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PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS FOR THE SALE OF ELECTRO
type dross, paper shavings, leather scraps
etc.-Government Printing Office. washington.
ID. c., April IA. 19l1.-Sealed proposals VIII pe
received ut this office until o'clock pm, May
IA, 19l7 for the disposal and sale OF electro
type dross, paper shayinSs and leather scraps
from bindery. old roller composition, refuse
wood. empty barrels aud sawdust which may
accumulate. and for the removal OF ashes anu
debris from the government printing once our
ing the fiscal year ending June 80, 1918. Inc
right to reject any and all bids and to waive
defects is reserved Detailed specifications OF
the estimated quantities 10 bc sold. acconlpa-
MED by blank proposals and giving regulations
with which bidders must comply, may De ob-
tanned by addressing CORNELIUS FORD. Puo-
lie Printer. ar.3.m!2
PROPOSALS FOR MATERIAL. ErC.aGov-
ernment Printing Office. Washington. ID. C.,
April a. 19IT.-Sealed proposals will be re
ccived At this office until IL o'clock am, May
II, 1917. for furnishing leather. book cloth.
gold leaf and other material for the public print
ing and binding to the government printing
Office during the hscal year ending June 80;
1915. The right 10 reject any and all bids and
10 waive defects is reserved Detailed schcd-
uies Of tn" materials, etc, required. accom-
panied by blank proposals. and giving the rcGu-
lations with which bidders must comply, may he
obtained by addressing CORNELIUS FORD,
Public Printer. an2.,. my
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Forty Thousand Needed at Once.

In the beginning, about 10000 work
ers VIII be needed. of whom some
60 per cent will be ship carpenters
and bridge and timber trainers. AS
the yards are expanded and more yes
sells laid down this force will be In
creased. Several months are required
to construct vessels of the type and
size designed, and as fast as one slides
off the ways another Will be started
in the vacated spot.
Removal of the ships from the coast
wise trade 10 transatlantic service
was taken up here today at con-
ference of shipping men with the ship
ping board and the shipping committee
of the council of national defense.
A number of ships probably will be
taken off coastwise runs Immediately
and put to carrying food to the allies.
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LAWYERS SHAD BAKE OFF.
Complimentary Dinner to Justices
Abandoned Because of War.

The annual complimentary dinner of
the bar to the District justices, known
as the lawyers shad bake, Will not be
held this year. owing to the war.
James 5. EasbySmith, president of the
Bar Association. today announced that
poll of the members taken by Ralph
z. Barnard, chairman of the shad bake
committee, disclosed an overwhel min g
ma jority in favor of passing the an
nual jollification this year.
Many of the responses to the inquiry
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as to the giving Of the dinner con-
tanned the suggestion that the cost of
the shad bake-usually an assessment
of IS on each member-should be de-
voted to the aid of the country. 1t is
considered likely that the lawyers will
take up a contribution among the mem
bers Of the association and turn it over
to the Red Cross. This matter will
probably be determined at the next
meeting of the association.
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Army Officer Dismissed.

First Lieut.. William ii. Jouett. Coast
Artillery Corps, was tried by court-mar-
tial at Fort Shafter. II. T, March u, on
charges of conduct unbecoming an Off
Ger and a gentleman, in violation Of the
sixty first article of war. The court
found the accused guilty of the charge
and sentenced him to be dismissed
the service. The President confirmed the
sentence and Lieut.. Jouett ceases to be
an officer of the army from today.
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Garden en- S1.ooo-a-Foot Ground

WILMINGTON, n. C., April 25.-Land
valued at $1,000 per front foot. adjoin-
ing a ten-story Office building, has been
broken here for planting vegetables as
a part of the city's campaign for
vacant lot gardening. A e-drawn
pillow was,used In breaking the soil.
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Treasurer Reports Balance.

