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The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
claims ALLIES
HAVE NO FOOD
Ioover Declares U. S. Only
Country Not at End Of
Resources.

F"The United States will soon find
self alone in the war against Ger
Ean autocracy unless every produc-
be unit in this country is used to
foduce food for the allies" declared
'erbert c. Hoover, food administra-
IL. yesterday afternoon at the closing
|ssion Of the national conference o.
Pc Boys Working Reserve at the
Wizard.
|rhe efficient effort Of the people OF
BIS country in producing more food
lone can save the United States and
4 allies from defeat at the hands of
|ermany. was plainly stated by Mr..
Ioover IN addressing the conference,
hich has for its object the training
nd organization Of thousands OF
|oys for farm work.
Every boy in Germany over Is
ears OF age is producing food" Mr..
[oover said. Every boy We can place
n farm TO do efficient work will
|iset the efforts Of a boy in Ger
Iany."
That every country in the world ex-
ept the United States was at the
hd Of its resources in the way of food
'toduction was the startling state
ent made by the food administrator.
Unless the United States uses every
gailable unit OF food production to
! ed a starving. war-stricken world,
Iermany will win the war;" Mr..
|oover said.
|~Even should the United States pro-
Elce every ounce of foodstutfs pos
bic during the duration of the war
|pw raging. the total will be inad-
|tuate to supply the needs Of our
/ lies. With every nation in the worlu
Fadually producing less and less food
I'D with nation after nation falling
lay below normal, the burden of pre-
entng starvation among the peoples
the allied nations falls upon the
tople Of the United States.
SHOULD we utilize every possible
nit OF food production in this coun-
Ey, we would even then fall far short
supplying sufficient food for those
no are now staring starvation in the
Ece- The most this country can ac-
bmplish Is to decrease to as greaI
b extent as possible the suffering
Nd deprivation now invading the
bplation of the warning nations
|3y using boys on the farms under
ISillfUn leadership the maximum re-
Its are to be obtained. Mr.. Hoover
4 ID, adding that he was anxious to
the whole problem of increased
pduction on the farms placed in tae
lnds Of the directors of the Boys
orking Reserve in conference here.
IA resolution calling upon the gov
>nment to appropriate funds to estab-
Eh a large mobilization camp for the
{hining OF boys for work on farms
|hs unanimously adopted by the con
|renCe at the morning session.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
White HOUSE FIRST
TO CONSERVE FOOD
Mrs. Wilson Finds Campaign Mem
bership Gard on Front Door.

The White House last night became
the hrst household IN the land to con-
serve the food supply. Yesterday
morning Mrs. Wilson affixed her sig
nature to one of Herbert Hoover's
pledge cards. When she returned
from the congressional ball game for
the Red Cross in the afternoon. she
found hanging on the great front door
the placard with the shield of the
United States, two sheaves of wheat
and the inscription, Member. Food
Administration, u. s."
And Mrs. Wilson intends to live up
TO the pledge. She has always de-
voted a good deal of her time to the
household economics of the executive
residence. She plans now to give the
closest supervision to the purchase,
preparation and disposal of all food
in the large household over which she
presldes. 1t Is reported that the
servants In the White House will soon
appear in the food conservers' " uni
forms.
This event marked the opening of
Mr.. Hoover's campaign for food con-
serYation among the women of the
country. Millions Of pledge cards
similar to the one signed by Mrs.
wilson Will be sent out through the
country, and as quickly as they are
signed and filed the signer will re-
ceive the window emblem and the
periodical instructions of the food
administration as to how to buy. pre-
pare and serve food for the best in
terests OF the country.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
TRY TO SHIFT
DRY AUTHORITY
Placing Prohibition Respon-
sibility on President De-
clared to Be Cowardly.

