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Evening star., 1917-10-19
CAPITAL IN THE MIDST
OF REAL "SUGAR PANIC"
Wssk's Normal Supply In Washing
toni More May Be
Hard to Get.

Washington awoke today to hnd It,
self in the throes Of sugar panic"
brought about by tho diminishing sup
ply locally and the general shortage
which the Federal Food Administration
says exists north OF Savannah. Ga, and
east of Pittsburgh.
There was such rush of purchasers
to buy before the local supply gave out
that practically all of the larger grocery
houses and chain stores sold only limit
ed quantities to each customer. Should
the supply Of sugar give out in Wash
ington stores. said one prominent dealer
today. the people Will have only them
selves to blame. for many families are
now trying to obtain an entire winters
supply. when public interest demands
that they get only a minimum.
Instances were cited where every
member Of a family made separate
trips to the stores to get sugar, and
to Offset this many stores refused to
sell sugar alone. but let 1t go out only
when the customer made some other
purchase.
The prices were little changed today.
owing to the pressure brought to bear
on the retailers, jobbers and 'wholesal.
ere. ranging from to 10 cents pound
The supply now on hand in Washington
normally would last a week, but with
proper conservation IL is hoped to
stretch 1t out over a longer period.
Evening star., 1917-10-19
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
PUTS 5000 IN BONDS
Local Organization subscribes to
Second Liberty Loan Through It's
Board of Directors.

The Washington Chamber of Com
nerce this afternoon subscribed to
$4,000 worth of liberty bonds through
its board of directors. The meeting
was brief, but spirited. Patriotic ap-
peals were made by William F. GUIDE,
former president of the organization,
and A Leftwich Sinclair, president
The board at first considered a propo-
sition to buy $1,000 worth of bonds,
but within a few minutes after Presi-
dent Sinclair had called the meeting to
order it became apparent that the pa
triotic fervor Of the directors would not
allow purchase of what many of them
called such a small amount"
David S. Porter made the motion to
ouy the, bonds. James F. Oyster sec
onded the motion and it was carried by
unanimous acclaim. President Sinclair
urged the purchase Of the bonds on
three grounds: First, that the gov
ernment needs the money; second, that
the chambers action will lead other or
CARNATIONS to follow suit, and third.
that the bonds are an excellent invest
ment.
The chamber will not dispose Of any
Or IT'S present holdings, but will pay for
'ne oohos from its current income
Evening star., 1917-10-19

Severn road will park just north OF
that road and east of the 3i2th Field
Artillery.
Those entering via Camp Meade
Odenton road will park west OF Cen
trail avenue, east and south OF the
304th Engineers. o.
THE commanding officers of the 3l4th
Infantry, 312th Field Artillery ana
304th Engineers will detail one otncer
and a sufficient number of enlisted men
to regulate the parking directed above
in the vicinity of their regiments, ana
to insure that no vehicles other thaii
those authorized In paragraph l enter
the building zone.
THE officer in charge at each parking
vround will be responsible that the
passage Of the authorized vehicles
enumerated in paragraph l is not I'M
peded. TN f,,
The camp auarttermaster VIII tule ,he
nish the supply officer of each OF the
regiments concerned with Stacked lme
or whitewash with which to marx OUT
the ground designated for parking.
These grounds will be marked out WIN
horizontal lines ten PAGES apart, eatil
alternate space being reserved iof tn7
movement of vehicles
Evening star., 1917-10-19
.HEAW-DUTY WAR TRUCKS
ACCEPTED FOR SERVICE

