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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09

LONDON, July 9.-The abdication of
Hsuan Tung, the youthful emperor who
was placed on the throne of China only
week ago by Gen. Chang 'Hsun. 1t Is
indicated by press dispatches received
here from Peking, followed upon the de-
feat of the imperialfstic forces by re-
Peking. and sthe desertion of many Of
Chang Hsun's soldiers. The Forbidden
City virtually is hemmed in on all sides,
and the Peking-Kalgan railway, Chang
Hsun's only means of escape northward,
are holding Sankow pass.
The engagement at Lang Fang, Reu-
ter's correspondent at Peking says. was
not severe, and Gen: Chang Hsun's
miles south of Pekihg on the Tientsin
railway. without offering much resist
ance. Desertions are said to have. de-
pleted the army Of Gen. Chang Hsun.
and the republicans pressed after 1t
rapidly. capturing the principal roads
and railways entering the city from the
southeast, southwest and north.
The foreign diplomatic representa-
tives in Peking. according to dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph Company.
were expected to mediate between the
opposing forces at the request OF the
imperialists.
Foreign Legations Protected.
About $50 American. Japanese and
French colonial troops from AMMAN
reached Peking Saturday to aid in the
protection Of foreign residents. They
were delayed somewhat at Lang Fang.
but met with no opposition in their
progress to the city.
Reuters PekinE correspondent re-
ports that the palace there was bonn
barded by an airplane Saturday. The
machine dropped three bombs from
great height into. the Forbidden City
One man was killed and buildings near
the headquarters Of Gen. Chang Hsun,
which probably was the objective, were
damaged.
a short engagement with the repub-
lican forces at Lang Fang today i'm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09

perial troops are reported to have re-
treated toward Peking. The casualties
in the fighting at Lang Fang are said
to have been slight. and the extent OF
the republican advance is not known.
Latest reports from Pekfng. from
which 1t Is most dihicult to obtain re-
liable news. are to the effect that all
is quiet In the capital. but that
feeling of apprehension prevails:
. According to reports received oy
Chinese here. LfanE Tun-Yen. minister
of foreign affairs in the new imperial
cabinet, and other imperialists have
sent a telegram to Hsu Shih-Chang,
confessing that the coup to replace
the emperor on the throne was prema-
ture and asking him to mediate.
Tuan Chi-Jui, leader Of the re-
publican forces. now occupies the vice
regal yamen here.
Japan Denies Having Interfered.
TOXIC, Friday. July 6. delayed.-Denial
or any other Chinese party was made
by Premier Terauchi in the diet today
Japan's policy was to let China be
governed by the Chinese. he declared.
Say Republic Is Re-Established.
Official dispatches to the Chinese 1ega-
ton here say the republic has been
firmly re-established at Nanking. with
Feng Kue-Chang, the former vice pres
ident, as president of the new provi-
sional government. Republican troops
were reported converging toward
Peking to drive out the Manchu forces
remaining in possession there in the
name of the imperia1ists.
Legation officials express great Ella
tion at the reported successes of the
republican forces and declare that the
preservation Of the republic now is as
sured. Retirement Of President Ii was
said to be due to a desire to sacrifice
his personal ambitions in order to re-
unite republican sympathizers. LII is
said to be safely hidden in Picking, but
reports that he took refuge In the
Japanese legation are not confirmed by
the legations advices
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09
TREASURY Department
MAY GET MORE ROOM

Senator Swanson. from the committee
on public buildings and grounds. sub
mitted to the Senate today favorable
report on the bill authorizing the con-
struction Of a new building for the Sec
retary OF the Treasury at the northeast
corner of Pennsylvania avenue and
Madison place on land owned by. the
government. with an underground con-
nection with the Treasury building. at
.. cost. aast = AxAasa xaAaaAeA -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09

ed by our counter attack, further
attack was frustrated by. our artillery
fire. Another effort, undertaken early
today without artillery. was equally
unsuccessful.
In the Bystritsa -Solotvina valley:
near Huta, the enemy also attacked
with strong forces. Emperor Charles
well tried Silesian infantry regiment
maintained all it's positions at this
point in desperate encounters.
NO fighting operations occurred IN
the principal centers of attack of the
last few days, with the exception OF an
unsuccessful enemy attack southwest
Of Zborow."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09
ANOTHER FIGHT OVER
PROHIBITION LIKELY
Contest Expected When House
May Insist on Provisions
Amended by Senate.
LEAGUE ISSUES STATEMENT