The treasurer, Mrs. William +
Thacher of Washington. reported a bal
ance of S3.076.5S in the treasury. This
represented receipts from all sources OF
SIS, 1855, disbursements of S1o,09s.9l
and all debts paid to the present mo-
ment. The report was Endorsed by a
Geographic message from the auditor
Mrs. George X. Johnson of Philadel-
phia.
Mrs. Thacher also reported that Ala
bama, with an increase in membership
of go per cent. had won the prize Of
fered by her last year. The prize is q
banner. She will ask the organization
to offer a similar prize next year. and
also a prize for net increase in member
ship
Reports We're received from vice
presidents: Mrs. Robert H. Tate OF
Portland, Ore: Mrs. Hubert \. Rowell
California; Mrs. Fred Dick. Denver
Col: Mrs. Milton P. Higgins. Worces.
ter, Mass: Mrs. Orville T. Bright, Chi.
cago. and Mrs. David Q. Mears, Cam.
bridge. Mass. Mrs. Tate and Mrs. Dicl
We're absent and their reports were
read from the stage.
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Universal Training Favored.

A resolution providing that the organi-
cation. las descendants of those who
fought in the war of 1872, go on record as
favoring the universal military training
bill' was introduced by Mrs. q. NJ. Brum-
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baugh Of the District and adopted unani-
mously. It was Immediately sent to the
chairman Of the military affairs commit
tee of the House Of Representatives
Mrs Brumbaugh, as chairman Of the
credentials committee, reported that
there were 1876 accredited voters in at
tendance. 1t was announced that this
was the largest number of accredited
voters ever present.
After the hve officers had been re-
elected by exclamation. Mrs. Wiles
spoke OF the harmony which prevails
among members of the organization,
demonstrated by such rapid election of
officers.
The remainder of the session was de-
voted to continuing the reading of
state reports, which began at yester-
ports embodied the work accomplished
by the various states and showed that
a number of new members had been
admitted during the past year.
Several minor changes in the con-
stitution were made at the session
yesterday afternoon.
The reports of the standing commit
tees and new business are on this
afternoons program. which is expected
to close the convention.
Patriotism Keynote of Addresses.
Patriotism was the keynote of adj
dresses delivered by prominent speak
erS at the annual banquet OF the Ma
tional Society, United States Daughters
Of 1912, last evening. in the New Will
lard Hotel. The hall was deliberately
decorated with American flags and the
emblems of the allied countries. The
singing of patriotic songs interpreted
the speeches. Mrs. Robert II. Wiles
acted as toastmistress.
Thomas S. Hopkins, past president of
the Mayflower Descendants, lauded the
patriotism of the women of the country.
Other speakers were Mrs. George t.
Guernsey of the u. A. r.; Miss 5. =.
Hardy, representing the First Families
of Virginia: Mrs. SiousSat, Colonial
DANES of America: Mrs. Thomas X.
Noble. Daughters of Founders and
| Patriots; Mrs. Greve, United Daughters
| of 1872: Miss NJ. Louise Edge, Real
Daughters of 1872; Mrs. Mary l.. Tuck
! er, War Relief
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The faculty of the Illinois Wesleyan
University has decreed that all physi-
cally tit male students take at least four
hours compulsory military training
each week.
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Tribute to Deceased Workers.

Mrs. Schof paid tribute to the menu
DRY OF Arthur 4. Birncy. deceased,
member of the advisory council: Mrs.
Theodore w, Birney. one Of the found
ers. and Mrs. c. l. Beach Of Olympia.
Wash. late vice president general She
told of their services for the cause. The
president also announced that Dion
Birney. son of Arthur \. Birney. had
taken over the position vacated by he
death of his father as an adviser of the
organization.
Earlier in the progress of the session
it was announced from the stage that
Mrs Arthur \. Birney. corresponding
secretary, would not be present The
loss of first her husband, then OF her
son, by death. and the fact that her
mother is in extremis, was recited IN
explanation.
Her report was read, as corresponding
secretary, giving details of the actlvl-
ties of her office. A vote of coincidence
and sympathy was adopted, and the
conference also voted to send flowers to
her as token of regret in her bereaYe-
ments and present trouble.
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WOULD TEACH CHILD
THE GOLDEN RULE
Mrs. Frederic Schoff Thinks It
Is Surest Way to World
Peace Goal.
OPENS MOTHERS CONGRESS

