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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-23

CURB STOCKS.
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permanent aviation stations Of the ar.
my and navy for school purposes.
Acts enlarging the membership OF
the interstate commerce commission
and amending the act to regulate com
merce by authorizing priority ship
ments by any common carrier, ect.
Act appropriating 81, $4,000 to pro-
vide further for the national security
and defence by stimulating agrieul-
ture and facilitating the distribution
of agricultural products.
Act appropriating $162, 100000 to
provide further for the national secur-
ity and defence by encouraging the
production, conserving the supply and
controlling the Distribution of food
products and fuel.
Act to authorize an additional issue
of bonds to meet expenditures for the
national security and defense and, for
the purpose of authorizing in the
prosecution Of the war, to extend ad-
ditiOnal credit to foreign governments,
and for other purposes. This act makes
an additional appropriation Of 81 OIL
81, 89092 to extend credit In the Unit
ed States for foreign governments by
purchase of bonds Of our allies and ex-
penses incident to preparation of an
issue Of bonds and certificates: au-
thOrizes an additional issue of $4,000
100000 of bonds to meet loans to for
eign governments authorizes an addi-
tiOnal issue of one year certificates of
Indebtedness amounting to $2,0O0,00O,-
600 and an issue of five year war saw
ing certificates amounting to $1,000
100000.
New Mark Again Set.
Act appropriating $5,356, $3.50, O16.93
to supply deficiencies in appropriations
for the fiscal year 1918 and prior years
on account of war expenses and for
other purposes, and authorizes con-
tract obligations to be met by future
congresses amounting to $2,401, 49,
1880. This is the largest appropria-
ton act passed by this or any other
country. This act makes further ap-
preparations of $685., 100000 for the
emergency shipping fund and raises
the limit of cost to carry out the pur-
poses Of the shipping act to $1.734,-
100000.
Act to define, regulate and punish
trading with the enemy and for other
purposes, and appropriates $4,000 to
enforce the provisions thereof.
Act to provide revenue to defray war
expenses. This measure provides ap-
proximately $2,5OO,OOO,OOO Of revenue
with which to pay the expenses Of the
government.
Act to provide military and naval
family allowance, compensation and
insurance fund for the benefit Of sol
diers and sailors and their families,
and makes an appropriation therefor
of $176, 100000.
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II LIBERTY OXYGEN" A SUCCESS
Airmen GIN Do Terrific Execution
From Great Height.

Washington, Oct. 16.-Aircraft fly
ing the Stars and Stripes may bonn
bard BERN from height Of six miles
through the latest invention of Amer
lean scientific genius. At this height
German defending planes and guns
would be useless.
This unheard of height can easily
be attained by the Liberty motor"
according to all experts. The only
difficulty has been that in such rari-
fed atmosphere the aviators them.
selves could do nothing; the terrific
demands on their lungs are too great
to permit other action. Airplanes have
attained heights of $4,000 feet but the
difficulty of breathing all but made
the aviators powerless.
Now American science steps in with
the twin of the Liberty motor. lib
erty oxygen" is it's name and it is a
respiratory device which automatically
supplies to the f1er the oxygen which
is lacking in the natural air at high
attitudes.
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President Issues Regulations for
New Trading With ths
Enemy Law.
RULES ARE IMPORTANT
Every Citizen Is Affected by Act
Which Is Expected to Force
The Germans to
Submit.

