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Evening star., 1917-10-02
OPENS HEADQUARTERS HERE.
General Federation of Women's
Clubs Located in Maryland Building

The General Federation Of women.s
Clubs. representing 5000 900 women in
this country. have opened headouar-
ters in Washington. The quarters are
located at room AS, Maryland build
ing. 141o H street. with Miss Helen
Louise Johnson in charge. Miss Mar
gerry Smith, formerly executive secra-
tary of the Women's Civic Leaepe or
Baltimore. will be assistant to Mic
Johnson.
This will be the local service st.t;o,
to keep women of the federal govern
meat in touch with the activities or
the federation. 1t will put women i,,-
mediateiy in touch with activities Of
the Red Cross. food administrator and
other work important to the Dstton
The General Federation Of Wnoian.s
Clubs magazine will be published at
is another medium for dissen'ioa ti,,e
informa ton to women. .'iAe
Evening star., 1917-10-02
PoTTERs, STRIKE FORECAST.
Eighty-Five Per Cent of Workers Re-
iect Proffered Wage Scale

EAST LIVERPOOL. Ohio. October :,
A strike of 1000 workers In the
tableware potteries of the United
States beginning October IL. was fore
cast here today. when the general Of
fcers of the National Brotherhood q,
operative Potters announced that s5
,er cent of the unions members had
voted to reject the scale recently sub.
nitted by the wage committee OF the
United States Potters' Association.
The brotherhood demanded a straieb,
increase of 25 per cent in all depart
.nents and the association countered
with a scale making the average for
he different departments Is per cent
This the men rejected in a referendnm m
vote.
A meeting Of the United States Pot.
ters' Association will be held here
Thursday to consider the situation.
Evening star., 1917-10-02
GERMAN OFFICIAlD0M
AT ODDS ON PEACE

AMSTERDAM. October 2-The yo,-
waerts. the German socialist organ
saws the German government will MALI
a formal declaration regarding Bel
eium when it deems the psychological,
moment has arrived. This moment Will
be deemed to have arrived when the
question of Belgium appears to be the
only obstacle to peace. says the news
naper. which adds that according r.
DR. Richard Won KuehlTann, the Ger.
man foreign minister, this dec!a aratior
NAV be expected in a coupl. Of weeks
The Norwaerts concludes by saying
that DR.. Michaelis. the German inpe.
rial chancellor. and DR.. Kuehlmann are
not in agreement on the question oi
peace. MIchaelis adhering to the pan.
German ideas and DR.. Kuehlmann ia.
voring peace by compromise.
Evening star., 1917-10-02
WORKING OUT DETAILS
FOR CARE OF WOUNDED
Many Noted Specialists in Surgery
and Medicine Are Assisting
Surgeon General.

Many noted specialists in surgery and
medicine are giving their services to the
government and are attached to the Of
nee OF the surgeon general of the Army,
working out details of the Army plans to
care for the American wounded once Gen.
Pershing's men get into the fighting in
France.
Much OF this work is being done in
connection with the "reconstruction"
hospitals Surgeon General GorSas is
planning to At the men disabled in bat
tie to make themselves self-sustainine
after the war. Leading specialists on
the eye, ear, nose and mouth have
volunteered their services in this work.
Among these is DR.. vilray Paptn
Blair Of st. Louis, who has been com
missioned major in the Army Medical
Reserve Corps and who Is attached to
the division Of the head" of which
Lieut.. Col. T. c. Lyster is the chief.
Mai. Blair is regarded as one Of the
leading authorities of the country in
disease and injuries of the mouth. He
has written text book on this subject
and is professor Of surgery in the
Washington University Dental School
and assistant in surgery in the Wash
ington University Medical School at
st. Louis.
Evening star., 1917-10-02
GEN. CADORNA'S TROOPS
TAKE 2yO19 PRISONERS
Further Austrian Attacks Against
Italians on the Bainsizza Plateau
Meet Repulse.

