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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-18
WHEATLESS DAY FOR D. C.
TO BE TAKEN UP IN DETAIL

Plans for putting Washington on a
wheatIess-day basis will be discussed
in detail at o'clock tomorrow after
noon, when the District bakers meet
with Clarence r. WILSON, federal food
administrator for the District, in his
office at 18th and I streets northwest.
AT a preliminary conference with the
bakers yesterday Administrator Wilson
named the following committee to work
out plans for greater wheat ocnserva-
ton here: c. l. Corby of the Corby
Baking Company, ]. A. Whitfield. man.
ager of the Old Dutch market. Alfred
r. Sculteis Of the Connecticut Pie Com
pany, ]. G. Weinberg, NJ Holzbeierlein,
II. T. Berens of the Schneider Baking
Company, Leon 5. U1man of Holmes
Baking Company and Peter M. Dorsch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-18
TRY THE "BOCHE
SMOKES" WHEN
OWN BRAND FAILS

BY the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE. December 10
German and Austrian cigarettes
are being smoked by the Aneri-
can expedftionary forces. There
are two varieties being sold In
the Army commissaries. and they
are known by the soldiers as
''hoche smokes" One variety
bears the name OF a Berlin firm.
while the other was made by
concern IN Sarajevo. The appear
ance of the cigarettes caused con-
siderable speculation until It was
learned they had been turned over
by the French when they discov-
cred the American cigarette sup
ply was running short. The French
captured the cigarettes in the
early days of the war, and since
they have been stored In a ware
house. f-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-18
AUTOS SUFFER DAMAGE.
Due to Collision of Vehicles and
Two Skidding Accidents.

An automobile with New York city
license number and a motor delivery
wagon belonging to William King &
Son. coal dealers. yesterday afternoon
collided on L street between I'D and
23d streets. The New York car was
damaged to the amount of 500.
lanes Crenshaw, 4314 Sheriff road
northeast. was in charge of an express
wagon that was in two skidding acci-
dents near 11th and G streets yester.
day. The nret time the wagon slkidded
it damaged the automobile Of Mrs. W.
n. Gait and the second accident re-
suited In damag4t 70 the automobile Of
an Army cfacezs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-18
FOR VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS.
Chamber of Commerce Subcommittee
to Recommend More Such Bodies.

Recommendation that more vocation
al schools be established in Washing
ton will be the chief feature of the
report of the special subcommittee of
the schools committee of the Chamber
of Commerce, which has Investigated
these institutions in the District, it
was learned today. The subcommittee
will make its report to the next meet
ing of the chamber in January.
The subcommittee also will urge
larger salaries for teachers and sepa-
rate appropriation for their pensions
ing, it is said. p. T. Moran, chairman
of the subcommittee, announced that
the body had visited all i've vocational
schools in the capital and was favor
ably impressed with the work being
carried on. The visits were made upon
invitation of Supt. Thurston of the
public schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-18
INSTITUTIONS ARE AIDED.
VIII Of Mary h. Brady Divides Es-
tate Among Several Benefciaries.

ST. Augustine,s Parish School is given
$500 by the terms OF the will Of Mary
h Brady, dated August IS. 1916. and Of
fered today for probate. The, church ex-
tension society of Chicago is to have
$500. and like requests are made to st
AIMS Infant Asylum and the Little Sis
terss Of the Poor. The pastor of st
Aueustines Church is to receive $500
George II. Jennings of Chicago is be-
ousafhed $500. and Mary A. Logan o,
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, 5000. A life an
nufty of $40 per month is provided. fol
Bridget Jennings. Two nephews and :
sriece. James s., Edward Land Alice NJ
Brady, all of Chicago. are given specific
requests of $1,000 each and are to share
equally the residue of the estate TIL.
Union Trust Company is named a:
executor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-18
BALLOONS FIRED AT.
Camp Wheeler Fliers Say Farmers
nead chofouna

MACON, Ga, December 1S--The first
and second balloon flights of Camp
wheeler's newly inaugurated balloon
ychool took place Saturday and Monday.
respectively, and in each instance the
baIIoonists were fired on by farmers.
according to Balloonists Mulligan and
Jewell. who made the fights.
Jewell related his experience as fol-
lows.
about twelve miles from Macon two
men rushed out with a shotgun, and al
though l was too far up to be hit, yet
j could distinctly hear the report of the
gun and hear one man say to the other:
Shoot again. John, maybe you will hit
him next time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-18
Need Officially Stated.

