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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-29
Would Bar All Egg Shampoos.

CHICAGO. June 29.-Barbers should
stop giving egg shampoos to customers
in order to assist in conserving the food
supply of the country. James D. Kim
merer of South Bend. Ind. believes. and
in support of the idea he has collected
statistics which he yesterday forwarded
to Herbert c. Hoover, food administra-
there are about 100000 BARRIERS in the
United States, and that they average
two egg shampoos a week. with two
eggs for each shampoo. This. he points
out. means the use of 100000 eggs
day or 100000 a week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-29
Rumors Of Alleged Favoritism.

Rumors have been current around
Washington, and brought to the atten-
ton OF Senators and Representatives by
their constituencies, of alleged favoritism
to some industries. with the imputation. or
at least indirect insnuatio that it might
have been due to the presence on the ad-
visory committees of men associated with
the organizations receiving the contracts.
The debate will not be one-sided by
any means. however. as quick and
strong defense will be made of all the
acts of the advisory committees 1t
will be pointed out that the council of
national defense summoned to its aid
the assistance and advice OF men of
prominence in all the leading indus
tries, on the theory that they were ac-
ply and could gauge the demand and its
relative effect upon costs. These serv-
ices have been rendered gratis. the men
even paying their own expenses of
travel and subsistence In Washington.
That the letting Of contracts to busi-
ness organizations with which they
might have been affiliated was but a
natural coincidence will be put forth
in argument, and 1t will be further
pointed out that the committees did
not let the contracts, but only fur
nished the purchasing bureaus of the
departm ments with data and advice OBJ
tanned through the men familiar with
the Industries.
As illustrative of this phase of the
case will be cited the instance of one
Of the subcommittee having charge of
the subject of an ingredient entering
largely into the manufacture of muni-
tions. the two members Of which com
mittee are said to dominate majority
OF the stock in corporation manufac-
turing the ingredient. The stock, which
was at about par at the outbreak of the
war. has since gone up to as high as
100
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-29
Greek Prince Reported Engaged

LONDON, June 2s.-Special dispatches
from Athens say Prince christopher.
brother of former King Constantine OF
Greece, is coming to London to marry
rich American woman. The Daily
Chronicle gives the name of Miss Lifts
without details as to her identity.
The prince. who is twenty-nine years
old and an ex-sublieutenant of the
Grecian infantry. has twice been re-
ported engaged. each time to a wealthy
American woman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-29
CONTRACT SYSTEM
AIRING IS PROMISED
Lively Debate Expected Over
Amendment Relating to
War Purchases.
RUMORS OF FAV0RITISM

Lively debate in the Senate is expected
over the amendment written into the
food control bill by the Senate committee
making 1t unlawful for any paid or vol
unteer member of an advisory committee
of the government to attempt to procure
or make any contract for supplies to be
furnished by a company in which he
Is stockholder or otherwise interested.
This provision is taken to be aimed at
committees of the advisory board Of the
council of national defense whose mem
bership necessarily includes men connect
ed with some of the largest supply firms
and corporations in the country, which or
ganizations will be called upon to furnish
munitions and equipment OF all kinds, No
lnt1mation of corruption is intended to be
conveyed by the amendment. 1t is said.
the object Of which is generally construed
to be to give all competitors for gov
ernment contracts a free field. unaffected
by suggestion from the council
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-29
NORWAY PROTESTS
GERMAN SHIP PLOTS
Foreign Minister Tells Storthing of
Effort Against Nations
Vessels.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 29-An account Of the
German plot to blow up Norwegian
steamships was given in the storthing
yesterday by Foreign Minister Ihlen,
says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Copenhagen. NJ Ihlen declared the
bombs were sent to Norway by the
German foreign Office by means of a
messenger dispatched to the German
legation in Christiania. The Norwegian
legation In Berlin had been ordered to
inform the German government what
had happened and to make a sharp
protest against this violation Of Nor
wegian territory. Norway, the foreign
minister said. was now awaiting Ger
many's reply.
After the examination Of the mes
seneer had been concluded he was
handed over to Germany on condition
that action be taken against him
there. and that he should not be used
again as a messenger to Norway.
Secret Wireless Found.
CHRISTIANIA, June 2s-In the in
vestigation into the German espionage
system secret wireless station has
been discovered on an island outside of
Arendal with wide view Of the sea
In the storthing the government has
been criticised for its lack of control
over foreigners who travel unmolested
or work as laborers.
One paper urges a diplomatic break If
Germany does not make a satisfactory
explanation of the bomb plot
A dispatch from Vadsoe says that two
Russian mail boats plying between
Archangel and Vadsoe have been left
undisturbed by the U-boats and that
Russians favoring separate peace as
sert there is secret agreement that no
Russian vessel is to be sunk pending
negotiations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-29
Berlin Claims Success.

