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Evening star., 1917-08-21
U. S. TO MINT MORE
MINOR SILVER COINS
Government Pays 81 Cents an Ounce,
the Highest Price
on Record.

To increase capacity of mints for
coming subsidiary silver. now at the
limit. a meeting of the heads of the
the government refineries at Denver.
New York and San Francisco has been
called by Director Baker at San Fran
cisco September 12.
i General revision of the working
schedule. addition of more employees and
other changes will be discussed.
The highest price ever paid by the
government for silver was recorded to-
day in the purchase of a large guam
tity at 81 cents an ounce for coinage.
This is an increase of more than so per
cent since the war started.
Evening star., 1917-08-21
APPEALS BOARD.

Lack OF a quorum prevented the Dis
trict board of appeals from holding its
scheduled session this morning The
board will meet Thursday. when a num-
ber of cases Will be passed on.
An appeal on behalf of the eleven
members of the fire department drawn
in the draft has been filed with the
board by Fire Chief Wagner. who states
that their removal from the service
would seriously impair the efficiency o:
the department a similar appeal. it is
understood. will be filed by Maj. Pull
man on behalf of sixteen policemen
Evening star., 1917-08-21
BRITISH LOSSES IN WEEK
ARE PLACED AT 14.243

LONDON. August 21-British casual
ties reported in the week ending today
total 1928 officers and men. OF this
number 2.S73 soldiers lost their lives
The detailed figures follow:
Killed and died of wounds: officers,
325; men, 2.54S. Total. 2,s77
Wounded and missing: officers, SAG:
men, 1854. Total. 1870.
Total casualties, 14243
Evening star., 1917-08-21
MAY CHANGE ORDER As 70 :
ExEMPTING MARRIED MEM
Believed President WIN Recomms16
Notifications in Departments
Drastic Attitude.

Although It will possibly be severax
days before an ofiicial announcement 80
made concerning the exemptions OF
married men. there is q strong opinion
expressed in Official circles that Presi-
dent Wilson will write to Secretary
Baker recommending modincations In
the present drastic attitude OF the war
Department toward drafted mon with
families. It is quite likely that men
with dependent families viii be ex-
empted in every case. unless they are
wealthy. Under Gen. Crowder's rule.
no married man is exempt II It 10 pos
sible that either his parents or his
wife's parents seem able to look after
the family left at homo by the drafted
soldier.
This latter ruling has been the subA
ject of much criticism. especially, on
Capitol Hill. where every mail brings
scores of complaints directed against
this rule. Senator Weeks of Massa-
chusetts has been especially active
against the rule, and recently received
hint from the President which SCENE
ed to indicate that considerable lenis
ency would be recommended.
Evening star., 1917-08-21
War officials Attitude.

II there is to be any modification OF
the present rigid rulings of the provost
marshal general regarding exemptions
of married men from draft, 1t Is known
only to President Wilson, who alone
has authority to alter or modify those
regulations.
The War Department SO far. basing
its ruling on what II interprets as tha
intention of Congress in passing the
draft law. has gone on the theory that
a mans exemption was based on a con-
dition of dependency rather than on
the mere condition Of marriage. The
department still holds to that view and
Will urge 1t upon the President
Evening star., 1917-08-21
Senate Approves Nominations.

The Senate yesterday confirmed nomi
nations of former Representative Vic
tor Murdoch of Kansas to the Fedora
Trade Commission. and all except two O
nearly 200 major generals and brigadiei
generals recently named by Presiden
Wilson.
The Senate also has confirmed tn.
nomination of Clarence Ousley ans
Raymond \. Pearson to be assistan
secretaries of agriculture.
Evening star., 1917-08-21
BRITISH MAKE ANOTHER
AIR RAID OVER BELGIUM

LONDON. August 21.-Another Of the
series of aerial raids over Belgiun}
which have been made at frequent In
tervals for some time was carried out
Sunday night. The following report
was made by the admiralty:
AT about midnight August 1920 the
royal naval air service dropped many
tons of bombs on the Middelkerko
dump and the Burgeoise works. All
the machines returned safely" T.
Evening star., 1917-08-21
Nearly 1900 Accepted.

Nearly 1000 men had been accepted
for service in the National Army UP to
noon today. figures from the eleven To-
cal boards showing LII men available
for service. obtained from 4.031 called.
1920 of whom actually appeared for eN-
animation. OF the examined men l.5S6
were thrown out on account of phys
ical disability and by having exemption
claims approved. There are $50 cases
awaiting action on the part of the local
boards
The detailed figures. by divisions.
follow.
Evening star., 1917-08-21
TODAY'S ENLISTMENTS.
rny.