Another big prohibition fight in con-
nection with the food control bill is
expected when the House of Repre-
sentatives receives from the Senate the
measure with the original House bone
dry war time prohibition provision
altered. The House passed the bill, it
will be recalled, with drastic prohibi-
tion against all liquors, including
whisky, beer and wine. The Senate
changed this so as to prohibit the
manufacture of whisky, and directing
the government to seize existing stocks
of whisky at fair price.
When the bill returns to the House
it Is expected that one of the prohibl-
tion leaders will ask the House to
instruct the conferees to stick to the
original drastic House bone dry sec
ton. and on this will come the crucial
fight. There are several House lead
ers who are almost in the twilight
zone-neither wet nor dry-who be
lieve that no matter what the first in
structions to the House conferees may
be, the ultimate congressional action
on the prohibition matter will be just
about what the Senate has written into
the bill
The following statement has been
issued by James Cannon, jr., and
Wayne B. Wheeler for the national
legislative committee Of the Anti-Saloon
League of America:
:, The Senate has given distilled
liquors a death blow. The Anti-Saloon
League Of America will continue with
renewed vigor it's fight against wine
and beer, and for the adoption of the
national prohibition amendment
Certain Wines Under Ban.
The fact that certain wines will come
under the ban to be imposed upon dis
titled liquors generally if the House and
the President support the Senate In its
vote OF Saturday afternoon became clear
this morning after an announcement made
by liquor experts at the Department Of
Agriculture. Whistles, brandies, gins and
practically all of the cordials will be pro-
hibited And to this list will be added
certain sherries. champagnes. Rhine
wines. clarets. sauternes and burgundies
The experts of the department ex-
planned that the exclusion of these
wines would result from the fact that
distilled liquor is. in the instances
where they will be prohibited, intro
duced in the process known technically
as "fortifying."
Process That Affects Wines.
It was pointed out that more than IA
per cent of alcohol cannot be obtained
by fermentation, and that. in order to
make the wines more potent, distilled
alcohol. in one form or another 10 in
-tEoduced. This process. it was stated,
would bar the wines. & ~ 90, ,,...s, sss
It was also indicated that the manu-
facture of distilled spirits for medicinal
and manufacturing purposes could be
continued under the Senate provision of
the food control bill as amended by
the Smoot amendment. and that such
manufacture would undoubtedly con-
tinue,
The government after 1t has obtained
the distilled spirits now in bond will
use them for hospital purposes, and for
Redistribution for the manufacture of
munitions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09
To Ask Subcommittee
to Consider Resolution
for Inquiry Into Marketinq

The appointment of a subcommittee
of the Senate District COMMITTEES to
consider hig rssoiution providing for an
Investigation into marketing condi-
tons with particular reference to the
establishment of a municipal market
was sought today by Senator King of
Utah. He said that he would ask Chair
man John Walter Smith to appoint
such a subcommittee as soon as nos
sible. Senator King said that he saw
no reason why a. subcommittee should
not undertake the investigation almost
Immediately.
II believe that Washington and every
other municipality should have a niu-
nlcipal market. owned and operated-or
supervised, at least-by the municipal
government" said Senator King. TINS
would insure the peoples getting food
at fair prices and would do away with
the spectators and middlemen, who to-
day feed upon the people
Favors Municipal Market.
There should be a fund, if neces-
sary. set aside by the municipality for
the purchase of foodstuffs from the nro-
ducers themselves for resale to the peo-
pie or course, this might not become
necessary. and 1 believe that municipaI
market properly supervised would reg
ulate prices properly"
Senator King said that he would con.
fer with the District food Commission
which recently investigated market
conditions and found that the high
prices were due in large part to the
SPECTATORS In foodstuffs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09
WILL SELECT $4,000
FOR FIRST ARMY DRAFT

unoffcially 1t was indicated TODAY
that $4,000 is the number of men to be
selected for the first national war army
from the millions registered June S.
Probably twice that number of names
Will be drawn, as the number of ex-
emptions to be allowed is estimated at
so per cent.
Next Saturday is understood to have
been tentatively fixed upon as the date
for the drawing. although no announce
ment has been made by the provost
marshal generals Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09
Reported E. H. r. Green Is to Marry,

