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The Washington times., 1917-08-30
TWO SONS IN ARMY
CELEBRATE WITH DINNER

Because two brothers-Cherry NJ.
Levy and Frederick Levy-from one
family were drafted in the national
army, they rendered a banquet to
thIrty-hve OF their friends last even
ing.
Elias R Levy. father Of the boys
and an empIoye OF the -ngineer De-
partment of the District, spoke pa RE
otically Of President Wilson's Admin
istration, stating that he was glad
that he haI two sons whom he can
give in answer to his country's call.
Many Of the guests spoke feelingly
of the two young mems. many good
qualities. Music was furnished by ia
string orchestra Thomas Stevens
was toastmaster.
Frederick Levy is the owner OF
Frederick's Hat Store, in -eY Yenth
street, while Cherry Levy is ths pro
prietor Of a provision stand In fthe X
street market. Both were bern In
washington and are well known.
The Washington times., 1917-08-30
In the Mitchell You Find
Ideals From Everywhere
Gathered by John w. Bate

The Mitchell has long commanded very high place
abroad All the roads of the world have proved Mitchell
endurance.
In 1913. John W. Bate spent a year among European
makers study their ideals and their standards And he
has driven practically all America to study
ditions here.
The Washington times., 1917-08-30
DON'T BE BALD
Here's q Good Way to Stop LOss Of
Hair and start New Growth.

II your hair Is thinning out, pre-
maturely gray. brittle. lifeless. full
Of dandruff and your head itchss like
mad it's a pretty sure sign the
dangerous dandruff germ Is busy on
your scalp and quick action must be
taken to save what hair you have and
start a new growth. Don't walt until
the hair root Is dead. for then moth
Ing can help you. but get from your
druggist about four ounces OF
Partisan sage and apply as directed
II don't cost much and there Is moth
ing you could use that's any better.
Il was DR.. Sangerbund, the famous
dandruff and falling hair are caused
by a microbe-then came the dis
covery Of the value OF the genuine
Partisan sage Qiquid form) to destroy
this germ and prevent further loss OF
hair and the formation OF dandruff.
You will surely be delighted with the
frst application. for your hair will be
brightlooking, all itching ceases and
your scalp feels cool and comfortable.
are all that are usually needed to
destroy the germs that cause dand-
ruff to form, and very soon you
should be able to see the new hairs
coming in Partisan sage Is a favo-
rite dressing with discriminating
women because IL Is delicately per-
fumed, does not stain or streak the
hair and makes It lustrous, soft and
fluffy. Be sure you get Partisan
sage CGiroux's), for this brand has
the guarantee OF perfect satisfaction
OF money returned printed on every
package. ODonnelrs Drug Store can
supply you.-Advt-
The Washington times., 1917-08-30
FIRST OF DUTCH GRAIN
SHIPS SOON TO SET OUT

The first Of the Dutch vessels loaded
with grain to leave the United States
for Europe under the agreement
reached by Chevalier van Rappard.
the Dutch minister. with the Exports
Council and the Food Administration,
will set out early next week. -..-
The liner has been held since early
in July, The agreement under which
she will sail provides that q large
proportion of her cargo shall go to
the Belgian relief. The remainder
goes to Holland.
The amount of the cargo OF each Of
the seventy Dutch ships held here to
go to Belgium will be decided sep
arately, in accordance with the needs
of the relief commission at the time
OF sailing.
The Washington times., 1917-08-30
''PUSS PUSS" GIRL
SPRAINS ANKLE,
FINISHES DANCE

"A sprained ankle may be viewed
" Ith alarm by sensitive persons or
ambitious physicians, but It is a
small thing -in the young life OF Miss
Marie Sabbott, nineteen-year- SOU
brette, playing in "Puss Puss" at the
Gayety Theater this week. who filled
her role today, none the worse for a
painful twist OF a dainty trilby in a
Cupid" dance yesterday.
Miss Sabbott's ankle gave way
while in the middle of an intricate
dance number. With no visible emo
tion, she suffered. Except for a tre-
mendous CULVER Of the lips. Miss Sab,
bott bravely stuck the number
through, and when the curtain was
mercifully rung down she tainted.
Stage hands removed her to: q
dressing room and attendants band
aged her ankle. Miss Sabbott re-
fused to discontinue her dances in
the following numbers, and gamely
remained on the stage until the finale.
Examination revealed that no bones
were broken, and that. the twist in
her ankle was not serious. She was
able to walk to her hotel, and went
to work today as though nothing had
happened.
The jinx has pursued Miss sabbott
ever since she deserted the dramatic
stage at the age of seventeen to
dance behind the footlights OF vaude-
Vile and burlesQue. Last week in
Baltimore she injured her foot. While
on tour OF the Keith vaudeville cir
cult year ago. Miss Sabbott injured
herself turning a hand spring.
The dainty burlesque soubrette
went on the stage when she was
twelve years old. Her home Is in
Baltimore, and during the vacation
period she spends much OF her time
In Maryland and New Jersey.
The Washington times., 1917-08-30
A $4,OOO,OO0 SaDins