The prohibition fight has switched.
whisky has gone. That's practically
certain. Beer and wine will continue
to be manufactured, so far as the
Senate is concerned. That is a very
safe bet.
But is the President to allow this
manufacture Of beer and wine, or will
the Senate itself determine the Ques-
ton? On this issue the fight will
hinge.
Dry Senators seem to desire to put
the question up to the President.
Many others are opposed to this. They
say that the responsibility is with the
Senate, and 1t would be cowardly to
shift it to other shoulders. Senator
Chamberlain, in charge of the food
control bill lich contains the liquor
amendments, takes this view:
II think the Senate should make the
rule itself. l for one. am perfectly
willing to assume my responsibility
in any legislation that l participate
in"
Senator Chamberlain prepared
brand new amendment yesterday,
which merely provides that whisky
making shall be abolished. Nothing
whatever is mentioned about beer or
wine, and the inference is that these
shall go on being made as usual.
1t was learned yesterday that the
President took the view that while
Congress should stipulate that beer
and wine should be left alone, he was
willing to take upon himself the re-
sponsihilty OF determining this If it
was necessary. in order to pass the
bill The President did not seek the
responsibility. He merely made his
offer in order to save the bill, so ad-
ministratiOn Senators asserted.
The Chamberlain amendment will
be offered tomorrow, and it is thought
that it VIII, in the end, be inserted
in the bill. The fact that the Presi-
dent did not wish to assume the re-
sponsibility, coupled with the idea OF
various Senators that Congress
should face its OWE problems, Will be
t'To powerful fuCtors. And still
Stronger will hc ,aat fact that Dem
ocratic Senators. even after fight,
usually line up behind the President
There are Republicans, too, who
take the same ground with Senator
Chamberlain. Senator Borah is one
of these. Their influence will count
strongly on the left side of the
chamber.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
|. {. c. DECISION
KILLS H. {. OF |.
Exorbitant Prices VIII
bic Through the
Case Ruling.

Cleared Of its clumsy and intricate
legal verbiage. this is what the Inter
state Commerce Commissions order
against the railroads OF the country
means to the people Of the United
States:
/. A lump saving in one year. the
figures being based on the estimated
increase in revenue 10 the railroads
had the Is per cent raise ia freight
been allowed, OF $50. 600 900.
. Escape from a burden OF from
H,JOO. 1000 600 TO 500. .OOO,OOO a year in
the increased cost Of living, the sum
representing added pennies to the
present prices OF food and household
commodities. which would naturally
follow payment OF tribute TO the roads
by shippers
3. The probability that the question
has been decided for all time, and that
the retailer has lost permanently his
stock excuse for tacking on a few
cents here and there whenever the Oc-
casion presented.
4 Taken in connection with the
movement by the government to FIX
prices on many articles-grain. fuel
and cloth. for instance, an indication
that the end OF the era Of eNhorbltant
prices and excessive profits is near.
While the figures quoted here are
not official. they are the estimates Of
expert statisucians in the office Of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Attorneys Gloomy.
Railroad lawyers who remained in
Washington for the order Of the COM
mission had no hesitancy yesterday
in admitting tHat the ruling was a
wallop on a vital spot. Not even
could they find hahn in the conces-
sion TO the Eastern carriers contained
in the permission 10 increase class
rates between New York and Chicago
Il per cent. They Eloomily said that
class freight between these two cities
represents only about one-quarter Of
the tonnage carried. and that the ex-
preston IA per cent" ought to have
quotation marks around il. for IL
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
Colored Man Is Shot
By Student in Brawl

In an alteration late yesterday
afternoon in a stable yard at 2229
II street northwest, between Heth Con-
bad Moorman, IS years old, a student
|of the Mckinley High School. and
BENJAMIN Colman, colored. "a years
|old. employed in the stables, Colman
was shot in the breast with a 30
|caliber revolver. He is at the Emerg-
|ency Hospital His condition is not
serious. Norman surrendered himself
and was released on giving a 5000
bond for mis- appearance in court when
wanted.
Norman told the police that Colman
pad assaulted a younger brother and
that he had gone to the stable to see
[olman and call him to account. Moor
han says Colman assaulted him,
Knocked him down and struck him
gain. 1t was then, Norman says,
Ehat he shot Colman in self-defense.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
IANY ARE CALLED
: BUT few ANSWER
Recruiting Week" Ends in Failure.
Will Resort to Draft.