The first two heavy-duty war trucks
designed by the Quartermaster Corps.
assisted by the automotive section of
the Council of National Defense and
the Society of Automotive Engineers.
were accepted officially by Secretary
Baker of the War Department at noon
today in the presence of a large and
interested gathering, including many
Army officers and automobile and air
craft officials.
Ceremonies Brief.
The ceremonies, which took place in
the reservation south Of the State. War
and Navy building, were brief. A. w
Copeland, chairman Of the schedule
tation and delivered the two war ma
chimes into the personal custody OF
Gen. c. B. Baker of the Army Quarter
master Corps. who. in turn, transferred
them to the Secretary of War Con-
gratulatory speeches were made by
Secretary Baker and others and short
time was spent in inspecting the trucks.
which are of the class B type, designed
for a three-ton load, but with ca
pa city Tor Ave tons
taken to the White House for the in
spection of the President and the MEM
bers of the cabinet in session at the time.
Sets a New Record.
The delivery and acceptance Of these
trucks marks the completion of task
that sets a new record in design and
production in automobile history. The
final work Of designing was done in less
than thirty days by fifty engineers Sc
lected from automotive industries. and the
dies, tools and patterns were rushed to
competition in 25 per cent of the usual
working time
Driving over mountains and hills.
through red clay mud, the trucks sue
cessfully negotiated their journeys of
more than 450 miles to Washington
from the two factories at which they
were assembled in less than six days
including the time spent in stopovera
and in local demonstrations. Many
cities, including Williamsport and Har-
risburg. Pa. welcomed the trucks with
parades.
Evening star., 1917-10-19
Wool Prices Are Firm.

BOSTON. October ls.-The CONNER
cial Bulletin will say tomorrow; Less
business was accomplished in the wool
market this week than for several
weeks. although there appeared to be
a better interest. Prices were very firm,
and medium woods a bit stronger. The
committee on wool supply Of the Coun-
Gil of National Defense, which will han
die the 100000 bales promised for gov
ernmsnt use from -Australis, will not
receive o6erinGs from the American
trade after October ~. Manufacturers
are we'll engaged. machinery occupation
on october being slightly better than
the month before"
Evening star., 1917-10-19
Food Cards Issued to Former Gear.

PETRO6RAB. October 19.-The fam
lily of Nicholas Romanoff. former Ems
peFor, of Russia. now preeures it's food
supplies by the use Of cards. The au-
thorfties in the febolsk district are
issuing food cards. and the Romanoffs
must obtain their food the same as 9TH
er citizens.
Evening star., 1917-10-19
PICKETS ON STRIKE;
DECLINE To WORK

Continued from First Page)
itors have been allowed such indul.
sehce resulted in still greater viola.
tlons OF the rules and in Indictment OF
opposition and sedition
AS stated, they are at present. be-
cause OF a refusal to obey rules and di-
rection. and especially their refusal to
perform the work as assigned them
Aforesaid placed in rooms in the hos
an.ir' ar,a. i.hat institution being at present
etitiIely Tree from occupation by sick
or invalid prisoners), and one in a
room IN the officers quarters. where
every consideration Is given them. this
sefssega.lon ssss ga on, being necessary to miti-
gate the evil Influence upon other pris-
oners of 8 permitsed violation Of the
rules of tho Institution. Inc
Under all OF tho ctrcumstaa.sa RI.
noara noa oeileves that these prisoners are
not IN position to ask for anv nr;vi
lege, and that none should be iyran,ad p, ~,
SO long, certainly, as their conduct J
above stated continues "a
chder the direction of OccoouaD NO
ttasses IN inmates are recognized, and,
meant by political prisoners Re .
stated. the allowance Of counsel -
prisoners Is provocative of disorder
tne privilege of counsel should not he
ennrt e.e1, r. unless on application to the
which the prisoner is serving.
ne other requests, as Summarized
~ the letter of October 16, referred TO
snot,u ap,,c,i. not be granted to any prisoners,
fusing to obey all orders imnosed bv
the prison authorities ~
Solitary Confinement Proposed.
Reference has been made 70 tho
fact that these prisoners are now ,ae-
regated from the other prisoners tbis
being done to prevent the spirit of dis
order and to continue good direction
in the institution.
1T however. these prisoners. So
segregated and properly treated re-
fuse to work. the board is of the
opinion that the superintendent sbou,a
give them notice that, unless thew
comply with the order to do the ,vvori
assigned them within reasonah,a
time they will be removed to the ia,i
at Washington and placed in SOLITARY
confinement.
The board feels very positively that
the conditions created by these nris-
oners is having hurtful Influence nnon
the institution and IL permitted ia con
tinue will destroy the intent and nnr.
pose carried on by the government for
many to TO Eve open and
short terms. The object of this treat-
ment, as exemplified at Occoauan ia TO
reform short-term convicts and to
make. if possible. good citizens out of
the material sent down. This can oniv
be done by a rigid enforcement of rules.
which rules are based upon a much
more humane system than has ever
been practiced in penal institutions NJ
this kind; and the interruption to reen.
lation and rule and the promotion n,
disorder by the prisoners referred to is
a positive menace to the continuance of
this institution, in the fulfillment Of a
practice in penal government that is
most important and should be most GER
tainly promoted and protected"
Evening star., 1917-10-19
THREE REASONS GIVEN
FOR
BUYING LIBERTY BONDS
BY FRED NIBLO,
Actor md Travel Lecturer.

