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Evening star., 1917-10-11
COAL PRICES RAISED
| IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS
Announcement by Fuel Administra-
tion Affects Parts Of Virginia,
Tennessee and Kentucky.

The fuel administration today an
nounced the revision upward of coal
prices in certain outlying districts of
Kentucky. Tennessee and Virginia.
In Virginia prices in some districts
are raised from 50 to $40 for run of
mine coal.
In eastern Tennessee run of mine
prices in five counties are raised from
$3.50 to $40 for run of mine coal.
In Kentucky prices in several dis
tricts were raised from s1.95- to $40
for run of mine coal.
This was the first revision of coal
prices. which when set were announced
as tentative. and follows representa-
tions to the fuel administration by both
operators and miners that an upward
revision was imperat tive to meet de-
mands for increases in wages.
The prices raised were put up to the
same level a s the prices now charged
in the Jellico district. The territory
embraced in the order includes:
Creary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Jackson.
Lee, Wolfe, Morgan. Lawrence, John
son Martin. Whitley. Laurel, Clay,
Owsley. Knox. Bell, Breathitt, Perry,
Leslie, Harlan. Magofin. Boyd, Carter
Pike and all of Floyd. Knott and
thick vein in Elkhorn district.
In Tennessee-the counties of Scott,
Campbell, Claiborne, Anderson and
Morgan.
In rginia-mines operated near St.
Charles. Lee county, by the Darby Coal
Mining Company, Black Mountain Min
ing Company. Virginia Lee Company,
Old Virginia Coal Company. United Col
lieries Company, Inc, and the Benedict
Coal Corporation.
The conditions in the fields named"
said the announcement. ARE exceptional
and do not affect the prices heretofore
fixed by the President in the principal
bituminous fields. If, upon completion
of Investigations now being made of
operators costs in the fields affected, it
is found that these changes are not JUS
titled. further notifications will be
made at once"
The Jellico prices apply in the dis
tricts named also to prepared sizes,
s2.65. and to slack or screenings, s215.
Evening star., 1917-10-11
FEDERAL AGENTS BALK
''EXPORTAT|ON" PLOT

NEW YORK, October IA plot to
export tungsten, a metal used to
harden steel from this country on
board the Scandinavian-Americ liner
United States, in violation of the es-
pionage act and President wilson's
proclamation. was baked today by fed
eral agents with the arrest of three
men here The Illicit export of the
metal. presumably for Germany, has
been going on for some time. the
United States attorney announced
One of the men arrested was Fritz
Oerundal. a steward on the United
States. Federal agents say they found
on him a brass creek for a suit case.
which, when located. contained forty
pounds of tungsten, and that search
Of the liner brought to light 100 more
pounds concealed under stateroom
floor.
The other two men arrested were
Waldemar j. AAdams and obedt Collins.
both Swedes. partners here in SWed-
ish book store, to which Oerundal made
many trips while nnder the surveillance
of government agents. When arraigned
before a United States commissioner
they were held in $500 bail. while
Oerundal was held in $500.
Harold A. Content assistant United
States district attorney, who presented
the case, declared that the breaking up
of the plot lis equivalent to the sinking
Of ten German submarines
Evening star., 1917-10-11
ORDERS FOR MOVING COAL.
Fuel Administration Plans to Keep
Markets Supplied.

Orders to insure an increased supply of
coal cars and steady, equitable flow of
fuel to the railroads have been determined
upon by the fuel administration.
After a tow week conference with coal
operators. railroad representatives and
others, the fuel administration today an
nounced the first of series of orders to
distribute coal on priority basis and
regulate the movement of coal cars.
The order provides that the Pennsyl-
vania railroad. serving about 700 mines,
shall have its needs properly taken care
of. Similar orders for other railroads will
be issued, while orders for the distribution
OF commercial coal. giving preference to
teh government, domestic users. pubIic
utilities and all commercial organizations
using coal, IN the order named, will be
given later
Evening star., 1917-10-11
WHAT CONTRIBUTIONS
TO THE RED CROSS
MAY ACCOMPLISH.

