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The Washington herald., 1917-08-30
.PURSUES HUNT
FOR LOST GIRL
Mrs. Thompson Will Go to
Atlantic City on
Saturday.

Believing her daughter is now work.
ing In a boardwalk booth at Atlantic
City. Mrs. Marie II. Thompson, wild
owed mother of Marjorie Thompson,
E-year-old District girl who has been
missing from her home, Is Grant
place northwest, for practically a
month, will leave for Atlantic City
Saturday in a renewed attempt to find
her.
II she fails to ind her daughter In
Atlantic City, Mrs. Thompson will 20
to New York and begin a search in
person. Almost hearbroken, she
looks on this trip to the seashore re-
sort and to New York as one of her
last big Journeys i'm her nation-w
search for the runaway girl
While she has heard rumors that
her daughter is even now in Wash
ington. and that she has been seen,
Mrs. Thompson is satisfied that Mar
jorie is not In the District.
The publicity that has been given
the disappearance OF her daughter is
enough to satisfy her, she says, that
her daughter has never been seen in
this city from the day she left the
note saying that she was leaving her
home forever.
One Clue Revealed.
Since that day. August l, only one
tangible clue has been revealed in the
search for the girl. A woman from
a New England city wrote to the
police department and to Mrs.
Thompson saying that she had seen
a young girl answering Miss Thomp-
ons's description at a home for work
ing girls In New York city. Letters
sent to this woman. containing a
photograph OF the missing girl had
not been answered up to 4 late hour
last night.
The search for Marjorie by the po-
lice. through movies and in person
will be continued.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-30
SENATE WOULD
SEIZE PROFITS
Decides to Bring War Tax
Up to One Billion
Dollars.

The Senate Finance Committee yes
terday advised the seizure OF more
than 1900. 10000 worth of war
profits With startling suddenness.
the committee revised its plan of
Tuesday night and decided to take
not Si50. .0Oo. 900. but almost 100000. 900
in addition to like sum already in
the bill.
Friends of the war revenue bill con-
sidered this radical step necessary in
order to save their brain-child from
being slashed to bits by the radicals"
who cry so loudly for the cOnscription
of wealth.
Late yesterday Chairman Simmons,
Of the committee, introduced amend
ments calculated to raise the total Of
the bill to about s25Oo.OOoOO0. Ex-
lsting taxes produce sec, ,0OO, 900
from these excess or war prof
fits. The bill takes in addition
SS62 900 OOO But the revision will in
crease this $50, 10000 to 81, ,060. 10000.
from war profits, and an increase in
Bankhend's New Drive.
a new maximum of 60 per cent on
profits above 800 per cent was substi-
tuted for a maximum of 80 per cent
on profits above 80 per cent. as set
out in the bill As decided Tuesday,
minimum exemption of 6 per cent
and a maximum Of 10 per cent was
placed in the bill.
After the committee amendments
were put yesterday. Senator Bank
herd, of Alabama. directed a new
drive at war profits. He offered a
scheme taxing the war babies up to
10 per cent His collea que, Underwood,
OF Alabama, will speak tomorrow for
this plan.
Adopt MeKeIIar's scheme.
In the afternoon. the Senate
adopted Senator McKellar's scheme
for applying a zone system OF post
age to newspapers, and magazines.
The vote was forty to thirty-five.
By this action. the Senate rejected
the committee amendment. which
would have taxed the publications
One-quarter cent additional per
pound, and put tax of ) per cent
on publication profits above $4,000.
The McKellar amendment pro-
vides this scale:
First, second. third zones (under
300 miles), cent per pound.
Fourth zone 900 to 800 miles).
2 cents per pound.
Fifth zone 600 to 1000 miles), 3
cents per pound.
Sixth zone Q.OOO to 1,40O miles).
4 cents per pound.
Seventh zone Q,4OO to 1900
miIes). cents per pound.
Eighth zone CmorA than 1900
miles), C cents per pound.
Certain religious and farm jour
mails are exempted under the Nickel
lar amendment. There will be a
fight on this plan. for today, Sena-
tor Smoot, OF Utah. reserved the
right for another vote.
The McKellar amendment would
realize $12.60O,O00, against $4,000
900 under the zone system proposed
| by the House. $4,000. 900 by the COM
! mittee plan, and $4,000, 900 under a
zone system introduced by Senator
/ Hardwick. OF Georgia. with the in
! dorsement of the Post Office De-
/ partment.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-30

The leading women OF the city Of
Omaha say, "it is utter foolishness
to attempt to deny the men fighting
on the field and in wet. cold trenches
the comfort OF cigarettes"
The Washington herald., 1917-08-30
SENATOR Stone
DEFENDS SELF
Replies to Press Criticisms
of Course, In Congress,
on War.