Washington, Oct. 16.-Regulations
for the trading with the enemy act
have been issued by President Wilson
They constitute the most far reach
ing control of every phase of inter.
course between the United States and
the world.
They give legal force to every move
| Of the United States in casting about
Germany an economic barrier which
will compel her into submission.
Not only the new regulations for
cutting off trade between the United
States and Germany, but they do the
| following:
Cut off trade with Germany's al
| lies.
Cut off trade with those who do
trade with either Germany or her al
lies.
Provide custodians for all enemy
property in the United States.
|. Require special licenses for trade
or intercourse with any enemy or ally
Of an enemy within the United States.
Authorize the Secretary of the Treas
foreign exchange and prevent its
working to the advantage of the en-
envy.
Empower the Secretary of the Treas
ury to stop the taking from or into
the United States of any communities
ton other than by mail, telegraph, Ca
BILE or wireless.
Creates Censorship Board.
Officially creates censorship board
consisting of representatives of the
Secretaries of War and the Navy,
Postmaster General, War Trade board
and committee on public information
to censor mail, cable, radio and other
means Of communication.
Authorize the Federal Trade commits
sion to keep secret all patents that
may be developed for the interest of
the United States and to provide for
working in the United States under
patents held by enemies or allies of
the enemy.
Vest in the Postmaster General the
authority to censor foreign language
publications.
Charge the Secretary of State with
control over the entry and egress from
the United States of enemies or al
lies of the enemy.
Authorize the Secretary of Com
merce to hear appeals of refusals Of
customs officers to grant clearance pa
pers to vessels.
Charge the Attorney General with
the enforcement of the criminal Sec
tions of the trading with the enemy
act.
imports as well as exports.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-10-18
$4,000 BELGIAN HOUSES GONE
Shown by New Gray Book Is
sued by Government.

Havre, Oct. 8.-The Belgium govern
ment has issued gray book to refute
allegations against Belgium civilians
contained in the German white book
Of May, 1915, in which it was said
Belgian civilians savagely attacked
German troops in the early days Of the
war and that the measures adopted by
the Germans were necessary in the in
terest of preservation of the German
army. According to the gray book, be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 houses were
destroyed by the Germans.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-10-18
USES TOMATOES AS WEAPONS
Woman Vendor Also Effectively Bonn
bards kimonoed Customer With
the Scale Weights.

The high cost of things generally
including tomatoes-was directly re-
sponsible for the loudest case heard in
the Yorkville court, case rejecting
the difference in shopping tactics to be
observed in various segments of a
large city, says the New York Herald.
Mrs. Anna Saconne was present in
a cerise kimono and bandages to COM
plain Of the commercial tactics Of
Mrs. COncetta Fasano, travelling sales
woman for tomatoes. According to
the evidence, Mrs. Saconne was COM
planning of the price and condition
of the tomatoes sold by Mrs. Fasano,
when she suddenly received a one
pound weight in the direct center Of
the forehead, and was subsequently
bombarded with other weights ranging
from q quarter of a pound to three
pounds, after which a deluge of toma-
toes wrecked another azure blue
kimono which Mrs. Saconne wears
when tomato shopping.
"Why this?" asked the magistrate
Of Mrs. FasanO.
"She buy nOtheeng and talka too
mooch," explained Mrs. Fasano. eff
she joost buya sometheeng an walk
away, all right, shut up, but she no
buys sometheeng and says averytheeng
,ees no good. I slappa da face; she
talks. / trow da weight; she talks, /
trow da fruit; she talks. She talk,
she talk, she talk. She no buy soom-
theeng; she talk, she talk, she talk.
How moochY
give dollars" answered the mag
istrate. and the fine was paid.
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C. p. TAFT WEEDS MISS CHASE
Son of Former President Marries
Daughter of Irving r.. Chase OF
Waterbury, Conn.

Waterbury, Conn.,, Oct. 8.-Miss
Eleanor, the daughter of Irving H.
Chase. was married here to Sergt. Maj.
Charles Phelps Taft II, o. s. A., son
of William III. Taft and Mrs. Taft Of
New Haven. The ceremony was at
Rose Hill, the home of the Chase FAM
lily. Flags predominated in the decora-
tons. Rev. Robert e. Brown, pastor
Of the Second church, officiated. The
bride was given away by her father,
Irving III. Chase.
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PERU BREAKS WITH KAISER
German Minister Handed Passports by
! vernment-Uruguay to Take
Similar Action.

Lima, Peru, Oct. 8.-Peru formally
broke relations with Germany. In ac-
cordance with an overwhelming vote
in congress for such rupture the gov
eminent handed passports to the Ger
man minister.
Buenos Aires, Oct. 8.-From Monte
video, Uruguay, came word that con-
gress was momentarily expected to
vote an overwhelming majority in IA
vor of an immediate rupture in dip
lomatic relations with Germany.
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JACKIE KILLS FRIEND; IS HELD
Queenstown Magistrate Says Fatal
Blow Constitutes Mansiauohter-
To Get Bail.