By the Associated Press.
ROME, october AIN their onensive
opsrations of the past thrsa days Gen
Cadorna's troops have taken 7.o1s pris-
oners, the war ONCE announces. Fur
ther Austrian attacks upon the Italian
lines on the Bainsissa plateau. which
were pushed forward in the recent at
tacks, were completely repulsed. The
text of the statement reads:
ION tho Bainsissa plateau the enemy
renewed his attacks on the positions
recently occupied by Us. He was
everywhere completely repulsed.
1.-The number Of prisoners taken in
the offensive action OF the last three
days is 2,019. including sixty-three OK
f1cers.
"1n the Val du Fume Adamello en-
emy parties attempting to reach our
positions between Passo Della Porta
and Forcel Rosso pass were repulseo
and pursued by our patrols. who cap
tured a large quantity OF ammunition
"purinK Saturday night hostile air
craft dropped bombs on Palmanova'
Aouileia, Monfalcone and other local.
ties on the lower Isonxo without ooins
material damage. One woman was
killed"
Evening star., 1917-10-02
SAYS GERMANY MUST.
MEET U. S. CONDITIONS

LONDON, October 2.-In discussing
the entry of the United States into the
war. Viscount Grey, former foreign sec.
retary. in a preface to a collection Of
war statements by President Wilson
published in a pamphlet here. declares
II now is clear that the military and
naval success of German arms in Eu-
rome could not secure a German peace
Viscount Grey's remarks are printed
by the Daily News.
germany" he says. cannot get
neace . except on conditions that
the United States may consider essen
tial to its own interests and to the fu-
ture peace and freedom of the world.
II is impossible to get around this fact,
and it is not surprising that Germany
dare not face 1t and turns her back
upon 1t that she may not face It. for
that IL what the organised silence and
contempt In Germany Of the action In
the United States really means"
Evening star., 1917-10-02
SECRETARY DAN|E[SWI[L
REVIEW GREAT PARADE
Pageant in New York ThuFsday in
Honor Of Red Cross Nurses
in War Service.

The Red Cross parade in New York
Thursday afternoon In honor Of the Red
Cross nurses who are in war service and
those who will leave later for destina-
tions behind the European battle fronts
is to be reviewed by Secretary OF the
Navy Daniels.
Henry P. Davidson. chairman OF tho
Red Cross war council. and other MEM
bers of the council. as well as nifty Of
acers from the national headquarters in
this citv. are to take part in the parade.
Mora than $4,000 persons are expected to
participate.
Mrs. Daniels, wife of the Secretary OF
the Navy, Mrs. Theodore North Nc
Iauehliu. secretary of the District
chanter. and Mrs. T w. Richards. wife
n, the associate director of military
relief will lead division of moro
han eighty members Of the local chap
ter which will include many others
active in Washington official life.
Miss Jane A. Delano, chairman OF the
national committee Red Cross nursing
service. and Miss Clara ID Moves, ma
tionaI director of the Red Cross nurs-
ing service. both of this city. are TO
march at the head OF more than fifteen
hundred Red Cross nurses who nave
haen given travel orders ana otners
awaiting definite orders to mobilize for
foreign service
Detachments of the District Red Cross
motor corps. refreshment corps and
aupply corps will parade wearing their
regulation uniform They have sent
to New York two ambulances. field
Kitchen and trailer which will appear
with their respective corps. These cos
turnes of the various corps were nrst
worn in the parade held in connection
with the dedication of the new home OF
the American Red Cross in this city
last May. At that time more than a
thousand uniformed women. members
of the District chapter. marched in the
parade. -,
The costumes then worn have since been
made the standard uniform for lay women
engaged in Red Cross work, In chapters
throughout the country.
The ninety-four chapters in the At,
Iartic division have been asked to send
renlesentatives to the celebration, and
many other eastern chapters will have
members in attendance, as web as civilian
hospitals in New York and netghboring
cities, nurses training schools and other
intimately associated in
Red cross work.
Evening star., 1917-10-02
ARMY RECRUITING ACTIVE,

