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ARE BACK FROM EUROPE,
BUT ARE SILENT ON TRIP
Gen. Bliss and Admiral Benson of
q. S. Mission to Paris Conference
Arrive-Col. House in New York.

Gen. Bliss, chief of the Army general
staff, and Admiral Benson, chief OF
operations in the Navy. military and
naval heads, respectively. of the United
States mission to the allied conference
in Paris. today were silent about their
trip to Europe.
Col. E. NJ. House. head of the mission,
did not come to Washington from New
York last evening with other members
Of the party. but he was expected in
Washington today to call at the White
House for conference with President
Wilson. Up to 2 o'clock he had not
been heard from at the White House
and no appointment had been made
there for him.
Gen. Bliss already has conferred with
Secretary Baker and Admiral Benson
has discussed the conference with Sec
rotary Daniels. The two cabinet mem
bsrss also were silent today about the
topics discussed.
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Voluntary Induction Plan
Will Permit Registrars
to Join Fighting Forces

Although the privilege onered them
of volunteering for military service ex-
pired December Is. registrants still
may get into many branches of Uncle
Sans fighting forces. provided they can
pass the required physical examination.
without having to wait for the draft
| summons.
The new scheme il known as the vol
untary induction plan, and it differs
from enlistment in that the draft boards
instead of the individuals get credit for
the additions thus made to the regular
units of the Army and Navy.
Under this arrangement, registrant
desiring to get into the aviation serv-
ice. for example. may apply to his local
board for examination and. in the event
of his meeting the physical require
ments. 1t becomes the duty of the board
to send him to one Of certain points
where he reports for duty.
|, Supply conditions are such that no men
at present may be indicted for service
under this method in the cavalry. field
White registrants desiring voluntary In
duction under this method must be sent by
local boards to the following points desig-
mated by tho War Department: Ayia-
Field. San Antonio. Tex; land d.
vision. Signal Corps. to Fort Leavenworth.
Kan. medical department. to medical
ofncers' training camp. Camp Fort Riley.
Kan, by boards west OF the Mississippi,
and to medical officers training camp 1T
Fort Ogiethorpe. Ga. by local boards east
of the Mississippi; Quartermaster Corps,
to Camp Joseph e. Johnston. Jacksonville.
Fla: ordnance department, to Raritan
depot, Raritan. N. j.; fiifantry, by local
boards OF Pacific states TO Fort Mcdowell,
Cal, and by all other local boards. to
Camp Greene. Charlotte, N. c. u -
1 Attention Of local boards has been di-
Quoted under this provision. which takes
THE plaza Of voluntary enlistment; are to
Be saint for greater distances ~ consider
4 able expense to the government, tho utmost
oare should be exercised ID. their physical
examination and no man -shop1d b for
warded TO any Of the Destinations men
tionsd unless II 10 quite cbrtxtht that al
Be- physically accspkabls for military serv-
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COMMITTEE HEARS
HOOvER'S REQUEST
Food Administrator Wants to
Make Statement on
Sugar Conditions.

Food Administrator Hoover person
ally appeared today at the Senate com
mittee Investigation OF the sugar
shortage and asked to make a state
ment OF his version Of conditions. The
COMMITTEES, after considering the re-
quest in executive session, went on
with the questioning OF President
SpreckeIs of the Federal Sugar Rein
ing Company. one OF the food admin
istrator's chief critics. without an
nouncing any decision on Mr.. HooSer's
request The food administrator then
left tho committee room.
They refused to allow us to cross
examine witnesses" said Mr.. Hoover,
''while the committee was holding the
executive session. These sugar men
have been fghting among themselves
for twenty-five years, and now they
want to hammer the food administra-
tons back to air their dinerences.
to tell of real conditions"
Mr.. Spreckels said that IL this years
crop Of western beet sugar had been
allowed to come east there would have
been an abundance OF sugar. The
refined price for beet sugar, he said,
had been set by the food administration
atlas at all ports this fall. Conse-
Quent1y the western refiners sold an the
west to escape the freight charges to
eastern ports. The freight was not
considered by the food administration.
he said.
He reiterated that at the time his re-
fnery was about to close because OF
lack of supplies 10000 tons OF raw
cane sugar was held by the Cali
fornia-Hawaiian Company and the
western Refining Company and that
George NJ. Rolph, president Of the FOR
mer and director of the sugar DIVISION
~ the food administration, declined to
allow any Of It to come east. His rea-
son, the witness said. was that the
western refineries must be kept run
ming until the new Hawaiian crop came
in
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LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