EOf the 7H.0CO men called upon by
PRESIDENT Wilson to present them
Ives for service" only S.S79 enlisted
the regular army during Recruit
3 Week which ended last night.
As i result it was indicated strongly
Ia the War Department yesterday
hat the draft would be employed to
E II the ranks Of the regulars to war
&rength. In all there are required
27j men and this number is likely
be added to the 625, 900 who will be
4raftcd within the next month.
! An average Of less than 1900 a day
Pas maintained throughout the week,
fhile the War Department had hoped
Ior 1000 a day. The showing was
Reclared by some officers to prove the
declaration that only per cent of
|he American people are awake to
What the war means"
OF yesterdays recruits Isl were from
New York, which led all the states
throughout the week. and 156 from
Indiana was third with
q.
In final preparation for the draft, a
date which will be announced during
he coming week by President Wilson,
secretary of War Baker today called
upon governors of States for nomi-
nations to the appellate boards that
VII pass on exemption claims.
Each board will include a farmer.
Industrial leader and laboring man;
20 that all three classes of the
backbone Of America" may be rep
resented. There also will be a lawyer
md q physician on the appeals boards,
bne Of which will be appointed for
zach judicial district, which will hear
appeals from the lower boards which
are appointed one for each $1,000 Of
population in cities and each county
N the rural districts.
They must insure the interests of
the nation against the urging of
private claims" said Secretary Baker
IN his letter to the governors, refer
ring to the duties Of the appellate
boards.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
CERTAIN
LENS GOAL
Relentless in Pushing Ger
man Retreat Along
Wide Front.
,ciaI Cahie to The Washington Hcraid

Special Cable tn The Washington HCrald
London. June S.-HavinE captured
strongly organized defensive systems
on both banks of the SouChez. British
and Canadian troops are fastly fight
ing forward through the dense Lens
suburbs. forcing back the Germans
almost to the outer ruins Of the
southern and western fringes Of the
city.
More than a mile on a front OF four
miles about Lens has been advanced
by the British since their recent
operations. simultaneously with this.
a second attack by British troops
seriously threatens the village Of
Oppy, six miles to the southeast.
Additional information now avail
able" says the text of an Official an
nounCement, CONFIRMS the success OF
our recent operation in the neEhbor-
hood OF Lens. Besides the captures
of prisoners and machine guns already
reported. an important advance has
been made on n total front Of about
four miles TO a depth of over a mile.
AS a serult Of our attacks a series
of stronsly-orEanized defensive sys-
TENS on both banks OF the River Sou
chez, covering the town of Lens, has
been captured Our troops have
gained the whole of the objectives on
each occasion With slight loss. while
infiictinE considerable casualties on
the enemy. Positions of great strength
and tactical and stratCgic Importance
thus PASSED into our hands"
German Casualties Heavy.
Concerning the fighting about OPpy,
where the Germans finally managCd
TO stave of the victorious British ad-
vance in the first fighting on the Ar
ras front, Berlin says the German
troops fought splendidIy,' the enemy
suffering severe sanguinary losses
during the well CO-ordinated defense
and in fighting man TO man.
Fighting of great intensity Is also
reported on the historic ground about
Nerdun, where German picked troops
stormed French trenches on a mile
front west OF hin 5O4 and took more
than 500 prisoners. On the Chemin
Des DANES, south of Laon. the
'sturmtruppen" also gained a sue
cess. east of Ccrny, capturing a half
mile OF trenches only after the most
stubborn fighting in whiCh their losses
were very heavy. After their initial
successes in both regions. NCrdun ana
the Chemin Dcs DANES. the Germans
tried again. but broke against a stone
wall OF French defense.
Near Lens the advancing Canadians
were pelted by a binding rainstorm.
The crashing thunder and naring
lightning rivaled the bombardment,
which wGs nearly as heavy as the
British have employed in some OF
their biggest attacks. This attack
was the second in twcnty-four hours.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
Allies and Germany Forced
To Cooperate in Trading
Must Recognize Enemy After War in Spite of
Plans to Kill Her Commercially,
Economist Declares

