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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-01

its students-Homer Rice, Keith Miller
and Ellis Bates. Rice and Miller are
freshmen while Bates is a Junior. The
loss of Bates is especially felt in ath-
letics as he was in line to be the cap
tain of the baseball team. However.
college baseball fans will console
themselves with the fact that the loss
was caused through loyalty to the flag.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-01
BOISE VALLEY MINISTERIAL
ASSOCIATION TO MEET

Caldwell, March 31.-The Boise VAL
ley Ministerial association will con-
vene in this city Monday morning for
an all days session. A large attend
ance from Boise, Nampa and other
neighboring interurban towns is pre-
dicted
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-01
CALENDAR CALLED.

Caldwell, March 31.-In the district
court this morning the calendar was
called and trials of cases on the Grim
inal docketed for the regular March
term of court set for dates from April
16 to April 20.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-01
MASS MEETING CALLED TO
DISCUSS CITY ELECTION

Nampa, March 31.-A mass meeting
of the citizens of this city has been
called for Tuesday night at the city
hall for the purpose of discussing can
didates for mayor and councilmen for
the city for the ensuing year.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-01
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Caldwell, March 31.-Marriage Ii
censes were issued as follows by
County Recorder Knowlton today: Ed
ward l.. Jones and Vallie Colwell,
both of F'ruitland; Louis L. Hudson
and Flora Agnes wittel, both of Wilder
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-01
ACTION FOR DIVORCE.

Caldwell, March SIN the district
court today suit was filed by Alice
J. Mcclure against Robert F. Mcclure.
The papers in the case were immed-
lately withdrawn but the case is pre-
sumed to be an action for divorce.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-01

What are believed to be the most
durable highways in the world have
been made in France of a concrete
composed Of iron shavings, cement and
sand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-20
GINS ON SHIP BEARING
SCOTT FIRED AT U-B0A1
American General Returns From
Abroad-Passehgers Say Navy's
Men Scored Hit.

AN ATLANTIC PORT. December 20
Mai. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, U. S. A., who
is to be assigned as chief instruction
officer of the new National Army. re-
turned today from Europe on @ an Amer. .ns
front in France, studying conditions
there. A number Of United States
Army officers arrived here with him.
The naval gunners of the vessel on
which Gen. Scott returned fired at what
appeared to be the periseoIpe Is Of aoat SUB, and
scored a hit which is believed to have
sunk % the German boat. according to pas
sengers on board.
All the bow guns were manned when
the object thought to be perfscope
was sighted. The vessel headed straign' shs
toward the object and severaI shoes
were fired One struck at the poin,
where the periscope was moving. anc
a huge volume of water arose.
The commander of the guns gave the
order to cease firing and the liner re-
sumed her voyage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-20
DOLLAR SHR|NKS IN
VALUE SINCE 1907
Purchase Power in Food Is
Shown by Data Of Bu-
reau of Labor.

How the almighty dollar" has lost
since 1907 some Of its power to purchase
food In the District Of Columbia Il
shown in figures compiled by the ex-
perts Of the bureau Of labor statistics.
In July. 1897, a dollar would buy 81
pounds Of sIrioin steak in Washington: IN
November. 1917. dollar bought just
2.s pounds OF steak. In 1907 dollar goi
you 81 pounds Of butter; in November
1877, a dollar bought but 1.s pounds.
In July, 1907. dollar purchased Az
pounds OF corn meal, in November
1917, but 14.s pounds
So the figures go through all th'
foods purchased and eaten by resident,
of Washington. according to these iates
figures. The table was gotten up b,
the bureau of labor statistics at thu
request of members of the local polici
department, who will use the figures
to sustain their contention that police
men need salary raise to meet th'
high cost of living as well as do othe
people.
The per cent of increase on various
foods November, 1917. as compared witt
prices In January, 1907, ranged from g.
per cent increase on rib roast to 16
per cent on sliced bacon and 219 pc
cent increase on corn meal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-20
'TR|PlE-HEADED INQUIRY
! MAY FOLLOW SHIP PROBE
Question Of Manning Boards Yes
sells With Navy, Army or Civilian
Crews Expected to Come Up.