Official statement of the need for a
traffic director was made in a letter
sent BY Mr.. Harrison to Senator New
lands recently, in which one of the re-
quests of the railroads for more eff
fcient wartime operation was as fol-
lows
THE immediate appointment of a
traffic officer to represent all important
government departments in TRANSPORT
tation matters. with whom the rail-
roads can deal; to secure active gov
eminent cooperation, the prompt and
orderly transportation of the govern
ment traffic and to avoid .the exec ssive.
use of preference orders, which congest
traffic instead of facilitating it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-18
ISAAC LEWIS WILL FILED.

The will of Isaac Levy, dated April 8.
1906, has been filed in the Probate
Court By the terms of the will. the
property of the decedent is given to
the wife for life and it is provided that
at her death the estate shall be equally
divided among the five children. The
two oldest sons. George Levy and Sam
uel Levy, are named executors of the
estate. Attorney Mark Stearman rep
resents the heirs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-18
PRODUCTION OF PORK
BY USE OF WASTE URGED
Prof. Bonnet Directs Attention to
Value of Garbage Now
Thrown Away.

Conversion of garbage waste into pork
as a war time conservation measure Is
touched upon in the report of Prof. Fred
eric Bonnet, jr, of the Worcester Poly
technic Institute, who went to Chicago
upon invitation of the federal food ad-
ministration to a meeting called for the
consideration of garbage utilization.
Prof. Borlnet's report has an interest for
Washington in view Of the recommends
ton of the Commissioners that munich
pal garbage plant be established here
Value of Waste Product.
1t was brought out at the Chicago meet
ing, Prof. Bonnet stated that excluding
cities Of 100, 900 population and over, the
garbage available, much of which IS now
wasted, would produce annually 40 0oo,-
900 pounds of pork, valued at $40, 900, 060
at prevailing prices. The fat in garbage
now wasted would produce 100000
pounds Of nitrogiycerin annually and
would yield soap stock for the manufac-
ture of 200. 600, 900 twelve-ounce cakes of
soap.
One of the first steps taken by the
War Department was when it evolved a
system of turning into pork the gar
bage at thirteen of the sixteen Army
environments. Formerly all this waste
in camps was burned in incinerators,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-18
Asks $4,000 for Arlington Cemetery

A supplemental estimate Of $4,000 for
the fiscal year 1918 for Improvement In
Arlington National cemetery was sent
to Congress today by Secretary Nc
Adoos transmitting the recommendatfo
from the Secretary of War. The recorn-s
mendation covers the cost of constrt,c--'
ton and repair of walks and drives, lay
ing out additional lots. landscaping and
providing suitable approaches
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-18
Sugar Men Feared Shortage.

Mr.. Babst testified that sugar men saw
the danger of a shortage early last
spring because of stories of a fictitious
prospective famine. and later when they
began to realize the large amounts be
ing sent abroad.
He said that in May he warned Food
Administrator Hoover that stories cir
culated in February and March about
q famine would have serious effect.
and again in June he predicted to Mr..
Hoover a shortage this fall because
SO much was being sent abroad. He
pointed to the fact that his company
advertised extensively during the
summer that there was no prospect of
a shortage IL people would not hoard
and stated that his company took only
two foreign orders after June IS.
These, he said, were filed at the ear
nest plea of the British royal commits
sion that some sugar was needed there.
The total shipped abroad this year, he
testified, was 423,00o tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-18
Lieut. ". @. oakman, j., Honored.

The distinguished service order has
been awarded to Lieut.. Walter G. Oak
man, IT.. of Islip, Long Island, a grand
son OF. Roscoe Conkling. for gallantry
In Asthe cambrai battle, where he was
wounded for the third time. Lieut..
Oakman Is now In a private hospital
In London and 10 being nursed by his
sister. He has wounds on a hand and
4 leg. both received In the Cambria
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-18
Names Operating Committee.