Steady progress is being made in re-
cruiting for the Regular Army. April
last steps were taken to obtain 1873,
sos recruits. with the result that 21e4Is
have been obtained to date, an excess
of a5.517 men. The contribution of the
District of Columbia is 5S4. being only
7s less than it's quota of 662.
The states that have failed to supply
their quota are Alabama, Arizona, Ar
kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine,
Maryland. Mississippi, New Hampshire.
New Mexico, North Carolina North Da-
kota, South Carolina, South Dakota.
Tennessee. Texas. Vermont. Virginia.
w est Virginia and Wisconsin. All the
other states have exceeded their quo
TAI. Nevada heading the list with near
ly ave times it's required number Of re-
cruit0.
Evening star., 1917-10-02
CHILDREN TO HELP SALE.
viii Be Asked to Cooperate in Lib
erty Bond Campaign.

Children of the public schools of the
District Of Columbia are to be asked to
cooperate in arousing interest in the
sale of the second issue OF liberty bonds
OF 1917. Supt Ernest L. Thurs
ton said this afternoon that in
response to q request from the commit
tee In charge OF giving publicity to the
big loan he mad consented to al
low speakers to address the children in
various buildings. 1t is thought that
through the young people the message
of liberty and democracy may be car
ried most forcibly into the homes.
Details for this phase of publicity are
to be arranged between Mr.. Thurston
and a representative of the publicity
committee.
Evening star., 1917-10-02
PLANS FOR A CAMPAIGN
TO MAKE STREETS SAFER

special committee to conduct q
campaign to reduce the number OF
street accidents in the District of Co.
lumbia probably VIII be named at the
next meeting of TIE Washington Safe
" First Association. to be held at the
Public Library October 10.
William F. Peabody, president of the
organization. today said that in view
Of the unusually large number OF street
accidents which have occurred in the
District within the last few weeks he
would like to see general campaign
conducted. He will call the matter h.-
fore the association at its next meet :
ing he said.
Evening star., 1917-10-02
TRAINED IN WASHINGTON.
Two Battalions of Engineers i,
Camp at Tenafly. N, J.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HACKENSACK. N. J.. October 2-The
bo1st and 5o2d BattaIions Of Engineers Of
the new National Army. over 800 strong,
arrived at Camp Merritt. Tenafiy, N. j.,
yesterday afternoon from Washington.
D. C.
The two battalions comprise twelve
companies OF about twenty-eight men
each. all of whom were trained at the
American University Camp at Washing
ton. They represent nearly every state
In the Union.
Camp Merritt is under course OF con-
struction and when completed will az
commodate 1900 men
The camp may also be used as a re-
ceiving station for American boys wound.
ed In France. One 50o-b hospital has
course Of construction.
Evening star., 1917-10-02
COMMISSION NOW COMPLETE.
]. D. Smull Of New York Named by
Shipping Board.

Organization OF the shipping boards
chartering commission has been COM
pleted with the appointment of J. D.
smull OF New York as a member. The
other members of the commission are
welding Ring, chairman, and Daniel
Bacon. both OF New York.
The commission will have in charge
the chartering of all merchant vessels
IN the United States, either for govern
ment or private account. October is the
shipping board will commander the
charters OF all American ships placing
shen In the hands Of the commission
In future foreign as we'll rs American
shlpS Chartered hsre must be chartered
through the commission.
Evening star., 1917-10-02
Depositories for Troops Abroad

For the convenience of Americ, ,
troops abroad depositorjes of funds
have been designated in London ano
Paris by Secretary McAdoo of the
Treasury Department The Information
al Banking Corporations London
branch is selected as the United State
depository in London. Branches of trus
companies in Paris have been chosen.
as follows: The Guarantee Trust Com
pany. the Equitable Trust Company and
the Farmers Loan and Trust Com
pany. all Of New York.
Evening star., 1917-10-02
Secretary Bakers Camp Plans.