A tripled-headed congressional in
uufry into the question of whether
shipping board vessels shall be manned
crews is expected TO grow out of the
investigations now in progress at the
Capitol 1t will crop up first. probably,
before the Senate military committee
with the testimony of Quartermaster
General Sharpe as to handling trans
port and supply ships. later at the
naval investigation by the House naval
committee, before which Secretary
Daniels appeared today. and again be-
fore the Senate shipping board inves-
tigation.
Gen. Sharpe has already published
his recommendation that all Army ves-
sells be manned by enlisted personnel
II is understood that he is prepared to
give specific cases where transports
and Army supply ships have been en-
dangered while crossing the submarine
zone because of lack of control of the
civilian crews of the vessels used.
The Navy has offered the shipping
board the services of naval men for
cepted. but later the board decided 1t
would find civilian personnel for all
but transports and munition ships, tax
ing the ground that 1t was bound by
an agreement with the Seaman's Union
to that extent.
It is quite clear at the Navy Depart
ment that many officials believe moth
ing can be accomplished toward stop
ping the economic drain through loss
of cargoes as we'll as ships unt1 COM
plete control of all vessels is in the
hands Of naval authorities. The eco
nomfc waste Of the submarine warfare
Is enormous. Outside of the loss OF
tonnage, hundreds of millions of dol
lars in supplies have been sent to the
bottom, compelling replacement.
1t was said that Lloyd's. the grea,
British maritime intelligence organiza-
tion, had figured that in the neighbor.
hood of Is per cent of British mer-
chant ships lost could have been saved
had the masters and crews followed te
the letter directions of the naval au-
thorities The facts in this connec.
tion will undoubtedly be brought ou,
At one or the other of the congressiona]
Investigations that touch the subject,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-20
GEN. LEMAN HELD UP.
Hero Of Liege" Detained as He Was
About to Enter Switzerland.

GENEVA. Switzerland, Tuesday. De-
cember 18.-Gen. Leman. known as the
hero OF Liege for his defense of that
city at the time the Germans were
going through Belgium in the first
month Of the war, was expected to ar
rive 10 Switzerland yesterday the Ger
man government finally having agreed
to his tnternment in this country. New
difi7cuities arose. however. and the
general was arrested yesterday on the
frontier at Constance.
1t may be recalled that Gen. Leman
although seriously Ill. declined last
year to accept q German offer of per
mission to come to Switzerland because
1t was made on the ground OF his i'll
health and age. The general said he
did not wish to admit he was unfit To
tight for his country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-20
40 MORE LUXbURG
/ TELEGRAMS WILL BE
| MADE PUBLIC TODAY
Other Messages to Berlin
From Minister to Argentine
to Be Given.
GIVES FURTHER PROOF
oF GERMAN |! INTRIGUE 4
-------z7-y--7-v
Efseet sp Latin America of New Evi-
dsnce of Teuton Daplicity toBe
Watched With Interest.

Some two score more of kilograms
which passed between Count Won Lux.
burg, German minister to Argentina, and
the German foreign Office viii be made
public today by the State Department.
by agreement with the Argentine gov.
ernment, which also will publish them
simultaneously at Buenos Aires.
Exposure of Count Won Luxburg's
"sink without trace" telegram by Secre-
tary lansing was what caused a rup-
ture of diplomatic relations between
Argentina and Germany.
Disclosure OF more of the sensational
Luxbufg kilograms which are expected
to expose more evidence OF the German
diplomats dupHcity comes at a most
interesting time. especially as it ist being
done by agreement with the Argentine
government
How the public mind in Argentina,
already pressing President Irigoyen to
go to war with Germany will regard
further disclosures of German intrigue
is of no less interest to officials here
than its probable effect on the general
Latin American attitude toward SO :
called neutrality conference just called
at Buefos Aires, to attend which Luis
Cabrera, Mexico's representative syain-.
ceremoniously left the United States re-
Gently while tho government was wait
ing to begin negotiations over food ex-
ports to Mexico.
While public sentiment for entering the
war on the side of the United States and
the allies has been spreading through all
Latin America, the conspicuous examples
of inaction have been the governments OF
Mexico and Argentina. The sudden visit
Of Cabrera at this particular time to a
so-called neutrality conference in Buenos
Aires excited much speculation.
Whether there will be any connection
between the new. Luxburg. exposures and
the relations between Mexico and Arpen-
tina excites much more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-20
HOW AUSTRIA SUFFERS.
Children Arriving in Switzerland
Proofs of Country's Distress.

