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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-19
BUYS SHOES BY MILLIONS
U. S. Orders 100000 Pairs at Price
of $4.65 Per Pair.

Washington, Oct. 1.-THE greatest
order ever placed for army shoes has
been given by the war department
through contracts just completed,
called for seven million pairs at an
aggregate cost of $32,550,000. This
enormous order has been distributed
among many factories throughout the
country.
Through the council of national de.
Tense the government Itself and not
the contractors fXed the price at
$4.65 per pair Eyel under this re-
striction, Qual master General
Sharp was asreeatly surprised to find
the bids submitted at the price
named by the government were for a
quantity Is per cent in excess of that
named in the advertisements The
war department, looking to the needs
OF the future. will also close con-
tracts for this additional Is per cent.
Deliveries are to begin in January.
Evening star., 1917-11-05
FOOD EXHIBIT TO SHOW
MEANS Of CONSERVATION
Opens Tonight in Convention Hall
and Commissioner Gardner and
Administrator Wilson to Speak.

Washinston's first food show since
this country entered the great war will
be opened tonight at Convention Hail.
Conservation OF foodstuffs as a war
measure is to be the dominant note Of
the exhibition, which will be open until
November II.
The United States food administra.
tion is directly interested in the show
and Commissioner w. Gwynn Gardiner
and Clarence r. Wilson, food admin
istrator for the District of Columbia
will be the principal speakers at the
opening exercises.
Mrs. r. L. Ranseme, president of the
Heusekeepers' Alliance. is chairman Of
the committee in charge Of the conser.
walton exhibits. and Miss Emma s. ia.
cobs. director Of domestic science in the
public schools. Is vice chairman. All o.
the domestic science teachers in the 10.
cal schools and many of the advanced
students will take part In the demon
strations each afternoon and evening.
One section Of the floor will be de.
which wheat may be saved will bt
| demonstrated.
The section on fat will demonstrat.
with food prepared by domestic scienc,
pupils how oils and fats saved in the
household may be used in the prepara
tion of other dishes.
The world shortage of sugar and tht
reason for this will be shown In thu
section on sugar.
Evening star., 1917-11-05
WAVE OF BATTLE SWEEPS
ALONG THE MINOR FRONTS
od1cia1 Statements Show Fighting in
Macedonia, Nesopotanja and
Palestine.

