbert c. Hoover with the packers
in Chicago. no statement was forthcom-
ing from Mr.. Hoover today on this sub
Ject 1t was stated that the packers
VIII be given time to consider what ac-
ton they can take before the food ad-
mInistration will seek to make anv
mandatory price scale A joint stock
committee of the administration is at
work on the meat problem. A separate
committee may be assigned later to the
meat problem, as was done in the case
of sugar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-28
.Moscow's Mayor Welcomes General.

4 Moscow's Mayor Welcomes General.
I Mayor Rudner welcomed Cen. Korni-
Ion on behalf OF the city of Moscow.
The mayor declared that the general
(. was not only the destined victor at the
front. but the savior of Russia from
ruin at home. AS Gen. kornilom
marched between lines OF soldiers to-
ward NJ. Reditcheff, the officers drew
their swords and the band played the
Marseillaise. Addressing the Russian
corma nder. NJ. Roditcheff said:
Russia has all her army wants, arms.
supplies and a brilliant commander.
All she lacks is fighting spirit in her
soldiers. 1t is you, general, who have
the will and the means to restore that
spirit
After kissing NJ. Roditchek. Gen.
KornIloff made a brief speech, roughly
phrased. but impressive by its uupre-
Righteousness.
We expect from Moscow" Gen.
That message. l hope. will not in this
grave crisis be of liberty and equality
I'm the name of which falsely interpret
ed Russia's people have been driven of
the right track, but a message of VIC
tory and order. For myself. at any sac
rihce. 1 shall do all in my power to
turn that message into reality. 1 be-
lieve in, and L predict the resurrection
OF our army"
As Cen KorniIor left the station he
was given a tremendous ovation by the
military and civilian population. The
working classes, however. were absent.
IN view OF the sharply defined at;i-
tude of Gen Korniloff toward the Cabi
net and the socialists his declaration
TO the conference tomorrow is awaited
with the keenest interest. His init
mates. however. declare that owing TO
his position he will not indulge in any
sharp attacks. They say that the pro-
gram of the military party and its
criticisms of the government probably
will appear IN 2 speech which Gen.
Alexieff. the former commander-in
chief, already has prepared
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-28
Mr.. Kitchin's Prediction.

Passage by Saturday night of the
bill was predicted on the House floor
today by Mr.. Kitehin, Every effort
would be made. he said. to report the
bill Thursday and a day or two would
be devoted to debate.
The House adjourned until Thursday.
with the intention of taking up the
measure upon reconvening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-28
Held for Alleged Arms Plot.

TUCSON, Ariz.. August 2s.-Fred Ron
stadt, jr., son of a Tucson merchant and
nephew of ]. NJ. Ronstadt, postmaster:
P. r. Lucas. sales manager at the
rique Leyva have been arrested on a
charge OF conspiracy to ship ammuni-
tion into Mexico In violation OF Prosl-
dent Wilson's embargo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-28
La Toilette Hits Profits.

Eight amendments to the war tax
bill providing for levies on war profits
ranging from 16 down to As per cent
were proposed today by Senator La
Toilette.
He said he first would offer the
amendment for the &c per cent rate. and
II 1T was rejected would ask considera-
ton of the next in order until one was
accepted The bill as it now stands
would make an average tax of IS per
cent. s
Senator Weeks Of Massachusetts,
opened debate on the publishers tax
provisions. advocating their elimina-
lion He also urged rejection of the
Hardwick and Mcclellan substitutes.
Nobody denies that second class mail
is carried at loss" he said. but
whose fault is it? Congress estab-
1ished and maintained the rates. This
is a most inopportune time to punish
mot tax-the publishers Having
permitted a great business to be de-
veloped under this condition, is ii fair
or reasonable to take the time when
the industry is laborinE under the
heaviest possible burdens to commence
TO change 1t?
In fact, it is doubtful" Senator
Weeks continued. If the publications
of the United States under present
conditions. taking them by and large,
are getting new dollar Tor old
one. This is due to the abnormal in
creases in the cost of everything which
publishers must use, and to their in
ability to pass along to the consumer
these additional costs.
Every one, froni the President down,
who has had or is having anything to
do with revenue legislation mas reiter-
they would not materially damage any
enterprise. This legislation would ma
terially damage a great industry and,
therefore, it should not be passed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-28
Camp Lee Cantonments Completed.

PETERSBURG. Va, August 2S.-The
Infantry cantonments at Camp Lee are
completed. They will accommodate $4,000
men. Over 1900 officers. chiefly from the
training school at Fort Myer. have re-
ported for duty at the camp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-28
Accepted Number 1875.

Figures obtained from the eleven
local boards today show that a total of
1875 men have been accepted for the
Districts quota. Out of the total num-
Der of 4.ll9 called 3,477 have been ex-
amtned There have been 1913 reeic-
tions. with 141 cases pending. De
tailed figures of each board follow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-28
DIVISION NO. 9.