Charles L. Burke, Greenville, S C.
Joseph q. O'Malley. 1410 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest.
Preston c. Murphy. Ambar. Va.
Robert W. Pullman, III 10th street
southwest
Jack +. Roberts, fredericksburg, Va
John j. Hirshman. S09 Z street north
west.
Andrew j. Scruggs, Greenville, S. c.
Lyston T. Hough. Mount Rainier. Nd.
Elton Y. Deighton, Rozell, Kan.
Sd District Infantry.
Andry Brown, 131 1st street north
west.
Evening star., 1917-08-21
PLANNING TO SEND
FIRST DRAFT MEN
Exemption Boards Busy With
Preparations for Septem-
ber 5 Departures.
OTHER DATES ARE CHANGED

Local exemption boards now are
turning their attention toward prepara
tion for the departure. September ), Of
the first so per cent of the District OF
Columbia's quota of the new National
Army. Several Of the boards today met
and appointed representatives to at
tend the meeting in the District build
ing Thursday night, when final plans
will be made for sending the troops
away.
The provost marshal general has an
nounced that the dates for the dis
patching of the second so per cent had
been changed from September Is to 70
and the third 30 per cent from Septem-
her 80 TO october ;. The time for send
ing away the remaining 10 per cent has
not yet been determined.
Evening star., 1917-08-21
DIVISION NO. 7.

\ meeting Of the members of the
poard or the seventh division, head
quarters at Western High SCHOOL, has
been called for tomorrow afternoon at
Q clock TO consider exemption claims
Evening star., 1917-08-21

T't'L1.o2s 4.0s1 1920 1,177 1,5s6
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-01
Will Reopen Advance Mine.

Pueblo.-The abnormal price of sill
yer and metals is stirring the mining
Industries throughout the state with
the result that at least one company,
which has not been active during the
past year is planning to reopen opera
tions. The Advance Mine and Milling
Company, owned and controlled by
Pueblo business men, is making
preparations to reopen operations at
its mine in Ohio City, Colo, within ths
next month. The mine has been idle
for the past year, although favorable
specimens of ore were taken from the
company's property.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-01
HOME GARDENING BAND
WILL RAISE CROPS WORTH $4,000
AT IDAHO SPRINGS.
Handsome Showing Made with Pota-
toes and Vegetables, and Not
Single Failure Reported.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver-Idaho Springs home gar
dening band" will raise from $4,000
to $4,000 worth of potatoes and 9TH
er vegetables this season.
That handsome showing is due to
the offer of the Water company OF
free water and it's campaign to per-
suade residents to utilize every par
ticle of space possible for gardening
purposes.
81 inspected scores of gardens in
Idaho Springs this week." said Mrs.
Martha A. Shute, formerly secretary
of the State Horticultural Board. Not
In single instance was there failure,
and in many instances homes have
been supplied for the first time from
their own gardens. | would estimate
the potato and other vegetables grown
by reason of the 'corner-lot campaign
will total from $4,000 to $4,000.
Mayor Moscript gave his individual
attention to creating interest, and
other city officials entered into the
spirit of the campaign. Maps were
made showing all vacant lots and
seeds were supplied. 1t is expected
the city will fertilize the ground this
winter and intensive gardening, even
on a more enlarged scale, will be the
order next spring.
James Underwood, mining engineer
at Idaho Springs and leader of the
intensive gardening clan, is setting
record in the cultivation of scarlet
runner beans.
On the site of an old placer mine,
fifty by twenty-five feet, he has scien-
tifically fertilized the soil and devel-
oped a mass of vines 110 feet long
and fourteen feet high. 1t is declared
by experts to be one of the best ex-
amples of gardening in Colorado.
Incidentally, scarlet runner beans
are more than an ornament. Mr.. I'm
derwood grows the beans, picks them
and cans them.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-01
Fuel Men Protest Coal Prices.

beaverton the ground that the at
the-mine prices given by President
Wilson in his coal-price-regulating
proclamation are not based on any in
vestigation of coal production in Colo
RADIO, that they are confiscatory, with
out due process of law, and, therefore.
not in accordance with the constitu-
ton of the United States, leading Colo
RADIO operators protested to the Presi-
dent and say that rather than con-
tinue operation under the Presidents
urices they will close down.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-01
FOREIGN