CHICAGO, July sc. H. R. Green,
son of the late Mrs Hetty Green of New
York, who Is here today, refused to
confirm or deny a report that he will
be married here tomorrow.
You never can tell what day will
bring forth, however" he added.
Mr.. Green admitted that he had re.
ceived by mail 5000 proposals of mar
Tiage during the last dfteeu years..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09

II ia said at the Capitol that the interest
~ coneressmen of the housekeeping class
10 heinp aroused by their own experiences
and the prospect Of having to face the
IT,, tion for the next twelve months. with
= nossible interval of a few weeks before
the beginning Of the regular session in
na.anber Furthermore. through the in
enx aince the war started OF hundreds OF
their constituents called to residence here,
,,nanv os them from places where prices
nra ,'ra" iower the attention Of the statesmen
a.. haan further directed to the situation
h' ' the complaints of their constituents.
snreover. Uncle Sam himself has a
larger stake in the game now. through the
nrrcha se OF vast amounts OF supplies for
trainine camps in this vicinity. Uncle
Sam Is notor!ousiy, cioSe ooSer aho
hates to be "stung.
Excessive Prices Paid Here.
p.cent investigations by the local food
commission have demonstrated conclusive
lv that Washingtonians have been pay
ine excessive prices for necessaries Of life
IN the food line. fact long since obvious
n the patiently suffering householders.
Thev knew something was wrong. but
they could not locate the cause.
Tbese Investigations have disclosed a
.,,,;,,obt zone of wide dimensions between
the prices paid by the ultimate consumer
ia those received by the producer, and
in This shadowy area 1t Is feared that
some shady" manipulattons OF costs have
been going on. by which some intermedi-
aV AGENCIES unquestionably have bene-
II is contended that washinton should.
by its location to sources OF vast ana
varied supplies. be q city OF low costs
of living. compared with some cities OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09
CONGRESSMEN KEENLY ALIVE
TO HIGH FOOD PRICES HERE
Manifesting Awakening Interest in Cost
of Products and Legislative Ac-
ton May Result.

manfesting
in Washington the dimnun
Columbia affairs absolute, of question Of es
ctioni merely of initiative
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09
HEAD OF CHINESE REVOLUTION
FORTIFYING FORBIDDEN CITY
lmperialists Expected to Make Last Stand
There Against Republican Army
Youthful Emperor Abdicates.

Chang Of the imperist
strengthening defenses This
defeated at Peking the
The thirteenth division, accompanied by art
8 sleavng Feng Tai
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09

as great size. Virginia and MARYLAND
representatives and senator's are quite
familiar with the food resources furs
nished the National Capital by their
commemorative. and also know some
thing of the prices their producers are
Washington, it is contended by them
is in close proximity to one of the
most productive areas of water on the
race OF the habitable globe, Chesapeake
bay and its tributaries. but the geo
graphical fact does not gee with re-
tail prices here. 1t is said. The capital
is also close to the immense truck
farms of tidewater Virginia and .Marv.
land and northern North Carolina, only
a Few hours travel away from the most
extensive potato producing region he
tween Maine and Michigan, and fairly
touches one Of the richest orchard fields
on the continent. the Shenandoah and
Piedmont valleys.
Within Reach Of Supplies.
Steamboat lines. with daily and quick
service. bring the National Capital with
in notwithstanding distance of a
market SO large as to supply New York.
Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore and
yet have a surplus. The low-salaried
man with the yawning market basket
naturally wonders. therefore. what is
wrong with the local prices.
Take one little item-the succulent
Chesapeake crab. which ts so plenti-
full that DIP. net and q piece Of fish
bushels almost anywhere in an area
OF hundreds OF square miles Of bay
water. Yet. for weeks past, crab
meat has been . luxury here. 1t 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09
Enemy Elected, Is Claim.

