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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06
GERMAN PAPERS ASSERT
U. S. PREVENTS PEACE
Declare President Wilson Hopes to
Build Merchant Fleet as Means
to Dictate Terms.
Especial Cablegram to The Sunday Star
and New York Times.)

Especial Cablegram to The Sunday Star
and New York Times.)
THE HAGUE, May 5.-Friday's
Frankfurter Gazette. commenting on
Mr.. Balfour's mission to America, points
out that Americas entrance into the
war has up to the present had an eff
feet that even her peace friends would
never have dreamed of. and admits that
the effect it has had on the Russian
revolution and on any latent peace de-
sire of the entente countries is to be
lamented from the German viewpoint.
President Wilson's motives for joining
the belligerents are enumerated as fol-
lows:
First. that America desired to par
take actively in the peace conferences
second, that she wished to stifie defin-
itely any nationality feelings awakened
through the war: third. she wanted to
realize armament schemes in order to
be prepared later; fourth. to complete
an American merchant fleet.
The paper points out that all this
will take six or nine months and if
peace negotiations are not begun by
then President Wilson hopes to dictate
peace. and that when England is ripe
for peace America will not sit at the
peace conference as a modest idealiSt
whose one aim is peace and good will
on earth, and that she will be the owner
of one of the biggest merchant meets,
paid for by the allies.
The Frankfurter Gazette essays to
persuade the German people that
America declared war from self-inter-
est and in order to become a big mill
tary power herself being unable to ex-
plain the real reason and hoping to
breed discomfort among the allies.
Reventlow. in the Deutsche Tages-
zeitung speaking of the negotiations
at Washington. says that the report is
meager, but, that from this scant re-
port it is easy to see that the question
of food supplies comes foremost. and
even America is beset with difficulties.
Reventlow continues to expatiate on
transport difficulties and congestion of
shipping and railways in America, hop
ing to cheer up the people and support
his assertions that England is on the
verge of starvation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06
PRESIDENT ENDORSES
FREE SPEECH APPEAL
Assures Petitioners That He Will
.'at Right Time" Make Public
Statement on Subject.

President Wilson has sent letter to
a number of prominent persons. who
wrote 10 him collectively not long
ago. asking him to safeguard the
rights of free speech and free press.
in which he announces that at the
right time" he will act in the spirit of
their suggestions by making public a
statement on the subject.
The letter to which President Wilson
responded was inspired by the censor
shin clause in the espionage bill now
before Congress. and, the writers said.
nv bureaucratic utterances credited
to various officials" as well as what
they regarded as other evidences of
"a threatened wartime invasion of free
speech and free press" The letter
was signed by Herbert Croly, editor
of the New Republic, Miss Lillian d.
valid of the Henry Street Social Serv-
ice Settlement, New York; Judge Ben
Il. Lindsey, Jane Adams. Amos Pinchot
and others. The Presidents letter was
as follows:
The letter signed by yourself and
others under date of April 16 has.
of course, chimed in with my own
feelings and sentiments. 7 do not
know what steps it will be practicable
to take in the immediate future to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06
SHOWS THE WASTE
|NU. S. HOUSEHOLDS
Mrs. Calvin Tells How Bread,
Butter and Sugar Are
Squandered.
URGES WARTIME RATI0NS

Waste a slice of bread a day. throw
away teaspoonful of sugar. lose
level teaspoonful of butter-and If this
is done in the average household in
America. the nation has lost more
than 1000. 900 pounds of bread. 100000
pounds of sugar and 100000 pounds of
butter.
"All the food in the country belongs
to all the people, and no one has any
right to waste any, Mrs. Henrietta
Calvin of the bureau of education told
members of the Home Club last night
in the course of an address in which
she instanced the above given figures
as to food waste in America. and made
a plea for wartime food conservation.
Although advocating "pinching." in
respect to food. if necessary. Mrs
economics. warned her hearers to be-
ware the danger of under nourishment
especially the under feeding of chill
| dren, who require large quantities OF
food for growth. heat. work and re
pair, whereas adults need food only
| for heat, work and repair.
Perfect Wartime Meal.
Americas perfect wartime mea
milk and little fruit, Mrs. Calvin
suggested. These foods. she said. con,
| tain all the elements for growth. heat
| work and repair. and are all one needs
| The speaker warned against toe
large use of canned goods, although
not minimizing the value of such
products, especially when food conser-
walton is on every tongue. The danger
| in the use of canned goods. she de-
clared, is that canning vegetables de-
stroys the vitamins. the growth de-
termining elements" so essential to
health, especially of children.
| Those who use canned vegetables
| should supplement this diet with the
addition of seasonable fresh vegeta-
| bles in small quantities, Mrs. Calvin
| stated.
You can fill your family and not
| feed them" she told the women, say.
| ing that the housewife must sail be-
| tween the rocks of overexpenditure ant
| the whirlpool of undernutrition.
Department Issues Statement.
=, The Department of Agriculture yes.
| terday made public statement head.
| ed. "A Slice of Bread" 1t reads:
"A single slice of bread seems ar
unimportant thing. In many house
| holds one or more slices of bread dali.
are thrown away and not used fol-
human food. Sometimes stale quarter
| or half-loaves are thrown out.
yet one good-sized slice Of bread
| such as child likes to cut-weighs al
ounce. 1t contains almost three-quar
| tiers of an ounce of flour.
| "If every one of the country's 10000.
! 900 homes wastes on the average onl,
| one such slice of bread "A day. thu
country Is throwing away daily ovel
| $4,000, 900 ounces of f1our-over $4,000
| pounds. or enough flour for over mil
| lion one-pound loaves a day. For {
| full year at this rate there would be &
waste of over 319,000.000 pounds o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06
STREET ACCIDENTS REPORTED
Walter G. Ward and Marvin E. Mofs1e
felt Suffer Injuries.