Former premier Of Dussia seriously
Ill in prison.
Kerensky is determined to save new
Russian republic.
Marquis Okuma, former premier Of
Japan, is seriously i'll.
Factories burn in Petrograd and
over hundred persons perish.
German reply to Pope's peace pro
posal expected within few days.
President Wilson's message to the
Russian conference read by Premier
Kerensky electrified that assembly.
A tax of 5 mills on the dollar has
been placed on the capital OF all pri-
vate charitable institutions in Mexico,
effective in September.
A vote of confidence in the govern
ment was passed in parliament at
Athens at the conclusion of the de-
bate on the speech from the throne.
From dictator of rich South Amer
lean nation to plain tiller of the soil
is the long step in the Kaleidoscope
career of Cipriano Castro, late Of
Venezuela.
Annexation of large amounts of ter
ritory will be insisted upon by Bull
garia. according to an interview with
Premier Radoslavoff as published in
a Budapest newspaper.
The Greek steamship Nea-Ellas, a
vessel of 3.517 tons gross register
which left Baltimore May 20, with a
cargo of grain for Italy, was sunk
June In the Mediterranean by a
German submarine.
The second general sitting of the
national conference was held in Mos
COW. Gen. Korniloff, the comman-
der-in-chief, entered the hall in COM
pany with Premier Kerensky. His
appearance was the signal for pro
longed cheers.
Art treasures and pictures valued
at 100000 rubles have been stolen
from the great historical museum OF
the late Grand Duke Michael Nichol.
aievitch in Petrograd. A painting by
Corregio valued at 100000 rubles was
among the articles taken.
The next invasion of the reaches of
the far north will be made by aero
plane, according to Donald B. McMil-
Ian, the American explorer, who
reached Sydney, n. s., on the rescue
ship Neptune in command of Capt
Bob Bartlett.
Eleven hundred young Slav volun
teers, Just arrived from America, were
reviewed at Marseilles by Gen. Drude
and Admiral Allemand. The review
was a brilliant spectacle, each COM
pany marching by a stand from which
floated one or another of the entente
flags, while a dirigible circled over
head
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-01
Ranch Owner sued for Heart Balm.

Pueblo.-A $4,000 breach of prom
ise suit was filed in the District Court
here by Grace Hazel Donald against
Charles Herbert Beecher, a widely
known Pueblo county rancher. Miss
Donald says in her complaint that
Beecher promised to marry her sew
eral years ago when the pair was in
New York City. Since then he has re-
peated the promise, she alleged, but
has failed to keep 1t.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-01
Neither state Fair Nor Show.

Pueblo.-At a meeting here the
Commerce Club and business men
Cancelled the show intended to be held
as a substitute for the annual Colo
RADIO State Fair. The fair was called
off owing to the grounds being used
by the soldiers at Camp Gunter Now
it is learned that even an amusement
program would be impossible.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-01
Policeman Kills AGED Man in Battle.

Pueblo-Dolores Vera, GO years old,
was shot and killed in a battle with
Patrolman Charles Wolther. Wolther
had his right hand broken in two
places. Vera seized the officers club
and attacked him. Wolther then shot
Vera through the chest, killing him in
stantly.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-01
Two Die in Auto Wreck.

Pueblo. N. Barnard, a prominent
business man of Fowler, and a COM
panion believed to be Harry Hilvitz,
address unknown, were instantly
killed when an automobile they were
driving plunged into a twenty-five foot
ravine twenty-five miles south of
Pueblo
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-01
Grange Secretary Resigns.

Denver.-Rudolph Johnson, secre-
tary of the Colorado State Grange AS
sociation, resigned and Otis Scruggs
was chosen to fill his place until his
term of office expires. Johnson will
enter the officers training camp at
Fort sheridan
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-01
Lonamont Pioneer Passes Away.

