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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18
@oifer @arl Der Critic np1 Eeiter-

Safer 8arl Der Critic bon Ceiter-
reid nennt iid ols &onig bon I'm
qor1 4arI Der @ierte. Scr leste
&6mg bon 11ngorn bieies Nar1ens
mar @orI Ser Dritte, Der als romiih-
6euti@er @oifer ben Sitel @arl Der
.@edfte fibrte. 9ieier Sitel 1T erlo-
id,en. 1esbnB fonnte Der iugeno-
Tide $erri9er 0eiterreids Die alte
bobsburgifae aoiferreibe biefes Ma-
mems nidt f~ortieten, ober bic rttad-
ride meibe fonnte er fortieten. ST
1T Der erite @aifer bon Oeiterreih,
Ser Ben Morne1t @orl fiibrt. aber Der
pierte 11nearif@e a6ntg NIT bieie1rt
Mamen. a
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18
Trii@ aus @ert!
's lit @ittermadt. 3uDlf idlast sic
1fhr.

70 1T Mittermadt. 3m6lf idlast BIZ
11br,
Sic la,tet's alte Sabr aa @rab.
Nus lit Die 2nit; boriiber audi,
@as @ibriges es at tragen gab.
Sod clues bleibt! Gus tDbtet nidj1
9es Mltjabrs letter &enbelIdla9;
Gus 1ebet fort pon Sabr at Sabr
sis at Der Soften jii1gitem Sag.
9as Cute, bas 91 ansgeiibt,
9as 86ie audi, bas 9n setbaa,
SIT 9eine Suit. On ~itrenteit tic;
Sic reifet Dir s1tr 6rndjt beran.
9enf' eifrig nadj, luas On geiat!
@ar's meiitens CUTE, eole Saat?
@ar'S mebr bes nnfrauts, ueldes
fre6
9as Cute iiberundert fat?
8as lagt's @e>ui1en? 2ak es lett
Sir ,1n9eidmeidelt &ebe itebn!
1tn6, fe uad)oem bic Mnttuurt 1T,
Whtkt etfrtg Sn an'S Mert Dattt
gebn.
@ar'it 9n amf's Cute mebr bebadt?
@pblam! fair fort nit @pttes @nab';
ui1fe1 gplbne @arben Sir
Mls 2obn fit Seine CUTE Saat.
Salt mebr bes 81ien 9m eeiibt,
Salt elm, febr' TIM! ltnb pbne eden
@eb' jekt Ser Sngenb Balm, amf bak
9as Cute in Ser Mebrbeit lei!
l1nb fiinbet bann Der @lpde M1tttb
9eim Gnbe an nit bnmpfem Gdlag,
&amnit 9n getroit a1m @dnitter
fdan'n,
Grbpffemb reiden @r1tetas!
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18

Sn 2oubom 1T man ,uieber iebr e.
boif auf Suppine. @1o11ben mir germ.
Dime Soppine miir6en Die @ngldrt'
Ser un6 bic 6ron3ofet bea1te an,
Mbein iteben, Die aoiafen TIRE @d11le
in Ser gpree tr6nfen, @raf @oborno
tpiir6e IN @ien feline @etterbertdte
fdretben ,n6 Der 8ar miir6e ON
gospor,,s ms @ol6ene $orn tlstet.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18

Tanf3ig amerifaniide @eiitli&e
baben einen Nroteit erlaiien gegen
bor3eitigen 1rieoensialuB. 0os
heiBt, gegen einen 6rieoen, Der nidt
BON Ben MQiierten otftiert tper6cn
fonn. Ser @roteit miro gefenn3eid).
net our1 Die 9botfade, 6ob oer
Oberclorpn 8i1lp Sunbop n1@ babel
lift.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18

@ielleidt ,pcrbcn Sic Mliierten fir
Trieoensnoten 5rganglider, penn iie
nod etlide Scale nod Soften per,
bal1er tporoen iino. @ofiir bic Mns-
lidten nidt ungiinitig iin6.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18
@ie eS lit Tramfret6
aMS1ebt.