Breaking a long silence. Senator
Stone, Of Missouri. replied yesterday
to newspapers that have criticised
him for his course in the Senate. He
said that at the very moment when
scne newspapers were calling him
Stacker, traitor. German sympathiZ-
er, and even German spy" he was,
TO the best of his ability, urging the
Senate Finance Committee to be just
TO the newspapers in the matter Of
postal rates. He created a little sem
sation by insinuating that Lord
NorthcIife was the sinister infu-
ence" in rousing sentiment against
him.
I have been grossly assailed," said
Senator stone, by several metropOli-
tan newspapers-two in my own State.
But II arose to a question of per-
sonal privilege every time newspapers
assailed me. my attention would be
often diverted from my duties"
Jared Certain Editors.
He then introduced the original
communication from a group of peace
advocates which he put in the Sem
ate Record early in the year. At the
same time he had repeated his re-
marks on that occasion.
Il have never said more nor less
than at that time" he said
What l said then" he continued.
so Jared certain editors of certain
newspapers as to throw them into
conniption fits. Clippings have been
sent TO me, but / am such a poor
reader Of the metropolitan newspapers
that did not even know assaults had
IL
ant editors assumed 1 intended to do,
ard say things l never dreamed Of
Some assumed I intended to offer a
definite set Of peace resolutions for
the German people, even advising the
President what TO do. All that was
purely imaginary
Speaks of NOrthcHne.
rs there not some sinister influence
behind this thing? What influences
operate to force the metropolitan edi-
tors into this mad intolerance? The
editor Of the London Times and other
British publications is honoring the
United States by temporary residence
He is here with some sort of official
sanction. But il is said his principal
mission Is to influence the American
press. II that is so, his efforts so far
have been crowned with marked sue
cess Can il be that a public man will
be pillOried If he does not pass the
exacting tests Of My Lord NorthcIire's
p?"
stone said he was not re-
defend his loyalty or Amer
as his forebears came here
IS and there was no drop of
blood in his veins. He said:
ild willingly go to war 10
the civilization of the English
race. But l regard as
nd inane the suggestion that
lpeaking civilization is mem
aE
The Washington herald., 1917-08-30
TO ship GRAIN
THROUGH SOUTH
The Board Selects Ports in
Dixie for Consignments
to Allies.

The South and Southwest will be the
great shipping centers for all food
stuns to the allies and neutrals under
a plan adopted yesterday by the
United states Shipping Board. Prac-
ticBlly all grain will be diverted from
northeastern ports to selected termi-
mails in the South. Finished manu-
factures will be routed through 10
northeastern ports. The grain term
inals selected are as follows:
Galveston, Tex. Port Arthur. Tex,
Savannah, Ga, New orleans. La. and
Charleston. 5. c.
lures will be: Boston. New York,
Baltimore and Philadelphia. Il is
through these ports that practically
all the munitions which are to be
shipped to our allies will go.
Benjamin l.. Winchells trafrc man
ager Of the Union Pacific Railroad.
with Offices In Chicago. will be named
as Director Of Traffic of the Shipping
Board, and will attend to the trans
pOr aion of all materials TO seaport.
At the ports. the shipments will be
handled by three aids, who will be
named by Mr.. Winchell, one for the
Atlantic. one for the Pacific and one
TO- the Central and South American
trade. While Mr.. Winchell has not
accepted the post as yet. it was
learned yesterday that he has given
the Shipping Board assurances, in
formally, that he will undertake the
duties
BY the division Of traffic, the Ship
ping Board hopes to increase efficiency
of rail and water transportation from
20 to 90 per cent.
Facilities Provided.
At most Of the southern terminals
there are already facilities for the
rapid handling OF grain, and at others
elevators are in course OF erection.
1t is expected that by this plan the
South will be made one OF the most
important factors OF the nation in the
export Of foodstuffs. and the dream
of the southern seaports for world
dominion In trade will be realized.
Terminal committees will be named
for each port chosen, which will have
charge OF all shipments. Each COM
mittee will be charged with the duty
OF seeing that all cars brought I'm that
particular port are unloaded and the
contents placed aboard ship in the
shortest possible period. Rivalry be-
tween the various ports is expected TO
be a mighty factor in expediting the
movement Of freight.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-30
VERIFY ITALIAN gain