Walter G. Ward. twenty-seven years
DID, SIS NJ street. was badly hurt in an
automobile accident on Bladensburg
road near 2sth street last night shortly.
after 3 o'clock. He was riding in the.
automobile of John G. Chambers. lie
Sth street. and was injured when the.
car skidded against a trolley pole. He
was taken to Casualty Hospital -
Marvin +. Monett. fifteen years old.
Magazine road southeast. last night.
about $40 O'Clock. was injured about
shoulders. legs and hips as a result
of a collision between his wagon and
a street car at Nichols avenue. and
High View place. Anacostia. The
wagon was demolished.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06
four-1 $4,000 barrels of -four
enough to make 365.000.000 loaves.
D>--Ix - rry.-A.-

flour. 100000 barrels of flour
enough to make 365.o00.000 loaves.
Result of Wasting Bread.
"As 1t takes four and a half bushels
of wheat to make a barrel Of ordinary
-four. this waste would represent the
-four from over 100000 bushels of
wheat.
Fourteen and nine-tenths bushels of
wheat on the average are raised per
acre. 1t would take the fruit of some
100000 acres just to provide a single
slice of bread to be wasted daily in
every home.
ITO produce this much flour calls for
an army of farmers, railway men. flour
mill people. To get the flour to the
consumer calls for many freight cars
and the use of many tons of coal.
But. some one says, a full slice of
bread Is not wasted in every home.
Very 'well-make it a daily slice for
every four or every ten or every thirty
homes-make a weekly or monthly
slice in every home-or make the vast
ed slice thinner. The waste of -four in
volved is still appalling-altogether too
great to be tolerated when wheat is
scarce.
ANY waste of bread is inexcusable
when there are so many ways of using
stale bread to cook delicious dishes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06
Seized Steamers to Be Repaired.

PHILADELPHIA, May 5-The Ger
man steamer Prinz Oskar. seized by the
government when the state of war was
declared. was today towed to the Cramps
shipyard for repairs to her machinery.
which was damaged by her crew. The
Cramps company will also repair the dam
aged machinery of the German steamer
Rhaetia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06
WEATHER..

and continued cool today: tomorrow
fair, somewhat warmer; gentle north
to east winds.
Maryland. partly cloudy today, warm
er west portion; tomorrow fair, warm
err; gentle to moderate north to east
winds.
Virginia, fair today and tomorrow
slowly rising temperature; moderate
north to northeast winds.
West Virginia, partly cloudy today
and tomorrow: slightly warmer tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06
YOUNG WIRELESS OPERATOR.
Walter Siddall, IA Years Old, Gets a
First-Grade License.

Walter Siddall. fourteen-year boy.
attending the eighth grade of the Web
ster School. who has just been granted a
commercial first-g grade wireless operators
license by the Department of Commerce.
is believed to be the youngest operator
in the country holding such license.
Siddall was born in this city August
u. 1902. and resides at 404 9Th street
northwest. He entered the National Ra-
do School in October. 1916, and completed
the regular six-month course in April
He was granted his license April 30
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06
Missouri Increases Corn Acreage

COLUMBIA. Mo. May 5.-An increase
in the Missouri corn acreage of about
900 for this year was indicated in
the monthly crop report issued today by
the state board of agriculture.
The wheat condition in the state was
placed for May at 51.9. as against So. 6
q month before and q ten-year average
of SIG -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06

safeguard the things which, agree
with you in thinking, ought in any
circumstances be safeguarded, but you
may be sure have the matter in mind
and will act. hope, at the right time,
in the spirit of your suggestion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06
Seventy-Three Kinds of Birds Seen.