One cent will buy iodine to dis
infect wound.
One cent will pay for enough
gauze for enc dressing.
Five cents will buy a bandage.
Eight cents will pay for a tenn
porary splint.
Ten cents will provide chloro-
form for an operation.
One dollar will buy a pillow. an
ice bag, hotwater bag or a
measuring glass, or any one of &C
hundred other necessaries.
Four dollars will pay for 100
yards of gauze.
Four dollars and fifty cents will
provide a litter
Six dollars will buy a bedstead.
Eighteen dollars will provide
equipment for a patient at base
hospital.
Nineteen dollars will pay for
fifty pounds of absorbent cotton.
Twenty-Five dollars will pay for
500 sterilized bandages.
Sixty dollars will provide a
nurse for one month.
Eighty dollars will provide for
a base hospital bed with equip
ment-
One hundred and sixty-six dol
lars and siXty-six cents will pro-
vide surgeon for a month.
Three hundred and seventy-fve
dollars will purchase a motor
cycle with side car.
Six hundred and fifty dollars
Will provide an ambulance.
One thousand dollars will pay
for an ambulance completely
equipped
Eight hundred and eighty-five
dollars will equip a base operat-
ing room.
One thousand two hundred and
sixty dollars will equip an entire
base hospital ward.
Fifteen thousand FIVE hundred
and fifty-five dollars will provide
an entire field column, complete,
with three ambulances.
Forty thousand dollars will pay
for base hospital. complete,
with 500 beds.
Evening star., 1917-10-11
|R|SH-AMER|CANS AIDED
BY GERMANY IN 1909
Money Sent to Combat Celebration
of Century of Peace With
England.

Germany financed Irish = American
propaganda organizations in the United
States as early as 1909 to combat the
newly developed movement for celebra-
tion of 100 years of peace between
America and Great Britain. President
Wilson has learned from leaders in the
centenary celebration.
John \. Stewart of New York, chair
man of the American branch of the
centenary committee, who recently
called at the White House with II. S.
Perris of London. a leader in the Brit
ish phase of the movement, brought
evidence that within five weeks after
announcement of the centenary plans
early in 1909 .S.rrnan and Irish -Amerl-
can interests in the United states
formed number of associations and
leagues to foster interest in German
.afr
Evening star., 1917-10-11
SUGGESTS INACTIVE
DEPOSITS GO T0U. S.
Controller Williams Would
Have Government Take Over
Those in National Banks.
IN EXCESS OF $4,000, 900

Legislation which would transfer to
the United States government custody
of inactive deposits that have not been
drawn on or added to over great
period Of years. now in the custody of
national banks. is advocated by John
Shelton Williams, controller of the
Treasury.
There was s27,23S.0O0. March 5, last.
admittedly held by national banks of
the United States belonging to de-
positors who had drawn no checks
against their accounts and had made
no deposits to their credit for more
than five years previously. There may
be a lot more such money in national
banks which has not been acknowl-
edged
Evening star., 1917-10-11
VIRGINIA COLLIER MARRIED.
Girl Who Disappeared With China
man Located in Fort Wayne.

FORT WAYNE, Ind, october IL
Virginia Collier, siXteen-year-old New
York settlement worker. who elther
was kidnapped or eloped two years ago
with Lee Moy, a Chinaman, and for
whom the police of the United States
have been searching, is married 10 a
well-t to-do American, and is lVlhS II!
Fort Wayne happily.
Local police admitted that Lieut.
James Won Weinstcin. a New YORK de-
tectiye. came to Fort wayne "eeh
ago and succeeded in locating the girl.
Finding that she was married, cour
action in New York was dropped ana
the detective returned to Ne" YORK
The chief of police here ana detec-
tive. who worked on the case. refused
to diyulee the husbands name or his
street address. They admitted that he
was a musician.
Evening star., 1917-10-11
PENSION PAYMENTS RESUMED.
American Veterans in Germany to
Get Money From Spanish Embassy.
CableRram ITO The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1917.

Cablegram ito The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1917.
BERN. Switzerland, October IL
American veterans in Germany whose
pensions were stopped when America
declared war as they were unable to
leave Germany. will again receive them
through the Spanish embassy in Berlin
after examination and approval of the
individual cases at the American lega-
ton here. Proof that they are actually
unable to return to the United States
is required. The veterans suffered
considerable hardship as they are all
more than seventy years of age but
charitable American residents in Ber-
lin prevented actual destitution among
them.
Word also has been received here
that the State Department in Wash
ington is waving the full rigor of the
rule which forhids the sending of
money for the support of Americans
in Germany. Money may now be sent
through the State Department to the
legation here, but only after it is
proved by investigation that the re-
ciplents, On account of illness or other
sufficient reason. are compelled to re-
main in Germany.
Evening star., 1917-10-11
Must Persevere, He Says. y.