no means be in the direction of rails
ing high tariff walls against any ma
uon, not even against our present
enemies. In France there will be a
big sweep in the direction of lower
tarins of a purely fiscal character,
and we shall hear no more of high
protectionism as far as the primary
necessaries of life and trade are con-
cerned. OF course, We must and shall
take measures to prevent unfair trad
Ing on the part of the Germans, whose
commercial policy has ever been of
an intensely selfish character, but it
would be idle to go on talking about
the banning of Germans entirely from
our markets. We could not, If we
would, exclude 12O,OOO,OO0 Germans and
Austrians from French trade.
1t would be childish to seek to shut
ones eyes to the fact that such an
exclusionist policy would harm
France just as much as it would Ger
many. will give one instance. Our
metal industries consume enormous
quantities Of coal of a kind which our
own mines do not supply. Even when
we have reincorporated Alsace-Lor-
raine with French territory, the coal
then to be obtained from the Saar
Valley deposits would not meet our
needs. We shall still require millions
Of tons of coal from the Ruhr VAL
ley, in Germany, and imagine our
policy will be to buy from Germany
in preference to allowing our metal
trades to languish.
Also We cannot overlook the fact
that the return of Alsace-Lorraine TO
our fold will in itself necessarily mod
tfy our attitude toward trading with
Germany. Could we possibly from
one day to another sever all the COM
merciai links which in the past forty
i've years have connected those two
provinces with Germany without In
coSrNisEp on FACE TWO -
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
Feed Rich Fancy Foods,
Hoover's Economy Idea

Turkey, terrapin and truffies for
those who can afford It. Save pota-
toes, pork and porridge for the poor.
That Is the advice that Herbert
Hoover gave a committee Of New
York hotel men and restauranteurs
who came here to call on him.
PLAY up on your menus the high
priced fancy foods" Mr.. Hoover said.
When England's families of social
importance began to practice war
time economy with two course lunch
cons and three course dinners, it was
found that the demand for staples in
creased twenty-five per cent. Accus-
toned to many courses. wealthy per-
sons began to demand many helpings
of simple foods.
Mr.. Hoover doesn't want the wealthy
Of the United States to make the
same mistake.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
BOLD Thieves GET
$4,000 IN jewels
Brewers Hotel Apartment Robbed
by Men Registered at Hostelry.

Wilkes Barre, Pa, June 30.-One Of
the most daring robberies ever COM
mitted in this vicinity was reported
to the police here today. Thieves en-
tered the apartment of w. G. Hard
ing. a local brewery representative in
the Hotel Sterling, this citys most
fashionable hostelry, last night and
succeeded in getting away with $4,000
worth of jewelry. the property of Mrs.
Harding.
Two men, believed to be profession
al thieves. registered at the hotel
Wednesday, left last night shortly
before the robbery was discovered.
The police are looking for them.
Burns private detectives are also on
the case.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
Argentina Throws Down
Gauntlet to Germany

Buenos Ayres. June 30.-Argentina
has thrown down the gauntlet TO Ger
many. At a long cabinet meeting to-
day the government decided to inform
Germany that 1t will permit no more
sinkinss Of its ships and will refuse
to accept any further indemnities or
explain. A demand will be made- for
a definite declaration from Germany
that Argentine shipping will not be in
terfered with in the future.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
Mexican Bandits Cross
Border and Raid Ranch

Laredo, Tex, June 30-Four Mexi-
an bandits crossed to the American
|ide. raided a ranch near Zapata, and
held u9 a store at Zapata. securing
200. Thursday night. brigade head
quarters announced today. A detach-
ment Of United States soldiers was
dispatched in pursuit, but the bandits
feaehed the Mexican side safely.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
twelve ARE KILLED
ON RIVER STEAHER
Excursion Boat. Christopher Colun-
bus, Crashes Into Iron Framework.