Seventy three kinds of birds We're see
by members of the Washington Auduhoa.
Society who went on the outing on the
upper Potomac yesterday. Thirty-siN bird
lovers were in the party. DIR. T. s.
Palmer the leader. made a talk on the
life OF Audubon. the naturalist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06
Yesterdays Temperature.

Midnight. "A; am, AZ; am. Az
am, 43; am, A.; 10 am, As; II
noon. As; 2 pm, As; pm. As; 6 pm.
4S; pm, AS. and 10 pm, A.
Highest, 46: lowest, 43.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06
Will Need All q. S. Can Spare.

But, however successful he is, we
shall need every ship America can
build, and every ounce of food she can
spare. 1t is a good thing for us that
we have such an ally to depend upon
Personally. when l am in a tight cor
ner there is no one / would rather
have by my side than any man whom
| have found. in sporting contests, to
be an honorable but determined OPP
ponent.
After my cup contests I perhaps
know better than any living Britisher
how well the American man fills that
bill, and it is a fine thing to know
that he is with US in these times.
American women also will have a
big hand in making those sacrifices
and economies. upon which victory de-
ponds. and l don't want any better
allies than the women of America
When our united efforts have won
the war | shall have another shot at
the cup"
The Daily Express Geneva CORE
spondent says Die Ziest" of Vienna, pub
fishes an interview with the food di-
rector. Baron Burty, wro declares that
the months of May and June will be
the most critical in the war regarding
food"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06
Relative Humidity.

Sp.m., 80: pm. SO. and 8 pm, "a.
Rainfall 6 pm. to p.m.), .03; hours
of sunshine, o; per cent of possible
sunshine, 0.
Temperature same date last year:
Highest. II; lowest, So.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06
Senator overman Explains.

Senator overman, defending the sec
ton. said a paper circulated in the
mails throughout the south had urged
the negroes to revolt. The bill, he said,
was calculated to place in the hands of
the Postmaster General power to pro-
hibit such a practice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06

of putting the submarine in its place,
which is the bottom of the sea.
MY three tries for the America s
cup compel me to admit that American
shipbuilders genius is unrivaled. and
! shall be immensely surprised if be-
fore a long time a craft does not come
out from Sandy Hook or under water
and solve the problem of the subma-
rine.
My other reason for hoping that
we shall escape bread tickets is that
people here are undoubtedly cutting
down their consumption of bread with
out any policeman to make them do It.
Unless l am very much mistaken. the
campaign for voluntary bread saving
which is being pushed home so hard
by that ex-newspaper proprietor. Ken
nedy Jones. as director general of
food economy. will have widespread
results.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06
.PLEAF0RFREED0M
+ OF AMERICAN PRESS
Senator Calder Unwilling to
Prohibit Printing of Justi-
fable News of War.
TALKS ON ESPIONAGE BILL

During consideration of the espion-
age bill in the Senate yesterday Sena-
tor Calder of New York made an i'm
passioned appeal for the freedom OF
the press in printing justifiable news
about war conditions and paid high
tribute to the patriotism of the Ameri-
can newspapers and their intention
and desire to render only the most eff
fcient service to the nation.
Il am not ready" he said, Ito prevent
the great Independent press of the
country from printing all the news OF
the day. l believe they can be trusted
not to print anything that would give
aid or comfort to the enemy. In every
war this country has ever engaged
one of the greatest pillars of strength
has been the support of the press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06
u. S. GENIUS TO SAVE ALLIES
FROM U-BOATS, SAYS Upton.
Cup Contender Asserts British
Are 'Up Against It" in
Matter of Food.
Declares in Interview Report
ed Scarcity Of EdibIes
Is "No Bluff"
Especial cablegram to The Sunday Star
and New York World. Copyright. 1919

Especial cablegram to The Sunday Star
md New York World. Copyright. 1919
LONDON, May Sir Thomas Upton,
whose business enterprises represent
the largest food concern in the United
Kingdom, and who is in close touch
with the problem of feeding both the
military and the civil section of the
population, in a special interview says:
Il know for a fact that there is no
bluff in all this talk about the scarcity
of food. We are up against it. Amer
ica has come in just at the right mo-
ment for US, and no one can ever make
me believe America will not be able to
rise to the emergency.
People in this country do not quite
understand that America is the country
to which for years we have looked for
food. Half the buildings along our
docks were built to store American food
products. Most of the mammoth ships
that crossed the Atlantic were filled
with American grain, meat or cheese.
America kept US out of the graveyard
by her food.
Storehouses Being Emptied.
The situation here is much worse
than English people realize. The store
houses throughout the country are
being emptied of food. and we who are
in the trade know they are not being
supported by the stocks we used to
keep.
The public doesn't see this. Every
thing Is being run bare. There is some
idea here that We are not taking strong
enough action to meet the crisis. That
is not l know for fact that the
most drastic kind of machinery is being
prepared to put the whole United King
dom on rations and you can take it from
me that when the necessity arises the
machinery will be ready.
But it is only men like Hoover and
the Americans who worked SO splendidly
with him in Belgium who understand
the difficulties which have to be faced
and the time it takes to set up such a
complicated organization.
Lord Devonport's announcement thai
we can get along until the middle of
July may sound reasSuring, but you may
be certain the government would not, as
it is doing at this moment. go to the
great expense of actually setting up 4
compulsory rationing department, unless
they seriously thought it would be
criminal If we waited until the last loaf
of bread was in sight and then tried to
scramble together some sort of depart
ment that would enable everybody to
get their fair share.
Bases Hope on America.
For two reasons l. personally. think we
shall escape bread tickets. First and
foremost, am convinced that Americas
inventive genius will devise some means
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06
Effect of United Press.