The following is the report of the live
stock meat trade conditions here by the
bureau of markets. Department of Agri-
culture:
Beef-Fresh, receipts moderate, some
cars yet to be unloaded. market opening
strong to soc higher. demand active:
sters. receipts moderate. market steady
to a shade higher, demand brisk: cows.
receipts heavy. market opening strong.
demand improving; bulls. receipts mod
crate. market strong, demand limited.
Veal-Supply moderate. market open
ing quiet at last weeks close. demand
fair
Pork-Receipts liberal market barely
steady. early trade very light
Lamb-Receipts very light market
about 800 higher. demand brisk.
Mutton - Supply moderate. market
steady at Fridays close, demand fair.
CHICAGO. December D.-Hogs-Re-
ceipts. 32: 600 head: Arm; bulk. LIZA
1925: light. 16.36a16.10: mixed. LISA
1910: heavy. 15.65al6.40: rough. 16.66a
1880; pigs, 11.00a13.60.
Cattle-Receipts, Il. 900 head: firm; ma
tive steers, 7.25a1&.&o: western steers.
6.25ai2.s0: tstocieers and feeders. 6.16a
1875; cows and heifers. 5.00a1Ll0;
calves. 9.00als.25.
saaSssg JsiisssS.i a nsse aasd s
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Grain, Produce,
Cotton Markets.
GRAIN AND Provisions.

CHICAGO, December 17.-Increased
notices of consignments today eased
down the corn market. Some enlarge
ment Of receipts counted also as a
bearish factor. Besides, more moderate
Temperatures indicated that chances
were improving for an accumulation Of
stocks. Opening prices. which ranged
from unchanged figures to Aah lower
with January 1:2lA a1.2lA and May
1194to 11eA, were followed by declines
all around. though not OF radical sort.
Shutting off export inquiry had a
bearish effect on oats. In addition, the
market sympathized with the weakness
of corn.
Firmness of hog quotations gave
strength to provisions. Ribs especially
In. Ia,,, a frer, chn rfc
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CAPT. BLUE Is SENTENCED.
Gets Loss Of Twenty Numbers for
Ships Grounding in Home Waters.

Capt. Victor Blue, who commanded an
American superdreadnaught which re.
Gently ran aground in home waters
was sentenced by. court-martial to loss
Of twenty numbers, but Admiral Mayo
commander of the Atlantic feet. ret.
commended that II be reduced to ten.
Capt Blue. enc of the best known
younger ofncers Of the Navy, 10 undei
review for promotion by the board now
in session to recommend some new
rear admirala,
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THREE IN|D|cTEDAS
DRAFT V|O[ATORs
Frederick H. Brigham, His
Wife and William Everett
Are involved.


The grand jury today returned three
indictments for alleged violations OF the
selective draft act. Frederick II. Brig
ham. twenty-five years old, fs charged
with making false statements at his
registration, and in subsequent appli-
cation for exemption. His wife.
Florence NJ. Brigham, is alleged to have
made misstatements in a paper filed in
support Of her husbands claim for ex-
emption. William Everett. colored. was
indicted as Stacker
The BAghams have left Washington.
1t is stated. Everett is in custody and
admitted, it Is reported. when arraigned
in Police Court, that he neglected to
register June 5.
According to the indictment against
Frederick H. Brigham, he registered
with local board No. 2 at the Dunbar
School June s, and reported himself
single, giving his age as twenty-five
years. August 30 last. it Isl said, he
made application for exemption and
gave as his reason a dependent wife.
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peopIe of the states are best served by
prohibition or regulation"
voked a controversy in every state
which win necessarily divert the SPLEEN
did unanimity of the American people
toward the winning of the war" He
said the great body Of Americana. not
those who are in the liquor business.
not those radically and professionally
engaged in fighting that business. want
to leave the whole matter just as II Is
now.
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Reiterated Marriage Statement.

In subsequent statements made to
the exemption board September IL, Is
and 10. it is charged. he reiterated a
statement that he was married June
%. 1915. and in support Of his claim
presented copies Of marriage license
and marriage certificate purporting to
show that he had been married at the
time stated.
Investigation by the board disclosed
that the wedding had been solemnfsed
June 20 of this year after the registra-
ton day Inspection of the marriage
license and the certificate displayed, II
is asserted, evidence of "doctoring.'
The word Seventeen on the license
would seem to have been erased and
the word sixteen" substituted.
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WEATHER.