GENEVA. Switzerland. Tuesday. De-
cemb 1S.-Living proofs Of the ter
rible economic conditions in Austria
were furnished yesterday by the ar
rival at Buchs. on the frontier. OF 510
pale and suffering children between
the ages of seven and nine. They
are from Vienna and other Austrian
towns. The children had not tasted
milk for months. They had received
bad bread in insufficient amounts.
stomach diseases resulting. Their cloth
ing was most scanty and there was no
fuel in their homes. They will be ais
tributed among various places IN
Switzerland until their health Is re-
stored.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-20
SHIPPING INQUIRY
IN THE SENATE TO
BEGIN TOMORROW
Full Committee Is to Conduct
Investigation and Five Are
to Be Quorum.
EDWARD N. HURLEY is ONE
OF FIRST TO BE CALLED
r. B. Stevens and John A. Donald
Also Summoned to Give Facts
Concerning Fleet.

| The investigation of the shipping
board, the Emergency Fleet Corporation
and their activities, ordered by the Sen
ate, will be begun at 2 O'Clock tomorrow
afternoon by the Senate committee on
commerce, of which Senator Fletcher of
Florida is chairman.
Following a meeting of the Senate
committee today 1t was announced by
Senator Fletcher that 1t had been de-
termined the investigation should be
that five members of the committee
should be deemed a qporum in conduct
ing the hearings.
The first witnesses summoned to ap-
pear are Edward n. Hurley. chairman
Of the shipping board and president Of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation: r.
b. Stevens, vice chairman of the ship
ping board and treasurer of the Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation, and John A,
Donald, one of the commissioners of the
shipping board and vice president of
Information Is Requested.
The committee also adopted a reso-
luton calling upon the shipping board
for the following information:
!. An itemized statement of all con-
tracts which have been let by and
through the board and the subsidiary
shipbuilding corporation thereof for
the construction of ships. both steel
and wood, since the establishment and
creation of the shipping board. Such
statement should give the full name
Of each person, firm or CORPORATION
with whom each contract has been
made. when organized and how. long
in operation. the place and locality
where the shipbuilding under each con-
tract has been or is being carried on.
2. The number of ships that have
been constructed. IL any, and the place
where and by whom SO built.
Amount Of Work Done.
3. The nunAber of ships now under
EconSfructfon ind where and by whom the
same are being built, az well az the pro-
Hefffdu oil Work done on each vessel up
to {lfe present time
n. Copies OF all shipbuilding con-
tracts entered into in order that the
committee can ascertain the terms Of
the same.
8. Also what ships are being built in
private yards for others than the gov
ernment and by whom and where.
It has been decided to hold hearings
daily at pm. Senator Fletcher pro-
poses to press the investigation as rap
Idly as possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-20
SENDING FRITZ THE FIRST SHE'LL

The vivid, human story Of the firing Of the historic
first shot against Germany by United States artillery
France in the Of the battery captain himself
in an article published in The Star today.
The story Is the captains diary Of dragging the gun
through mud to the artillery firing line putting into place
and sending the first shell mans land.
Subsequent stories win be pubIished tomorrow and
Saturday quoting the diaries 81 other officers Of the
battery and telling what said and done when the Huns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-20
Volunteered when the War Began

NEW YORK. December 20.-one or
the nrst reunions Of men who have
.een service in France. to be held N
New York, will bring together tonight
members OF section i've OF the Norfon
IA ries ambulance here on leave ~
nermanently relieved from dutv he.
sa,,se OF wounds. The Americans Wi.
unteered at the beginning Of the war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-20
JAPAN. AIDS RED CROSS.
American Women Collect $4,000
Yen ($c5, ,O00) at Bazaar. !.

CabIegFam 20 The Evening Star nnd
Chicago Daily News. CopyffRhf. 1piL
KOBE. Japan. December oO.-The
American women.s bazaar in. aid of
the Red Cross fund was. a great sue
cess, netting MORE than 10000 ven
$685. .ooo). "A. 2. Frazer gave an auto
mobile and others helped in a similar
way. 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-20
Purported Tenders Follow Line of Those Writ
ten Last Summer Which We're Denounced
AS Political Maneuver.
PROPOSALS MAY BE FRAMED
TO TRICK GERMAN PEOPLES
On Other Hand They May Reflect Greater Desire End WaBes
Terms Not Expected in First OGer--Bases for
Negotiation Set Forth.