I'VE must continue to persevere until
the German, empire, on the continent
and overseas. establishes its position
Further we must strive to see that the
armed alliance of our enemies does not
grow into an economic offensive al
lance
we can in this sense achieve a peace
which guarantees the peasant the re-
ward of his land: which gives the
worker merited rccompense; which ere
ates a market for industries and sup
plies the foundation for social prog
ress: which gives our ships the possi-
bility on a free voyage of entering
ports and taking coal all over the
world-a peace of the widest economic
and cultural development. a real peace
This peace we can attain within these
limits.
I'VE can wait. Time is working for
us. Until our enemies perceive that
they must reduce their claims, 50 long
must the cannon speak and the U-boats
do their work. Our peace will yet
come.
Evening star., 1917-10-11
IRISH TOWN BANKRUPT
Town Hall at Sligo Seized and Tax
Collectors Idle,


DUBLIN, September 19-Sligo. an
important town in the West of Ireland
with about 10000 inhabitants. is bank
rupt The town hall has been seized
for debt. the sheriff's bailffs are in
possession Of the municipal buildings
and the local officials have been re-
fused access to their documents and
books.
A government inspector who visited
the town reports that the condition of
affairs is due to "a lack of prudential
businesslike management such as has
not come under notice in any other
locality in the British Isles" He finds
that no effort has been made to collect
taxes, the defaulters on taxes including
several members of the local govern
ment Minor municipal employees. in
cluding workmen of all kinds. have
been so long without wages that they
have all ceased work.
Evening star., 1917-10-11
U. S. GRIMLY Determined
TO WIN, SAYS Mr.. PAGE

LONDON. October 1.-THE American
ambassador, Walter II. Page. speaking
at the opening of new hospital at
Leeds. reviewed the six months of
American activities in the war He as
sured his hearers that. while there was
no war lust in the United States, there
was a grim. unalterable moral deter
mination to win victory. He added
that there viii be no change in this
mood until the task is done, no weari-
ness that will slacken Americas effort
Then it will come to us as it never
came to us before" continued the am
bassador, that Great Britain and the
United States must be the guardians
not only of our freedom. but the main
guardians also for the freedom of the
rest of the world"
This closer association, he declared,
would be the beginning Of a new era,
and might well turn out to be the most
important result of the war.
Evening star., 1917-10-11
CHINA PROMISES AID
TO THE ENTENTE ALLIES
Will Prevent Trading With Enemy
and Promises to Que1 Internal
Disturbances.

PEKING, October 1.-THE Chinese
government replying to the representa-
tions of the entente allies concerning
China's entry into the war thanks the
allies for their postponement of pay
ment of the Boxer indemnity. the re-
vision of the Boxer protocol and the
revision of the customs tariff.
China promises tS give facilities for
unlimited supplies sfor the allies and
for the recruiting of skilled labor. She
will observe the strictet control of
enemy subjects. will prohibit any pos
sible trading with the enemy and per-
nit posts vacated in the government
service to be filed by the allies.
The reply says internal disturbances
will be quelled. thus allowing allied
commerce to proceed without interrupt
tion. Enemy shipping, according TO
this reply. can be rechartered from the
present charterers, but enemy conces-
sions must be controlled by China.
Evening star., 1917-10-11
GERMAN NAVAL REVOLT
DECLARED GOOD NEWS
Taken to Show Loss of Morale Great
er Than Had Been
Believed.

Naval officials are very much impressed
with the reported revolt In the German
navy and unhesitatingly declare that the
news from Amsterdam, so far not con-
firned in official reports. is one of the
most encoura ging features of the situation
for the allies and one of the most ominous
for the Germans.
They pointed out that while the allied
powers have noted repeatedly recently in
their official statements that the morale
of the German troops was declining. and
observers have believed that the end would
come in food and labor riots or perhaps
in a political revolt, there had been moth
ing to suggest that the iron discipline of
the German military system had lost its
hold over the naval forces in the slight
est degree
Evening star., 1917-10-11
jeremiah O'Leary Mentioned.