BERLIN, November 5, via London
Repulse of a British attack on the
Macedonian front near the vardar river
WAS reported today by army headauar-
| ters. The announcement follows:
AFTER strong artillery preparation
for days past. which was continued
yesterday, between the vardar and
Lake Doiran, British battalions at
tackled south Of stoyakovo. Their as
sault collapsed with heavy loses and
without results before the Bulgarian
positions"
There were no important develop
ments on the Russo -Galician front yes
terday, army headquarters reports.
AMSTERDAM. November 5.-The fol-
lowing Bulgarian officia1 statement
dated Sunday. has been received here:
"West OF Lake Ochrida and Cerna
Bend there has been vigorous barrage
Are. East Of yardar the enemy, after a
prolonged drumfire. attacked. but was
repulsed with heavy losses
LONDON. November 5-An official
communication dealing with the opera.
lions tons in Mesopotamia shows that the
British forces have made further prog
ress up the Tigris river northwest OF
Bagdad.
The British army in Palestine cap
tufed fifteen guns In the recent attack
which resulted in the taking of Beer
sheba, II Is officially announced
coNsTANTINOPLE. November 4. via
London, November 6.-Hosti1e cruisers
in the Mediterranean have been bonn
harding the Turkish coast. The war Of
ace announced today that they were re-
piled to effectively by the Turkish shore
batteries. Repulse of Russian attack
on the Caucasus front 10 announced in
the statement
Evening star., 1917-11-05
STOCKS HARD hit
IN FIRST SESSION
Smashing Declines Mark Trad
ing Following German Sue
cesses on italian Front. !!
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, November 5.-Smashing
declines marked the first two hours OF
trading on the stock exchange this
morning
With the opening bell concessions
were granted. and the pressure con-
tinued to increase, and. following an
nouncement that the Germans had
forced a crossing OF the Tagliamento
river. the lowest prices for the day.
marking low records on many stocks
/ for ten to twenty years. while new
lows were made on Steel. and many
industrials for the current year, were
made.
Steel common. the great speculative
favorite. sold of to s0s. as compared
with a closing at 95ss Saturday; Beth
lehem B stock dropped to 73&. COM
pared with an opening at 7s1. and
other industrials lost from to z
points
The fact that the rehearing on the
application OF the eastern railroads for
increased rates started today. had no
effect whatever. for the rails were as
weak as the industrials. Many Of the
selling orders marked actual liquida-
ton. while the opportunity for active
and profitable participation was too
good to keep the bears from reaping a
harvest.
, st. Paul at 3s1z was at the lowest
| price in twenty years: Reading drop
ped to 60k, Union Pacific to 110Z and
Baltimore and Ohio to so, while South
ern Railway common. despite all the
fayorable reports of earnings, sold or
to 23M.
The New York exchange closes over
tomorrow. election day, and the COW
ering of shorts in the second hour Of
the afternoon brought proportionately
small recoveries from the lowest range.
Evening star., 1917-11-05
GERMANY'S GRAIN CROP
CANNOT BE INCREASED
People Will Have to Depend Upon
Potatoes, Diet Committee
Is Told.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
COPENHAGEN, November 5.-During
the course of a debate on food condi-
tions by the Prussian diet committee
Herr Hoesch, conservative, said that for
various reasons it could not be expected
that the grain production of Germany
could be increased materially during the
war or for some time thereafter He sug2
gested that the government devote its
attention to increasing the production of
potatoes to provide food necessary for the
population, and proposed that the gov
ernment Immediately announce a mini
mum price for the potato harvest of 1918
coupled with assurances to producers
that all potatoes above those necessary
for human consumption would be re-
leased for fodder purposes.
Herr Won Waldow, president Of the
food regulation board, in a speech con-
frmed Herr Heesch's statement regard
ing grain, declaring that a lack of labor.
draft animals. artificial fertilizers and
fuel hampered any increase in production.
Herr Won Waldow also warned against
accepting advance estimates of the grain
and potato crops, as statistics in the past
had proved unreliable.
Evening star., 1917-11-05
TEN MILLION FAMILIES
SIGNED FOOD PLEDGE
Second Week Of Nationwide Enroll.
msnt Campaign Begins-What
People Can Accomplish.

With a certainty that 10000. 900 fami.
lies have signed the food conservation
pledge. the food administration toda,
started the second week of the nation.
wide enrolment campaign. In q score
Of states q single week was insuff1eien,
for the immense task of visiting ever,
house individually.
The food administration points out
that with the cooperation Of half the
families of the United states In its plan
Of food substitution as a means of sup.
plying the allies with the wheat, meat
fats and sugar that America must fur.
nish. the results will be far more tan
gible than most people have realized
II half the American people save loaf
of wheat bread a week that alone
would release 100000 loaves of wheat
bread a week with no disturbance Of
American convenience or economic con.
ditions worth mentioning. Translated
into terms of money that would ap-
proach $5,000,ee0 a week released for
food export to Europe.
Evening star., 1917-11-05
NOMINATING DIRECTORS TODAY
Thirteen Candidates for Ten Places
on Board of Trade.

