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Evening star., 1917-11-28
BRITISH MEETING
STUBBORN DEFENSE
German Guns Near Cambria
Active Last Night-LuII in
Infantry Fights.

As the British press toward Cambria
from the west they encounter more stub
born German resistance. Heavy fight
ing has been in progress around Fon-
taine Notre Dame, less than three miles
from Canlbrai, and near the village Of
Bourbon, about one mile northwest Of
Fontaine. Both these villages were oc-
cupied by the British last week only to
be lost in the face of strong German
counter attacks.
Gen. Byng's men, however, have made
progress against the strongly reinforced
enemy, from whom more than 500 men
we're captured Tuesday.
Infantry Fighting Dies Down.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, November 2s.-"The Ger
man artillery was active last night in
the region of Bourbon wood (Cambrai
area)," says todays official communica-
ton. NO further infantry fighting has
taken place.
ION the northern front. east and
northeast of Ypres. hostile artillery ac-
tivity continues"
sanguinary Struggle.
By the Associated Press.
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, Tuesday. November 27.-Des-
perate and sanguinary fighting has
been raging in and about Fontaine
Notre Dame since dawn today. when the
British again attacked the strongly
held village. Shortly after 9 o'clock it
appeared that the assaulting infantry
had stormed its way through the viii
gunfire, both from the houses of the
hamlet and from La Folie wood, to the
southeast. Five hundred German pris-
oners were taken in the early hours of
the fighting.
threw them in for a counter attack
along the Fontaine-Bourlon wood line
The fighting was more bitter, If possi-
BILE, than that which occurred in the
first rush through the ruined hamlet
At latest reports superior numbers of
enemy infantry had pushed the British
back through the village again to the
western and northwestern outskirts.
but the battle still continued with un-
abated fury.
In the meantime the British line
running around Bourbon wood to the
northwest was sustaining a heavy as
sault The enemy appeared to be de-
termined to regain this important po-
sition If it were humanity possible.
The whole front from Fontaine to
Bourbon village was the scene of fierce
fighting.- which at many places was
at close quarters. The British line
about Bourbon wood is still intact.
Evening star., 1917-11-28
Government to Operate
Roads Only If Carriers
Fail to Solve Problem

Following q prolonged discussion of
the railroad problem at yesterdays
cabinet meeting 1t became known to-
day that government operation of the
railroads during the war will be at
tempted only II the railroads them
selves fail to solve the problems that
now confront them.
Another possibility. aside from actual
governmel 1T operation, is that of a rail-
road adm .nistrator. acting in a capacity
similar te the food and fuel administra-
tors But there was some doubt ex-
pressed about the efficacy of such an
roads Railroad men professed to be
unable to see what additional measure
of co-of Grafton could be obtained than
that accorded by the roads and di-
Socted by such experts as Daniel Will
lard, Fairfax Harrison and the best
operating experts of the nation.
The general belief among administra-
tion officials Is that the pooling plan
about to be inaugurated by the roads
should be given thorough try-out
and that If it fails the government
then should take a hand.
Explains Reason for Congestion.
Fairfax Harrison. chairman of the
war board. blamed much of the freight
congestion in the east to routine
priority orders issued by government
departments
"Our investigation of conditions in
the east" he said. emphasizes the
fact that congestion in that territory
has been to a great extent brought
about by the excessive use ~ prefer
ence orders for freight handled for the
government or for concerns directly
or indirectly engaged in work on gov
ernment contracts
This condition is not due to priority
orders issued by the government
priority director. but to routine prefer
ence orders issued by many represent
atives Of government departments
The number of these orders has be-
come so large that on some of the
eastern roads they are being applied
to the greater part of the freight. The
attempt to give expedited movenlen,
to an excessive amount of freight has
increased congestion in yards by caus-
ing a large increase in switching 6
movement"
Evening star., 1917-11-28
SEES CANADA OUT OF WAR
IF LAURIER IS VICTOR

LONDON. November 2s.-The Daily
Mail. in an editorial on the Canadian
election. calls it a great misfortune .
1t declares that Laurier's supporters
have undertaken to wreck the Cana
dian army at the most critical moment
of the war and condemns Laurier's
contention that voluntary service will
give all the men required. 1t says this
has already been tried and has failed,
as 1t failed in Great Britain. adding:
'Victory for Laurier would mean that
Canada would have to drop out of the
war"
Evening star., 1917-11-28
To Open Free Navigation Glasses.