Although Secretary Baker has NOT a.-
cided upon a definite schedule for hi.
visit to National Guard camps and Ma
t.onal Army cantonments. he expecr.
TO go to Petersburg. Va. and Char
aotte, N. c.. at an early date. He Al.
ceady has visited the guard camp at
Mineola. reviewing tie Rainbow Di.
vision." and the National Army canton.
ment at Annapolis Junction. Nd.
Evening star., 1917-10-02
MONSTER PEACE
MEETING IS HELD
IN GERMAN CITY

COPEHAGEN, October "A
monster denomination In favor
Of a peace without annexations
was held on Sunday at Frankfort
on-the-NIain. Leaders I'm the
ties sponsored the demonstration.
The crowd numbered forty or
nifty thousand. and addresses were
mnde from six different plat
forms simultaneously.
Evening star., 1917-10-02
$40, 900 for the Red Cros,

Forty thousand dollars is to be raised
by the 1900 employees of the f. l. du
Pont de Nemours Company at HONEYWELL
Va, for the benefit of the Red Cross
The money is to be subscribed IN
of $1,000 monthly.
There is a population of ohor, or ooo
in Hopewell. and of those who are ro.
ing to give the money ali are working
men.
Evening star., 1917-10-02
JURY READY TO INDICT
New York Election Evidence Il Suf.
fcient Without Witnesses

NEW YORK October 2.-Twenty-eigh,
indictments OF election onicials at the re-
publican primaries September 10. at which
William M. Bennett won over Mayo,
Mitchell after recount. are expected to be
handed down today by the grand iur>
from evidence gathered through tally
sheets .ubpoenaed from the board of cleo.
District Attorney Swami. VI
It was said that sufficient evidence n,
! fraud was discovered in discrepa ncies :,
these sheets to warrant indictments viii
: out calling witnesses. WILL
Evening star., 1917-10-02
Justice Brandeis Silent on Runor.

Associate Justice Brandeis of the Su-
prems Court declined last night to COM
ment on published reports that he
would assist Col E. NJ. House in the
compilation Of data on the subject Of
peace for President Wilson. At the
White House 1t was said nothing was
known Of the matter.
Evening star., 1917-10-02
State Administrators Here,

Eighteen state fuel administrators
are meeting today with DR.. H. A. Gar
field, head Of the fuel administration,
and deciding on methods to be followed
in forming state organizations for the
control of fuel. The work of these
state officers will determine what mar
gin of profit retailers shall be allowed
to make and the price to consumers in
the various localities. DR.. Garfield
opened the conference by explaining
the policy Of the administration in a
general way. and other speakers were
]. ]. Storrow, fuel administrator for
New England. and Van H. Manning of
the bureau of mines.
Evening star., 1917-10-02
Committee Meetings Called

Court F. Wood. chairman Of the COM
mittee on private schools of the Wash
ington Board Of Trade. has called a
meeting OF that group for tomorrow
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock in the rooms
Of tn the sa orgsnhasatin. ga hnna Thursday afternoon
mittee on public buildings is to be held.
Oscar w. White 10 chairman.
Evening star., 1917-10-02
COAL MINERS REJECT
OFFER OF OPERATORS
No Settlement Yet Of Wage Dispute
in the Central Com
petitive Field.

Representatives of coal miners in the
central competitive field rejected today
proposal by operators offering in part
the wage increases demanded. Confer
ences will be continued and an agreement
is looked for some time this week.
Proposals by Operators.
The operators met the miners de-
mand for an increase of Is cents a ton
in pick and machine mining with an Of
fer OF cents. and proposed an advance
OF II day fol unskilled labor instead Of
the $3.50 asked
The demand for a straight 20 per cent
increase in pay for yardage and dead
work drew counter-proposal Of 20 per
cent in Ohio and Pennsylvania. with an
equal amount in cents to be paid in In
diana and Illinois.
The operators proposed a contract for
the period of the war instead of one
lasting for one or two years and sug-
gested rigid provisions for its enforce
ment. They would have the contract
drawn subject to the approval OF the
fuel administration.
Evening star., 1917-10-02
glIt CARS WANT PEACE
IN UNITY WITH ALLIES