BERLIN. July 2e. via London.-Ger-
man forces yesterday captured Frarch
positions on both sides Of the Malan-
court Esnes road. on the west bank Of
the Meuse. in the Verdun sector. over
a width of 1000 yards and a depth Of
500 yards. says the official statement
issued today by the German penerai
staff.
Today the Germans stormed a 3oo-
yard.wide French position in Ayocourt
wood. More than $50 prisoners wers
taken at both points.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-29
WEATHER

Thunderstorms this afternoon or to-
night. cooler tonight. Tomorrow fair
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending 2 pm: Highest, 81, at pm.
yesterday: lowest. 70. at am. today.
Full report on page 20.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09

Visitors to the coming Alabama State Fair in Birmingham, October to 13, Will see Ruth Law, most famous of aviators, fly in front of the grapdstand not higher than 90 or 40 feet, going at speed of So miles an hour. This is one of the thrill CTS to be seen at the coming fair.
 Ruth Law is one of the most daring of aviators. and always flies at great speed Tn addition to her speed she will loop the loop in her aeroplane one of the most difficult of feats.
 While Miss Law will be the big feature at the fair, many other high-class at fractions will be presented. There will be 13 acts to entertain in front of the grandstand twice daily.
 On the midway there will be much to amuse and entertain, as .the famous Johnny Jones shows, composed of 30 different attractions, will be presented. Some of the shows are on pretentious scale, and there is something going on all the time, The Wild West show will be a feature of the midway, and is com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
RIVERSIDE ROUTE FOR
 BANKHEAD HIGHWAY

A great good roads meeting will be held in Riverside next Saturday, which many Birmingham people will attend. The meeting will present the claims of the town for the Bankhead highway. They have route that they say is much better than the route now being considered and will agitate the question of having it adopted Capt. John Craft, president of the Alabama Good Roads association, will speak
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09

New York, September S.-(Special Cor respondence) )-Wall street spent this week wallowing in gloom. Not in many a long day have the big men in the financial district here been SD pessimistic. The discouraging war news from Russia has been partly to blame. Another ex planation is found in the long-pending tax and excess profits legislation. Then, too. speculative Wall street has been keenly disappointed in the failure of the industrial stocks to reflect the enormous war expenditures made here, both by this country, England, France, Russia, Italy and our other allies. Finally. many ot the captains of industry in this neck of the woods are worried over the money situation. Call money has jumped from l1a per cent to $, and the combined sur plus of our banks has just touched the lowest level since the federal reserve system went into effect.
 Wall streets gloom is not without foun- dation. Nevertheless, from long experi- ence it fs safe to predict that the turn ing point is not far off. The turn for the better in q long financal lane is al- ways near at hand when Wall street, single minded, with tears streaming dowr it's face, views the outlook through dark glasses.
 When Wall street so elects, as it is likely to do in the near future, sunshine material can be found right at hand. Dis cussing the gloom generator last named first it is not safe for the bears to pin too much faith on the outlook for tight money. The legal reserve of the New York banks stands at only few millions instead of more than S200, ,0o0,000 reported only short time ago. Thus it would appear that a money squeeze was just ahead.
 But in this connection it is wise to keep in mind that this country and Great Britain, the money powers behind the allies, will leave no stone unturned to prevent tight money. Hence, if the threatened money squeeze should come, because of the federal reserve system re- discount machinery and the Likelihood of heavy gold imports, our money sit nation is capable of very sudden changes, One day call money here might. run to 10 per cent, and the next be down to per cent. That is what happened last June
 Thus it would appear that there was no real cause for alarm in the money situation. As for Wall streets disap- pointment over the action of the indus trial stocks or so-called war order shares, there are good reasons for believing that the position of those stocks has been greatly strengthened by the liquidation of the past two weeks.
 While it is not generally realized the facts are a great many of the war order stocks touched their high levels as far back as 1915. Take the automobile shares, the first to advance in 1915 on orders from abroad. Studebaker is a typical case. In 1914 the low price for that stock was %; for 1915 it was 195; for 1916 it was only 167. This week the price was well below plain 50 Similar H. lustrations will be found in Crucible, Baldwin, Westinghouse. American Can,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
Now Work Arm in Arm But They Clashed Con- stantly During the
 Civil War
FATHERS OF MEN
 NOW IN BOTH WERE
 ENEMIES IN THE 60'S
Chaplain Emmet P. Smith of Fourth Alabama Relates Interesting History
 in New York