after this dreadful war the women
and children of the entire world will
need aid. No better way for the proven
ton of war exists than the education
of the child in the golden rule.
WAR comes because the whole people
permit. But there is no Surer way to-
ward the goal of universal peace than
to teach the child the iniquity of war.
its folly and the lack of necessity or
true benefit therefrom.
Mrs. Frederic Schoff Of Philadelphia,
president of the National Congress of
Mothers and the Teacher Parent Asso-
citation. at the first business meeting
this morning of the twenty first annual
conference in the Raleigh Hotel deliv-
cred herself of this economic philo-
sophie thought in making her annual
address
Mrs Schotf urged service of mothers
for the nation in the present interna-
tiopal complication. Service means sac
rfices. she sHd-economies at home and
sttadfast support OF the President in
mis- war measures.
The organization. she announced. now
numbers approximately 1uo.00o mem
bers Its influence has grown in the
twenty years Of its existence, SO that
today it is regarded as one of the
greatest educational forces in the
world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-25

36-in. Bleached Mus
lin, good. heavy. round
thread quality; free
from starch or dress
ing: not more than 20
yards to n customer.
SpeciaI. o.,
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3B-inch Or I n ( ] e
s su ckers. the
W a sh a b. lie fabric
which requires no
ironing. In colors Of
bine. pink and gray;
neat stripes Special.
lie yard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-25

Values S2O.tbO.
About So dresses of finest uafieta
and messaline silk, wool crepe and
serge. among which are splendid Sc
lection for immediate Street,
afternoon. sports and evening dresses
in a wide choice of styles shown. Values to
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06

The combined national wealth of
the allies is estimated at 1858 0OO,0 00,-
900, or S0.5 per cent of the total of
the nations engaged in the present
conflict, while the wealth of Germany
and her allies is placed at $134000,
100000, or 1915 per cent. Contrasted
with this is the national debt of the
allies SS3.960,000,00O, or 14.7 per cent
of their aggregate wealth, and the
combined debt of the Germans and
their allies, s3s,50O,OO0,0O0, which is
2S.7 per cent of their aggregate
wealth. The figures for the various
countries are found in the following
table:
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06

British Isles possess $500 picture
houses. Judging from the surfeit of
posters and the prevalence of build
ings with wedding-cake fronts and
galloping electric signs there must be
at least that many within a radius of
five blocks of this correspondent
home in Washington.
These $500 shows, the bishop re-
ported, are visited by one billion and
! seventy-five million Britishers every
year. That takes every one of the
kings home flock to the films once
every two weeks.
The bishops report said lots of the
shows were naughty, naughty. But
there is a heavy percentage of good
little shows too, he said. Perhaps that
explains it. Perhaps the naughty ones
only get around every three weeks.
Put 0. X. on the Movies
But even if the shows should be a
little more carefully censored, the COM
missioners declared, they are worth
while because they have broken up
street. gangs OI DOyS dIQ hOSp tuOu-
sands of husbands and fathers with
their families who otherwise would
be out at pub, doing a lot of very
sincere drinking.
Some folks in England disagree with
the commission and say the movies
ought to be spanked and sent back to
the inventor. Morally and socially,
the august commission disagrees with
this view.
'The abolition of the picture house."
they say, lis impossible, even if it
were desirable, and in our Judgment
it is not desirable"
1t concludes, by advocating a spe- !
iaI film service for children, under
public or government control and fin !
ancing 1t also suggests that the the
aters be better lighted and more close !
" supervised. Spooning at the movies
las long been one of Britain's favorite
indoor sports.
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ssssss1 = = = = =
SWISS TO GET LESS BREAD
Plea to Economic Accompanies Gov
eminent Notice of Reduced
Ration.