The reason lie. in 100000 factory saving due sor
Bate efficiency methods.
Z John W. Bate is a famous efficiency expert. He has
spent years and millions this Mitchell plant Every
building every machine has been adapted build this
one type economically.
His methods will save us on this years output about
100000. That is what pays for these extras The "a
per added luxury is paid for by savings in
body plant
The Washington times., 1917-08-30
Y.M. c. A WORKS FOR
431 ARMY SECTIONS

The scope OF the work being done
In army camps by the National War
Work Council of the Young Mea 5
Christian Association Is shown ii a
statement made public today.
Work Is being carried on In 1se
camps and for lesser groups and de-
tachments at PAS other places; 266
buildings have been erected, or are
under construction: 63 tents are in
use: Ill new buildings have been
authorized, but contracts for these
have not been let, and "a buildings
in addition are now under considera-
tion.
The buildings listed do not include
those loaned or rented by the Gov
ernment. Already es7 secretaries are
employed and 1.1s7 are yet to be
assigned.
The Washington times., 1917-08-30
TO SHOW WAR FILMS
AT SYLVAN THEATER

The National Sylvan Theater, at the
base OF the Washington Monument,
is to be used for the presentation OF
motion pictures tonight. A patriotic
rally under the auspices OF the Blu.
reau OF Commercial Economics OF the
Department OF Public Instruction will
be given.
The first public presentation OF
THE Man Without a Country" writ.
ten by Edward Everett Hale, will be
made. Official British and French
war pictures will be shown before the
patrioticihlm. Music will be furnish.
ed by tn Soldiers Home Band. Pres.
ident anB Mrs. Wilson and several
members OF the Cabinet and their
wives are expected to be present
The Washington times., 1917-08-30
All Cars In One

In the latest Mitchells Mr.. Bate combines the besl'
from all in His endurance standards we believe
are the highest yet adopted His luxury standards touch
the very limit
Our body designers studied 257 in creating these
Mitchell bodies You will find here nearly all attractions
The Washington times., 1917-08-30

young man OF CONSUMPTION age to the
members OF the District appeal board
today in asking that the local board
which certified him as avail-jle for
military service be over=r-ed.
Keep your glasses on. They'll be
q Ere-s help to you in Frnce," said
the appeal board in denying his ap-
plication for exemption
The Washington times., 1917-08-30
Hou We Pay It

Men wonder how we pay for all
the Mitchell extras. In addition to
100 per cent over-srength. there arc
81 extra featuues. And this year we
add "a per cent to the cost Of luxury
and beauty.
Yet one Mitchell Mitchell
Junior sells for $3.50 at factory.
The other car undersells any car you
can class with it.
The Washington times., 1917-08-30
MECHANICS CHANGE NAME.

HARRISBURG, Pa, August 80
Henceforth the order known as the
Order OF United American Mechanics
will be known as the American
Men, in consequence OF a vote taken
by the national convention in seE-
sion here.
The Washington times., 1917-08-30
CONSCRPT FAILS IN
EYEGASS APPEAL

when I wear my eyeglasses can
shoot as well as an expert mArksman.
but when take them off can't hit
barn door with a shovel" said q
The Washington times., 1917-08-30
Cars Too Light