New York, September S.-(Special.)-The New York Evening Telegram publishes the following interesting dispatch from Camp Mills, Hempsted, L. l., regarding the "Fourth Alabama" and "Sixty-ninth New York" which are camped side by side as units of the Rainbow Division:
 ''Best of all signs of the eternal recon ciliation of the north and the south stands out here on the plains of Hemp stead, where sons of men who wore the gray are learning the first principles of modern warfare side by side with the men whose ancestors marched with Grant in the dark days of the sixties.
 Seated around campfires when the chilly September night winds sweep in from the bay and walking arm in arm in the streets of neighboring villages are strapping youths from as far south as Louisiana and men from the prosaic and 'effete' east But best friends of all are the men of the Sixty ninth of New York and the Fourth Alabama, the two com mands whose records in the civil war although they fought on opposite sides stand out above others like the great jew els of a monarch's crown.
 Tt has been 52 years since the Sixty ninth and the Fourth Alabama last met. That meeting was not in fields of way ing goldenrod, where all is peaceful and serene but amid the roar and rattle of battle in the south.
 WITH LEE AT REFORMATION
 .Historians in the division have discov- cred that the Fourth Alabama, with un- conquerable spirit and only 150 officers and men out of 1900, was in Lees army
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
ABEL RESTING WELL
 AT LOCAL VETERINARY

J. W. Abel, the special deputy who was shot in the arm at Majestic mines Friday night by an unknown person, who escaped, has been reported improv- ing att McAdory's infirmary. where he was taken. His condition is not serious, 1t is said.
 Friday night Abel saw a strange man walking about on the premises where Abel was on duty and told the stranger that he was trespassing. and that he should not be prowling around Che place without permission. According to Abel's story. the stranger then drew his revolver and shot at him, the bullet passing through his arm. The guards on duty at the mines fired at the man. who escaped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09

For that reason the board last night sent representatives before the city coun- cil to requesct the privxilege of installing knitting mill In the Albany armory which is above the city hail. The request was taken under consideration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
Hosmer on Second Tour

Louis F.. Hosmer, representing the Metropolitan Trust company of New York, is mingling with friends and bus mess men in Birmingham for a few days. prior to his return to New York, after his second tour over the south for the season.
 MT. Hosmer is a Greensboro boy. and tlias held responsible positions in Selma with the First National bank of that city, has been state and national bank examiner in Alabama, and is well known to the bankers of Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09