London, Oct. 8.-Machinists Mate
Perente Of an American naval vessel
will be liberated on bail on a charge
of manslaughter in connection with
the death of dock yard laborer named
Plummer, who died from the effect of
a blow on the jaw inflicted by the
sailor on September s. He was held
by a Queenstown magistrate. Perente
pleaded not guilty and added: II did
not mean to injure my friend"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-10-18
IMPORTANT BILLS
PASSED IN SESSION

Here are the most important
measures passed by congress at
the special war session.:
Declaration of war against
Germany on April 6.
War bond issues aggregating
SIS, 100000.
War appropriations and con-
tract authorizations totaIiing
$4,000, 100000.
War loans aggregating ST.
600, 600 to the allies.
The seIective draft bill, max
ing 10000, 900 men liable to mill
tary service.
The espionage bill, including
the embargo provision.
The $2,235, 100000 war reve-
nue bill.
The food control bill.
The trading with the enemy
act.
The soldiers and sailors in
surance bill.
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He Struck.

A mud-bedraggled Tommy was plod-
ding YEARLY toward the base when a
subaltern stopped him.
''Do you know that your regiment is
in the front line now? Why aren't you
there?" he asked.
''Well SIR" Tommy explained, 1--WE
were Just going over the top when the
officer shouted: Strike for home and
glory, ladsI All the others struck fol-
glory, but struck for home"
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TEUTONS LAND IN RUSSIA
Report Says Gunners Are Now on
Mainland.

Amsterdam, Oct. 16.-Unconfrmed
dispatches from Swedish sources say
that the important town of Hapsal, on
the Esthonian mainland, terminus of
the direct rail to Reval and Petro-
grad, has fallen to the German naval
forces that captured the two islands
dominating the Gulf Of Riga. Hapsal
lies 275 miles south Of Petrograd, but
with it's occupation German control
of the Riga Bay would be complete and
the menace to the Gulf of Finland
extreme.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-10-18
u. S. MAY TAKE RAILROADS
sExigencies of War May Force Action
Preparedness Committee Says.

Washington, Oct. 15.-The Great
Northern and Northern Pacific, ocean
liners owner by the Hill interests and
recently used in Pacific coast trade,
have been requisitioned by the ship
ping board and soon will be put at
disposal Of the war department for
transport service. The government
will pay approximately $S,5OO,0O0 for
them.
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Unfair Question.

'Tll never ask Jibway to lend me
another cent!
"Did he hurt your feelings?"
81 should say sol I asked him to
lend me dollar until Monday and he
asked me, What Monday?"
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urces Federation Gust |. w. w.

Sacramento, CAL, Oct. 8.-The Cali
fornia State Federation of Labor went
on record here against the l. w. W.,
adopting a resolution recommending
expulsion of all members of that or
ganization from unions of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor.
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WashingtOn.-'"The most remarkable
session In the parliamentary history
of the world" was the way Demo
cratic and Republican leaders charac-
terized the first war session Of the
'Sixty-f1fth congress, which came to a
close at three o'clock in the afternoon
of October 6, exactly six months after
the declaration of war against Ger
many.
The record of legislation enacted
and money appropriated has no paral-
lei anywhere in the annals of all time.
Beginning with the declaration Of
war against Germany In April, con-
gress has passed bill after bill Of the
mOst revolutionary character, includ-
ang such measures as the draft bill
and the food control bill. Appropria-
tions and contract authorizations for
the present fiscal year, totalling $21,-
800, 100000, including $7O00,000,000 in
1Oans to the allies, were voted with
out a single dissenting voice, q record
ieQualled nowhere, not even in the
kaiser-dominated German reichstag.
How Money Is Expended.
The following table shows how the
money is to be spent:
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Character.

SIS she good nurseW
"She must be; she's awfully home
ly."-The LAMB.
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Some men can be eternally on the
Job and still not accomplish much.
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WAS ALLRUN DOWN
Faulty Kidneys Caused Acute Suf-
fering. Completely Recovered
Since Using Doan's.