Meanwhile the situation became so
acute that the railroads war board ap-
pointed an operating committee, now
located in Pittsburgh, which for two
weeks has been seeking to relieve the
congestion in eastern roads. partly
brought about, it is charged. by the
large volume of these priorittes orders
In talking with newspaper men Mr.
Harrison said:
we want one man who can sneak
with authority for the government
Every quartermaster Office and dozens
or bureau chiefs now are virtually
traff1c managers. They naturally seek
priority for their own shipments be-
cause they cannot appeal to any CO.
ordinating head who shall determine
what is the real priority need
Judge Lovett has issued only four
priority orders. but others have issued
them by the hundreds. Just now ~ ner
cent of the traffic is being handled
under orders of this kind The result.
OF course, is a traffic blockade"
Another step taken by the railroads
to give precedence to needed shipments
was the transmission to Judge Loyett
of list of 400 or more .'essentfal'
commodities, to which they had UNDER
taken, on their own, initiative. to give
preference. This list was never made
public. Later the director of the Conn
ell of National Defense explained that
it was against the policy of the coun-
ell to brand any product of an industry
as non-eSSential"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-18

Two Italian torpedo boats under
Lieut.. Commander Rizzo composed the
force which made the daring raid into
the inner harbor at Trieste Sunday
night, December 8. and torpedoed two
Austrian battleships, one of which was
seen to sink. Further details of the ex-
plot were given in dispatches re-
ceived by the Italian embassy.
The raid was planned when it was
learned the Austrians were preparing
to send from Trieste two ships of the
Monarch type, with their 240-millimeter
guns. to lombard the Italian coastal
positions. A division of torpedo boats,
under Capt. Pignatti, was assigned to
the task, and the captain selected Lieut.
Commander Rizzo with two boats to
make the dash into the harbor, while
the remainder of the division kept out
side in support.
Cut Wire Cables.
By slow and silent movement through
a heavy fog the little craft reached the
extremity of the Muggia pier, where
the officers examined the disposition
of the numerous Instructions which
barred the passage. Mine fields and
other INSTRUCTIONS were located, and
two hours were spent cutting. eight
large wire cables stretched across the
passage. Other eobstrnctions were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-18
War Shops Worn Out.

The factories which are being used
in war work are wearing out. Their
machines have been kept going at top
speed, often twenty-four hours day
for seven days week for three years.
The second conclusion is that the fac
tories which have not been adapted to
war work and which have been stand
ing idle will be as far behind the
worlds mechanical pace as have those
that have been worn out. There have
been no hands to. care for these idle
machines and no grease to give them
life
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-18
AGAIN IS UNABLE
TO GET A HEARING
Herbert Hoover Seeks Chance
to Make Statement on Phase
of Sugar Inquiry.
TWO WITNESSES ON STAND
TWO WITNESSES ON STAND

Herbert Hoover. through H. Curtis
Lindley, counsel for the food admin
istration, today made another ineffec-
stual attempt to be heard by the Senate
committee which is investigating the
sugar situation. AS on yesterday it
was stated that Mr.. Hoover wanted to
have his statement given before the
investigation proceeded further.
& Chairman Reed said that while he
wished to treat Mr.. Hoover with all
courtesy, he saw no reason why wit
nesses waiting to testify should be dis
placed at this time.
Mr. Lindley stated that Mr.. Hoover was
the hardest worked man in Washing
ton; that it was necessary for him to
go to New York, and that he was post
poning the trip until he could ascertain
when the committee needed him.
Unable to Decide Now.
Senator Vardaman suggested that Mr..
Hoover testify at his convenience after
his return from New York. which would
be within three or four days, Mr.. Curtis
said. In the Fbsence of Senator Lodge,
q member Of the tcommittee, Chairman
Reed said the cofnmittee would not make
a decision at this time.
Herbert Bienenstok, a grain and pro-
vision brokerSef New York, the 9rst
witness, testified that Al. H. Lamhorn.
sugar broker of New York, had in
CURED the dispIeasure of the food ad-
ministration for some reason he did not
give.
He said when he offered his services
to the food administration that he men
toned Mr.. Lamborn as one of the New
York sugar men he knew. He said
that Louis Strauss. secretary for Mr..
Hoover. told him that he was sorry he
had mentioned Larnborn, as .'he was a
thorn in the food administrators side
and that if he did not change his tao
tics s.the steam roller" would finish him.
Earl A. Babst, president of the
american Sugar Refining Company.
gave details of the Americans hold
ings- He said the American manufac-
|tured 40 per cent of the cane sugar in
the United States. and held. as invest
ment without representation on direc-
torates, $16.50o.000 of the $4,000, 900
stock of beet sugar factory companies
In the country
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-18
GERMAN BUSINESS
RUINED BY WAR
Factories Strained for Three
Years With Minimum of
Repairs.
RAW MATERIALS USED UP
RAW MATERIALS USED UP
BY HERBERT COREY.