AMSTERDAM. October "A semi
.~,,., a,spatch received from Sofia to-
day says:
"Regard!ng an unconfirmed Washing
ton dispatch saying the Bulgarian min
,ster has declared that Bulgaria de-
sires peace, as the termination Of the
war is an imperative necessity for the
central powers. the minister at Wash
,npton has been instructed to declare
TIA, Bulgaria does. in fact. desire peace.
hut only in unity with her allies. as
indicated in tho reply to the Pope"
Evening star., 1917-10-02
Rr 4hn Aunnnia tod pfeas

By the Associated Press.
PETROGRAD. Monday. October IA
revolutionary movement is in progress
in Turkestan. Gen. Cherkess. COM
mander of the district. has been attack
ed and beaten.
A temporary revolutionary committee
has been organized to take all power.
Parts Of two regiments Joined In
counter revolutionary move.
The minister of the interior says he 10
not alarmed and is confident the dis
turbances soon will be quelled.
Evening star., 1917-10-02
FINDINGS IN CAR STRIKE
MADE KNOWN TO SENATORS

Senator Pittman has completed the
findings Of fact in the investigation of
the Washington Railway and Electric
street railway strike and submitted a
confidential copy to each member of the
committee. meeting of the commit
tee will be called shortly to consider the
findings and make a report. with possible
recommendations.
Senator johnson Of California, of the
committee, has gone home for this ses-
sion. but his views are known to his
colleagues and will be embodied in the
report.
Evening star., 1917-10-02
Scarcity of Pickers Reported.

Picking of cotton is general and is being
pushed except in the northern part OF the
belt. the Department of Agriculture re-
ported.
There is complaint" 1t says. "of a
| scarcity Of pickers in many sections. This
is attributed to a migration OF negro farm
hands during the winter and spring, the
volunteering and selection Of men for
military duties, cantonrnent work, and the
heavy demand for labor in the saw mills.
cotton factories, and kindred industries
throughout the south. With favorable
weather, at prices prevailing for the
staple. no cotton will go to waste in the
I'm northern and eastern Texas. Okla.
homa and Arkansas. boil worms caused
serious damage, the report says. In
the entire weevil-infested area. now
embracing all or portions of the states
of Texas. Oklahoma, Arkansas, Lou
isiana, Mississippi. Tennessee. Ala
bama, Florida and Georgia. great dam
age resulted from weevil activity.
Rains fell over much of the drought
growth was stimulated. but q matured
top crop in that section IL extremely
doubtful. Much of the crop along the
northern border Of cotton production
will require late frost to reach fulA
maturity"
Compared With Prior Estimates.
tions on September Is. and allowing L
per cent from the planted acreage for
abandonment. compares with . fore
cast Of 12,4se. 900 bales made on the
August Is condition. 11.s49.oO0 bales
made in the July IS condition and H.
es3, 900 bales made on the June - con-
dition The area planted this year was
"a. 500. 900 acres.
Last years prodution WAS 11.44s.e30
bales on an area Of 35.239, 600 acres, and
a final condition of 56.3 per cent Of .
normal; the 1915 production was H.
1872 900 bales on an area OF S1.ifz.Oo0
acres. and a hna1 condition OF COS per
cent Of a normal. and the 1914, produc-
ton was 16.IS5.000 bales (the record
crop) on an area OF 36.852.000 acres.
with a final condition Of 73.5 per cent Of
a normal. The ten,year average Of
of a normal. and the ten-year average
change in condition from August Is to
September IS is Sc points.
The acre yield last year was 1855
pounds and the ten-year average IL
1915 pounds. A final estimate OF pro-
duction will be made in DeeehbSt.c
Evening star., 1917-10-02
OUTPUT OF COTTON |
ILESSBY MANYBALES
Department Shows Deteriora7 1
tion in September Over
Nearly Entire Belt.
REPORT ON THE 1917 CROP