Mrs. Harry A. Lyon, 5 st. William
St, S. Boston, Mass, says: "Dodn's
Kidney Pills have surely done me
wonderful good. About two months
prior to the birth of my baby, 1 had
two commissions and was taken to
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-10-18
hCH|EVEMENTSOF
. WAR SESSION.
Of CONGRESS
Leaders Declare Work Done Is
Most Remarkable in Par
Elementary History.
HARMONY MADE A FEATURE

Lack OF Dissension Was Noticeable
Administration Was Defeated on
Only One important Bill Dur
Ina the Six Months.
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AS q part of the scheme or meeting
these enormous expenditures congress
passed the $2,535, 100000 war revenue
bill, the largest taxation bill in Amer
lean history, levying directly or in
directly upon every man, women and
child in the United States. Something
more than a billion dollars of this
amount will be taken from war profits.
AL incomes more than $1,000 for sin
gle men and more than $4,000 for mar
ried men are made subject to taxation.
Where New Taxes Fall.
Here are some things upon which
the average citizen will pay taxes un-
der the new war tax bill:
Approximately 2 per cent increase
on incomes of $4,000 or less.
Letter postage, except local letters,
increased to 3 cents and postcards to
2 cents, beginning November 3.
One cent for each 10 cents paid for
admissions to amusements.
Five-cent shows and 10-cent outdoor
amusement parks exempted.
Ten per cent on all club dues OF So
ID year VI
One cent for each 25 cents paid for
!parcel post.
One cent on each % cents express
package charge.
Three per cent of all freight charges
Eight per cent of passenger fares by
rail or water. except trips of less than
so miles.
Ten per cent of charges for seats
berth and staterooms on parlor cars
or vessels.
Five cents on each telegraph. tele
'phone or radio message costing IL
cents or more.
Three per cent on jewelry.
Eight cents on each 800 of life in
surance. The tax on whisky is in
creased from $1.10 gallon to $3.50
The tax on beer is increased from S.
O. barrel to $2.75.
Increased tax on cigars, cigarette!
and manufactured tobacco and snuff.
Little Dissension During Session.
Despite pacifist activities, the ses
sion was marked with comparativel.
little dissension, the fighting centerlni
about questions mainly affecting pol
icy. The most stubborn contests Wer'
staged over the revenue bill, the draf
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Army IS, Gil 200, 900
Navy ......................... 1875 oOO, 900
Merchant shipping fleet. 1.sS9 900, 900
Loans to the allies. .......... 1000 900, 900
Defense fund for
President Observation-Disclosures. 100 900, 900
Food and fuel control. ........ $4,000, 900
Soldiers and sailors insurance 176000,00O
Interest on bonds and certifi-
Gates .......................... 2OO, OOo, 900
Civil establishment of govern
ment .......................... 95S, 900, 900
All other expenses. .......... To-, 900, 900
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hospital. Doctors said
the commissions were
due to my kidneys not
working properly.
Il had swelling OF
the feet and ankles
so that / had to wear
large : sized slippers.
My back ached in
tenSelY. I WAS nerv-
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Gus and unable to sleep. also suf-
fered from awful headaches and felt
weak, tired, languid, and run down.
"After I came home a friend sug-
gested that I try Dodn's Kidney
Pills, and got some. Isoon noticed
Improvement; my back became
stronger and I felt better in every
way. 1 kept on taking Doan's and
was cured. They are surely reliable"
Mrs. Lyon gave the above state
ment in May, 1915, and on March
II, 1917, she said:
"My curehas lasted. take DoGn'S
occasionally, however, as a strength
ener for my Kidneys"
Get Doan's at Amy Store. 6Oc a Box
|DOAN'S HID N EY
FoSTER-MIBURN CO.. BUFFALO. N. Y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-13
SAYS PREPARE TO WIN
Secretary Bakers Review Con-
tains Warning.
Greatest German Army Massed In
West-American Aid Needed BY
Allies to Meet Menace.