@enn man Ben 8eri@ten S9mei=
ger &latter @lauben i6enten 6orf,
1iebt es in ser Gbat i6limm aus in
Sramfrei9. Ser Bartier &orreipon-
sent elmer 8iirider 3eitung i4reibt:
3ablrei6e fran50itide 8atrioten fiji
rem bittere &lage 6ariiber, bob man
in 8aris un6 Dor alem in ben gro-
ben @taoten @iofranfreids mogli@i It
menig an Sen &rieg 6enfe un6 III fri,
boiler @eiie ii9 Dem @enuiie 6es Sc
bens binqebe. @abren6 Deuti6lan6
li@ gu einem beiipielloien friegsge'
merbli9en &raftaufpan6 entl9loB,
cine formli9e Mobilma9ung Deg ge-
iammten 8iirgertbumS 6ur4ieste,
bapert es in Sranfrei@ an allen
@Gen un6 @n6en. Die ni@t nnmit=
telbor bonn &riege un6 ieinen Solgen
8etroffenen beriu9ten nod otter
@eiie tpeiter at Ieben, obne &iditdt
6orauf, baB baS @an5e oarunter lit.
eSSn @ort 11n6 &e6e mar man patrio-
ti1d; aber lire getpobnte 8eboglt@-
felt moQten iene, bie peit pom S@uB
entfernt fins, nidt oufgeben. Sen
@e6anfen an @ini@ranfung i4ob
man als Iditig einfa6 beiieite.
MIes 6ies madt notirli9 boies
SLUT at ser Sront, beetntradtigt
aber aud ste &fbereitidaft oes
@eeres in empfin6li6er @eiie: 9os
uniiberlegte Grauflosmirtbi6atten
batte onerban6 &nappbeiten our SOL
qe Qera6e BORT, mo tie nidt eintreten
loufen. Sic &oblennotb %bebinoert Die
Munitiors- un6 &riegsmaterialfabrt=
fen, ser Mangel an Sransportmtt'
teI1 erf@mert SEN Mfuntttonsnad)=
ldub, 6ie Observation-Disclosures
un6 o116 Sen @an6el nno @oroel
binter Ser Sront.
Sssebt fins sic Dinge iomeit ge6ie=
fen, 6ob sic fran8oiii6e &egiernns
often 5ugeIteben muBte, oas bisbertge
mirtbi6oftlide Spitem lei dig n115lt=
reihen6 erfannt mor6en uno Die @111=
fibrung eines t1e11en unumgdngltb
notbmen6tg.
@un foH auf alien @ebieten oes
birgerli@en 2ebens anf einmral ge-
lpart tper6en an &oble, 2i6t, an 2e-
bensmitteln aner Mrt an Beflet'
0ungsgegen1tdn6en, fur5 an ole1
9inqen, nit benen mani bisber nut
d)erfe. 9ie 2aoen miiiien UNI 6 ubr
Men6s geidloiien tperoer, oanttt oas
@olf nidt mebr 10 biel @elegenbett
5l1m @infoufen bat mie friiber; man
Ipridt bereits bon fleiidloien Sagen,
bon ser @infiibrung elmer Nabrnngs,
mittelfarte, elmer &lei6erfarte. @afes
unb sdmftpirtbidaften idlieBen tpte
5ur 8eit 6es observation-disclosures
um 9h l1br, Sbeater nno 1onlt1ge
@erqniig1ngsplGbe miiien TIRE ge'
leudtung berminbern un6 6irfen
binfort MIR an feds Sagen IN Der
@ode offen balten, un6 ben &elta1'
ronts bat man NIT ser Speiiefarten-
Iteuer 6os @eidaft perial5en. Wtan
tragt fi@ ouBerbem nit bent Ela1e,
eine11 vnationaIen 8irtb1d)aftsratb"
unter 6em 8oriite bes ebemaltgen
@rdii6enten Sollieres ein5uieben, mo
Sssnou1triere, Sanoelstretbenoe, 60
5ialreformer uim. iiber 5medma Blge
SparI neutrality-suspicious., beratben
lollen.
8is mon in Granfreid gu Ser @r:
fenntniB oeutider lteberlegenbeit out
6em mirtbidoftliden @ebiete gelong'
tie, bat gege1 5peieinbalb Sabre ge-
0auert; nod6em es ober 6o5u gefom.
men lit, beitebt sic &offnung, baB
sic Sron3oien ii6 aud nod bon Der
EbotIade ser milttarii@en neberle'
genbeit ser Deuti@en iber3el1gen lai-
Ien tper6en.
Sn Quubon If man ,uieber iebr e..
boft n1f Sunbiue. @ldlibe11 mir germ.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18
@anaoas Madi6ritt.