NEW YORK, November 2s.-As a
means of recruiting qualified officers
to man the new feet of 1.400 merchant
men the United States Shipping Board
has decided to open two free classes In
navigation in New York city. Enroll
ment in the irst class. to consist of
seventy-five men. began today Ap-
plications for the second class will be
received on December l and thereafter.
American citizens between the ages of
nineteen and ffty-fve who have had
two Years experience at sea will be
accepted in the classes
Evening star., 1917-11-28
DRY-PACKED FOWL BEST.
Department Experts Warn Against
Purchase Of Water-Picked Chicken.

HOUSEWIVES oe"e o1 Wet-packed
chickens
Experts Of the Department of Aer,-
culture say that chicken sent to mar
ket In a barrel in direct contact with
cracked ice absorbs water. for which
the consumer has to pay chicken
prices.
chicken valuable flavoring and nufris
tive Substances.
Get your chickens dry-packed. II dry-
packed broilers are worth 20 cents wet
packed ones are not worth more than
35 cents. estimate the experts; IL dry
packed fowls cost 80 cents wet-packed
ones should not cost more than 27
cents.
Evening star., 1917-11-28
The Question
of Store Help

lis a serious one with
the stores. and will get
worse later on. Help
solve the problem by
doing your Christmas
shopping now. Early in
the morning is by far
the best time to shop.
Evening star., 1917-11-28
declares for Federal 0wnership.

CHICAGO, November 28.-Resolutions
s.manding immediate ownership by
.ha federal government Of the rail-
ro.ds. coal mining industry and the
ts,eeraph and telephone systems Of the
.ation were adopted last night at the
s,oaine session of the National Public
Swnership Conference, The time and
olsce for the 1918 meeting win be
Setermined by the executive commit.
tee. Albert NJ Todd. Kalamazoo
Evening star., 1917-11-28
Col. Judson on Embargo.
THANKSGIVING
DAY

The regular edition of
The Star will be issued
tomorrow at / o'clock
and delivered at once
throughout the city.
Classified Advertise
ments must be in The
Star office by 10 am. to
insure insertion in to-
morrow's Star.
Evening star., 1917-11-28
PROBING CHARGES
Of FUEL BOARDING
Inspectors Visit Washington
Dealers to Run Down Re-.
ports-Licenses at Stake.
While District fuel officials were busy

While District fuel officials were busy
today on the problem of distributing
incoming coal to dealers, inspectors for
the National Fuel Administration visit
ed more than one Washington retail
dealer to run down charges that coal
supplies-have been, boarded while hum
dreds Of families ara suffering from the
cold. sss 'Sersss ~
One dealer WIS reported to. have
boarded 800 tons and his case was
taken up by both representatives for
the District and the National Fuel Ad-
ministrations. If the charges against
him are found true, his license either
Will be revoked or permission to buy
coal VIII be denied him forever in
Washington. Administrator Weaver de.
clared.
Will Be Made Example.
Administrator Weaver said he would
take this step to make an example Of
this dealer for the benefit of Others WIN
might be inclined to hoard stocks in
future.
IF this dealer has been boarding coal
supplies while people in the District
are suffering from the cold 1 will see
tnat ms business in Washington is
stopped forever" said the fuel admin
istrator.
Revocation of the dealers lfcense
would have to come as the direct order
OF president Wilson through National
Euei Administrator Garfield. but Mr..
Weaver is empowered to forbid whole
sale dealers from selling the offender
coal in future.
That there is actual suffering among
District t families was brought to the at
tentfon OF Mr.. Weaver this morn;ne
when individual requests poured into
ms once Tor relief. In majority of
the cases the people affected were in
actual distress and the admfnistrator
them. wal iof
creation of an emergency coal sunn,v
VIII be ordered by Administrator Weay.
er unless the situation is appreciabiy
said. VI So lie
This supply will be requisitioned from
coaI intended for government consumn-
tlon' II necessary. and dumped in a nri-
s'anu,; yaio, Wnere small dealers will be
Will coal ior immediate needs.
Railroad Yards Inspected.
Jesse L. Suter. who has been appoint
ed fuel distributor for the District
made trip of inspection to the coal
yards OF the Baltimore and Ohio and
S.,tSyis ana TdllFOdOS this morning tn
gamer data on incoming Shipments
only few scattered car lots came in.
up TO noon today, but the supply which
was said to be sufficient for ali needs
II distributed quickly and equitabIy.
The District fuel administration's Of
nee was indignant today at disclosures
OF stocks OF coal in the cellars of citi-
zens who have applied for relief within
the last week. Although the admins
tration has frowned upon the idea of
be kept on persons who reported short
supplied.
A full coal bin for every District
may be enjoyed to the fullest extent r.
the aim of the local fuel administra-
Evening star., 1917-11-28
South African Wool Here.