Nominations as members of the board
of directors Of the Washington Board
Of Trade are being made today. The
list Is to close this evening, the annual
election being scheduled for the next
meeting Of the organisation, to be held
Monday evening next at the New Will
lard Hotel. The final meeting of the
board Of directors prior to the annual
meeting is to be held this afternoon.
Ten directors are to be chosen. Thir-
teen men have been nominated thus far.
The names follow, the first FIVE nomi-
nees being named for reelection: Wal.
ter A. Brown, Edward E. Clement Har-
ry L. Rust. Robert N. Harper. Louis A.
Dent. Frederick A. Fenning, William
c. Henderson, Arthur Carr, George H.
Macdonald, William Clabaugh. B. Agee
Bowles, Guy H. Johnson and Court F.
Wood.
Evening star., 1917-11-05
TOTAL OF $500 VISITORS
At MUM SHOW YESTERDAY
Callers See Glorious Array Of
Blooms-Pompon Seeding Is
Named "The Evening Star"

There were $500 visitors at the
| mum show yesterday This comes
close to being the largest number that
ever visited the annual exhibition on
any one day.
Nearly 10000 persons have now seen
| the glorious array Of fall blooms in
the United States Department of Agri-
culture greenhouse. 14th and B streets
northwest
The show will continue from am.
until Q pm. today, tomorrow and
Wednesday. This statement is made
for the benefit of many persons who
we're discouraged when they saw the
long line in waiting yesterday stretch
ing from the greenhouse out into l4th
street and north almost to the fire de-
partment station several blocks away
The Department Of Agriculture and
The star telephones have been kept
busy today answering inquiries as to
whether the mum" show had closed.
A bright. glowing pompon Seeding
that has been attracting much atten-
ton, was today named 1.-THE Evening
gest and best paper. The pompon lives
up to the name. 1t looks Hike a sunset
glow and brightens the corner where
It has been standing during the show.
1t Is of golden color. with the petals
tinged with red. and is inclined to be
star -sha ped. The horicultursts Of the
department believe that this plant Will
become very popular. and continue to
please as has The Evening Star
were enthusiastic over the deep color
ing of the Gen. Pershing," the flaming
spectacular appearance OF the Gen.
Jeffre." the distinctly service look and
structure Of the ''Gen. Kuhn" and the
modest sturdlness of the war Mother"
all of which are new Japanese seed.
ling blooms OF this season. which have
been introduced to the public through
The Star
bloom, continued to hold old devotees
and to win new ones.
Evening star., 1917-11-05
QUICK RELIEF FROM
CONSTIPATION
Get DR.. Edwards' Olive Tablets.

That is the joyful cry of thousands
since DIR. Edwards produced Olive
Tablets, the substitute for calomel.
DR.. Edwards, a praeticinR physician
for seventeen years and calomeFs
old=time enemy, discovered the for
mula for Olive Tablets while treating
patients for chronic constipation and
torpid Iivers.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets do not
contain ealomel. but a healing. sooths
ing vegetable laxative.
No gripping is the keynote" Of
these little sugar-coated, olive.eol.
ored tablets. They cause the bowelb
and liver to act normally. They never
force them to unnatural action.
If you have dark brown f11oath"
now and then-a bad breath-a dull.
tired feeIing-sick headache-torpid
liver and are constipated, you'll find
quick, sure and only pleasant results
from one or two little DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets at bedtime.
Thousands take one or two every
night just to keen right. Try them.
10c and Csc per box.
All Drurrists.
Evening star., 1917-11-05
AL0NZo W. SKUNK DIES.
Was Chief Clerk Of Adjutant Gen.
erals Office, War Department.

Alonzo w. Skunk. longtime resident
Of Washington anu chief clerk OF the
adjutant generals office In the War
Department, died early this morning
at his residence. 1920 East Capitol
street Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Mr.. Skunk was born in Montgomery
county. Pa. October 90. 1853! He came
here to accept an appointment as clerk
in the surgeon generals office June 1,
1886. He remained in this department
until 1887. when he was transferred to
the census ONCE. from which depart.
ment he was discharged on account of
completion Of work February 30. 1895.
Mr.. Skunk was Appointed q clerk in
the AdjntAnt generals ONCE July 20,
1885. and was promoted through the
vaftoas gra9sA attaining the chief
sraduAss Of ths SationaI law schooi +
In this oitn
Evening star., 1917-11-05
United Religious Movement.