Mr. Bate believes that the trend toward lshness went
too far and sacrificed endurance.
So he has worked three years Mitchell to double the
margins of safety The old standard so per cent
srength-the new is 100 per cent
Over 440 parts built of toughened steel All safety
parts are vastly oversize. All parts which gets a major
strain are built of Characterization. Gears tested
for 900 pounds per tooth The canlever springs
90 built that not one has broken in two years.
The result, we believe. is lifetime Several Mitch
els we know Of have already
over 100000 miles apiece. But such
standards mean much added cost in ,@
these days Of high steel wv
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31

does not mean that everybody Is to
buy and wear state boots, but. that
good boots will be available to the
people at a fair price. The price of
boots and shoes has scared since the
war to such a height that only we'll
TODD people can buy them. The cost
Of footwear, other than of leather.
even Of wooden sabots. has of course
greatly advanced owing to the greater
demand from those who are now I'M
able to buy leather boots.
National Footwear will Of course
be standardized. The ministry of
Commerce, in collaboration with the
Army Commissariat, will dequisitton
the necessary leather and the boots
will be made for the civilians in ex-
actly the same way as they are al
ready made for the army. The prices
will be stamped on them so that no
one need pay more than the official
rate Mems boots will be sold at
$3.50 at pre-war exchange, women's
at $3.50. boys and girls at $3.50, and
children's at a price not yet fixed, be-
tween SO and 1920. These prices al
low a fair profit to the intermediary
between maker and buyer.
The Army Commissariat has under
taken to supply 100000 pairs OF boots
g. month from the present time and
to double that output very soon. AS
the average demand for National
Footwear" is estimated to be 2,o00,-
900 pairs a month, it will be some
time before the supply can satisfy it.
The output therefore at first will be
reserved for the working classes and
will be sold through their co-opera-
tive societies.
The next measure, already under
way, will be the creation Of ma
tional Cloth" for which stocks of
wool, ETC., will be requisitioned and a
good sound cloth made Gin the same
way as the boots) which will serve
for clothes for men and children and
for women's cloaks, etc.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31
LONGED FOR ACTION-KDLED

Melbourne, Australia, Aug. 30
Major enral William Holmes Of
Sydney, who was killed by German
shell-are In France, was commander
of the Fourth Australian division. He
was the head of the military portion
of the Australian joint military and
naval force which seized German New
Guinea shortly after the outbreak OF
tho war, conducted the British nego.
tiations for the surrender Of that ter
ritory, and was the first military ad-
ministrator of 1t. The office was dis
tasteful to him, for, having spent
nearly all of his life in military pur-
suits, including service in the Boer
war, he longed for active service
again. This wish was fully gratif1ed
in the GallipoH campaign and later
on the western front In France Cen
eral Holmes was noted in the Aus
tralian ranks for a courage amount
ing often to recklessness. 1t was,
however, chance German shell
which killed him and narrowly missed
the Premier of New South Wales,
William A. Holman, who happened to
be with him.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31
GOVT. OF FRANCE
OPPOSES H. c. OIL.
State Plans to Issue Shoes at
Low Prices

Paris, Aug. 6, Correspondence Of
the Associated Press) .-Before ad-
journirg for summer vacation last
week, parliament passed a law on
requisitioning which allows the gov
eminent to requisition. OR take over
a fixed price, any commodities nee
essary to civil life, just as it has al
ways had power to requisition any
thing for the army.
The new law will allow several
measures intended to alleviate the
DEAFNESS of living to be put into i'm
mediate effect as all necessary pre-
liminaries have been arranged for
weeks, inread1ness for the moment
that this law would give the author
tiles power to act.
The first measure will be to in
augurate National Footwear" This
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31
Agreement Unanimous.


The wheat price committee reached
an agreement late yesterday after
noon after several days of voting. At
one time 1T looked as If 1t would be
unable to come to a conclusion, but
just before s o'clock a compromise
was reached, and the last vote was
unanimous.
Representatives of the producers
began by voting for price of $3.50
and labor's representatives for 1854.
The two extremes eventually mar
rowed down until the votes were only
few cents apart and most of the
days voting showed only a slight
difference. Both factions appeared
uncompromising at the start.
The price fixed last night is 20 cents
higher than that named for the 1918
crop by Congress in the food control
bill. The 81 price set by Congress
was taken into consideration by the
committee in considering a fair valu-
alton for this years crop.
All the members agreed in their
discussions that the price fixed would
permit of fourteen ounce loaf Of
bread for five cents, allowing a fair
profit both to the -four manufacturer
and the baker.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31

guaranteed by congress for the
crop of 1918 goes into effect,
Gully 1, 1879 It has considered
the effect which an early terminal
ton of the war would have upon
the wheat markets of the world.
In reaching its conclusion the
committee has been guided by
the principles you have an
nounced. that a fair price should
be based upon the cost of pro-
duction for the entire country,
plus a reasonable profit. We
have relied upon the cost esti
mates for the crop of 1917 fur
nished by the United States de-
partment of agriculture, checked
by the results Of our Independent
Investigations and the evidence
submitted by producers and their
representatives
The committee has considered
the regulations recently estab-
lished by the United States Food
Administration Grain Corpora
ton for the different grades of
the wheat, through which all
transa ctlons in wheat are to be
standardized and speculation to
be entirely eliminated. Also that
profits to the Erain dealers. mill
err, and flour dealers have been reg
ulated and reduced by the Grain
Corporation, effecting material
reduction in the cost Of -four.
In consideration Of the forego-
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31
BRITISH ESTABLISH
new CONVOY system
Have Regular Routing Between
Britain and Holland