AN ATLANTIC PORT. November 2s.-
A rust-stained Norwegian sailing ship
brought $3.50 bales of high-grade wool
from South Africa to this port yester-
day. The masts were weather beaten
from the long voyage.
Evening star., 1917-11-28
American Shoes Needed.

In response to representations that
members of the railway union and their
families were suffering from want of
shoes. American Ambassador Francis.
in speaking to the supply committees of
the minister of communications and Of
the northern railways, says that he was
urging the immediate shipment OF
shoes contracted for in America.
Six hundred cars of provisions and
equipment congested at Moscow, are
being rushed to the front. 1t is re-
ported that enormous quantities Of
foodstuffs have been discovered in Pet
rograd. where they were being boarded
by spectators.
Col. Judson on Embargo.
Lieut.. Col. William V. Judson. chief
of the American military mission to
Russia, has addressed to the chief of
Evening star., 1917-11-28
FATE OF RAILROADS
UP TO COMMITTEE
Success of "Unit Plan" Only
Way to Avoid Government
Operation, Magnates Say.
HOLD FIRST SESSION
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. November 2s-
Pooling of the equipment. including
trackage, cars, locomotives and en-
ployes. of the railroads of the eastern
district of the United States. comprising
the territory east of the Mississippi
and north of the Ohio and Potomac
rivers, as agreed upon by the rail-
roads war board a few days ago, was
today placed in charge of a committee
representing the principal eastern lines
The committee, which is headed by
A. W. Thompson, vice president of the
Baltimore and Ohio, and composed of
the operating presidents and vice pres
idents of the chief lines of the eastern
district, held its first session here to-
day.
Alienation of the congestion on east
ern lines, which is said to be hindering
the war activities of the government
and interfering with business through
out the nation. is the problem before
the committee. To solve this problem
the committee has been authorized to
enforce the joint use by all railroads OF
the east of tracks. rolling stock and
even employees.
Must Solve Problem.
Upon the success of the committee in
solving this problem, it is considered.
depends whether the government shall
be compelled to take over the operation
Of tho railroad systems of the country.
By many railroad men and government
officials 1t is considered the work of
the railroad pool board alone can pre-
vent government operation.
In addition to Vice President Thomp-
son. the board consists of the follow
ing railroad officials: c. r. Gray. pres
ident of the Western Maryland; A. T.
Dice, president of the Philadelphia and
Reading; P. E. Crowley, vice president
of the New York Central: Elisha Lee.
acting vice president of the Pennsyl-
vania lines east; G. L. Peck. vice presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania lines west,
and A. ]. Stone. vice president of the
Erie.
Roads Must Report.
The schedule of sessions, as an
nounced by Chairman Thompson, is to
begin with a report from all the
carriers in the eastern territory. Vice
presidents OF all roads have been re-
Quested to lay their difficulties before
the board In order that the troubles of
each may be known. The committee.
1t Is announced, will then inquire from
the government the extent of its orders
Of munitions and supplies, where they
are placed and when and where de-
Nyeries are to be made.
This Information. combined with
other factors. Chairman. Thompson as
serted, will enable the board to formu-
late q chart upon which the daily oper-
ations will be followed. with the pur-
pose of applying the necessary rem
edies.
Evening star., 1917-11-28
Spanish Envoy for Peace.

The Spanish ambassador. according
to the Pravda, the bolsheviki organ,
has replied formally to the government
notification of its action in regard to
an armistice and peace negotiations. He
promised to advise his government.
In acknowledging the note of the boil
sheviki the Spanish representative said
he would do all in his power to contrib
ute to peace. for which the whole of
humanity thirsts," a Reuter- dispatch
from Petrograd reports.
Evening star., 1917-11-28
WEATHER.