&amaoas @1di6rttt.
@ilenbabnen: 6Qs lit pie iiberau
in neue11 2dn6ern, Die na6 8eiieoe-
lung oa1r6 6armer rufen> Sic erite
8eoingung CUR @ri6lieBung, our
lnnomirtbi9aftli@en @nttpidlung,
gum @in5ug i9affensfrober Meni9en,
Sic in Mrbeit ii9 ielb1t uno 6amit
oas 2ano 5u @obIitan6 bringen pol=
lien. @iienbabnen, 6as iin6 Die
Moern, 6ie elm 1el1eS 2an6 ourd5ieben
un6 i'm oenen sic 2eben un6 &raft
%lpen6en6en @0rper@en Menib itro=
men un6 6em Neulan6 2eben nn6
&ruft geben.
gin6 mir in gemiiiem @aBe iber
6as erfte 5ta6ium elmer Meltlmo=
@ri1IieBung bino1s, 10 lit unier
geadburIa116, &ana6a, 6o6 crit I'M
Mnfamg ieiner @ridlieBung. @i6-
TIGER alS aIe an6eren 6ragen lit fir
&ana6a 6esboIb sic @iienbabnfrage.
Son ibrer 20iung baingt bas Sempo
ser gri9lieBung oes 2anoeS etn5ig
un6 olein ab. Mit btel 2iit unb
@olfsbetrug bot man in &anaoa bie
Giienbobnfrage 5u loien Der udt un6
ldliebli6 au@ nit Ser 9urdquerung
6es 2an6es 6nr6 Sic Canadian $50
)cific, 6ie Grand Grunf un6 Die Ga
na6ia1 Nortbern, cine 1penigitenS
Sen borldufigen @e6iirfniiien eini=
germoben geniigen6e 2oinng gefnn=
Sen. Dann bra9 Ser &rieg aus, tn
Sen @ana6a 6ur@ cine 6nr6 nno
6mr6 britii6e, bon ie6em perionlt9r
lanoil6em gmpfinben freie Gegie=
rnng bineingetrieben tprr6e.
Sic So1gen iiebt man. 9oS 9ano
lit bon iunger mdnnlider @rbeits=
frot, sic fir &ana6a cine nod piel
mi6tigere 8%e6eutung bat alS fir an-
6ere 2an6er, fait entbloBt. Die
gdmloen 1tn6 enorm angetpadien
nn6 muGien rapi6e meiter. nn6 iebt
lift sic fanaoiihe &egierung ba5n
iibergegongen> sic M6ern 6es 2an6es
5u 5erit0ren.
Tim sic 8e6iirfniiie ser Maiierten
no6 Shienen gu b%efrte6igen, laBt Die
&egiernng in Sttatpa %einittpetlen a1f
cine @trede bon inSgeiammt 1000
Meilen sic @elei1e a11freiBen nn6
na6 europa berlo6en. @hlimmer
fonnte 6os 2on6 nidt geitraft tper-
6en. Sos lit @erni@tungsraierei ge-
gen 1i6 ieIbit. 9as tpeite 2an6ge=
|biet, 6urh SOS 6teie 1000 Meilen mie
cine M6er gingen, miro bon 6em
|i6mo6en, an 6em &0rper@en Meni@
10 arme1 2ebensitrom abgeidnitten
un6 tpie6er 5uriidgetporfen in Ben al
ten 8ultan6. Gin tpeiterer gdritt
@ana6as ouf 6em @ege riidftpdrts.
Sn @efpirgimien 1T man bes Gro.
bibitionsgeiebes i9on ii~ber6riiiiig.
Ger beimlid)e Cuff bot iolden UNI
fang angenommen, 6aB Sen 2eutden,
Sic iih fir Hrobibition boben be-
1ffDaBen la11en, ang1t 1tr10 bar1ge
miro. 9esbab mol1en lie Dos @eieb
6abin abgeanoert boben, baB Ser
Hribatbetrteb gei1tiger @etrdnfe in
beidrdnftem umfange geitattet lit.
@ieber Elm 8etpeis, 6aB Brobibition
als Mittel CUR 6or6erung Der Mas
lBigfeit. Elm 1trgebeurer S6min6el lit.
Gnslanb fat fid fir bic Sariorse,
oie es 8elgien fat 5utbeil tperoen laf,
fen un6 sic in Der &a1ptiade 6arin
beiton6, 6oB es 6aS 9an6 erit iii
Den @rieg trteb unb es 6ann burd)
feline MISUNDERSTANDING @loda6e in
@efobr brodte, o11sgebungert al tuer.
Sen, Ben b%elgifdten &ongo iiberfdret.
v y p -+ ~ - -.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13
GAY MUSICAL CONFDY
AT THE LYRIC TODAY