ZURICH, Switzerland. November. l.
One great weight presses on every
German breast-that is the fear of
what may happen in the days i'm
mediately following the declaration of
peace.
1--WE can get along without colonies
the way the thinking German feels
nowadays. "but we must have raw
materials as soon as the war is over"
Stick pin here in a prophecy: When
the green cloth is laid on the peace
table Germany will fight more Wig
orously for raw materials-at once,
pronto, tout de suite-than for any
thing else the world has to offer.
1t is safe to venture upon another
prophecy The day that it is safe
for the German flag to go again upon
the sea the German mercantile fleet
viii set sail from Hamburg and Bre-
men for the ends of the earth. Most
of the ships will go empty. The Ger
man ships will scurry abroad in a
maddened search for copper and cotton
and manganese and a thousand other
things in order to set the German fac
tories going again.
Industries Practically Ruined.
While those ships are hunting for
raw material those who remain at
home must reopen the German fac
tories For three years nothing has
been made in Germany except war
material. broadly speaking. The Ger
mans are wearing out their old clothes
and are living on the plainest foods.
The cotton-spinning industry is done
for the time being. Not one mill in
ten, 1 am told. is running one day
week. The same may be said of every
industry except the rare ones which d.
rectly furnish a war need.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-18
Blanket Order to Cover Coal.

The question again came up with the
blanket order of Judge Lovett concern
Ing coal shipments to the northwest. in
an effort to get the coal to lake ports
before winter closed lake navigation.
In September the railroads war board
urged that some of this coal be divert
ed to Hampton roads and be consigned
to coastwise vessels for New England.
The fuel administration declined to
permit this on the ground that such df-
version would be a violation Of Judge
Lovetts order.
This resulted, II is stated, IN the
northwest now having more coal than
was reouisitioned "a million more tons
than last year, the fuel administration
states). and in New England and New
York there is lack of coal for day-to-
day use.
First intimation OF the suggestion OF
government traffic director was made
by Fairfax Harrison. chairman of the
railroads war board, in an interview
with newspaper men two weeks ago,
Mr.. Harrison then said that the sugges-
ton had been made to the Council of
National Defense and individually to
various cabinet mem bers, and that it
had been favorably received. Edward
F. Chambers. vice president of the
Santa Fe railroad. was named as a pos
sible choice for the position.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-18
TRAFFIC DIRECTOR
RATED ESSENTIAL
Believed President Considers
Naming Man to Control Gov
eminent Freight Movements.
FEATURE OF r. r. PROBLEM

Appointment of government traits
director, who will keep j.. zach with the
needs of each government department
and agency and supervise priority or
ders relating to all government freight
movements. is generally believed to be
an assured feature of any plan for the
war time control of railroads which Pres
ident Wilson may adopt.
Through the vigorous protcstations
of the railroads war board. and it's car
service commission. the wholesale is
suance Of priority orders, which de-
feated the original purpose of such
orders, has been checked to some de-
gree. But the congestion due to these
orders still is one of the major factors
impeding the efficient dispatch OF traf-
fc.
Pending the consideration by tho
President of the whole question OF
government control and operation of
the roads during the war. the question
of such a federal traffic director has
been dormant The railroads have
taken no further steps to push their
suggestion. in line with their assur-
ance to the President that they would
sideration of the railroad problem.
Steady Stream OF Priorities.
Complaints against the steady stream
of these priorities orders. issued by all
came several months
ago. 1t was asserted last month that
so per cent of the freight consign-
ments of the government were being
shipped under the so-called blue
labels" indicating priority. and that
the result was that shipments which
really should have been expedited
were swamped in the heavy array OF
such blue tag shipments.
At first a co-ordfnating committee, to
be made up of representatives from the
fuel and foAd administrations, the
Council of National Defense. Judge
Lovett's priority committee, the Inter-
state Commerce Commission and the
railroads board. was suggested. That
suggestion fell through. having been
turned down. the railroad executives
assert, by DR.. H. A Garfield, the fuel
administrator.
Then came the dispute between the
fuel and the food administrators about
whether food or coal shipments should
be given the right of way. This dispute
finally was adjusted through Judge
Lovett. the government priorities di-
rector.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-08
ALLIES PUSH FORWARD
BRITISH CAPTURE GERMAN
TRENCHES ON MILE FRONT.
Haig's Troops Capture e76
More Germans.