Correspondence Of The Asso Press.)
Rotterdam, Netherlands. July 81
A record convoy has just reached Rot
terdam from England. numbering II
ships. The escorting squadron was
likewise probably an easy record for
this route, comprising AS it did, forty
torpedo destroyers.
The British convoy between Britain
and Holland is now regular institu-
ton, and is doubtless typical of what
takes place on a far wider and extend
ing scale in the Entente shipping
world. The non-admittance Of armed
merchantmen to Dutch ports has
made conveying essential on this
route.
Times of sailing are kept secret.
The boats collect somewhere in British
waters. and sailing orders reach them
on short notice The crossing fire.
quently takes place at night. Some
of the escorting destroyers go on
ahead; others rush along at great
speed on either flank of the merchant
all kinds of strangs evolutions cal
culated to ward off and endanger the
lurking German submarine. Three or
four Dutch boats are often included
in the convoy, for the crossing of the
North Sea alone, with no protection
save that Of a neutral flag, has proved
to be merely asking for destruction.
Arrived on the Netherlands side, the
escorting squadron stops short on the
border Of Dutch waters, and the mer-
chantmen go safely on into their
ports of destination, constantly passing
close by the German cargo-boats that
have recently taken to trading with
coal between Rotterdam and Scandi-
navian ports through the channel Of
Dutch territorial watersa
Shortly afterward a returning con-
voy which has been lying in the New
Waterway, emerges and. under the
protection of the Warships, swiftly
takes it's way westward, heavily laden
with such products as Dutch cheese,
butter, eggs and meat. OF late the
convoy has crossed and re-crossed in
this way once week, incidentally con-
veying the mail either way. The mail
from England is always very consider
able including something like $1,000
or 10000 parcels Of food for British
prisoners of war in Germany. Occa-
sionally a straggler falls victim to a
torpedo and mine victims used to be
heard of, but the convoy method on
the whole appears to be remarkably
successful.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31
FOURTEEN o.. LOAF
BREAD FOR NICkLE
Price Made Possible by $.20
Wheat Fixed by President

Washington. Aug. 31-The basis
price of the 1917 wheat crop was fixed
at $3.50 a bushel last night by Presi-
dent Wilson, upon the recommends
ton of the commission headed by D.
H. A. Garfield. The price is based
on Chicago delivery. This is the
figure at which the Food Administra-
ton will buy supplies of what is
known as No. Northern Spring
wheat for the United States and it's
allies
It is expected that the wheat pro-
ducers will fall into line without fur
ther dispute and make the price
universal. The Food Administration,
however, has power to enforce the
basic price If there are any recalic-
trants. This probably will be done
through a system of licenses which
may extend all the way to the re-
tailers, schould occasion arise for
such a drastic procedure. Millers and
wholesalers will be brought under
this licensing system at once, it is
stated, and the powers also will be
exercised to prevent boarding or cor
nering the market.
schedule of prices of all grades
and kinds of wheat, reduced to the
$2.20 basis for No. 1 Northern Spring
wheat. was submitted to the president
by the Food Administration and was
made public last night. 1t provides
that for an additional 10 cents a
bushel for wheat to the wholesaler in
New York city as opposed to the
$3.50 price of basic wheat in New
York City to $3.50.
A reduction of 5 cents a bushe1 is
provided for in this schedule for No
2 grade, out of which a large part
OF the -four is milled. A flour expert
estim ated that, deducting about $3.50
for bi-products obtained, flour should
be produced in the neighborhood of
SO barrel under the prices fixed,
and that unless wholesalers and re-
ta1lers were permitted to run Wild
there should be a considerabl reduc-
ton to the public from the present
range.
In his statement accompanying the
price-f1xing report, President Wilson
sounded a warning that the Food Ad-
ninistration would adhere rigidly to
the price determined upon by the
Garfield committee, and intimated
that the powers of the Food Control
bill would be exerted to the full If any
evidence was obtained that producer,
miller, wholesaler. or consumer was
consuming public.
The Presidents Statement.
The text of the presidents state
nent follows:
The White House,
Washington. Aug. 80. 1917.
Section II of the food act pro-
vides, among other things, for the
purchase and sale of wheat and
flour by the government, and ap-
propriate money for the purpose.
The purchase of wheat and flour
for our Allies, and to consider
able degree for neutral countries
also, has been placed under the
control of the Food Administra-
ton. I have appointed a COM
mittee to determine a fair price
to be paid in government pur-
chases. The price now recon-
mended by that committee-$2.20
per bushel at Chicago for the
basic grade-will be readily ad-
hered to by the Food Administra-
ton.
1t is the hope and expectation
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31