Isonzo and Chiapovano valleys. 1t is
fifteen miles long and ten miles wide.
The second army assaulted it, after
crossing the Isonzo under fire. on
fourteen bridges which the engineers
built during the battle.
Great Flank Movement.
After the crossing. the italian
troops captured the whole of the Aus
trian first line position on the west
of the plateau. Then, while one part
of the army advanced against the
second line, another part circled to
the north of the plateau. enveloping
the whole position on'the flank.
This caused the rapid fall OF the
whole Austrian defense system and
the quick retreat of the defenders
across the plateau, closely pursued
and harassed by the Italian troops.
down the eastern slopes and across
the ChiapOvano Valley. in their
rear"
This is the most notable bite
taken out of a Teuton line since
the war began-a bite more than
fifteen miles wide and ten miles
deep. 1t also marks the first sue
cessful flanking movement OF any
I large body of troops in the widely
locked battle lines.
This strategic movement" the
embassy dispatch continues, was
! beautifully attained. The success of
the development shows the complete
superiority of our troops and the
genius of the supreme command.
"The battle was hard fought
! throughout and the maneuver was
Z 1vr h. - IT,
| petuosity of the Italian infantry,
which moved the enemy himself 70
! compare their attack for reckless
| daring only with some of the most
famous assault troops of the Jap
anese.
The Italian papers publish COM
plete details of the victory and the
( rout OF the enemy and say that the
/ enemy has not yet succeeded in re-
| forming his lines.
| Most Important Battle.
THE Tribuna correspondent says
that the battle of the mid-Isonzo was
the most important of the war not
! only in the size of it's gains but in
the skill and accuracy with which
| the plans were carried out.
The steep slopes of the Bainzizza
powerful trench system, redoubts,
dugouts and caves, all concealing
vast number of machine guns. Yet
all this vast fortress was taken.
Under the command of Gen. Ca
ldorna, and Gen. Capello, OF the sec
ond army. huge masses of troops
were maneuvered with the facility
of small units. Each was given an
objective and each objective was
timed on schedule with mathemati-
cal precision.
After whole divisions had hurl-
ed themselves across the IsonZo,
recklessly under fire, the first cap
ture was the village of Canale,
seat OF the Austrian headquarters.
Every house and every ruin shell
tered a machine gun, yet the troops
swept in and captured all the de-
Tenders left alive. The battling was
just as hard at Monte Frate, on the
side of the plateau toward the
Chiapovano Valley.
Gen. Corsi, military critic of the
Tribuna, says the fate of the Toll
mUo position will be the same as
that of the Monte Santo. 1t will
fall by development"
This will leave the way open for
the passing of the assault along the
littoral over the Hermada into
Trieste-and beyond-the first time
the Italians have spoken of be
yond" Trieste.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-30

la avelopment Of water power
way has made electricity
than steam in that country.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-30

Isonzo and Chiapovano valleys. 1t is
fifteen miles long and ten miles wide.
The second army assaulted it, after
crossing the Isonzo under fire. on
fourteen bridges which the engineers
built during the battle.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times., 1917-10-25
BEST OF EVERYTHING GOES
TO ARMY AND PEOPLE
AT HOME SUFFER
Minister StovalI Pre-
diets Revolt
Either Peaceful or Bloody Revolu-
tion Coming Unless Powers That
be Yield to Demands of the Peo-
pie.