The Albany Red Cross following an nouncement that it had been granted a charter as the resul. of the settle ment of the Jurisdiction controversy with the Decatur organization, elected permanent officers as follows: Rev. l.. F. Goodwin. chairman; Prof. R. w.. Cowart, secretary; F. A. Bloodworth, treasurer.
 Ten persons took the civil service examinations conducted here for stem ographic positions with the national government, this being the first ex animation of the kind ever held north
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
THE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Washington, September s.-Weather forecast for Alabafna and Mississippi: Generally fair Sunday and Monday
 Georsia Fair Sunday, preceded by showers northeast portion; somewhat cooler north portion; Monday fair
 Tennessee: Local showers Sunday; somewhat cooler; Monday fair
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09

posed of the real wild and woolly west erners and will prove a big fair attrae-
 tion,
 J. L. Dent, secretary of the fair asso- ciat ton, declares that the entertainment features at the coming fair will excel any programme presented in this section of the country. tWe have secured the very
 best" says MT. Dent. "and the free at
 fractions and the midway will be com posed of acts that are headliners. The amusement feature will be worth coming long way to see. and the fair visitor will not only see the wonderful exhibits
 but will enjoy one of the best entertain ments ever presntd in tn south
 Talking of the agricultural exhibits at the coming fair, MT. Dent said: Blue rib bons in the agricultural exhibits mean much more this year than ever before At this time when the government is call ing upon the country to conserve and plant food products the farms are produc- ing greater crops and to win prize un-
 der such conditions over other competi- tors will be quite an honor to the win ming farmers. The agricultural exhibits will be presented on a large scale and there is little doubt that the display will ments ever presented in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09

at Appomattox Court House on that mema orable April day in 1865, when the great military leader they had followed through four years of frightful war surren- dered to General Grant. And history also shows that the ,Sixty-ninth and the Fighting Fourth, as it has always been known, now 'tenting on the same camp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09

Miss Ruby Price of this city, who has just returned from Auburn, has been appointed county demonstrator by the federal government for Nor gan and Limestone counties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
Give the Seaboard

A trial on your next trip east. Leaves Birmingham 7:S0 a. m. Solid steel train through sleepers to New York. Splendid dining car service and latest steel ob- servation cars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09

Charles H. Mullen of this city has a pecan tree that is now bearing it's sec ond crop of fruit. The first was picked in June and the second is nearly ripe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09

of Birmingham. The examination was conducted by E. P. Smith of Birming- ham. assisted by w. c. Gentry of the local postoffice.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-08
MAY CHANGE
TAX SCHEDULE
Tax Commission to Recon-
mend Taxing Gross Earn
ings of Public Utilities.

Bismarck, N. D.. Oct. ga recon-
mendation that all public utilities in
North Dakota be taxed on the gross
earnings plan, using the California
schedule, will be made by the North
Dakota tax commission. Chairman
F.. E. Packard now is working out a
basis for taxation founded on this
plan. n by which every utility in
the state would pay on its actual earn
ing power rather than on rear or es,i-
mated physical valuation, good will,
etc.
The Bell Telephone company of
Omaha, which, through the North
western Telephone company, now con-
trolls the great majority Of North Da-
kota's wire business, seems to be
heartily in sympathy with the tax
commissions proposal, and it has it's
tax expert, Charles E.. Hall, here in
conference with Chairman Packard.
The taxation of gross earnings
probably will not greatly alter the
amount of taxes paid by public util-
tiles. but it will simplify the method
of arriving at the taxes which they
are to pay. In the case of the rail-
ways. a gross earnings tai may cut
down assessment the
amount levied this yea Minnesota,
Connecticut, Kentucky and other
states have adopted this plan. and
the public utilities generally seem to
favor it as more equitable than the
old methods. In the case Of the rail-
the state of North Dakota would be
relatively high because operating ex-
penses are comparatively low, for the
railways, the California schedule
would work out a tax rate Of about
six per cent on earnings"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-08
CAPITOL ROMANCE
STARTS in OFFICE
OF GOV. FRAZIER