Mrs. Marion N. Horwitz, first wo-
man mayor of the south-she is may
or of Moorehaven, Fla.-was ap-
pointed major on the personal mill
tary staff of Sidney j. Cats, governor
of Florida. She will represent the
governor in national defense work and
food preparedness movements. So
far as known she is the first woman
in the country to receive military
commission or be appointed person.
al aid to a governor
Mrs. Horwitz was deputized by the
governor to go to Washington to con-
suit with the president as to the in
creased production of foodstuffs. AS
a major she will be expected to ap-
pear in uniform.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31

of the Food Administration and
my own also, that this step will
at once stabilize and keep within
moderate bounds the price of
wheat for all transactions
throughout the present crop
year, and in consequence the
prices of flour and bread also.
The food act has given large
, powers for the control of stor-
age and exchange operations, and
these powers will be fully exer-
cised. An inevitable consequence
will be that financial dealings
cannot follow their usual course.
Whatever the advantages and
disadvantages of the ordinary
machinery of trade, it cannot
function we'll under such dis
turbed and abnormal conditions
as now exist. In it's place the
Food Administration now fixes
for it's purchases a fair price, as
recommended unanimously by a
committee representative of all
interests and sections and be"
lieves that thereby it will elm
mate speculation, make possible
the conduct of every operation
in the full light of day, maintain
the publicly stated price for all,
and, through economies made
possible by sterilization and
control, better the position of
consumer also.
Mr.. Hoover. at his express
wish, has taken no part in the
deliberations of the committee on
whose recommendation I deter
mine the governments fair
price. nor has he in any way in
timated an opinion regarding
that price.
WOODROW WILSON.
Report of the Committee.
The report of the committee is a
,ollows:
United States Food Administra-
ton,
washington, Aug. 80. 1917.
To the President of the United
States:
The undersigned committee has
been asked by you to recommend
the price which the goernment
should pay for the 1917 crop of
wheat.
In its deliberations the commit
tee has kept constantly in mind
the three following factors:
l.. The fact that the United
States is at war.
2. The need of encouraging
the producer.
3. The necessity of reducing
The normal laws of supply and
demand have been violently inter-
fered with and Congress has I'M
dertaken to offset this disturbance
by comforting extraordinary pow
ers upon the President to stabilize
prices. Each of the foregoing
factors grows out of conditions
which have received the careful
attention Of the committee. Chief
among them are: That the wheat
yield in a great and important
section of the country has this
year been below the normal: that
over against this situation is the
crying need among the whole
body of the population, especially
the wage earners, that the rising
tide of costs shall be stayed and
reduced as rapidly as possible
consistent with the welfare of the
producer; that the government is
at the present time engaged in
the great task of reducing and
stabilizing costs Of other staple
commodities; that the wheat of
the world is abundant for its
needs, even disregarding the
stores in Russia, but because of
lack of shipping and war condi-
tons the burden of supplying
wheat to the allies and to neutral
nations rests for the time being
on the United States and Canada.
Your committee has also con-
sidered the fact that the govern
ment price for the 1917 wheat
crop is, in effect, continuity
guaranty until the minimum price
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31

ing facts and circumstances, this
committee respectfully recon-
mends that the price on No. 1
Northern spring wheat, or it's
equivalent, at Chicago be $3.50
per bushel.
Respectfully submitted,
H. A. GARFIELD,
Chairman,
THEO. N. VAIL,
J. w. SULLIVAN,
E. F. LADD,
F. w. TAUSSIG,
EUGENE E. FUNK,
H. J. WALTERS,
c.. S. BARRETT,
j. w. SHORTHILL.
L. J. TABER,
W. N. DOAK,