For the District Of Columbia, partly
cloudy tonight; tomorrow, snow. with
rising temperature; variable winds, be-
coming southerly.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings OF
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four
hours beginning at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-Yeste pm. "a:
Is pm. %; IL midnight, 81: today. 4
am, 81: S am, %; IL noon, 26; pm.
80 Maximum, 20. at 2 pm. today: min
imum, 81, at pm. today.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum, 40; minimum, IA.
Observation-Disclosures 4 pm. 1866
8 pm, 30.67: IL midnight. 1866: today.
am, 3o.65; s am, 30.6S: IL noon,
so. IS; pm, 1864.
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The Dry States.

The following states are dry" as a
whole: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas.
Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa. Kan
sas. Maine. Mississippi, Nebraska,
North Carolina, North Dakota. Okla
jhoma Oregon. Rhode Island. South
jCarolina, South Dakota, Tennessee.
Vermont. Virginia. Washington and
West Virginia
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BAR SILVER auoTA4YoNs.

NEW YORK. December 17.-Bar silver
was quoted unchanged at SSH per ounce
today.
43d per ounce; money. per cent; dis
count rates short bills. ~ per cent: three
month bills, & y per cent
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Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
Condition of the Water.

at am: Great Falls-Temperature
80; condition, rs. Dalecarlia reservoir
Temperature, 80; condition at north
connection. s: condition at south con-
nectfon, g. Georgetown distributing
neutrality-suspicious. 80: condition
at infiuent gatehouse, 10; condition at
effiuent gatehouse, 8.
Weather in Various Cities.
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COTTON MARKET.

Fifty-four persons sustained injuries
Yesterday when q train on the Duluth
and Iron. Range railroad left the rails
It HiD6da1e. MINI. ---..---. 49, .------.
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WILL UNITE KNOTS IN
EXCESS PROFITS TAX
By I. a. r1Enrra.

Announcement is made to the effect
that the Treasury Department will
soon issue q series Of rulings on the ex-
cess profits section Of the revenue act.
which will simplify many OF the knotty
problems which business men and at
torneys have been wrestling with for
many days.
The suggestion is also made that all
queries to the internal revenue bureau,
pending these rulings, be withheld.
Some lawyers have held that these
matters were plain and readily under
standable: others that they were too
complex for even q Philadelphia MEM
Der of the bar. while trust companies
have, in many cases. put the whole
matter up to the revenue bureau.
It is understood that some Of the
ISOLATION were, counting on bringing
the problems before the regular monen-
1y meeting OF that ORGANIZATION To-
night, but these questions. one and ALL
may now wait for the rulings.
Bank Elections.
All national banks, some trust com.
panies and savings institutions VIII
elect their directors Tuesday, January
s. So far as known there will be no
important cnAHBeS HI ttic ioSeSt Va s~AAJ
of the larger institutions There are
some vacancies in boards of directors
to be filled. but. as a rule II VIII De a
case of reelection for nearly all presi-
dents and junior officials.
Home Savings Bank Election.
The annual election of the Home Saw
ings Bank resulted in the reelection of
ali directors and officers, as follows:i
The directors elected were: William
Burch. Alex. S. Clarke. Anthony Gae.
.gIer. John B. Geier. NJ. G. Gibbs. J. P.
Hermann, r. II. johnson. c. Kattel-
MANN G.. Percy McGlue. William Miller,
Howard Moran. John H. Rupert, B. r.
Saul, W. e. Shannon, James F. Shea and
Oficers were chosen as follows: B. F.
Saul, president; Howard Moran. vice
president: James F. Shea. vice presl-
dent; Alex. 8. Clarke. secretary; F. @.
Addison. jr., treasurer; e. E. Swan, as
sistant treasurer; D. g. Venables, as
sistant treasurer, and II. w. Ireland.
assistant treasurer.
Bankers Committee Formed.
Warren s. Hayden of Cleveland.
president of the Investment Bankers
Association. has appointed the follow
ing a committee to investigate and con-
slider the question of the conservation
of capital in its relation to the prose-
cution of the war: Allen B. Forbes.
chairman; ~ FeuFoSo k1aioWS lAs - ~
McEldowney. II. L. Stuart and w. X.
Compton
On the Local Stock Market.
Business on today's session Of the
local stock exchange was confined to
q few shares of washington Gas At o.
and $500 SIS, of the same corporation.
at s71s,a slight decline.
Indifference was generally shown to
the whole list, very many stocks ana
bonds going without bid prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-17

Two Maine women recently passed
the federal examination for ship mas
ter's licenses.
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CROWDS JAM HOUSE
TO GLIMPSE BITTER
BATTLE ON BACCHUS

fcontinued from First rage.)
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LETTERS CAUSE WOMAN'S
INDICTMENT AS HORGER
Sale of D. C. House Results IN Grim.
inal Charge
Others Indicted.