Not only will the Sunday campaign
there mark the greatest united re-
Eligious movement that the District has
ever experienced. one in which Prot
estant. Catholic and Hebrew alike will
be brought face to face with God" de-
| c1ared DR.. Walker. but there will
without doubt pour forth from the
platform of this tabernacle symphony
of timely patriotism every whit as i'm
spring and essential as the symphony
of religion. If Mr.. Sunday has any
special enthusiasm at all compare BILE
with that he holds for a religious life
it is the one for patriotic one"
The estimated cost of the structure
lis $4,000. Three hundred and sixty
thousand feet of lumber will be used
in its construction. and the, capacity
of the building will be sufficient to
seat $4,000 people, which is two and q
half times the capacity of Convention
Hall.
Some special features will be an
emergency hospital. with physicians In
attendance: private post office.
where cards of the "trail-hitters" will
be placed: a lost and found room, an
ushers' room, a secretaries room, q
personal workers room and minis
ters' room: in addition to which will
be Billy Sundays private room, fitted
up expressly for his personal use.
Evening star., 1917-11-05
RUSSIANS Defeat TURKS
NEAR BLACK SEA COAST
Germans Still Try to Fraternize, But
One Party Meets Hostile
Reception.

PETROGRAD. November Sin the
region of the Black sea coast the Rus
SLAMS have driven the Turks from their
first line and advanced in some places
to the third line, the war office an.
nources. Much booty was captured.
Teutonic attempts at determination
Saturday met with a mixed reception
on the Russian front. There was fra
ternizing in the Dvinsk region, but in
the Buzeo area patrols approaching
the lines with proclamations were fired
upon and driven away, the war Office
Announces. There were no military op-
erations of Importance, according to
the statement.
Evening star., 1917-11-05
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to the fol.
lowing:
Brenton wyeth Of Marshall. Va, and Donna
R. L. Corbett of Philadelphia. Pa.
Clarence S. Ellis and Rosie q. Lawsen, both
of Richmond. Va.
George Buckner Of Whitewater. Va. and Mary
Griffin of Dumfries, Va.
Walter RAYMOND and Mary L. Roy.
RAYMOND J. Wise. U. s. A., and Marie L.
k,r5el of this city.
J. Paul Green Of Wilmington. Del, and Helen
S. King of this city.
Ray l.. De Nyse Of this city ahd Hannah NJ.
Austin Of BROOKLYN. \. Y:
Richard NJ Carneal and Lucy B. Henry, both
of Richmond. Va.
John R. Shelton and sallie F. Henning, both
of Richmond. Va.
John H. Townsend Of Camden. n. j., and
Elizabeth W. W. Edwards Of this city.
John Z. Pyles and Lille c. Sullivan.
/ Howard F. Harrison Of Musselman. Va, ana
Oracle v. Hill Of Berea. Va.
Archibald 8, Fraser Of Swanson. Canada, and
Dayme G. Howard Of Birmingham. Ala.
Scott 3. Myers and Efhe T. OfebauRh.
Edward L. Powers and Pauline A. steinmann,
both Of Richmond. Va.
Evening star., 1917-11-05
BUREAU Is A GREAT SUCCESS.
Many Call to Have Room and Board
Listed At Chamber Of Commerce.

That the ''board and room" bureau OF
the Washington Chamser Of Com
merce 10 proving a great success will
be one Of the reports made by those In
charge at a meeting of the board OF
directors Of the organisation Wednes-
day evening. Persons wishing to
register their rooms with the cham
bers bureau formed = continuous line
at the headquarters. 61l 12th street,
today. Because Of the large number OF
persons registering, no registrations
can be made by telephone.
The number Of persons registering is
now nearing the four-hundred mark
but it Is estimated that thousands OF
rooms will be needed.
Evening star., 1917-11-05
SHOOTS SELF IN HEAD.
Thomas Shelton, Congressional Ii
brary Employe. Not Expected to Live