Bismarck. N. D., Oct. S.-There is
a well-grounded rumor at the capitol
today to the effect that Miss Mile
Johnson. private secretary to Cover
nor Lynn J. Frazier from the late Of
his inauguration, and who prior to
tina time occupied a similar position
with President A. c. Townley Of the
Nonpartisan league, and Edwin Wood,
were married last week in Miles City.
The groom Is a son of F. B. Wood.
one of the big five Of the league, q
brother Of Howard l.. Wood, speaker
OF tho last house Of representatives
and himself q clerk Of the house Of
representatives.
An attachment was formed be-
tween the popular young couple dur
ing the legislative session and friends
have been anticipating such a step.
The report that the wedding has ac-
tually taken place is not a surprise
therefore to those who know Mr.. and
Mrs. Wood. It Is understood that for
the present at least Mrs. Wood will
retain her position in the governors
office, where she has distinguished
herself by a display of efficiency and
rare tact in a rather difficult position.
All Of the Woods are on the league
payroll, Edwin Wood being engaged
as a lecturer. Howard Wood as Nom
partisan league state manager, and
their father as one of the five direc-
tors who control the destinies of the
organization in this state.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-08
REAL ESTATE
TAXES TO Be
$~l6,540,226
Grand Forks Sounty Second
in Land Valuations-Cass
County First.

Bismarck. N. d., Oct. s.-North
Dakota this year will collect $16.-
540,226 in cal estate taxes on an ac-
tual valuation Of $~912,832,818, as
sessed at $349,734,201. according to
q table just prepared by Chairman
F.. f. Packard of the state tax COM
mission. showing the actual value Of
acre property in the .barious counties.
arrived at by assuming that the tax
the capital value Of properly re sss '''
Cass is shown to be the richest
county In the state. with a land val
uation Of $~46,878.085l Grand Forks
ranks second, with $40,542,275; Ward
third with $~85,918,741, and Stutsman
fourth with $%36,198,074. Morton
county's acreage is valued at 1884,
S43.379. and Barnes at $~28,135,030.
Cass is the only county in the state
whose land taxes exceed a million. It
pays this year $1,162, 800. Grand
Forks county pays $s2s,7s1.
Sioux county is. the least wealthy
being shown at s1,423.315, and its
more important counties have land
values as follows: Benson. $1s,-
Burke, %sf2,54e,63s; Burieigh, 81,
621,321; Cavalier, $24. 829.1 ISL; Dickey
$17,92O.12O; Dunn, $13,3O0,639; Di-
vide. s17,S01.026; Emmons -~s20,s42,-
232; LaMoure. s~19,873,54O; McHenry,
$22.354,92s; Mckenzie. $12,180, 9S3;
Mclean, $~19,442,513; Mountrail, $15,-
748.626: Nelson. $~15,942,217; Pembina
$1s.S96,S40; Ramsey. $22,3S5 ,82S;
Ransom, $~1s.153,957; Renville, $14,-
925,877; Richland, $27.602, IA; Town
er, SIC, O46. 668; Trail, $1~8,S21,152
Walsh, $~23,878,941; Wells, $20,853,-
Bill: Williams, $25,701, 2O4.
The average tax rate for 1916 is
1928 mills, and the average actual
value per acre for North Dakota is
$23.06. The average tar per acre is
42.12 cents in Cass county; 1870 cents
in Grand Forks; 1898 in Ransom,
and 34.67 cents in Trail. The aver-
age for the entire state is 41.76 cents
per acre, and the average assessed
valuation per acre, $4.98..
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-08
North Dakota News

Governor Frazier was a speaker at the
meetings in Grant and Sioux counties,
taking advantage Of his first opportu-
nifty to visit these counties, and tell
Ing from f1rst-hand information Of the
advantages Of consolidated rural
schools. Governor Frazier was one Of
the fathers OF the first consolidated
school. in Pembina county.
1T costs more: it takes the chill
dren away earlier In the morning and
keeps them out later in the evening,
but 1t is worth more, and no district
which has ever joined consolidation
Will go back to one-room schools" said
Governor Frazier.
Drs. McBrien and winship and SUI
p~erintendent Macdonald all Joined for
one day in each county in addressing
school officers meetings. The teach
ers' institutes in each county ran for
the full week.
Beginning. this morning, DR.. Nc
Brien and Superintendent Macdonald
started rural school rallies in Golden
Valley. Slope, Bowman, Adams and
Hettinger counties, while DR.. McBrien,
Miss Helen Sullivan, assistant state
superintendent. and A. p. Hollis Of
the extension department Of the Agri-
cultural college will address rallies in
Burke. Renville, Bottineau, Towner
and Cavalier counties.