Washington. Dec. 11.-Germany has
massed on the western front her great
est army OF the war, Secretary Baker
declares in his weekly war review,
just made public.
To meet this menace the United
States must speed up its military pre-
parations, the secretary adds, with a
warning that the enemy is preparing
to put into execution in France plans
he has been maturing since the defeat
of the Russian armies at Tannenberg
early in the war.
Massing In West Permitted.
Peace negotiations with Russia
have permitted the massing of men on
the western front for that purpose.
"a united nation must stand square
ly behind our soldiers" the secretary
says. "1t is not sufficient to prepare
to fight. we must prepare to win"
American Engineers Praised.
The review asserts the German
counter-offensive on the Cambria front
has been successful in winning back
less thai one-third of the territory
captured by General Byng. The state
ment also notes that American engin
eer troops, exchanged shovels fol
rifles, fought off the enemy side by
side with the British"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-13
Samuel Pickett, s12 N. Fourth
St, Grand Forks. North Dakota. saws

Samuel Pickett, 812 N. Fourth
St, Grand Forks, North Dakota, says
II had lameness and soreness in,
my back and mornings, it was hard:
for me to move. Colds settled In my
back, making me worse and my k i'd.
neys were weak Doan's Kidney
Pills removed every symptom of the
trouble
A LASTING EFFECT.
Over two years later. Mr.. Pick
EFT said: II am glad to say that /
am still free from kidney trouble and
that backache.
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Pickett had. Foster Milburn Co.
Mfgrs Buffalo, N. Y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-13
OPPOSES BuRLEsoil
A. F. of L. Insists on Right of p. o.
Men to Organize.


Washington, Dec. 10.-Organized
labor has thrown down the gauntlet
to Postmaster General B%urleson.
In a statement issued from the
headquarters of the American Fedora
tion of Labor in this city, Samuel
Gompers. president, served notice that
any attempt on the part of Mr.. Burle-
son to force through Congress his
proposal to deny postal employees the
right to organize will be bitterly
fought. Mr.. Gompers said:
"The American Federation Of La
hor will resist any effort made by
Postmaster General Burleson to put
into effect his recommendation to
Congress that postal employees be de-
MED The right Of direct anneal to
Congress and the right to organize
and affiliate with labor"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-13
DANIELS PROUD
OF NAvY'S WORK
In Annual Report Secretary Tells
Of Big Problems Met and
Solved.
READY FOR ALL DUTIES
Department Will Need Over Billiss
Dollars In Next Year For
Rigorous Prosecution
Of War.

Washington, Dec. 10.-The annual
report of Secretary of the Navy Dan
iels, just made public, makes pride in
the achievements of the navy since
The United States entered the war, its
keynote.
+ Nothing of Value to Foe.
The report is carefully worded, so
that no bit of information that might
be of benefit to the enemy may be
communicated by it. The report Of
the general board of the navy which
has been charged with seeking solu-
lions to the submarine menace and
other grave problems, is suppressed
in it's entirety. Only the general
| questions considered by the board
are given. In the s~ecretary's report
a few facts come to light that have
not before been printed, but none is
of great Importance.
Daniels Sums up Report.
Secretary Daniels himself sums up
the report in these words:
FIN the navy, we have prepared for
and have met the duties of the pres
ent; we are preparing for and are
confident we will be able to meet any
call for greater duties, for more eN.
acting responsibilities. The best way
to secure enduring peace is to pre-
pare INCREASINGLY, night and day, for
the winning of the war, whether it
be long or short. This we have done;
this we are doing; this we will con-
tinue to do"
Big Problems Met.
Problems that have arisen and
laye been met since the declaration
of war With Germany are listed by
Secretary Daniels as follows:
Preparing for impending and &C
tual war.
The co-ordinating of our efforts.
The carrying on of offensive opera
tons against opponents.
Providing safe passage for ships
transporting army acros the ocean
} Maintaining available naval forces
in a state of readiness for battle.
Providing additional fighting. units
necessary to bring the war to a sue
cessful conclusion.
Training personnel to man the new
] units of the navy and to assist il
manning the merchant marine.
Since the beginning of the wal TAX
vessels have been commissioned ant
manned.
Too Many Volunteers.
The navy actually was embarrassed
I in the early days of the war by thu
eagerness with which young Emeric;
responded to the call for naval re
I cruits.
"The navy's efforts at %recruitin.
were 80 successful that it was dill
icult with. the then facilities to TAX
care of the flood of volunteers" tn
secretary says.
Estimates for Coming Year.
a Secretary Daniels estimates that tn
total expenditures for naval activ
ties during the next fiscal year a
n S1,039,650,502.S4 All appropriation
not essential to the rigorous prosecr
ton of the war are excluded fro,
this estimate.