"E;nerfy troops which had forced
their way into our foremost trenches
e AloW points were immsdiAtAly A5A0os
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09
WEATHER

Cloudy tonight: probably fair tomor-
row.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending 2 pm: Highest, "a. at s pm.
yesterday: lowest, IS. at am. today.
Full report on page IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09
Air Full Of Electricity.

following day could therefore venture q
fiat refusal to commit himself to the pro-
gram of peace without annexations or in
IDENTITIES, and to ambiguous declarations
on the internal reform policy. The air
was still full OF electricity when the COM
mittee adjourned, but the tension was far
lower than at the opening OF the ses-
sion. and the clerical Germania, the organ
OF the moderate middle section Of the
Won Bethmann HoIlweg's explanations and
appeals were crowned by a certain meas
ure Of success and that the edge had been
taken from the crisis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09
Divided In Three Sections.

The Tageblatt and papers of that stamp.
which have magnified the crisis into vir-
tually a revolution. seem to have as
sumed that Herr Erzberger would carry
his entire party, the largest in the
reichstag. with him. But the clerical dep
aggressive PAM German annexationist.
anti -Bethmann group. working with the
conservatives. and a moderate wing. de-
voting its efforts to smoothing out the
quarrels and keeping working reich.
stag majority behind the government.
now seem to be divided into three sec.
tions, the third group following Erzber-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09
ReaIignment Is Seen.

Developments under the gilded dome
of the reichstag building in the last
forty-eight hours point squarely to a
signineafnt fnae ~ snaeni,1 Q, yan,oea, ,ac
parliamentary reforms. in spite of the
present stubborn resistance of the re-
dictionary old guard.
:. Although the sessions Of the main
committee and the constitutional COM
mittee have been strictly of an execu-
tive nature. press comments permit the
inference that the discussions of vital
subjects of governmental policy frss,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09
officers Confer With Kaiser.

BERLIN, July 9. via London.-Of1cial
Is made that Field Mar
shal Won Hindenburg and Cen. Won
Ludendorff, who came to Berlin on
Saturday to make a report to Emperor
william on the military situation. have
returned to headquarters. 1t is further
officially announced that after his ar
rival from Vienna on Saturday night
the emperor visited the imperial chan.
cellor, DR. Won Bethman Hollweg. and
received his report,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09

The most. interesting feature of the
whole crisis-what Erzberger had to
say about the admiralty and the sub.
marine ecampaign-cannot, unfortunate
ly, be discussed with any clarity. Tho
Berlin papers have evidently been pre-
vented from saying a word about the
subject-matter of the speech and the re-
plies Of Vice Admiral Won Capelle, minis
ter of the navy, and DR.. Helfferich. Sec
retary of the interior. The publication
of the imperial chancellor's speech was
also strictly prohibited.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-07-05

An echo is a Su,ld reflected from q
distant surface. Sound is produced by
waves or pulses of the air and when
those waves come in contact with a
cliff or wall or other opposing surface
they are reflected like light or heat
and the returning waves cause a repe
tition Of the sound The word echo is
Of Greek origin According to ancient
mythology, it was the name of a noun
tain nymph, daughter Of the air and
the earth Echo was one of Juno's at
tendants, but her loquacity displeased
Jupiter, - She was deprived of the
power Of Speech by Juno and permitted
to answer only when she was spoken
to. Afterward Echo fell in love with
a beautiful youth named Narcissus
and was changed into Il stone, which
still retained the power of voice. Mil
ton persOnifies her thus:
Sweet Echo. sweetest nymph that liv'st
unseen
Within the airy shell.
By slow Meander's margent green,
Canst thou not tell me Of a gentle pain
That likest thy Narcissus are?
Philadelphia Press
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-07-05
The Riaht Road.