Berne, Switzerland-Notice of the
reduction in the bread ration for
Switzerland from $50 to 225 grammes
daily, beginning December 1, has been
accompanied by an urgent plea from
the government to the people to econO-
mize on two pounds month from the
card allowance. This saving would
amount to 270 carloads of flour each
month, or enough to stretch the avail
able supply of flour in Switzerland
from February to March.
The Swiss are urged, above all, not
to follow the example set in the first
month of the card regime when on the
last day all the leftover tickets were
utilized to hoard flour.
The present allowance of $50 grams
of bread is based on all the supplies
on hand and on the probable Swiss
harvest. A still further reduction be-
low 225 grams is probable unless the
Swiss answer the governments appeal
to save bread until flour supplies ar
rive from America.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06
HOTEL MOSCOW ARRIVALS

w. S. elliott, H. J. Wallace, Chicago
J. G. Snyder, Spokane; Helen Chop
man, Lewiston; E. F. Sheffield, st
Joseph; c. E. Curtis, A. w. Lawrence
G. G. Ripley, G.. A Ferguson, A. Remil
Spokane; n G. MacGregor, Mrs. A. L
Carpenter, Seattle; A. w. Siederman
Lewistown, Mont H. L. Mayn, w
S. S., Mont; G.. c. eager, Grangeville
C. H. Gross, Portland; L. c. Van
Hecke, ST. Paul; G. S. Alderman, Des
Monies; Geo. L. Case, Tacoma; Mr.. and
Mrs. H. J. Brown, Colfax; E. Lawrence
and wife, City; R. M. Hay, Oliver Nor
quist, A. H. Mcmillan, Lynn Forrest,
Spokane; E. o. Dickinson, San Fran
cisco: A. M. Philleo, Deer Park, Wash !;
A. M. Zuill, Big Timber, Mont; J. P.
O.-W. r. & N. Co.; R. ]. Miller,
Burnley: H. L. Chanlin, Saettle; A. Har-
ting, San Francisco; A. J. Cole, E.
Maiston, R. C. Shaw, F. S. Jennings,
Spokane; Earl c. Simpson, Plains,
Mont; F. K. LeiStner, Palouse; j. H.
Rohr, Seattle; c. A. Staver. City.
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ChamberIain's' Tablets

Chamberlain Tablets are intended
especially for stomach troubles, bill
iousness and constipation, and have
met with much success in the treat
ment of those diseases. People who
have suffered for years with stomach
trouble and have been unable to OBJ
tain any permanent relief, have been
completely cured by the use of these
tablets. Chamberlain's Tablets are al
so of great value for bill iousness.
Chronic constipation may be perman-
emily cured by taking Chamberlain's
Tablets and observing the plain print
ed directions with each bottle d
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06
PERIL IN HAIR DYES
Munitions Workers Use Explosive
to Get Auburn Tint.
British Official Issues Warning Against
Practice Which Is Fatal
to Health.

| London.-An official of the explo
| sives department of the ministry OF
munitions has uttered warning
against the practice, disclosed in a
| West London police court case, among
| munitiOn workers of using T. N. t.
| powder to impart to their hair a
chestnut or auburn color. The par
ticular powder mentioned was tetryl,
variety of T. N. T.
"Oficially, l am unaware of the
practice" said the official, "but if it
does exist 1t is a most dangerous
one. The familiar fermentation of
the skin, due to handling this explo-
sive is not, in itself, serious mat
ter, for 1t wears off after a time, but
the skin itself is a great absOrber Of
poison, and toxic jaundice and de-
mathis may result. Those continually
doping the scalp and roots of the
hair with Z. N. T. would lay them
selves open to this obstinate COM
plant, but, apart from this, the eff
feet of the stuff on the hair cells and
tissue is in no way persistent. vel
lowish hue may be impaired, but
viewed purely as an ornament it is in
effective.
"Picric acid, ON the other hand.
which gives a deeper shade, is quite
harmless, and can be handled with i'm
punity; but acknowledgements and
tetra chlorethane FUSED for airplane
wings and eliminating beetles from
Westminster halD is much worse"
81 cannot conceive any woman,
however vain, placing herself in the
position of acquiring disease by in
oculating the scalp with T. N. t." de-
clared a well known private analyti-
cal chemist. "She can, if she wishes,
chew it without disaster, but to rub it
is fatal from a health point of view."
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06
ENGLAND FINDS
MOVIES BETTER
BISHOP MAKES INVESTIGATION
AND GIVES THEM
HIS O. II.
By GEORGE MARTIN