What puports be outline of the
Christmas terms has reached here through the neutral
diplomatic received information
support intimations abroad that offer was
coming.
MAN, described follow the lines OF those said
written by Foreign Minister Kuhmann last
they denounced having been written
purely for political purposes.
SOME OF THE so-CALLED TERMS.
The soaed which be appraised only at their face
value, said to include the following:
the disposition of Alsace Lorraine pebisce
of inhabitants
England pay Germany her lost African colonies and
used for the rehabilitation of Belgium Serbia
Rumania and northern France.
Russian provinces bordering the Baltic the Black and
Prussia to become independent under German plan.
Poland be called independent under Austrian
suzerainty.
Disarmament freedom of the and be left
to the peace conference.
Rumania Serbia and Montenegro their original
boundaries with the right of the being granted
Serbia
Turkey to remain intact
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-20
Blames Allies for Deaths.

M. Trotzky in a speech laid the respon-
sibility for the suicide of Gen. Skallon.
former governor of Warsaw, and for the
death of Gen. Dukhonin on the shoulders
of the allies and advisers of the imperial
governments, who forced these men ..to
take the mad step of trying to prevent
negotiations with the Germans regarding
the armistice."
The bolsheviki newspapers are COM
planning that the presence of the allied
military missions in the Ukraine is en-
couraging Gen. Kaledines, leader of the
counter-revolution against the maxi
maIist government. Answering this COM
plant on behalf of the American military
mission, of which he is chief Lieut. Col.
w. " Judson says that all American off,
GERS are in Petrograd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-20
TURKEYS CHRISTMAS FOR
| US. SOLDIERS IN FRANCE
Dinner Menu Is to Be the Most
Elaborate the Pershing Troops
Thus Far Have Had.
BY the Associated pres..

As tiAS ASBoCIhleQ fre69.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, December 20.-The Ameri.
can soldiers in France again will, he
served with a turkey dinner Christ
mas day. For the second time uy,th,n
month Army officers have toured
the country buying up thousands Of
pounds OF turkeys to supply each
American unit in France. A large
consignment OF mincemeat, which ar
rived too late for Thanksgiving day.
VIII be used in making pies for
Christmas.
The Christmas menu, which is to he
the most elaborate the troops thus far
have had. will include soup, turkey and
stufnng. cranberry sauce, two or three
Rinds OF vegetables. apple and .mince
c. A. and Red Cross are providing the
soldiers with individual gifts fncIud :
ing tobacco and candy. The Y. M. G.
also is supplying Christmas trees and
c. A. hut or in. barracks where no huts
are located. The American Soldiers
and Sailors Club and other organiza- :
tions in Paris also will provide extra
Christmas features for the men.
Aviation Camp Described.
PARIS. December Is (Tuesday,.
! The wonders of a vast American train
ing camp for ayiators in central France
are described enthusiastically In the
Petit Parisien by Paul Ginisty, who has
just visited the camp With the ex
ceptfon Of few huts, he writes. All
the material was brought from Amer
lea. The work was begun in September
under the direction of $50 men, experts
in various branches. and the driving
power which they are putting into
their tasks was evident on every hand
From this camp fully trained pilots
will be sent to the front. French avi-
| ators are there to give the benef,t a.
| their experiences.
| The arrangements which have been
made for the comfort and enterfain.
ment OF the American soldiers In All ths
camps are praised by n. Ginisty. who
also was greatly impressed by the hirh.
lly developed administrative oreani1a
tion which has been perfected. ne wa,
especially struck by q table al. m
aviation camp which records the rro.,
ress OF each pilot from the time ~ II,
| first flight until he is performInr .crn.
batfc tricks In the air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-20
HOME
CIRCULATION

There is a copy of The
Star delivered by The Stars
wonderful carrier service, or
carried home, by practically
every householder in Wash
ington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-20
Farley Assumes Importance.