Thirty-one of the 101 men certified
to the District board for service by
the exemption board of the ninth di-
vision, headquarters at the Henry d.
Cooke School. have been certified back
to the board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-28
SENATE CUTS OUT
TAX ON LETTERS
Eliminates From Revenue Bill
Section Increasing Rates on
First Class Mail.
La Toilette HITS PROFITS

In resuming consideration today of
postage sections of the war tax bill,
the Senate. by vote of 80 to %, struck
out the provision 1evying q one-cent
tax on letters and postcards. designed
TO raise 0.00o, 600 in revenue a pro-
vision giving American soldiers and
sailors abroad the privilege of mailing
letters free was retained.
The entire section levying taxes on
first-claSs mail was eliminated on mo-
tion of Senator Hardwick of Georgia.
The Senate then proceeded to the
periodical tax provisions. Senator
.Smoot announced that he would seek
later to reconsider elimination of the
letter tax section.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-28
Sees Ruin in Zone System.

Senator Weeks denied the oft-repeat-
cd statement that the government car
ries periodicals at loss of $4,000. 900
annually. Official investigation, he said
showed the deficit much less The zone
system, he declared. would ruin a very
large part of the press.
Il am in favor of increasing the
rates" he said. but not at time when
this great industry is laboring under
serious ADVERTISEMENTS peculiar to it
self"
A modified amendment along the
lines of his original substitute was Of
fered today by Senator Hardwick.
1t would leave the present cent-a-
pound. rate on news portions of publ
cations, but, beginning July /. 1918.
would increase to TWO cents that on
advertising portions. make it four cents
on July ], 1919. six cents in 1920 and
eight cents thereafter
p Senator Brady introduced an amend
ment for a tax of 81 per 500 cash
value of second-han automobiles and
motor cycles costing less than 81 0Oo in
lieu of the bills provision for q TO per
cent tax reduction on each years use.
AT the instigation of some OF the
members of the Senate finance commit
lee, who have become convinced that
an effort is being made by certain
senators to delay as long as possible
a vote on the war revenue bin and to-
make il as unpopular as possible a
petition was circulated yesterday TO
invoke the cloture rule to force an
The petition. which was circulated on
the democratic side by Senator Shafroth
of Colorado and on the republican side
by Senator Hale of Maine, was signed
by fifty senators, twenty republicans
and thirty democrats. and il was said
that six more senators had indicated
their willingness to sign il if il is
shown that cioture ts necessary
No date was attached to the petition
however, and when Senator Borafr and
Senator johnson Of California brought
up the matter in the Senate late yes
whip, announced that il was not the
present intention to submit the peti-
tion to the Senate, but that it had been
considered the part of wisdom to have
such petition in readiness il a fill
buster developed.
denounced by Senator Borah and Sena-
tor johnson when the discussion of the
war excess profits section of the bill has
not even been begun. and they inti-
mated that there might be some SIMS
ter motive behind such procedure
This was vehemently denied by Sena-
ar Townsend of Michigan and Senator
JcCumber of North Dakota. both me nj
hers of the finance committee, who in
sisted that ample time would be given
to debate the war excess profits tax
Senators ought 10 have some fncli-
nation to vote on this BILL" said Sena-
tor Townsend. For one, / want these
questions settled. We have been in
session for months. II has been init
mated to me that certain senators in
Tend TO carry on this debate for weeks
J. bAlieye. myself. that the tax on war
pfohts should be Increased, and unless
4one OF the Irritating taxes now in the
peGsure are eliminated / shall vote
&Gaiust It. BUT what want 10 action |"
- = "a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-28
COOKS TO G0F|RST
TO CAMP MEADE
One Man a Day to Be Sent
From Each District in
Capital.
BOARDS NOW PICKING THEM