think of three reasons why we
should all buy liberty bonds.
First-Every true and loyal
American citizen should buy lib
erty bonds as a patriotic duty.
second-The liberty bonds are
probably the finest investment
in the world. with the credit OF
the greatest and richest nation
Of all solidly behind them. The
man who buys a liberty bond
therefore, Is not making a sacrt-
Ace, but q splendid Investment.
Third-The man who purchases
a liberty bond. or as many as he
Is able to purchase, can go about
among his fellows with his head
held high, feeling that he has
done his bit to help his country.
Evening star., 1917-10-19
Fire Sweeps Richmond District.

RICHMOND. Va. October ls.-Fire
early this morning swept the business
section of the town of Toano. James
city county, eRtailinE damage amount
ing to $4,000. which is partly covered
by insurance. The dre originated in the
cleaning ana pressing room of bar
her shop. and spread westward to the
stores Of CIV Jones, Ell Moore. ]. q.
Banks. A. B. Smith. G. ". Hicks and
one tenement house.
Evening star., 1917-10-19
Fears Infant Mortality Wave.

All concerned, Mr.. Horton said, must
try to keep the price of milk down, as
milk is necessity, not a luxury. The
speaker expressed the fear that unless
something is done to stop the sale of
cheap grade milk In the large cities of
the country merely as commercial ad-
yertisers for the firms handling 1t. next
summer the country will see a wave Of
infant mortality.
Evening star., 1917-10-19
Medical Problems Discussed.
Surg. Gen. Braisted Depicts Hazards.

At a general session held in the au-
ditorium last night Surgeon General
Braisted of the Navy said hazards of
men in the Navy are less than those in
civil life, the mortality ratio being to
1000 for the Navy against 17.s In 1000
in the country at large. He told Of
steps taken to prevent conta agious dis
eases. and said that the better SANTA
tion and ventilation of wafships was a
subject of constant study
Evening star., 1917-10-19
JOHN s. BEACH HEADS
US. EMPLOYEES UNION

The official count for the election of
officers of Washington Local. No. :. Of
the National Association OF Federal
Employees was completed last night.
The officers chosen are as follows:
John s. Beach, Interior Department.
pension office. president; H. l.. Watson.
Department of Agriculture. bureau of
animal Industry, first vice president;
Jessie Dell. War Department. quarter
master generals Office. second vice
president: jeremiah Connolly. Post
Office Department. division of rural
mails. third vice president; owen P.
Kellar. Treasury Department. office Of
dent; Florence p. Smith, Department of
Agriculture. bureau of plant indutry.
corresponding secretary; J. X. Kesec-
ker, Interior Department. pension office,
Treasury Department. office of auditor
for Post Office Department. treasurer,
and E. r. Reynolds, Post Office Depart
ment, guardian.
Polls Closed October 12.
The polls for the election of officers
closed October H. The term of the
officers will begin the third Friday in
November.
Mr.. Beach became identified with the
Federal Employees Union soon after its
organization. He was elected a member
of the first executive committee to repre-
sent the members from the Interior De-
partment. Later, upon the adoption of the
constitution. he WAS elected a member Of
the board Of representatives and has
served on the board continuously since.
Mr.. Beach was born on farm in the
township of New Baltimore. Greene
county, N. Y, December 4. 1894. He re-
ceived common school education and
later took a scientific and literary course
at the De Garmo Institute. Rhinebeck.
N y. graduating in 1884.
Entered Government in 1890.
He entered the government service in
1890 as clerk in the census office and for
three years was engaged in statistical
work in the division Of vital statistics.
In 1898 he was appointed to clerkship
In the Washington pension agency and
was promoted through various grades,
becoming assistant chief clerk in 1909.
October l, 1907, he was commissioned
by President Roosevelt temporary PEN
sion agent at Concord N. H, and held
qualified the following May; he then
returned to his former position in the
Washington agency. He resigned his
government position October !. 1908. to
engage in the coal and frelghting busi-
ness at his native place in New York
Immediately following the passage of
the act of August II, 1912, which pro-
vided for the establishment of q dis
bursting Office in the bureau of pensions,
ne was requested by officials in the bu-
purpose of assisting In the work of or
ganiSing the new office. Subsequently,
IN February. 1913. he was roiastated in
the civil service by executive order,
ana since that time has been chief of
me miscellaneous section in the dis
bursting ofiica
Evening star., 1917-10-19