Milwaukee, Wis, June c0-Twelvs
persons were killed and seventeen in
jured when the steamship Christopher
Columbus, excursion boat from Chit
caso ,r2shc6 into an iron fr.-agwo-E
PROJECTING over the NuN.uk,D XIV y.r
here today.
The impact tore TIE frame work
from its Tlsterin-s Il fau on the
steamer. dcmolishing the plot houEe.
Helen Crandall. OF Oak Park. Ia. So
the only one Of the dead who his
been identified. Gertrude sykes. or
Aberdeen, y. OAK, Wa one Of the in
JuTed.
Capt. Moody and officers Of the
Goodrich Transportation Company re-
fuse 10 make statements. Eve wit
IeSses RlIege that the guiding tr-r cast
of anc that when the captain ord,. d
the engines OF the steamer reverse.
il was too late TO prevent the col
lision with the franz work. The aC-
cident occurred at the foot OF CHI
CaSo as the steamer was swinging
around a bend in the river
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
Socialists viii Back
Those Who Defy Draft

Cleveland, Ohio, June 30.-Draft de-
fiers will receive the backing OF the
Socialist party, it was announced here
today. A meeting of Socialist leaders
and attorneys will be held in Chicago
July 6 to formulate plans for a stan
dardized defense. Among the attor-
neys to be enlisted in the fight are
Morris Hillquist. of New York: Sey-
mour Stedman, OF Chicago, and Joseph
w. seharts. Of Dayton. Ohio
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
Palmer Files Protest
On Exemption Board

Palmer, now recognized Democratic
leader in Pennsylvania, is in WASH
ington for the purpose OF protesting
to Judge Advocate General Crowder,
OF the War Department, against the
selection OF four certain Republicans,
appointed 10 the exemption boards IN
Lackawanna County. by Gov. Brum-
baugh. Secretary OF War Baker. 10
whom Palme- and his Democratic as
sociates Fled the protests, has taken
Up the cases personally. as the Pro-
vost MarshaI's Office preferred him 70
act in this manner.
The Secretary has declined 70 make
known his views on the % lsct
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
SWISS CONSUL RESIGNS.

Chicago, June S.-Arnold Holhnger,
Swiss consul in Chicago for twenty
I've years, has sent his resignation to
DIT. Paul Ritter. Swiss Minister at
WashinSoon. Hollinger denied that
fsrfnan trouble had anything to do
|F1th his action and said It was
Prompted By falling health.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
BY YES GUYOT.
The Foremost French Economist.
Copyright, 1917 by the international News

Ing EOTeInOsL FTe0Cn economist.
Copyright, 1917. by the International News
SerTice)
Paris, June L (by maiD.-Since the
economic conference of the allies held
in Paris in the spring of this year,
the economic policy of every one Of
the entente countries has undergone
a profound change. The effect of the
decisions decided upon at the confer
ence was in brief, to make the allied
counties dn which the United Safes
and Rumania were not then included)
into restricted trading family. All
outside nations. neutral as we'll as
enemy were to be treated as on a diff
ferent basis by England, France, Rus
sia and Italy, and very careful meas
ures were elaborated with the object
of annihilating the central empires
in the commercial and Industrial fields
after their defeat on the battlefield.
Many of US looked askance at these
resolutions at the time they were made
and even those who were most in
favor of them have now come to see
that they have not the slightest
chance Of going into effect after the
war. The policy as then defined
never from the start had any serious
chance of being put into operation,
and the entry OF the United States
into the war gave it its quietus once
for all. Even without American inter-
vention 1t would have been doomed by
the new ideas prevailing in Russia.
VIII Not Raise TarIn.
am convinced that, as far as
4rapce --caeeezRas,. orr after-the-
war coumereial policy VIM undergo
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
MEXICAN SHIP DESTRnYEn

mexico City, June 3O.-The Mexic: n
steamship ST. Urfce, carrying a cargo
of oil and gasoline, was DESTROYED
by fire sbout ten, miles from I,obos
Island. The entire Ncrew was saved
by the Mexican steamshIp Cernicain,
The fire Is attributed jn -. a,,sr..
tiers here to attempts by s.s.tt' :
to hamptr the Oh tyan1S IN SPIES ss