Longmont.- A. Turner, 81
years old, died at the home of his son,
John Turner, eight miles northeant of
Longmont He had been sufferer
from paralysis and had been an in
valid for several years.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-01
SPORTING NEWS

James ]. Corbett, former heavy
weight champion of the world, was
named as chairman of the war de-
partment on athletic instruction,
which will teach boxing to the SOL
ments.
Corporal Bowen won the feature
race of the regular weekly sport car
nival at Washington park in Denver.
He swan across the lake in three
minutes ten seconds, one second
ahead of Shrimp Wilson; and Sailor
st. James was a close third.
That age is no bar to participation
in golf again has been demonstrated,
when G. S. Archer of Glendale, Cal,
an S0-year-old veteran of the game,
turned in the best card for the first
day of play in Red Cross tourna-
ment held at the municipal links at
Los Angeles.
GENERAL
Over 100 vessels soon are to be
taken from the Great lakes to the
Atlantic coast to increase the ocean
tonnage.
TIL first per cent of Americas ma
tional army will comprise men of pre-
vious military training, cooks and
others schooled in camp organization
work.
mo one can say how long this war
will last, but one fact more important
than a guess is that, no matter
whether long or short, the quickest
way out of it is straight through it"
William Jennings Bryan won a storm
of applause on this declaration at
Chicago during Chautauqua address.
An appeal to the mayors of the cit
les in the United States was issued
by the Lafayette National Day COM
mittee, which announces that on this
holiday, Sept. 9Th, the victory of the
Marine is to be celebrated, as well as
the birth of the French hero of our
revolution.
Free insurance for the members Of
the societies comprising the National
Fraternal Congress of America during
the time they are at the front was the
recommendation made by /. /. Boak Of
picoiuChI VI thc Coh6icpo, ih
an address delivered before the fourth
annual convention held recently in
Chicago.
Mrs. G. C. Horwitz, first woman
mayor of the South, has been ap-
pointed major on the personal staff
of Governor Cats of Florida. She
was deputized to go to Washington
to consult with President Wilson on
the increased production of foodstuffs.
She is mayor of Morehaven.
Two deputy sheriffs are dead and
another man is dying as the result Of
a gun fight in a saloon at Mosquero,
N. M.
Japanese special ambassador places
wreath on tomb of George Washing
ton.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-22
Ear of Corn BRINGS 500.

Pettis county closed the most sue
cessful corn show in it's history at
Sedalia recently. An ear of corn
which secured the sweepstakes, and
which was grown by William Romig
of neal Dresden, was sold for 500 at
auction at the close of the show. 1t
was purchased by the citizens of
Hughesville and Houstonia. The 500
was donated to the Red Cross chap
ters of those two towns. The first
bushel of prize corn was pur-
chased by Representative McAninch
for SIS. Another bushel was bought
by several Sedalians for 500, which
was also donated to the Red Cross
chapter here. The prize ear of corr
which sold for 500 contained an even
1000 grains. 1t was perfect and will
be taken to Columbia for experimental
purposes.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-22
The STATES ROADS
Missouri Has One Mile in Each
Fourteen of the Highways
Hard Surfaced.
SHOWN BY AFEDERAL REPORT
Dean Mccaustland Of State University
Says Figures Compare Favor
ably With Other States.

The Division of Economics, U. S.
Office of Public Roads and Rural En-
cheering, recently published figures
on the expenditures of the various
states in 1916 for roads and bridges.
Dean E. j.. McCaustland of the Uni
versity of Missouri has studied the re-
port to see how Missouri's activities
compare with those of adjoining
states.
State funds expended under the SUI
pervision of the State Highways De-
partment for the year amount to $4S2,-
$50, of which S279,54S was used in con-
struction, $19S,226 in maintenance,
and S1O,OS5 in administration, Dean
McCaustland found. The Division es-
Inmates that the local bridge and road
expenditures not under the State
Highway Department amounted to ap-
proximately $500, 600. In the matter
Of maintenance it is estimated that
5000 miles were kept in repair by
state aid during the year; also it was
estimated that $500, 900 would be avail
able from state funds for all purposes
for 1917.
THE bare statement of these fig
ures, however, is likely to convey very
little information unless we give some
consideration to the total mileage in
the state and also the proportion of
this total which has received atten-
ton in the way of special surfacing,"
says the University engineer. The
available figures indicate that the to-
tai of all public rural roads in the
state approximate $4,000. of which
somewhat more than 1000 or ~ per
cent are surfaced. In comparison with
adjoining states Missouri makes a
reasonably fair showing in this regard,
since Iowa is credited with only l
per cent of surfaced roads, Kansas
with l $40, Illinois 10, Arkansas 8,
and Nebraska l 7-1O.
THE Missouri state-aid law was
passed in 1907, and up to January l,
1917, more than s2,25O,O00 of state
funds had been expended for road
work. There is no doubt that under
the new organization Of our Highway
Department and with the Federal aid
future funds will be much more eff
fectively used than has been possible
in the past"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-22
HELP WANTED,