Nettie S. Wheeler, said to be a real
estate operator. was indicted today by
the grand jury on a charge Of forgery.
1t is alleged she forged the name Of
Mrs. Julia G. Scott, former president
of the D. A. R.. and Of Mrs. Frank P.
Mitchell, wealthy resident Of Hamil-
ton. Mass. to certain letters.
The use to which the alleged forgeries
were put is set forth In the indict-
ment. 1t is claimed Mrs. Wheeler was
negotiating last April a sale of house
No. 1915 Q street northwest to Mrs.
Scott from the husband Of Mrs. Mitchell
insisted that certain hangings and TX
lures should be included In the purchase
price. and 1t Is alleged that the &C
cused signed the name Of Mrs. Mitchell
to a letter agreeing to the terms pro-
posed by Mrs. Scott.
A letter purporting to be signed by Mrs.
Scott. 1t Is charged. was written and sent
to Mrs. Mitchell. in which Mrs. Scott Is
made to say that she was willing to pur-
chase the various articles in question at
nominated prices.
Kept Women in Ignorance.
BY the interchange of the letters. it is
fntimated. the accused kept the two
women in ignorance of the actual condi-
tons and brought about the sale Of the
real estate.
The indictment is based on the pro-
vision of the code which forbids the
letter which may be used to the preju-
dice of another, The value Of the hang
m ngs as a aSaa. i given in the ndiet
The indictment does not disclose how
much each of the parties to the real es-
tate transaction lost by reason Of the
alleged forgeries.
Indicted for Embezzlement.
William C. Moore, former receiving
teller of the Union Savings Bank. is
charged with embezzlement in an in
dictment reported today. 1t is charged
that In June last he appropriated to
money.
Others indicted and the offenses
charged are:
George Henry Terry, assault to kill;
Louise A. Smith, John r. Hurdle, Ma
thaniel Taylor. Milton Blackwell, Wal
ter Gorham, Bessie Jackson and Elmer
NJ. Duyall. grand larceny; Howard r..
Hawkins. carna1 knowledge; Darrell
Price, grand larceny; Vincent Schley
ana August Wolf. carnal knowledge;
Ludwig H. Berner. selling mortEaged
property; Roscoe Proctor, grand lar
ceny, accessory after fact and receiving
stolen property: Roy Jackson, assault
Win oAhee1ous weapon: Preston q.
Gibson, earnal knowledge; John Porter.
adultery; Vondeil Fisher, rape.
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Bankers' Committee Formed.
On the Local stock Market.

Business on todays session OF the
local stock exchange was confined to
a few shares Of Washington Gas at "a
and $500 SIS, of the same corporation.
at 81 n, slight decline.
Indifference was generally shown to
the whole list, very many stocks ana
bonds going without bid prices.
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SEEK
ADVANCE QUERIES
Draft Boards, However, Are
Unable to Grant Requests
at Office.
LAW DEMANDS
MAIL

Local boards today refused to give
questionnaires to registrants out of
their "order number"
Numbers of men applied to the vari-
Gus boards to be allowed to fill out their
questionnaires at once, without waiting
until they receive them in the twenty.
day mailing schedule.
The board in all cases refused to
grant this privilege. as the new selec-
tive service regulations specifically
state the boards shall mail the ques-
tionniarss to one-twentieth, or S per
cent. Of the regtstrants within its
Jurisdiction for twenty days. The first
mailing day was Saturday, and the
last, according to the regulations, will
be January 8. 1918.
There is no section of the resula-
lions giving local boards the privilege
Of allowing a registrant to come to
his local board and obtain a COPY OF
the QUESTIONABLE and fill it out at his
pleasure.
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Must Be Mailed.

Local boards are required in all cases
to transmit the questionnaires by mall.
They must receive q receipt from the
city postmaster for every questionnaire
sent out day by day. II. in any case,
a local board should give a registrant
a copy Of the questionnaire out of his
regular order number the board
would then be unable to get receipt
from the city postmaster.
Registrars, by inquiry OF their local
board. may find the date. when they
will receive their copy OF the ques-
tfonnaire. Practically all the boards
ing the i"order numbers" covered in
each days mailing from now until jan
uary 8.
Members of the legal advisory board
today, but had little to do. since few
registrants called for advice. It is be.
lieved, beginning tomorrow or next
call around" for help.
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Washington Stock Exchange