WASHINGTON, Oct 24-Germany
is approaching internal collapse
Sooner or later the civilian popula-
ton will rise and demand the GUST
ing of the military party. Then we
shall have expressions of a real de-
sire for peace and not until then.
Pleasant A Stovall, American min
lister to Switzerland, gave this as his
estimate of conditions inside the Ger
man lines following a conference with
President Wilson this afternoon.
Americans must remember" he
said, that the army is the biggest
factor in German life today Every
thing else is subordinated to keeping
the army at the highest standard of
efficiency. Civilians are wearing the
poorest clothing and their ratiOns
have been cut until they are near star
vation in some parts of the empire.
Eventually the civilian population will
get tired of such conditions and will
rise against the government that i'm
poses upon them. Whether the change
will come through bloody revolution
or by political means it is impossible
to say
Minister Stovall, as the American
diplomatic representative at Berne,
had unusual opportunities of getting
"a fairly accurate idea of conditions
within the German and Austrian en-
pires Switzerland, he said, is a hot
bed of German peace propaganda but
the propagandists there are not so
shrewd as elsewhere and carry on
their work more openly To believe
them, he said, would be to believe that
the entire German government is now
ready for peace, without indemnities
and without conquest"
Food supplies and cOntraband are
going in great quantities from Swift
zerland to Germany, but contraband
also is going from every other neu-
trail country, Minister Stovall said.
Every effort is being made by the
Swiss to maintain absolute neutrality
and the Swiss society of supervision,
military organization whose duty is
to watch the border has kept ship
ments of contraband across the border
| at minimum.
Switzerland is the good Samaritan
to all the belligerents including Ger
many" said the minister while
hemmeu Ill on all slueS Dy DelnSerents
she has steadfastly maintained her
neutrality and there is not the remot-
est possibility that she will be drag
ged into the war"
A clear exposition of economic and
political conditions in Switzerland
and those parts of Hungary and Aus
tria of which he has knowledge will
be prepared by Minister Stovall foI
Secretary Lansing. During his stay
in Washington he will confer with the
war trade board and the food admin
istrator on Switzerland's food needs
and the possibility of their being me-
by the United States.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times., 1917-10-25

The Hampton Court singers. a
unique company of five artists. which
is soon to be seen in Kimberly on the
lyceum course was organized to fill
new place on the platform. Unlike
any other singing party in the Ly-
ceum it stands between the operatic
quartet and the standard concert com
Dany The entertainment this com
pany gives is distinctive and novel.
especially cOstumed and arranged with
appropriate action. The use of the
old English motion songs introduced
by reading, will be a new and attrac-
tive feature
As their name indicates, the Hamp-
ton Court Singers give preference in
their program to music of the ELIZA
bethan neriOd reviving the old Eng
lish Motion Songs. introduced nv
readings. with telling eject Tho
program of this company ia uninue
standing between the operate quar-
tet program. and the standard con-
cert program. They will be sure to
please our people when they come TO
the Byceum course in the near future.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times., 1917-10-25
Kimberly Potato
Crops Are Large
No Room For Storage. Potatoes Sold
From The Field. New Cellars
Are Being Dug.

Perhaps the largest potato crop i'm
the history OF the Kimberly district is
being harvested this season. Not only
is their a great increase in acreage,
but the output per acre is larger i'm
many respects than it has ever been.
Brown and Savage noted local pOta-
to raisers, from five acre patch, re-
Gently dug, obtained 2,040 sacks, av-
eraging one hundred and eleven
pounds to the sack or an approximate
total yield from the entire five acres
of 226,440 pounds or 3.774 bushels.
This would equal the unparalleled
output of 754 As bushels TO the acre.
In many eastern states where po-
tatOes feature as one of the standard
crops, five hundred bushels to the
acre is considered not only as the linn
it, but practically as a prize crop. The
output of Brown and Savage on this
five acre tract, is conclusive evidence
that the Twin Falls tract is one OF
the richest and most productive sec
tions of the country
Even the potato pickers are pros
pering as a result of the enormous
output, and the modern conveniences
that are under use for handling the
potatoes Potato pickers are making
from nine to twelve dollars per day
at the rate of sen and one-half cents
per sack few years ago mar
might have considered it good wages
to make $500 or $4OO a day.
What to do with the potato crop is
the great problem that Kimberly pro
ducers face at the present time. Kim
bprly boasts of four. immense DOtat(
cellars, but all the room that can b,
supplied by these cellars for storage
purposes is already engaged anC
managers have found it necessary tC
pro rata among their customers. Tha
is to say, where one producer has re
Gently estimated his output and ar
ranged for say, one thousand bushels
storage room, and then finds that his
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times., 1917-10-25