The Krupp firm is prosecuting sixty
two persons, many of them It's own
employees, for large thefts of high
speed steel, according to the Frank
furter Zeitung.
Evening star., 1917-10-19
MEANS 0HASTEN
END0F WORLD WAR
Industrial Physiology in Manu-
factories of Supplies Urged
by Or. Lee.
ADDRESSES HEALTH BODY

The end of the world war would be
fastened by the general application OF
the principles Of industrial physiology
to plants engaged in the manufacture
of war supplies, according to Or. Fred
in the course Of an address made be-
fore the Industrial hygiene section OF
the American Public Health Associa-
tion. meeting at the New Willard Hotel
today. The forty-ffth annual conven-
tions ends tomorrow.
DR.. Lee pointed out that lone Of the
most striking features Of the present
war is the unprecedented use that ID
being made of science" and that the
accomplishments of physiology must
be added to those Of mechanical engi-
neering and chemistry because men
and women are as necessary as ever
to the performance of Industrial work
Study Of Industries a Topic.
DIR. Lee spoke of the studies being
made by British and American COM
mittees of war industries, one of the
important results Of which, he said
related to the hours of labor durin 3
which the most efficient work can be
performed. He cited the following in
stances In which an increase in pro-
duction followed a reduction in the
hours OF labor:
with a group Of so to 100 women
turning aluminium fuse-bodies, with
the reduction of the weekly hours OF
actual work from $50 to ass, q saw
ing Of more than 20 hours. increased
the gross production by 3 per cent
When the actual working-hours OF 81
men engaged in the heavy labor OF
sizing fuse-bodies we're reduced from
5S.2 to 51.2 the gross output was in
creased by 81 per cent"
Medical Problems Discussed.
Graver medical problems of the
world war was the broad subject of
discussion at a general session of the
American Public Health Association at
meeting held at the New Willard
Hotel earlier in the day. Surgeon Gen.
eral W. c. Gorgas Of the Army, DR..
Herman NJ. Biggs. commissioner of
health of New York state; Surgeon
Major Edouard Rist Of the French sci
entiflc mission and others engaged In
the discussion.
That health column In newspapers
might well be as indispensable as a
joke column was one of the sugges-
tions for health education offered by
DR.. John w. Trask, assistant surgeon
general of the United States public
health service, In an address before the
section on public health administration
meeting at the New National Museum
auditorium.
Evening star., 1917-10-19
us. Cannot Do Without Milk.