Selection of the first men to go to
Camp Meade probably will be made by
the eleven local boards within the next
few days. With the certification for
military service by the district board
of men in nearly all the eleven draft
divisions. local boards are about ready
to pick out the first men to go.
Men having previous military expe-
rieuce. or those experienced as cooks,
will have the best chances to get in
the first call to the camp. September
=, when l per cent of the Districts
quota Will be sent to Admiral, Md
one per cent will follow each day until
) per cent of the quota has been sent
Forty per cent will follow on Septem-
Der 10.
One Day to Go From Each District.
One per cent of the Districts quota of
1924 men is approximately eleven men,
one from each of the eleven districts
Since men cannot be divided fractionally,
there seems to exist some doubt as to
just exactly how many men will go on
the first call for per cent. The esti-
mates run from 46 men from the eleven
districts to 50 men. 1t is probable that
not more than one man a DAY Will De sent
TO camp from each of the local boards
Who the lucky first men will be is
now UP TO the local boards, who are
combing their lists to get the right
men. men who have had some military
experience. or can cook, and who, there
fore. will be of greatest service in Or
ganizing the big camp for the recep-
ton of the other District soldiers who
are to follow. Orders from the War
Department have made 1t plain that or
sanization of the camps must be effect
ed by a small quota, in order to be
ready for the masses of raw material
to be poured in later. Difficulties of
transportation. also, make it necessary
to send down small quotas at first. For
these reasons the sending OF per cent
a day for five days was deemed advis-
able
The local boards have a free hand
in selecting their first per cent of
men and may range through their full
quota. if necessary. 1t is understood.
however. that each board will endeavor
to select its men from the first of their
lists as near as possible. In making
their selections boards have been ad-
vised that order numbers are not con-
trolling, but great care must be taken
not to send men whose order of call
is so late that they viii not be within
the quota of the boards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-28
DIVISION NO. !.

or the 11s men certified to the Dis
trict board for service by the exemp-
ton board of the first division at the
Franklin School. twenty six have been
certified back to tho local board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-28

T'tiaLoe4 4.11s SAT- 1875 1913 Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-28
DIVISION NO 4.

William Henry w.i..r. u. ars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-28

grave and modest as he inspected the
guard Of honor. He spoke to some of
the soldiers and each soldier threw u
flower under his feet as he passed.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-30
R. R. COMMISSION WILL CON
 SIDER PETITIONS FOR DEPOTS

Little Rock, March 30.-The Arkan- sas Railroad Commission has set its docket for April 1, and the greater part of the business to come before the commission is the consideration of petitions for new depots.
 Petitions have been received from the following points asking that de- pots be built: Jelks, Strong, Lake Village, Palmer and Lansing on the Iron Mountain: Weldon and Wheatley on the Rock Island; Bethel, Brook land and Gillett on the Cotton Belt; Gentry on the Kansas City Southern Marion, Crosses, and Bentonvllle on the Frisco; Bussey on the L. X A.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-30

May l-6 has been designated as Baby Week for the stat. In 1916, there were 2,l00 communities that ob- served baby week, and invariably the reports have been most favorable Mrs. C. w. Garrison, wife of State Health Officer C. W. Garrison, is talk ing a lead in the campaign, and will supply literature to all interested per sons.
 The Children's Bureau of the U. s. Department of Labor estimates that approximately one in ten of all the babies born in the United States die before completing twelve months of life. The Bureau reports a total of 14.lS6 incorporated cities, towns and villages in the United States, and adds that "it is doubtful if among the thousands which have never had a baby day or baby week, there is a single town or village which could not profit from such a campaign"
 The bureau further says: Ut was once thought that high infant death rate indicated a greater degree of vigor in the survivors. Now it is agreed that the conditions which des- troy so many of the youngest lives in the community must also result in crippling and maiming many others and must react unfavorably upon the health of the entire community"
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-30

maturity only after three or four hun. dred years. The tree grows too slow ly to be planted for shade or decora. tive purposes, and, being found only in California, it would have small field of usefulness. The valley oak is not popularly considered q nut-bearlng tree; for it's acorns are not generally used for food, although, of course, they are edible. Foresters say that the chestnut and the black walnut are the largest nut-bearing trees in this coun. try and the contest did in fact un' earth q chestnut nea
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-30

Is dancing going out of favor? Not if the teachers have anything to say about It. Behind closed doors the American Society of Professors of Dancing held its annual convention, and disquieting rumors are abroad. Vernon Castle smuggled jews harp into his aviation kit and is teaching the London taps in the trenches. This dance will rival the Hula Hula in popularity during the coming season, save for those who prefer the two-two, or walking the dog. In this way the dancing mas ters, like the tailorS, keep the wolf from the door by the fertility of their imaginatiOns and the iron hand of fashion, which they control. The tur- key trot gives way to the bunny hug, the grizzly bear fades at the advent of the chicken flip, the angle and the Shiver and the wabble pass away. AS if he did not have trouble enough al- ready in mastering the new steps every year, it is now decreed that the man shall dance backward instead of the girl, says New York Post. In all this murk there is one ray of hope for those who still fondly dream that dancing is a pastime, and not profes. sion. The waltz will stay on forever, the dancing teachers say"
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-30
suRMoUNTINo oBsTAcLgs.