The biggest and best Of the William
p. Friedlander productions of musical
comedy The Sufrragette Revue" will
construct barsRe Of laughter and
melody against glooms and grouches
the first half OF this week The en-
EaEement OF this production will sup
plant the usual vaudeville bill. but
lovers Of varietv will fnd abundant
amusement in the snecialties. sonrs
dances ard ball~ts with which the
action Of The Suffragette" is crowded
The story Of the piece deals in
humorous way win equal suffrage.
but there is nothing offensive to the
suffrs sst in the telling Prominent
in the cast of the musical comedy
are Bobby Bernard a capital come
diAng Elaine Arndtu pfina donna. and
4 Arthur Harris a versatile funrnaker.
Enlivening the action OF The SUIT
frasctte" is a large and clever galaxy
of show girls, who sing and dance.
Most of the girls are specially per-
formers. The production is handsome
ly staged There is a lavish disnlay
of rich and colorful costumes and the
scenic framing is pretty and pictur
esque throughout.
There will be no advance in prizes
during tire engagement OF The Suf-
tragette Rerue." Performances will
te given at the lsusl vaudeville hours
ana there viii be the usual motion
picture displays. including the latest
Hearst-Patte war flsn releases.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13
CHARLOTTESVILLE GETS FOURTH
COMPANY OF VOLUNTEERS

The fourth company of state voiun-
teers in Virginia has been organized
at Charlottesville. papers for the for
nation Of the new company of guards
having been received yesterday by
Colonel 10 Lane stern. who is handling
the details OF raising the volunteer
ORGANIZATIONS. A company was formed
at Ashland on Saturday. and previous
" Colonel Stern had been notified of
similar companies at Hot Springs and
Cambria.
The state volunteers are being or
Eanized for the purpose of serving
In any emergency that might arise az
ter the militia. which was recently
federalized, has been removed from
the state. and will Ali the same purpose
for which some guards are being
formed in other states. The lines alon z
which the volunteers Of this state are
being raised is very much Ike the plan
OF organization for the national guard
The state volunteers. however. will only
20 on duty when some emergency con-
ditions arise and will not be used for
service outside Of virginia.
Practically all cities and counties in
the state have applied to the adtu-
tant-generArs office for information
regarding the state volunteers. and
in many communities such orsaniza =
lions are now under way. Colonel
Stern is busilv ENGAGED In sending
out enlistment papers, and furnishing
such information as will facilitate tho
work Of the organizing bodies in the
various localities.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13

Associations'--It is expected TO secure
someone from Federal Farm Loan
bank. Baltimore. Md. to speak on
this subject.
Hog Chofera-Dr. J. @. Ferney-
hough. state Veterinarian. Richmond.
Wa.
Pork Production in the Valley -'
Mr.. W. s. Campbell. county farm
demonstration. agent. Staunton. Va,
Pork Production in Southside Vir-
Rinia"--Mr. Paul S. Blandford, coun-
~ farm demonstration agent
Driver, Va.
Potatoes T c. Johnson.
director Virginia truck experiment
station, Norfolk. Va.
Women's on-Demonstration
Of Suppers--Mrs. Edith Lawrence,
st. Louis, Mo.
piscussion-''Value of MIX
Home Demonstration Club Confer
ence--Miss Edith Roberts. chairman,
home economist. division OF extern
sion. V. T. T.. Blacksburg. Va.
200 to 3:0o-Rusiness session.
Adjournment.
This session is arranged so as to
permit visitors 10 catch the trains.)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13
.f|NANC|ER URGES
MIDDLE COURSE IN
lEvYING WAR TAX
Otto II. Kahn Says 1t Is Possible to
Place Undue Burden on Incomes.
PUBLIC INTEREST SUPREME.
Suggests That Revenues Be Distributed
Over Reasonable Number OF Years
Instead OF Being Collected At Once.