Cloudy tonight and tomorrow: little
change In temperature.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending q pm. today: Highest, IS. at
pm today; lowest. 80. at pm. yesterday.
Full report on page Z.
Evening star., 1917-11-28
10000 Men in Service Expected.

The only foot ball game of the day
will have a military interest, for the
Georgetown varsity team will meet the
"Usaacs," meaning a team of the United
States Ambulance Corps, at the Ameri-
can League base ball park at 2:3O
o'clock.
Commissioner w. Gwynn Gardiner
will speak tomorrow at the dinner
which opens the campaign for the
building fund of the Holy Trinity
Church in Georgetown.
Evening star., 1917-11-28

Sworn Net Circulation. Month Of October.
1917, Daily Average, ss,3SS, Sunday, e4,sez.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-02-10
THE TEST.

While the Adamson law is now finding it's way into the Supreme Court where it is still under con sideration, it is not without instrue- tive interest to note that the action of Judge Hook of the Circuit Court who declared it unconstitutional is still being criticized.
 Hook 1t will be recollected had a test case submitted to him and with out any delay declared the law un- constitutional lie admitted that he was not rendering this decison upon law or precedent, but in order that the case might be brought to the Supreme Court for it's final test without delay.
 Thereupon the question is asked how il is that Hook did not de- clare the law constitutional and leave the onus of an appeal against that decision 10 the railroads in stead of the government And it is thereupon alleged that this little incident reveals the industrial bias of the learned judge
 Come 10 examine the proposition it surely does.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-02-10

Notice is hereby given, that Isaac L. Osgood, Estate (Heirs, Cora and Elmer Osgood and Mrs Mamie Os- good) By w. P. Bell and Seattle National Bank, Trustees and Floyd W. Osgood, By Fred R. Cowden their Attorney in Fact, whose Post Office address is Nome, Alaska, and on behalf of Co-Owner Ellis F. Powell, has made application before the United States Land Office at Nome, Alaska, for a United States Patent for Discovery Claim and No. 1 Above Discovery on Lake Creek in the Cape Nome Recording Dis trict, Alaska, being Mineral Survey No. 1175, said claims being more particularly described in the field notes and plat of the official survey thereof now on file in said Land Office at Nome, Alaska, as follows, to-wit:
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-02-10
IN NEW ZEALAND.

There was a time when every pseudo-socialist made trip to New Zealand and wrote back letters tV the radical papers telling how muc'i better things were done there. They depicted a paradise for labor. but that was because they did no labor themselves. They little knew ana failed completely to observe that under the aegis of eleemosynary re- form the powers that be therein were building up a system which would throttle labor completely.
 What was incomplete before the war has been completed since the war. Tn the wave of patriotism the workers are bereft of every semb- lance of freedom. And the war is justification for a merciless ant
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-02-10
THE LEAK.

II is remarkable that the only really live piece of news that has not sueeambed 10 the superior at traction of the prospective wal wita Germany is the leak probe and it is just as remarkable that while that inquiry is not without some shadow Of sensation it gets nowhere.
 If 8 person really wants to bury any objectionable matter. the most efficient means, is surely a probe or inquiry or investigation. First investigate and then do nothing, that is the slogan of modern poIi- ties.
 II is almost pathetic to look back with sweeteuing memory upon the probes of the past. There was the Money trust probe by the famous Pujo committee. Its records are buried deep with the archives of another day. There was the Lobby investigation which discovered sen
  ed before popular apathy when the interest waned with the waning novelty of the probe. There was the industrial relations probe which reached planes Of humantarianism undreamt of heretofore in political philosophical gone, things of the past and hardly enough to occa- sion tears from the depths of some divine despair.
 There was unusual vigor in the leak probe. It opened visions Ot scandal and graft It pictured high officials proftting by the secrets of the nations. It visioned the chicane of financial thimblerig in the higher politics and it blest the nation with weeks sensation.
 The public stood agape as the na- lion washed it's dirty linen, but the exposures were such that the inf mite interest became finite indeed and waned and languished while the distant war alarms began to sound,
 Yet wthal, this is the fate of every social activity. Comes the next sensation and the older pals, with none so poor as bow to do it reverence for even fleeting second.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-02-10
IN \ SAD PLIGHT.