SALES,
wilmington Gas, 10 1t 81. II at 50. at "a.
washington Gas IS, 1000 At 97h, 500 At
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winter patents. 1050a10.75: winter
straights, 10.15ai0.50; Kansas straights
l10.65a11.10. Pork-Unsettled; mess, 52.5(
a53.80; family, 54.00a55.00: short clear
S1soaSi.So. Hidesgsteady: Bosota, II
Central America. 40 Leather-Firm
hemlock soles. overweights No. l, 81
Raw sugar nominal; centrifugal, 670
lated, s.15a8.35 |; cut loaf, s.65ass5 crush
molasses, $50; refined steady; fine granu-
cd, 9. 4OaS SO. mold A. s.s5as.ss cubes
powdered. s.soas.5o; diamond A. s.1sa
S.35; confectioners' A, S.05a8.25; No. J.
B. 00as.20.
Special Dispatch to The star.
BALTIMORE, Md, December II Il pm
quota tions) .-Wheat-Spot. No. 2, rec
soft. 2.22; spot No. red, PA; receipts
1885 bushels; exports. 6s,S13; receipts
standard white. S5k asked; No. 3 white
IS asked: receipts, S3,497 bushels. Rye
STEADY: No. western export. 1877 " &
1.ss: receipts, 22.404 bushels; exports
i204.164. Hay--Steady; No. 1 timothy
1880 asked; no clover: mixed. 27.00s
27.59. Grain freights not quotable.
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK. December 1.-THE cot
ton market opened steady today at an
newal of the covering and trade buy
| ing which had been q progress at the
deal Of wall street and local selling:
however. and the market soon turned
sssier With January easing ing OF q e from 7,
| Futures opened steady; December
2aso; sJsalnuaaryy; SSss.Ssss ; March. $3.50
After selling off to $3.50 for January
and ss.1a for March, with the genera
| list showing net declines of about 1;
| to % points, the market steadied OF
rumora that private ginning returns
| showed a very sharp falling off for thu
| period Trade interests were good buy.
| ers particularly of May, and there were
/ rallies of Is or 20 points late in The
morning.
NEW ORLEANS, December FLU.
| lures opened steady. Opening bid
January, $3.50 asked; March, 21.50
May. 2738 asked; July, 1926 asked
October. $500.
Bullish predictions concerning the
gave the market better tone after
the decline had been carried to a level
Is to 10 points under last weeks close
At noon prices were at a net advance
of IA to Is points.
DAIRY MARKETS.
CHICAGO. December 17.-Butter-
Steady; creamery, 3Sa49.
Eggs-Higher: receipts, 4.357 cases:
firsts. 51a53; ordinary firsts. 44a49; at
mark, cases included. 44a51.
/ Potatoes-Lower; receipts. 20 cars
Wisconsin. Michigan and Minnesota.
bulk, 1.75aI 80; do. sacks. 1.s0a1.95.
Poultry-Aliye higher; fowls. 1Sa22
springs, 20.
NEW YORK, December l7-Butter-
Firm; receipts 4,421 tubs: creamery
higher than extras, 50ha51 :: creamery
extras coz score). So tirsts, 44a49; Sec
onds, 41a44.
| Eggs-Strong: receipts. 1876 cases
freGh gathered extras. 63a64 extra frsts
6las2; frsts, 5sa60; seconds, 54a57; re-
frigerator special marks. 39ha40: re-
| fitgera,or frsts, 3Sa39: state, Pennsyi-
vana and nearby western hennery whites
| fine to fancy. 70a72; state, Pennsylvania
and nearby hennery browns, Sass.
| Cheese-Firm receipts, 155 boxes
state. fresh specials. 23k a23R do.
| average run. 23a23A.
| Poultry-Live. strong; no prices quoted
| Dressed. strong: chickens, 22a35; fowls
| 19a29. turkeys. 25a42
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Finish in Sixty Days.

Some idea of the tremendous task on
which local boards of the nation are
embarked was to be gained at board
offices today. 1t Is q great. big Job. and
everybody realiNs Il, but all are en-
thusiastic and believe 1t will be COM
pIeted within the sixty days allowed
by the War Department. classification
and all.
few answers to the first question
naires mailed Saturday. which are not
required to be returned before next
Monday, have been received by mum
Der Of boards already. Clifford Lanham.
chairman OF the board for division S,
reported the return of a QUESTIONABLE
without an inquiry answered, the regis
trant in question sending a note that
he would rather join the Army than
attempt to answer all the questions
propounded.
instructions have been sent to the
boards from Provost Marshal General
Crowder to the effect that in cases
where registrants are known to be
abroad or at points where three days
or more will be required for mail to
reach them the boards shall allow for
the transmission of mail to and from
such places and shall note such extern
sion on the notice to registrants on the
first sheet OF the questfonnafre.