crop has run over his estimate, say
five thousand bushels the managers
Of the cellars will only accept the pre-
viously arranged for thousand BUSH
els This is done to guarantee against
discrimination and the possible rejec-
ton of some producer, who coming i'm
late with his crop, would find all the
room taken. even including that re
Gently spoken for by himself
I'm consideration OF the present
shortage of room, another large eel
lar is being constructed just south OF
the Brown and Savage cellar, recently
erected The Brown and Savage cell
lar will hold, so it is estimated, lO,-
600 bushels of potatoes, and the other
two cellars in the town are equally
as large or larger. Yet many of the
producers are obliged to sell directly
from the field and arrange for ship
ment without storage.
Most of the potatoes are being dug
as rapidly as possible, to avoid pos
sible freeze, which is liable to occur
most any time.
The Twin Falls tract has certainly
met the call of the nation, full-fledged
in regard to bigger crops, and larger
acreage. Now if the nation would
only see that the Twin Falls produc-
ers are supplied with the facilities OF
shiDning their product to the needed
sections. The shipping business is
the greatest problem of the local far
mers. With their immense grain and
vegetable crops piling up on them,
they are at their wits end for some
means of getting them to the market.
Some of the farmers fear that they will
be obliged to let a portion of their
vegetable and fruit crops go to waste
for want of some way to ship them or
some place to store them. The sud
den call of the nation for an increase
rrone. which has been met with
such hearty response by the farmers
a4 over the country, has shorne them
~ any time for building graneries or
digging cellars for the purpose Of car
ing for their output This they have
trusted more or less to the govern
ment which called for crops.
The Twin Falls tract needs a gen
eral county organization devoted to
cause of pulling through the demands
and requirement of the farmers of this
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times., 1917-10-25
Huns Plot With
Irish Sim Fien
Prime Minister Creates Sensation by
Statement in House of Commons
Says Won BernstOrff In Conspiracy.
Il. N. s. Leased wire)

LONDON. Oct. PA sensation was
caused throughout England today by
the declaration of Premier Lloyd
George that the government has in
formation of plot for another revolt
in Ireland.
According to the premiers an
nouncement. which was made in the
house of common, German plotters are
in a conspiracy to land arms in Ire
land, as they attempted to do at the
time of the Sim Fein uprising in
Dublin.
Mr.. Lloyd-George named Count Won
Bernstorff, former German ambassa-
dor to the United States, as being in
the conspiracy.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times., 1917-10-25

county. Local commercial clubs can
do lot. But it seems that a county
organization designed to make these
matters and problems their business
would be more liable to successful
assistance for the farmers of this
county.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times., 1917-10-25
OFFICERS

J. NJ. Steelsmith, President.
II. w. Mund. Vice President
G. B. Smith. Cashier.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-14
PATROIsTAN'S EXAMINATION
MP aETHTENT OF POLICE

Applications viii be received by the Civil
Service Police and Fire Commission city
HALL Fl Paso. Texas. from Monday. July ..
1917. 20 Monday. 1f. 1917. for the position
OF "PATR0L.TAE." Department OF PO-
lice. City o. II Paso- Texas.
Applicants must possess the following
Qua Iificatlous-
Citizen OF the United states. and resident
OF Fl PaSO for one year
Not less than 3 feet inches in height
or less than $50 pounds in weight.
Not less than q or more than IS wears
OF aye
Good moral character.
The mental examination viii be held.
Saturday. July Il. 1917. at . o'clock 2. m.
at CITY Hal
Application blanks etc can De obtained
from Secretary. Council Chamber. City
C Jack Henry. secy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-14

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ance' hot and cold running water; best
meals IN city largest and coolest sleeping
porches 24G1 fremont s. Phone 560T
Rates sl250 and SIS.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-14
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