As every one knows the long shOremen in Seattle settled their strike. Everyone does not know how it was settled and few are like ly ever to know. much more than that it was settled merely as a gloss to shine up the faded defeat to which the workers were subjected Yet the one lesson of it all seems to have been lost upon the work CTS and that is the reason why the strike was lost. There was no in, dustrial solidarity. The union dock CTS struck. but the union sailors and the union warehousamen and the union tra!nmen remained at work. They collaborated with scabs to aid in the work of strike breaking and the work was successful No strike can win under such conditions if employers so determine. not in a thousand years This grim hum- bug, too, must still go on, and the workers peddle to themselves about their strength when they have no power at all. It is laughter for the Gods indeed. but bitter and tragic tears for mortals.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-02-10
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To Andrew Eadie, J. Potter Whit
 ren, F. H. Waskey, Ira D. OrtoE
 Trustee, EIwood Bruner, J. Alli-
 Burner, Joseph Hammer, Wm. A.
 Gilmore, J. J. Chambers, Ford E.
 Chambers, to you and each of you
 your heirs, executors, assigns or
 personal representatives.
 You and each of you are hereby notified that the undersigned has ex- pended in labor and improvements the sum of one hundred dollar for year of 1916, on the Golden Bull Claim, placer mining claim situ- ated between Newton Gulch and Fox Creek and recorded and more fully described n the records of CaYe Nome Mining and Recording Dis- trict, in the Second Division of the Territory of Alaska.
 The above amount has been ex- pended under the provisions of the law concerning Annual Labor upon Mining Claims, being the amount required to hold said claim.
 And you and each of you are further notified that if within ninety days after the last publication of this notice you fail to contribute your proportion of said expenditure. your interest in said claim will become the property of the undersigned your co-owner under section 2324 Revised Statutes of the United States.
 ESKIMO GOLD DREDGING CO.,.
 Co-Owner.
 Date of first publ. Feb. 10, 1917. Date of last publ, May 12, 1917.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-02-10
PEDDLING.

The most cheering subject one
 notes editorially to be scanned in
 the socialist papers is that wherein
 an effort is made to explain why il
 was those two million votes did not ] materialize. It is certainly very in 1 teresting to observe that one lead ] ing organ planes the scattering 1 votes which proved defective and | went towards Wilson or Hughes i because of the formers stand on the
 Adamson bill or the war. or because
 the latter was supposed to be pro- German. That is the burden of d 1 long complaint in the Milwaukee Leader and as usual the ignorant
 workers get called down good and plenty.
 In point of fact the insincerity ot such eXtravagant claims are wholly ignored. It is passed over in silence that most of these politicians suffer- ed from either autohypnotism or dense ignorance of the actual poli- tical situation
 There should be at least a compe- tent knowledge at the socialist head quarters of the socialist vote, and aping the claims of capitalist par ties in weird extravaganza so that the initiated may follow the crowd is the poorest kind of socialist tac- tics. It is due to the fact that the party is bourgeois all the way thru. It is essentially bourgeois in it's methods of vote seeking and vote claiming and vote grabbing znd In endeavoring to get the votes any way, only get them. The socialist vote to be effective must be primar- base all it's claims on the bed rock of fact. Its progress may be slower that way, but it will be surer It is an impossible situation when the leaders claim a sufficiency for all purposes in their own knowledge of social questions, and cover up the ignorance of the rank and file, pro- vided the rank and file follow their leadership.
 There was nothing to be lost by admitting that socialists were being tried in the recent election as never before. Those who had followed idly the party principles and ac- cepted the party theories superficial ly were subjected to a severe test in the call of their national senti- ments or their desire to oppose Hughes the opponent of the eight hour day. Pacificists who dreaded war and fell for the stuff that the democrats peddled to the effect that Wilson kept them out of it. were whether socialistically inclined or not ready to back
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-02-10

ruthless exploitation of labor. is used to emasculate the last vestige Of rights which the unions and in dividual workers possess and com pelled the slavery of the individual to be an accomplished fact. They are not quoting New Zealand today even in the Milwaukee Leader.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-02-10

Wilson. And others with similar socialistic notions supported Hughes for similarly superficial reasons. The party was to be purged rather than filled with some more middle class reformists. That was obvious. And it was good thing. N