We have 1t sounded in our ears con. stantly that poverty Is & great help Tor boy; that it is constant force Dack Of him to make him hump him. self. We are told of thousands and thousands of men who have won fame and wealth because they had the prod Of poverty behind them to keep them going. There is truth in this, and a lesson, too, which excites the oues- ton, why all this endeavor to kill off \ boys poverty and give him a life of ease and plenty? It is going on all the time. For instance, in the older days, when poverty was the lot of all. a boy could skin cat anywhere, ard now 1t has to be done on glossy bar in a costly gymnasium. We are despoiliug the boy of all the stimuli of poverty and surrounding him with the easy ways of living. Education has a duty here that is not properly recog- nized, says the Ohio State Journal. We are all the time bent on making life easy-to Toll and float along on a smooth stream past grassy shores and budding bowers. This is what we are taught in these materialistic days. It is all for the physical enjoyment and the vacation of the soul. We are con stantly applauding poverty as an in- tluence to build up the boy, and yet are always tempting him with extrav- agance and short cuts to success. It is time to get back to where the boy Is, where obstacles and difficulties are and let him fight his way through them
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-30

X California professor is telling his students that SpOoning is a waste Of time and that men should seek beauty 0f the soul rather than of the skin. Next he will be telling them that there is nothing sweet in loves young dream and his finish as pop ular and impressive instructor of youth will become distinctly visible to the naked eye.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-30

to supplement local bond issues and to assist in actual construction work while it is in progress.
 The federal law requires that the State Highway department shall fur nish ali plans, specifications and esti- mates of cost, and that construction work shall be under the direct super vision of the State Highway depart ment, subject to the inspection and approval of the secretary of agricul- ture."
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-30

There is little prospect of popular ity, foresterS say, for the valley oak of California, which was decided to be the largest nut-bearing tree in the United States, the contest unearthing Il specimen in San Benito county which is 37 feet 6 inches in circumference and 125 feet high. The valley oak is
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-30
RECORDS AT STATE CAPITOL
,. ,rtbed When the Old State lnsars Mause Was Deserted-Good
 pOsds I,Oa Advisory Board Ap-
 nm"G;nted-Baby mG Week May l-6.

are thousands of copies of
 .rints in the vaults of the Su-
 '',mo l" court clerks office, yellow and
 .u.+v @ with age, that have not been
 l.", ..ansd since they were first filed away
 Operations ago. Many of them prob
 ur never will be opened, unless In
 l,.rro centuries some antiquarian
 s.nu delve through them to specu-
 h+o mon the people who wrote them,
 aa wbo were interested in the issues
 .hsr raised, then momentous, but long
 ,;rco lost and denied even a place in history.
 These ancient records were un-
 o.rtbed several years ago when the old state house was deserted for the ..w capitol. Not all of them have
 bepn filed yet in the elaborate filing system adopted by the clerk of the eaurt The earliest transcript yet dis eovered is dated 1872, and there are hundreds of them that were filed be- fore 1850 H. Haralson, L. E. Barber and other clerks of the olden days signed these records. Occasionally names are necountered that are fla miar in state history, but for the most part these musty transcripts are the nearest approach to historical prominence attained by the parties to the suits.
 There were no typewriter trans Crpts or briefs in those days, but all were written out laboriously in long, hand with an ink that is for the most part still bright and undimmed with age There have been some of the records found that were written in French, which seems to have been permissible in territorial days.
 The advisory board created under the good roads act passed by the re- cent legislature has been appointed, consisting of J. J. Knoch, of the Uni yersity of Arkansas, Edgar Brewster 0f Pine Bluff, and State Engineer Hugh R. Carter. This board will be charged with the distribution of the funds derived from federal aid and the state automobile tax, as provided oy the act subject to the approval of the State Highway Commission.
 Through the operation of these laws, 1t is predicted that road building m Arkansas, which was given a con- aOeraole impetus under the Alexander law Will accomplish great things dur "g 'he next few years. The recent nsl' W. oy Mir. Owen and Mir. Carter to "aSnlngton was fraught with much valuable results for the state. The isueral authorities approved the act m all particulars.
 :, L%rly "" Tn 1916, Congress appropriat N %0OOOOO0 to aid the states in inn %oVlng pao the public highways, $75,OOO,- wv " oi this amount being appropriat- ~ TOT apportionment among the s s'a'tS according to population, area. Iu''Oer of miles of post roads and f". ,a' routes The total apportionment i. i ., Nrkansas as for the next five years s0e cos l'14o'956'5O, distributed as follows: ,o,S ,o-o0s,lO for 1916, $165,37s.2o for .'it :. S24,O763O for 1918. s88o .75e .4o II, lpF l'l9 and $423,445.5o for 1920
 ''Se funds will be available for use
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-30
. pREscoTT DAILY NEWS
 Published by c,. News Printing Company

.a as second class mail mat En'srsu s'srsmber 4th, 1905, at the post Ter N0s',a ptescOtt, Ark, under the act ['s |'s'ss ssasrsss, as March B. 1S7s'
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-30
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r CrCStnOnt, N. O.. which is 33 feet f inches in circum ference and about . feet tall