Most of these organizations, Mr.
Stewart informed the President, shortly
became merged with the American
Truth Society, whose president, Jere-
miah OIeary was mentioned in the
secret message to Count Won Bernstorff
from the German government. disclosed
yesterday by Secretary Lansing. one
of the activities of the organization
was to erect elaborate monuments over
the graves of prominent German Amer
leans and to give publicity to historic
roles played by Germans in the United
States. Development of the British
American peace centenary movement
was combatted by the German propa-
gahdists in a multitude of ways. ex-
tending even to lobbying against bills
in state legislatures to promote sue
cess of the centenary celebration,
planned for. 1914 and disarranged by
the war.
Evening star., 1917-10-11
War Department Employees
Subscribe S185,80O to Loan

ployes of the various bureaus and Of
fees of the War Department have sub
scribed s1S5.000 toward the second lib
erty loan, as follows: Quarternaster
general. $4,000; adjutant general. $780,
500: chief of ordnance, s27,950; chief of
engineers. s16,45o; chief of staff Gin
Guiding War College,. s15,S00; Secre-
tary of War. s15,550; surgeon general,
$4,000; Panama canal, s4.25G; judge ad-
vocate general, $4,000; insular affairs
$4,000; militia. $3.50; coast artillery
$4,000; provost marshal general, $4,000;
inspector general. S1,400; signal office,
S1,Oa0.
Evening star., 1917-10-11
Michaelis in Reputation.

Repudiating Herr Dittman's statement
that the chancellor had said the indie
pendent socialists stood outside the pale
DR.. Michaelis challenged the house to
say whether any one had heard him as
sert that the socialist party should be
outlawed- At this juncture there was a
great uproar among the socialists The
chancellor argued that there was a great
difference between saying the army and
navy must be protected from agitation
tending toward insubordination and de-
claring that the socialist party must be
placed under a special law.
"The punishment must be heavy" said
the chancellor. because it is a question
Of military discipline. The resistance
must be broken down. That is all that
has happened. and we regret it from the
bottom of our hearts. The guilty parties
were Ill advised and acted in way in
compatible with fidelity and obedience. :"
Herr Hasse again protested against the
failure to call independent socialists as
witnesses. but Chancellor Michaelis in
ferrupted. declaring that this had moth
Ing to do with the ministry. but with the
court martial
The discussion then ended.
Evening star., 1917-10-11
GERMANY ADVANCED
GREECE 70 MILLIONS
Loan to Constantine Regime Finan-
cial and Political Sem
sation.
Correspondence OF the Associated Press.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
ATHENS, September 1.-THE Ger
man advance of s2o,ooo,ooo to the re-
cent government of King Constantine
was a financial transaction quite out
of the ordinary. as now developed un-
der the fierce scrutiny of the Venizelos
government which displaced the Con-
stantine regime.
AS summed up by NJ. Venizelos him.
self, the peculiar features were: While
a huge sum was involved. yet no real
money passed from Berlin to Athens. as
it was all a credit transaction to be set
tied after the war" Also, although
no money passed. Greece finds herself
obligated for this s20o00.00o, and is
paying interest on 1t at per cent
Finally. as stated by venizelos, the de-
probation Of the German mark was
such that of the s20,000.000 only sl2,-
0o0, 900 was realized. making a net loss
of SS,000,000.
Evening star., 1917-10-11
$4,000 AUTO TAGS ORDERED.
Distribution of New License Tags
May Start December L

Twenty-Five thousand tags to be dis
tributed under the law providing an
annual tax on motor vehicles. which
becomes effective January /, have been
ordered by the District. Distribution of
the tags will start December /. IL the
Commissioners approve recommended
tions by Wade H. Coombs. license clerk
of the District, and Maj. Pullman
Replacing the present two dollar per.
petual license fec system, the new law
provides a tax of So a year for auto
mobiles Of twenty-four horsepower, SIS
year for vehicles between twenty
four and thirty horsepower and $40 a
year for vehicles over thirty horse
power 1t is estimated that this viii
produce an average tax of S5 a year,
which should swell District revenues
by about 100000 year.
Evening star., 1917-10-11
HOUSE CONFERS
WITH OFFICIALS
Sees President Wilson and
Others Regarding European
Peace Data.
EXPERTS TO GIVE AID

Col. E NJ House, who yesterday dis
cussed with President Wilson. Secretary
of state Lansing and other government
officials the collection of data on Euro
pean conditions to be used eventually
in peace negotiations, today continued
conferences with various officials OF the
state Department. The scope or Col
Houses work has been described as
economic, political and historical
Discussion of Col. Houses work oc-
cupied much of President Wilson'S time
today and the conferences Will con-
tinue tomorrow.
After comforting today with President
Wilson and State Department ofnclals
on his plans for gathering data. whlch
will be necessary when the peace con-
ference comes, Col E. NJ. House eX-
planned that he is not yet ready to make
further announcement of the scope OF
his work. or of the staff of experts ne
is forming to help him
Gordon AuChincloss, New YORK law :
yer. is attached to the State Depart :
ment with the special assignment OF
yolumnous reports of consuls and dip,
lomatic officers. He is son-in-law OF
Col. House.
Walter Lippmann, New York maga-
zine editor, until recently volunteer
assistant to Secretary of war Baker'
will aid Col. House. it became known
Yesterday, and Mr.. Lippmann Is deNot-
ing his time especially to mapping ou.
a preliminary plan for collecting data
under well defined plans. Col. House
and Mr.. Lippmann were in conference
TODAY.
Evening star., 1917-10-11
Help of Agencies Sought.