Young man. you are locomotive;
yoL are a thing that goes by power
inside of you: you are made to go. In
fact. considered as a machine. you are
very far superior TO locomotive The
maker of locomotive is a man: your
maker is mans Maker You are as
different from a horse or an OK or a
camel as locomotive is different from
a wheelba5ARw or cart or coach.
Now do yoH suppose that the being
who made you manufactured your
machine and put into it the motive
power-dtd not make special road
for you to run upon? My idea of re.
ligion is that it is a railroad for hu::
man locomotive and that just as sure
as it undertakes TO run upon road
adapted only to animal power it will
bury its wheels in the sand. dash itself
among rocks and come to Inevitable
wreck-J. 6 Holland
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-07-05

An lri~h w"itrr "l1imS that TIE mayor
Of New York is of 'ri>H origin He de.
clarCs th"t the name was originally
MacFhion, lar HFtrrward changed in.
70 Magion-ar. hc,aEsp "Fh" and "hh"
are silent in the Gaelic tongue Then
in course IF time MAg-ion-ar became
Mcarnor, and ultimately Gaynor as
we have II today Exchange
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-07-05
Mammoth Oysters.

Pliny mentions that, according to the
historians of AleXander's expedition,
oysters a foot in diameter were found
in the Indian seas And Sir James
Tenant was unexpectedly enabled to
corroDorate the correctness of this
statement. for near TrincOmali enor
nous specimens of edible oysters were
brought before him One of these was
found to measure more than eleven
inches in length by half as many In
width
But this extraordinary measurement
is beaten by the oysters of Port Lin
coin, South Australia, which are the
largest edible ones in the world. They
are as large as a dinner plate and Of
much the same shape They are some
times more than a foot across the
shell. and the oyster fits its habitation
so well that ii does not leave much If
any margin. The delicacy of favor of
the Port Lincoln mammoth is famous
even in that land of Injuries, and one
is ample even for a hearty appetite
Gravitation.
Both Dante ana shakespeare pfeceu'
ed Newton in knowledge of the princi-
pie if not the law of gravitation.
Shakespeare says in ''Trolius and Cres-
sida:'
But the strong base and building Of my
love
Is as the very center Of the earth
Drawing all things to it.
Three centuries before Shakespeare
Dante said in the "Inferno:"
Thou dost imagine We are still
On the other side the celestial point.
where ]
Clasped the earth piercing worm, fell
cause of i'll,
So far | continued to descend
That side we kept. but when l turned
then we
Had passed the point to which all bodies
tend
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-07-05
NORRIS G. HUMMER

FOR SALE: A good second hand
Truck, three quarter ton capacity In
quire at this office. IT,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-07-28
The Next Moves
Of Uncle Sans
Those Who We're Called First
Received the News In a
Philosophical Manner

TN one of the large newspaper offices
of the country a linotyper was ham,
mering out the draft numbers on
the keyboard In front of him. No.
II appeared on his copy" He kept on
tapping the keys. Then he stopped a
moment and remarked:
"By gum, that's me. Well, IL I'm
of any use to Uncle Sam, all right"
"By gum, that's mel" That or some
equivalent laconic expression was vote
ed by the great majority of the first
thousand or two men whose red ink
numbers correspondent to those con-
tanned in the little capsules which
were drawn from the huge bowl In
Washington.
AS fast as the numbers were pulled
In Washington they were sent by wire
over the country and bulletined on
store fronts, in hotels and elsewhere
In public view. Apparently many cities
abandoned work for the fascinating
sensation of following the progress of
the one lottery which has legal sane
ton. Except for being UNNECESSARILY
more important and serioNs, it was like
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-07-28
In the Draft
Big New Army
Many Anxious to Get to France.
One Bet That He Would Be
Chosen First and Won

drawing, were all opposed to the selec-
tive draft. They came to lend their
presence to the occasion as a testi-
monial thai they believed the drawing
to be fair and square, even though they
opposed the system.
There were a score or more of young
men in the ROOM, actively taking part
in the drawing or reporting the results,
who were numbered in the black cap
sules In the big jar. One of the war
department clerks, standing blindfold-
ed at the jar, drew out his W num-
Der, but did not know it until he heard
the announcement. A faint smile tlut-
tered across his lips, but his hand dip
ped again into the jar with the clock
like regularity hat had come of prac-
tice, and he heard some other fellows
number called when he handed the
next capsule to the announcer.
One of the young men at the press
tables, writing down the numbers and
passing them on to a telegraph eper-
ator, mechanically took down a num-
Der as it was announced. That's me-"
he said as he passed the number across