WESTINGHOUSE took a day
off from the war recently to find out
what it's doing to the movies and what
the movies are doing to it. The re-
suits slid quietly into Washington
musty official records today and went
to sleep forever, barring this tenn
porary resurrection.
The question of abolishing the in
stitution altogether has been agitated
by a lot of professional anti-some-
thing brothers who didn't have any
thing else to anti for the time being.
From these van leaders, the movie
opposition rang all the changes down
to quarreling with the color of the
tickets, the little nickleplated mech
anism spits at you from the boxoffice.
1900 Pictures Shows
So they hired the bishop of Birming
ham and a group of eminent assistants
to look the camera situation square
in the eye. 1t was discovered that the
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tional savings estimated In the neigh
borhood of s5,OOO,O 100000 year, and
has thrown it's weight into the scale,
prepared to put behind the entente
group effective cooperation to secure
the success of the principles Of democ-
racy."
The task is called a tremendous
one" but, according to the Views OF
the Bankers Trust company, there can
be no doubt as to the ultimate vic
tory of the United States and her
allies.
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given Germany a great advantage be-
cause of the supplies of coal and iron
ore thus made available, and also be-
cause of the ability thus obtained to
turn to use the factories of the manu-
featuring sections in making NUM-
lions of war.
Gust at the critical moment, when
the scales were almost evenly bal
anced between the entente allies and
the Teutonic allies, the United States,
with it's great wealth and resources,
entered the conflict, with a possible
22,O00,0O0 men to draw upon, with its
national wealth of $225, OOO,OOO,O 900, ma
tional income of $4O,OOOOOO,OOO ma
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06
STRENGTH OF The
WARNING POWERS
Statistics Show Huge Preponder-
anCe in Favor of the
Entente.
WORLD HAS A GREAT TASK
To NuIllfy the Plans of the Kaiser 10
Large Order-Strength in Wealth
and Man Power of Nations
at War Compared.

New York. The comparative
strength of the allies and the central
powers is graphically shown by 'The
Balance Sheet of the Nations at War"
which has just been compiled by the
Bankers Trust company
''The world has great task still
before it in order to nuIlify the plans
of the Hohenzollerns." says the intro
duction. "The task must not be beIit-
tied, but it is at least interesting to
see resources existing successfully to
accomplish this task, provided that
the nations of the world now opposed
to Germany continue to cooperate in
telligently and Loyalty until Germany
and her allies have been absolutely de-
feated and their plans of world domin-
ion rendered permanently ineffective"
Figures showing, for both sides, the
combined area, income and interest
charge, and cost of the war in treasure
and men, are presented with the expla-
nation that they have been gathered
with great care from the "best avail
able sources" and are believed to ire
fleet with substantial correctness the
relative economic strength of the op-
posing groups of nations" although it
is impossible to vouch for their abso-
lutte accuracy. -,.-~-si--~'--
tzsHn. Controlled by Allies. ,ss.~i
The allies, Including tie United
States, are shown, by this tabulation,
TO control 19,526.OO0 square miles of
Ithe @arth's surface, or 941 per cent of
the total area held by the nations at
war, as compared with L ,222.0 900 square
miles, or only SO per cent held by
the Teutonic combination. The ag-
sgregate population of the allies, exclu-
sive of the large Asiatic population
itrubutary to the British empire, reaches
The huge total of 473, 100000, or 1853
per cent of the total of warning peO-
pies, while that of the central powers
is but 147,000,000, or 23.7 per cent.
Without counting Asiatics and Afri- |
cans, the allies have available for mill
tary service 81, 100000 men, or 1875 per |
cent of the total possible fighting men, |
while the Teutonic powers can COM |
mand but 25,050,000, or 21.5 per cent. |
The number of men actually enrolled |
in the armies and. navies of the allies |
Us 21 100000, or &C per cent of the to- ,
tai while the enrolled military
strength of the Teutonic allies is H.
O00 600, or 81 per cent, as shown by
the following table:
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Minced CLAIMS, 2 cans. .25c
X. c. Baking Powder, 15c size. 12c
PettijOm's Wheat Flakes, pkg. 1Sc
Condensed Milk, 2 cans. 25c
Good Toilet Soap, per bar. sc
Toilet Paper, crepe, per roll. -. sc
Economy Star Coffee, per h.. 80. E.. 33c