Thomas Shelton. flfty-three years old
Az 9Th street southeast. this afternoon
shot himself in the right temple at his
home. The bullet entered the brain. II
is stated, and physicians at Casualty
Hospital told the police he could not
recover.
Shelton was injured in an accident
about year ago, his wife stated, and
has been in bad health since Two
neighbors were visiting the Shelton
home when the report of the pistol shot
startled them.
A young daughter of Shelton report
ed the shooting to the fifth precinct
police station, and the smoking weapon
was still in the right hand of the
wounded man when Sergt. Ryon reach
ed the house.
Shelton was employed in the Con-
gressional Library, according to state
ments to the police, and has a wife
and four children.
Evening star., 1917-11-05
Outfits Sent to Interned seamen.

Already the Navy Department has
shipped 100 outfits of clothing for the
interned seamen in Germany. and the
quartermaster generals department,
eighty-five cases OF clothing for sol.
diers and interned civilians. Foodstuffs
so far have been purchased by the
American Red Cross, but the furnishing
Of necessary rations Is to be attended
to by the government as soon as plans
for prisoner relief are perfected.
Under existing arrangements with
the German government food and cloth
ing for American prisoners are sent In
bulk to a neutral country and there re-
Cross In standard containers. In charge
Of this work at Bern is Ellis L. Dresei,
formerly attached to the American EN-
bassy at Berlin and now of the staff of
the American legation at Bern.
Evening star., 1917-11-05
GERMAN PROGRAM
FOR FREE POLAND
Constitution to Provide for
Hereditary Monarch, Respon-
sibIe to Parliament.
RULER MUST BE CATHOLIC
ny the Associated rrsss.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, November 4: via London
November 5.-Ths constitution Of the
new Polish state is . document contain
ing nine paragraphs and Isl articles
Prof. cybichowski Of warsaw. who was
commissioned to make the draft, which
states that the charter contains the
following provisions:
Poland to be An Independent constitu-
tional state.
In view Of the fact that an over
whslmIhs percentage of the population
10 Of tho Roman Catholic faith. 1t Is
ordered that the ruling house be OF the
same faith.
| Catholicism is prescribed as being the
official religion TO be recognised In con.
nection with state functions ana omclal
ceremonies. Beyond that full freedom
| Of religious belief Is vouchsafed.
| Diet to Elect Ruler.
The state is to be a hereditary mon
archy, the diet to elect the ruler and
control the dynasty's affairs and sue
censorship.
II the king marries without the con-
| sent OF the diet he forfeits his crown
This proviso is intended to preclude the
possibility OF . feminine member OF ar
unfriendly power attaining the throne
The king ID obliged to reside con-
stAntly at home and is not permitted to
Be represented through substitute. au.
thority or be the sovereign OF another
| state at the same time.
This disposes Of the rurpor that En-
| perof Karl would be proclaimed King
| Of Poland.
| Parliament will consist OF two cham
befs, the lower house to be elected on
the basis Of general secret direct bal
| lot Of one deputy to every 10000 inhab-
| itants. Half of the senate will be elect
| ed the remainder to be appointed by
| the king. Deputies will serve fve
| years ana senators ten.
Evening star., 1917-11-05
New Polish Cabinet.

The Posen correspondent of the Es-
sen General Anseiger says that the new
Polish cabinet has been formed as fol-
lows: Premier. Count Tarnowski Won
Tarnow: minister Of war. Gen. Roza-
dewski; minister Of Justice, Prot. Crao-
zewski; minister Of public instruction.
Herr Karki minister of the army.
Count Heinrich Postrowski. and min
lister Of agriculture. Antonio Wienackf.
warsaw newspapers. however. state
that the regency council has been Of
ficially informed by the German author
tiles in the occupation of Poland that
they will not concur in Count Taraow.
skis candidature for the Polish pre-
misrship.
Evening star., 1917-11-05
Others Who Took Part.