London, April 30.-The British
troops captured German trench sys-
TEN south of Oppy on trout of about
a mile, after heavy fighting, says the
official report from British headquar-
tiers in France.
The Germans offered strong resist
ance and delivered several counter-at-
tacks, but these failed.
The number of prisoners taken by
the British since Saturday MORNING is
976, including 16 officers.
The Germans at night made deter
mined effort to recapture positions
gained by the British near Arleux-en-
Gohelle in Saturdays drive. The war
office announced that the attack was
broken up.
Paris, April 30.-The war office COM
munication reads:
"Along the Chemin-des-D Danes the
German artillery, energetically coun-
ter-shelled by us, bOmbarded our posi-
tons at Hurtebise. Grenade fighting
likewise was lively in that region in
the first lines.
Northwest of Reims and in Cham
payne we effectively shelled the Ger
man organizations. In the region of
Courcy we took more than 200 pris-
oners."
Berlin, April 30.-After a battle of
extraordinary violence the Germans de-
feated the third British attempt to
pierce their lines near Arras, the war
office announces. The British forced
their way into German advanced posi-
tons at several places, says the state
ment, but the Germans drove them
back everywhere except in the town OF
Arleux- en- Gohelle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-08
ATHLETES TURN FARMERS
Mucks and Kelly of the U. of w. Rent
200 Acres in North Dakota and
Go to Work.

Madison-"Wih the war with food"
is the slogan of the agricultural school
at the University of Wisconsin, and
many university men are making ar
engagements to rent farms for the pro-
duction of foodstuffs for use in this
country or for shipment to the allies.
William (Red) Kelly of Mitchell, s.
D., end on the university football
team, and Arlie Mucks of Oshkosh,
one of the most famous athletes in
the country. left for South Dakota,
where they have rented a 200-acre
farm. Under the rules of the state
school here, these men for this war
time service automatically graduate
from the agricultural department.
Both men are physical giants. I'm
Gle Sam would regard them az avail
able for service, either in the military
or CIVIC branches of national defense.
1--WE don't care to make a cent on
our farm" said Mucks. I'VE are 60
ing to cultivate as much as we can of
the 200 acres for the production of
foodstuffs, mostly corn. We stand
ready to serve in the army, if we are
needed, but for the present we can
render the greater service to our
country as farmers"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-08
FAvORS REFERENDUM
ASSEMBLY ADVANCES SkOGMo
BILL TO THIRD READING.
Measure Now Provides for Ballot on
Woman Suffrage in Spring
Election of 1920.

Madison - Wisconsin fuffragists
scored victory in the assembly when
the house by a vote of q to 40 ad-
vanced to third reading the Skogmo
bill for a referendum on equal suf-
frage. The bill in its amended form
provides that the vote shall be taken
in the spring of 1920.
On the question of indefinitely post
poning the measure, the house, by
vote of 46 to 8, refused to kill the bill.
Several amendments were offered, but
the debate was brief.
Under the provisions of an amend
ment by Assemblyman d. S. Burnett,
it was proposed to submit the question
to a vote of the women in the spring
of 1918. If, in this election, major
ity of so per cent of the women, sup
ported equal suffrage, then it was pro-
posed to submit the issue to the male
voters of the state. Some Of the mem
bers who opposed the Skogmo meas
ure said that they supported the Bur-
nett substitute in the belief that 1t
meant the killing of the original prop
ositioD.
The advancement of the bill to
third reading showed unexpected
strength for the suffragists, who feel
confident that the bill will pass.