New York, August 12.-Commenting
on proposals for war taxation in
pamphlet published today, Otto II.
Kahn. Of Kuhn, Loeb & Co, says in
part:
The cost of the war must be paid
nv those who have the capacity 70
bear it. 1t would be fatuous folly and
Grass selfshness to wish 1t laid other-
wise. All am advocating in effect
that in the public interest not too
much be exacted at once, but that, by
dividing the burden over a reasonable
number of years, capital in no one
year and especially not during the
frst year OF the war. should be so
excessively taxed as to produce an I'M
scientific and dangerous strain.
IT believe an income tax greatly in
creased over the rates heretofore pre-
yatlins. vet keeping within the bounds
of moderation, would produce at least
as large a total revenue as an exceed
ingly high one. And the consequences
OF economic error of placing too vast
a burden direct upon incomes would
be more serious. I think. to the peo-
pie in general than to the individuals
directly concerned.
The question of the individual is
not the principal one. The essential
thing is that no undue strain he placed
unon that great fund Of capital as a
whole which is derived from incomes
of all kinds
Il realize but too we'll that the load
Weighing at this time upon wage
earners. and still more, perhaps. upon
men and women with moderate
"a laries is almost too great to be borne
and certainly much greater than it
shoNld he
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13
BtlG|ANS PREPARE
TO RE0CCUPY LAND
Baron Moncheur Advances Plan To
Finance Restoration With Friends q,
From United States.

Washington, August 12-The Bel
CLANS are so confident that the allied
drive will break through the German
lines in Belgium that plans already
are under way for getting rails ana
other material for rebuilding the rail-
roads OF the devastated country Fur
Their credits from the United States
will be sought and the war industries
board will be called upon to place
contracts
II was learned today that the plans
OF Mobilization already are being
considered by officials here. Confer
ences have been held with Baron
Ludevic Moncheur. head Of the spe-
cial Belgian mission. who has out
lined In sntatfve way what the I'M
mediate needs Of his country are TO
be 1t is impossible at this time TO
form any good estimate OF what Bel
gums needs will be, but Baron Mon
cheur today said that for. every mile
the Germans were driven back a mile
OF rails would have to be constructed.
AS the Germans retire, Baron Mon
cheur said. they are tearing up and
destroying every vestige OF railroads
and even cutting and seeking 10 make
traffic These roads must be recon
structed as the allies advance and it
is to this task that Baron Moncheur
and his colleagues are devoting them
selves at present.
The envoy is also getting data on
rolling stock. farm and industrial ma
chinery and agricultural implements,
which will be needed in large quaint
ties as the Germans are driven back.
The loss of drausht horses, taken
over by the Germans, Is to be one of
the greatest problems confronting the
Belgians.
Unless the Germans can be forced
to restore machinery they have taken
from Belgium into their own country
new machinery for practically every
industry in the country will have TO
be purchased at the close OF the war.
At the present time. Baron Moncheur
stated, there is not enough machinery
In Belgium to operate a single mill
II is this lack of machinery, he said
which has kept the Belgians idle and
has given the Germans an excuse 70
deport them.
II is likely the frst credit ask
from the United States for the railroad
construction will be $50, 900, 900 with a
tacit understanding that a like amour,
will be advanced when this sum is ex-
hausted In addition to this sum an
effort is being made to get another
loan OF $4,000. 900 on the same terms
the last advance was made. The last
loan, TO be used entirely for relief
work, has been paid out at the rate
of 100000 a month and Is already
about half used up.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13
WAR INSURANCE BILL
SUPPORTED Bt M'A006
Cabinet Member Says That Caring for
Families of Soldiers Will DO
Much to Win War.

washington, Aug. 12-America must
not be disgraced by failure to provide
for the families of the soldiers she
sends to the trenches. Secretary Me-
Adoo declared today. in statement
urging support OF the war insurance
bill not in congress.
When our troops go to the battle
lines, or to train for the lines. he said,
their wives and children in many cases
will be thrown on the charity Of their
neighbors unless otherwise provided
for.
I'm September" he said. approx.
imately 500, 900 men will be sent to
army camps throughout the country
TO train as soldiers for the greatest
war of all time. Americas chance OF
winning the war. and It Is the power
and resources of America that must
win this war will be immeasurably
increased If the war insurance bill.
now pending in congress is promptly
enacted into law. As soon as these
men 20 into camp, an immediate and
pressing problem confronts the ceun-
nv Their wives and children. or
mothers and fathers, who are depen-
dent upon them for support will es
immediately thrown upon the charity
and generosity OF the communities In
which they live. This must not be
done.
America must not be disgraced by
a failure TO provide for the support
of the families of the men whom she
!, takes from their homes and places
upon the battle front. This Is the
time to hearten our men as they en-
ter upon this supreme service OF
sacrifice for the nation. This Is the
time to enhance their morals and to
sustain and comfort those who are
left behind and are required to make
sacrifices as great as those who die
upon the field OF battle
II earnestly hope that the measure
now pending in congress will be sup
ported by such an unmlstakaoie ex-
preston OF public opinion that II
will be enacted into law before the
frst soldier OF the new national army
begins active DUTY"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13
NINETEEN DROWNED
WHEN GALE SlNkS
FISHING SCHOOAtRS