John c. Let's, treasurer of the finance
committee of the Sunday campaign.
and William Knowles Cooper, general sec
retary of the central Y. M. c. A.. both
welded the shovel, while Merritt 9
Chance. chairman of the general cam
paign committee, presided. AS graft
fed. perhaps. as any one could possi-
bly, be at today's ceremonies was A.
Coulter Wells, chairman of the build
ing committee, which has already done
deal of important preliminary work.
the results of which will now begin to
show. Rev. DR.. Randolph McKim, pas
tor Of Epiphany Church. and Rev. DR..
James l.. Gordon, pastor of the First
Congrega tional Church. offered prayer.
while others participating in the exer-
cises included Mai. Pullman, Rev. DR..
James e. Walker, Mr.. Sundays advance
man. who is now stationed in Washington.
and Percy s. Foster. who led the sing
ing of BILLY" Sunday songs.
DR.. Walker brought a personal mes
sage from BILLY" himself to the people
of Washington to the effect that the
evangelist is in better physical and
mental trim than at any time in his
life. The congenial climate of south
ern California. where he has just fin
ished an extensive campaign, is thought
to have been largely responsible for
this
Evening star., 1917-11-05
5000 SHORTAGE FOUND.
Million Dollar Disbursement al
Naval Training Station Held Up.

CHICAGO, November 5.-A shortage Of
$4,000 in the funds of the paymaster's de-.
partment at the great lakes naval train
ing station became known today, when
announcement was made that the month
ly disbursement Of more than 81 1,00e, 900
has been held up for more than week.
Capt. w. A. Moffett. comma ndant. said
when the shortage was discovered re-
prepared for the bluejackets was made.
but the amount remained the same Fed.
eral operatives are working on the case.
Evening star., 1917-11-05
Private Firms Get D. c. Employees.

The District Of Columbia govern
ment is being hit by the loss Of en-
ployes. as result Of private con.
tractors paying more money.
Twenty laborers employed in the
the service Of the District today. II
is not believed by efiioiAls Of the enei.
neer department that there will be q
general loss OF labofsrs. At the pres.
ent time thAfA are about 100 lAboreyA
employed on road woFde. b
Evening star., 1917-11-05
Notice Served ON Paper,

Notice was served on the Milwaukee
Leader last September to show cause
why 1t should not be denied the second
CLASS privilege. and Victor l.. Berger.
ton and had a conferences, the court is
told, with A M. Docke1y, third assist
ant postmaster general, which hearing,
~ Is Claimed. was informal and no
sworn testimony was received. Oc-
tooer the Leader received notice of
me revocation Of its right to second
class mailing privilege.
Later an appeal was taken to Mr,
Ss1urieson. s1 who confirmed the action of
his assistant.
The plaintiff alleges that the excIu-
ias. sion from ON the mails has caused 1t to
,ost le'ogo subscribers. and the depri-
vaIlon destroys the property OF the
plaintin. Continued denial. It is al
Provisions Of the Act.
The provisions Of the esn,ona~. -.
and Of the trading e. with the enemy
law: 1t Is asserted, authorizing the
fostmaster General, his assistants and
suoordinates to determine the oues-
n,itts r1Gn 9, when an offense has been com
unconstitutional ana do not affnrd 10
accuseo persons a right to trial in a
court OF competent Jurisdiction Tba
action OF the Postmaster General has
.S aseo the plaintiff, 1t is alleged. of
tne constitutional right of free speech
ana mas been and is destructive OF ths
rights Of free press. u ms
AZ mas not only injured the petition
e[' II rs claimed, but has done "irrepar.
States" '"e oiieeo
me Milwaukee Leader asserts that
!. mas been the spokesman and organ of
the social democratic party and of A
large number of labor unions. 1t has
advocated international peace, it saws.
put mas at no time published articles
tending to breach any Of the nravfsin,s ?
OF the espionage law or of similar en-
actments