The United States cannot do witheu,
milk anu remain an efficient nation. DR.
E. V. McCollum, diet expert of the John,
Hopkins University told the first sec
tional meeting of the food and drugs
section. meeting at the New Ebbitt Ho-
tel yesterday.
I'VE must not permit the dairy inter
ests of the country to fail" DR.. McCol-
lum said. MILK is worth whatever II
really costs"
The inclusion of milk in the national
diet is a necessity, he pointed out, in
order that certain essentials of growth
diet be included in the food of the ma
ton. especially in the children's food
1t is generally said. DIR. MeCollum de-
clared. that the meat-eating nations
have shown the greatest progress,
whereas 1t probably would be nearer
the truth to say that the milk drinking
nations have shown the greatest prog
ress, as the two go hand in hand. and
the milk, rather than the meat. is the
essential factor.
Lorton Horton of New York city as
serted that only within the past few
years has the public been charged for
any of the improvements that have been
made in the handling of milk.
The public never considered what
it was getting and what all the modern
improvements were costing somebody"
this producer declared
Evening star., 1917-10-19

lneie San needs your money 10 win
She WEE. Bay . liberty bond today.
Evening star., 1917-10-19
Civilian Health Officers
Urged to Aid Army Camps
in Keeping Down Disease

An appeal to the civilian health off,
GERS of the country to cooperate with
the Army this winter to prevent. as far
as possible. measles. mumps. meningitis
and pneumonia and other diseases
among the men Ia camps was made by
DR.. W. A. Evans. president of the
American Public Health Association, at
the opening general session of the for
ty-fifth annual meeting yesterday
The appeal was heard by hundreds of
medical men fsem all parts of the
United States, who crowded the ball.
rom Of the New Willard Hotal.
DIR. Evans outlined the sanitary
achievements of the present war and
proposed measures for the diseases emu
merated.
His plan involves the appointment
of comfort office for each COM
mand in the cantonments of the Ma
tional Army and other camps through
out the United States. The duty of
such officers would be to look after GER
tain hygienic measures for the preyen-
ton of these common diseases.
Evening star., 1917-10-19
O. T. Simon Sends So.

Only eight more days In which to buy
a liberty bond. DO 1t now and help
your country.
Evening star., 1917-10-19
Britons Accept Lincoln Statue.

LONDON, October 19.-Announcing in
the house of commons today that the
government had accepted the statue of
Lincoln from America. Sir Alfred Mond.
first commissioner of works, said: "It is
not the duty of the government to ques-
tion the artistic selection of the
donors"
Evening star., 1917-10-19
MANY ADD PENNIES TO
THE BAILEY BOND FUND
Newswoman at Riggs Building Cor
ner Gets Extra Coins to Help
Her Patriotic Effort.

Mrs. Margaret Bailey. who sells
newspapers SO efficiently and bravely'
at the riggs building corner, has been
convinced that newspaper publicity Will
bring good returns.
A little human interest story in The
Star, with an excellent likeness of
"newsy" in last evenings issue intro
duced Mrs. Bailey to thousands of peo-
pie who knew her by sight but not by
name 1t also told the public of her
patriotism, Irrespective of the high
cost of living. and profits that will
never have to pay excess taxes, and
her intent to save new pennies that
she might buy a second liberty loan
bond
When the reporter hailed her with
a CHEEKY "Mornin'" this morning she
stopped him, and this is the story she
told in return:
II certainly owe you for one good
turn. | have sold papers for years at
this corner. and the price has been ]
cent and 2 cents. Last evening and
all day today | have been receiving an
extra penny or two for every paper
with a CHEEKY greeting, and a reques,
to add IL to my liberty bond fund
Maybe / can buy two bonds now
Wouldn't that be good. Ana u wear
two buttons"
o. T. Simon Sends So.
But the tale is not all told. An
other patriot. influenced by knowl-
edge of the conditions under which
Mrs. Bailey conducts her business in
rain and shine, sends this letter to
The Star:
"City Editor. The Star:
.I notice in your issue of today tina,
Nrs Margaret Bailey, who sells news
papers so efficiently and bravely, will
contribute all her new pennies toward
the purchase of a liberty bond. / in
close So toward the purchase of the
hond so that the sacrifice may not be
40 great. Possibly others may wish te
assist OTTO I. SIMON"
Evening star., 1917-10-19

The British government is providing
q splendid site near the house of lords
for a statue of Lincoln, which has been
subjected In the United States to GER
tain criticisms respecting it's artistic
character.