The help of scores of agencies in the
United states will be sought. it was
said Nationality groups maintaining
organizations in this country viii De
called on to supply what information
they have on the ambitions and ideals
of their peoples in Europe.
Trade and financial interests viii De
asked to contribute confidential lnIor-
nation on business conditions in Eu-
ronean countries Officials also said
that students OF history and geography
Will assemble needed facts so that
whatever arrangements to which the
United States consents in the treaty
for ending the war will be based on
scientific Intelligence.
Evening star., 1917-10-11
To Have Staff of Experts.

An announcement is expected soon
concerning the further organization OF
a staff of experts which Coz. house VIII
gather to assist him, and various cias-
sifcations into which the work VIII be
divided. Col House also is expected TO
seek information on certain spec'"i
points from various experts IN thls couA-
try on European conditions.
In this connection. it was pointed out
that economic facts might be required
by the peace delegates, to help them
determine proper boundaries In any
Encouragement of territories which
might be discussed, particularly with
reference to what outlet to the sea a
nation should have.
The chronological history of European
peoples is another factor which ofi-
cials feel probably would need close
ANALYSIS before Just decisions could be
reached on many phases of the ma
tionality questions surrounding popu-
lations of western Russia, Austria
Hungary and the Balkan states partlc-
ularly.
Evening star., 1917-10-11
PORK DROPS $2.25 A BARREL.
Sharp Setback in Chicago Market
Prices Due Federal Efforts,

CHICAGO, October 11.-For the third
successive day. the provision market
this morning underwent setbaoks in
price that We're sharp to a degree sell
dem equaled- In addition to previous
breaks, pork today dropped more than
s2.25 a barrel Lard and ribs fell $3.50
or more hundred pounds.
Urgent liquidation by holders and
nearly complete lack of demand made
extreme weakness inevitable. The chief
impetus to sell apparently came from
government efforts to compel cheaper
prices for food.
January delivery, the most active op-
ton, tumbled as low as s40.95 for pork,
as against S43.30 at yesterdays finish.
Evening star., 1917-10-11
Shows Declining Morale.

The declining morale on the western
front noted. it was said. has shown it
self in the feeble character of counter
attacks as compared to the all but ire
sistible drive year ago.
The revolt in the navy. these officers
said. was more serious matter for
Germany. The sailors generally have
not bee subject to the battering Of
guns day after day. month after month.
They insisted that if there is discon-
tent among the sailors with their con-
dition and record. it must be even
greater in the army.
AS one possible explanation of the
navy revolt. they pointed out that ever
since submarine warfare was started
by the Germans the British have adopt
ed the consistent policy of suppressng
information as to the fate of subma-
rines sent to the bottom by their pa
trolls. The policy was adopted as a de-
liberate method of breaking down the
morale of the submarine Crews
Evening star., 1917-10-11

Gustav Stregmann. national liberal
urged the necessity of the fullest inresti-
cation of the charges against Deputies
Hasse, tobtharr and Bittnaun, which he
said had aroused great suspicion as to
the action OF the independent socialists
Herr Neumann having coutended that the
fact that the public prosecutor had taken
no steps TO suspend the accused deputies
proved Admiral Won CapeIe's statements
unjustified, Chancellor Michaelis rose and
said:
II know the regrettable fact that crimes
have been committed by some of our
sailors and that they are in possession
of cards showing that they have bound
themselves TO recognize the principles
OF the Independent socialists, and that
with these cards agitation is being car
ried on on large scale aboard German
warships'
Evening star., 1917-10-11
Pointed Paragraphs.

sympathy is the only charitable gift
of some people.
Men who are long on Woros are apt
to be short on deeds.
Many a plausible tongue Is operated
by a deceptive brain.
The woman who has ceased to weep
is no longer young.
There is nothing fatter than fiattery
that doesn't flatter.
After one man has said a good thlng
lots Of others wonder why they never
thought of it.
Forgive your enemies, but if you have
no enemies forgive a few OF your
friends.