Deterioration during September over
almost the entire cotton belt caused a
loss OF 452. 900 bales in the prospective
production Of cotton and leaves the
1917 crop at 100000 equivalent 500
pound bales.
its final condition report of the season
today announced a decline of IA points
In cotton's condition during the month.
caused principally by boil worms and
weevils. Cool weather. draught. she'd
ding, wilt. blight, lack Of potash in
fertilizer and. in the extreme eastern
belt, storm damage. also caused loss.
Damage from the recent West Indian
hurricane was small.
Evening star., 1917-10-02
Decides Against Open Hearing.

Dudley Field Malone, former collector
Of the port of New York. this afternoon
appeared before the board of charities
to ask that the inquiry into conditions
at the District workhouse be open.
The board decided to adhere to it's
original decision that the hearing be
behind closed doors.
Evening star., 1917-10-02
SERVICE ON JUR|ES
RATEDAS WAR DUTY
Chief Justice Coyington Refers
to Diminution Of EIigibles by
SeIective Draft.
APPEALS TO BUSINESS Men

Men seeking to evade jury service.
with or without reason, found them
selves "up against IT" when the Circuit
and Criminal branches OF the District
Supreme Court convened today Be
cause of the curtailment of the jury
list by the draft. which took away
nearly 1000 men between the ages Of
twenty-one and thirty, and by the num-
Der of men taken into the civil service
by the enlargement Of the activities Of
the various departments the courts are
confronted with the difficulty of get
ting desirable jurors. and Chief Justice
Coyineton and his associates deter
mined to excuse prospective jurors only
when absolute necessity demanded.
Effect of Draft Law.
The selective draft law seems to exclude
the young men from service by the mere
drafting even II they have not yet been
called to the colors.
the employees Of the national government
and Of the District Of Columbia are dis
qualified and notaries public are also ex-
cluded from jury service.
talesmen summoned into Circuit Division
No. 1. Chief Justice Covington made a
strong appeal for patriotic service.
He declared the Jurors should con-
slider this service the doing of their
war bit" He pointed out that the
government has called millions Of men
to the Army and has impressed into
it's civil activities many hundreds.
some of whom are working for nominal
compensation. Business men. he as
serted, should not consider the loss Of
their time or hesitate to lend the serv-
ices of even their most important en-
ployes for the few days a week of jury
service when they consider how many
are in France risking their lives.
Appeal Brings Results.
The courts appeal had a wonderful
effect on the panel and twenty men
were accepted out Of twenty-six called.
The other justices were not so sue
cessful in securing SO many Jurors to-
day. Justice Hitz in Circuit Division
accepted sixteen men, Justice Stat
ford in Criminal Division l secured
fourteen men and Justice Mccoy in
Criminal Division 2 obtained twelve
qualified Jurors. Additional talesmen
were summoned for tomorrow to COM
plete the panels. as each court needs
twenty-six men.
Evening star., 1917-10-02
WILLIAM c. DeLANOY WEDS,
Mrs. Drake-Mandeville Bride of Di
rector of War Risk Insurance

William c. Delaney director Of the
bureau of war risk insurance, Treasury
Department. was married to Mrs. Helen
Drake-Mandeville at 1880 o'clock to-
day at the Church OF the Covenant. The
ceremony was attended only by the i'm
mediate families of the couple Mr..
and Mrs. Delaney will live at the Alta
mont apartments here.
Evening star., 1917-10-02
Death of Capt. Malloy Announced.

Mat. Gen. Pershine has reported the
death Of Capt. Marvin e. Malloy. Quar-
ternaster Corps September 81. at a Paris
hospatal from natural causes. Capt NAL
10y. whose father. DR.. J. 8. Malloy. lives
at Greenwood. Ind. entsrsd the Army ~ q
private.