Boston. Mass. Aug. In neteen
Provincetown fishermen are known to
have been drowned. eight others on
two small power schooners from Glou-
cester are missing and word has still
heet of approximately a dozen vessels.
caught of Highland light in the gale
OF Friday morning. which struck the
massachusetts, coast at ninety mile
velocity and exacted toll of life and
damage that has no parallel in recent
years.
All of the drowned men were on two
schooners. the Mary c. santos, of the
Provincetown fleet and with a record
of previous trouble. and the Natalie
J. Nelson, from the same port.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13
STEEL PLANTS LIABLE
TO Be Communicated
Refusal of War Board Demands That
French Contract BE Let At Prices
Made This Government May
Cause This Step.

washington, August IA show
down by the steel interests of the
country will be demanded probably
before the coming week is over by
the war industries board, 1t was
learned today. BY an authoritative
source IT was said that large steel con-
tracts are to be passed upon in the
next rev days and the steel interests
are expected to indicate whether
there is to be fight or whether the
manufacturers will submit to the rul-
ings of the war board
Among the contracts to be let in
the immediate future Is one for a
large quantity OF steel for France The
war board will seek to make the pur-
chases on the same terms it has given
on purchases for this government The
steel men are known to have indicated
q strong determination to differenti-
ate between the United States and her
allies in making prices on material
Unless they recede from this position
and agree to get the material out and
hold the price In allegiance upon that
determined by the federal trade COM
mission at the close OF its Investigation
1t is believed the secretary of war will
De called upon to exercise his COM
Wandering power.
VIII Appeal to Courts.
In the event the government at
tempts to commander any steel
plants, II was stated today by a man
in close touch with the situation. the
steel interests will appeal to the courts
ana attempt to resist any effort to
"a ke over their plants on the ground
that the authority vested In the presi.
cent ana secretary OF war by the ma
tional defense act applies only when
used in behalf OF the United States.
Inc war board will take UP again
the method Of nxing prices at the
meeting tomorrow. There is said to
be considerable sentiment in favor Of
allowing the prices asked by the man
ufacturers and getting back what is
paid above a legitimate pront through
an excess proht tax The chief oppo-
sition to this plan is that II may pro-
tect the government. but will not help
the common citizen who will have to
pay prohioitive prices. The Individual
would get no rebate on his purchases
II pointed out, the government being
the only beneficiary. Another objection
is that the proft-tax would have to
be so elastic. in order to cover equit-
ably the cases OF all Manufacturers
where there might he difference CT
costs production. that endless book
keeping would result and much time
be lost.
The principal Arguments advanced in
favor OF the tax system for rAsulat-
INK prices are that it viii save v~'
liable time at the outset 1t is pointed
out that the system has worked
smoothly IN ENGLAND and has not only
brought immense sums Of money into
the national treasury, but has tended
to keep prices at a comparatively reas-
enable level.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13
TO BE HELD
TO FURTHER PLANTING

Washington. Aug. 12.-Plans for
nationwide conferences TO increase
the planting of winter wheat to A.
a27 900 acres and the planting Of rye
TO 5.l31 900 acres were announced by
the secretary of agriculture today.
These increases In the cereal crops
to meet the nations need for next
year will be made without disturbance
OF the plans for corn and other crops
Conferences will he held at Wash ing
ton on August Is for the New Eng
land and Middle Atlantic states at
Atlanta. August 17-ls. for the South
eastern states; at Indianapolis, August
20-21 for the Middle Western states
east Of the Mississippi; at Kansas City.
August 22-23, for the Southwestern
states. and at Spokane, August e7-2s.
for the Northwest
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13
MEASLES AND NUNpS
ONLY FLY IN OINTMENT


'(By Agence Radio to international
News Service)
Paris. Aug. IAN of7'cial state
ment given out today SAYS that all the
A''er'ca- troops In camp are in ex-
cellent health Measles and mumps
are the only cases of Illness on rec
ord. All the troops have been var
cinated against typhoid and small
pox.
The American medical corps has
taken over the huge. fully equipped
French hospital at the port OF disen-
harkation Arrangements have been
concluded to have Red Cross sections
esta blished all along the line and the
rort and the training camp. General
PershinR's STAFF officers already have
inspected the sector OF the front which
the American army will occupy. They
also have made preliminary surveys
of the advanced and base hospitals.