Colored laborers with small families
for Sunny Side, Utah, to pull and load
coke. Wages $2.40 per oven. Good
workers can earn 1920 per day by
loading three ovens. Four room cot.
tages with electric lights and run
ming water a be rented for $500
monthly or $500 a room. Groceries
and other provisions are Just as cheap
as they are in Kansas City. Twenty
families have already gone and report
everything satisfactory. There are
men on these works that have earned
100000 a month. No labor trouble OF
any kind. Transportation furnished
free. For further particulars, see
Rivers, Manager Afro-American Co.
1910 e. 18th street. Bell phone, East
1872; Home, East 8O2. Will ship on
or about December Is.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-22
Candy Fatal to Missourian.

Mrs. ]. w. Roberts is dead and her
husband is fatally i'll near Kingsville,
the result of eating candy believed to
contain poison. Alma Higgins, their
niece, made molasses taffy and took
1t to school intending to present it to
her uncle and aunt. She left it in her
desk until the following day. Later
she took the candy to the home Of
her uncle. Mr.. and Mrs. Roberts and
Miss Higgins ate the taffy and all
were taken i'll, In forty-five minutes
Mrs. Roberts was dead.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-22
Service FLAG at KirksviIIe,

The service flag of the normal school
at Kirksville displays 1873 stars, rep
%resenting men in all grades of service
from General Pershing, who was grad
uated in 1880, to the rawest recruit.
Seventy-five men are in the army,
t%hirty-two in the navy, thirteen in the
medical and hospital corps, five in
aviation and signal service, four ma
rines, three field artillery, two quar-
termaster's corps, two cavalry and
n on dental reserves. Each man is
sent a copy of the school paper
weekly.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-22

We r daily warned to do nothing
that will give comfort to the enemy"
and yet 10 Negro soldiers were hang
ed and As imprisoned because they
resented the brutality and unbearable
goading of a few Southern CRACKERS"
70 "a man up a tree that remembers
Lincoln's famous saying that "a
house divided cannot stand" it looks
decidedly like giving a whole lot of
comfort as well as joy to the
enemy"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-22

Now it is reported that one of the
big Kansas City banks is finding great
difficulty in handling its Colored pat
ronage without offending its white de-
positors.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-22

Do not get the idea that the obstrep-
erous, ~big-mouthed Negro is only to
be found at the Fourth Street "Dawg-
walk" You will find him just as easily
at the big-to-do Christmas functions.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-22

1t is reported that the Ivanhoe will
cut the "Chimmie' at the big Christ
mas party at Labor Temple. In fact,
the Ivanhoe has decided to cut out all
vulgar dancing, even if it is necessary
to ask someone to go home.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-22
A crundy County Pioneer Dies.

Charles W. Scott, 81 years old, the
first settler in Grundy county, died
recently at his old homestead twelve
miles north of Trenton. Mr.. Scott
came to Missouri during the California
gold rush of 1S49.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-22
Neosho Boy a Suicide.

L. H. Price. an 1S-year-old naval re-
cruit from Neosho, committed sicide
by hanging, according to officers of
the Great Lakes Naval Training Sta
ton. who investigated circumstances
under which his body was found.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-22

Well, if it comes to the point where
in certain firms do not longer care for
Negro patronage, why not stay away
from those places? If it comes to the
point wherein a Colored man cannot
spend his money, that will be the mil
lenium.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-22

1t may happen that before this re-
lentless war is over wounded Negro
soldiers may have to be cared for at
the Wheatly-Providen Hospital. Will
you do your bit toward preparing in
advance for this probability?
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-22
A LexInoton Pioneer Dead.

James M. Peake, SO years old, is
dead at his home in Lexington. He
was born in Kentucky in 1928. He
came to Lafayette county, Missouri, in
1856. He was married to Miss Isabelle
v. Longdon in 1868.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-22

If the white people of this country
can learn to hate the Kaiser as cor
daily as they despise Sambo, the Euro.
pean war will not linger another year,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-22

'Ts Christmas time, and far and near
Kind gifts we send to those most dear,
With joyous laughter, clear and sweet,
Our friends, and all we daily greet.
But why not make this happiness last7
Make your future days as bright as the past
Take Agency of "PORO," the greatest System
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Be Independent and prosperous too, as well
as full of mirth.
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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-22

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