LONDON December IS (Tuesday).-
Peace negotiations between Russia
and the central powers, an armistice
having been reached. are assuming an
aspect of Importance. DIR. Won Kuehl-
mann, the German foreign secretary,
and Count Czernin. the Austro-Hun-
garian foreign minister, are both said
to be on their way to Brest-Litoysk
being accompanied by advisory suites
from various government departments
II is also indicated from Berlin that
the main committee of the reichstag
will be summoned to meet in special
session in connection with these nego-
tiations and some German newspapers
interpret this as showing that the will.
of the peoples representatives is about
to assert ITSELF
Moves Against Kaledines.
Another result of the armistice. a
that Ensign Krylenko. the bolshevtki
commander-in- chief. has been able to
move divisions from the northern
front against Gen. Kaledines, who is
reported to be gaining new successes.
There is no direct confirmation of the
report that former Premier Kerensky
is in the vicinity Of Petrograd with an
army. q
.tion Is adopting drastic methods
against its opponents. including the re-
innkatement OF the death penalty.
j "A dfspatch from Tammerfors, FIN
land, says that the Rnsaino zlops are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-20
YESTERDAYS
CIRCULATION
Wednesday, Dec. 1e. .e3,sse
Same day last year. .7a,57s

The population in Wash
ington in two years has in
creased 10 a-3 per cent. The
Stars average circulation
has increased since last year
more than 20 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-20

sworn Net Circulation. Month Of November.
1917. Daily Average. s2.sx2, sunday. ee.4oo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-20

Continued on Second Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-20

Cloudy and unsettled tonight and to-
morrow; probably rain or snow tomor-
row.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
er ding pm. today: Highest. 40. at 2
pm. today; lowest, IS. at am. today.
Full report on page o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-20

The Associated Press n exclusively entitied TO
the use fse republication Of al news dispatches
credited b II or not otherwise credited In fhis
paper and also the local news published herein.
An rights OF publication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening journal., 1917-12-14
DECISION next Week IN
COURTNEY Will Case

Hearing OF argument IN the appeal
from the decision Of Register Of wills
Brown in the Clayton Courtney will
case closed iu superior Court Judges
Boyce and Rice sitting, yesterday after
noon. Decision was reserved until next
Thursday.
The allegations Of Mrs. Avis Adelaide
Courtney. wife OF the deceased. and her
daughter, Mrs. Louise Belle Courtney
who took the appeal, are that Court
ney was incompetent 10 make will.
In his will. which was sustained by
REGISTER OF Wills Brown, Mr.. Courtney
l-fl the major portion of his estate to
three daughter Of his brother Sylves-
fer. To his daughter he left $50 and
left nothing TO his widow.
The testimony as produced before the
register Of wills and as reviewed IN
court yesterday, set forth that Court
ney was living at Newport when he
was taken ill I'm 1916. sylvester Courtney
arranged 10 take him to the Delaware
Hospital. on his way TO the hospital
Mr.. Courtney. the deceased, asked to
sion at the Security Trust and Safe
Deposit Company. and there made a new
vin. This last will was witnessed and
.irned by Courtney at the hospital he
leaving the majority OF The estate to the
daughters OF sylvester Courtney.
Evening journal., 1917-12-14
WILLIAM KELLEY NOW
RESIDENT OF SMYRNA.

William Kelley has moved from VIII
mington to Smyrna and has occupied
the house of the late Silas Thompson
Mr.. Kelley is a retired cmployo OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. lie is
also a Civil War veteran. having served
during the war in the Eighth Maryland
VOLUNTEERS. lie is a member OF dupont
Post, No. ?, q. A. r., Of Wilmington. and
is Past Department Commander OF
Delaware G.. A. r. Mr.. Kelley is a vet
eran volunteer fireman. beinG a MEM
Der of the Water Witch Fire Com
pany. Of Wilmington, since June. 1869
lie also is an Indian war veteran. hay-
ing served on the frontier in becember.
60, TO December, '6S, in the Hirtieth
l.. s. Infantry lie served four months
in Libby Prison in '6i-'65 as a prisoner
of war. Mr.. Kelley and wife left yes
terday for a visit TO Indianapolis, Ind
to visit a son who resides there.
Evening journal., 1917-12-14

OF on their mammoth New York NSnier
Garden fun girl and music shows in
the coming engagement OF the "Show
Of Wonders" at the Playhouse on
Thursday evening December 20. for
three nights and Saturday matinee.
This huge attraction which numbers
in iis company over 40 people has to
Us crfiii a. run of over seven months
90 ih' Ncw York Winter Garden and Am
30, summers stay at the Palace Music
liall in Chicago. 10 is almost direct
from ihe latter place That the bis cN-
irNafanza comes t0 This cil, for
limited engagement. with hul fr,-
weeks intervening 10 is seldom n