Have those in charge of this bill
any idea that Congress would have
acted with such unanimity during
the past few weeks if the President
did not have a united press behind
him? Do they believe that in the days
to come we can hope to succeed in this
conflict unless the press of the coun-
try stands strongly behind the govern
ment?
1T is a matter of common knowledge
that, but for the exposure by the Eng
lish press of the inefficiency of those
in charge of the English government
in the early days of the war, conditions
might have continued there which
would have led to ultimate defeat
Lord Northcliffe. in his newspapers,
laid before the public the true condi-
tions, and the pressure of public opin-
ion became SO great as to make neces-
sary the complete reorganization of
the government and the placing of men
in charge of it equipped to handle its
affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06
Hotel Burlington

VERMONT AVE. AT THOMAS CIRCLE.
Four blocks from White House. All rooms:
new addition: finest cuisine; ROOM AND
PRIVATE BATH. s. DAY; American plan.
$3.50 day: special monthly rate; two TO 81
rooms bath. kitchen. furnished or unfur-
niShed: china. silver week or month. MuSi.
evenings, $50 to $50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06
Favors Proper Criticism.

Il hope that our newspapers will not
be called upon to perform that service
for the people of the United States, but
1 am not willing that any law should
be enacted that would prevent spread
ing broadcast the news. if such there
be. that our government Is being in
efficiently conducted"
Senator Calder presented to the Sem
ate the resolutions upon the pending
legislation recently adopted by the
American Newspaper Publishers Asso-
citation.
The Senate spent the day yesterday
in discussing the espionage bill, with
out concluding it, and at 5:45 o'clock
took a recess until Monday noon.
In Position for Final Action.
First reading of the espionage bill
was completed in the Sentae yesterday
and it was placed in a position for
final passage early this week. A vote
on Senator Hiram Johnson's motion to
strike out the press censorship section
will be taken tomorrow.
Consideration of the mail censorship
section occupied much of yesterday 8
discussion and had not been concluded
when the Senate recessed. Senator
Cummins attacked the section, declar-
ing it would give the Post Office De-
partment despotic power. Senator Hi
ram Johnson also opposed putting such
power in the hands of the department,
and Senator Thomas said the section
would give the opportunity of institut-
ing zone of the greatest engines of
tyranny and arbitrary power ever de-
vised by the will of man."
South Bend news-times., 1917-10-26
PURDUE OFFERS COURSE
FOR TESTING OF COWS

News Times Special Service:
LAFAY ETTE, Ind, oct. 26.-The
dairy industry in Indiana has been
stimulated and improved through
the organization of COW testing as
sociations and through the breeding
of cows eligible for advanced regis
try. All of this work aims TO To-
cate the high producing COWS and
20 eliminate the poorer animals.
Thousands of bOarder dairy COWS
have been sent to the slaughter
house in the last two years as a
result Of the careful testing and
checking of the production of the
individuals. At this time there is
a great demand for young men who
can serve as testers for testing asso-
Citations and who can act as super
viSOrs i'm the advanced registry
work The remuneration offered for
this work is not high, but is suf-
tcient TO attract high-class men and
offers opportunity for self-improve-
ment. In order that a large num-
ber of men may obtain training TO
equip them 20 FIJI these positions a
course will he offered at Purdue
university during the week Nov. s.
10. All interested i'm this work make
application 10 the university.
South Bend news-times., 1917-10-26
EIGHT MORE INDICTMENTS
FILED AT TERRE ,HAUTE
News-Times special service /:

News-Times Special Service:
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, Oct. 26.-
Eight indictments were returned by
the grand jury making a total Of
Is persons named by that body this
week The indictments included
counts of involuntary manslauehter
against Wade Duncan. saloon and
cafe owner. and Orla Fisher, taxicab
driver. An automobile driven by
Duncan Oct struck the father Of
Edward Sweatman, knocking the
1S-months-ol old child from his arms.
causing death. Fisher was driving
the machine which struck and fa-
tally injured Calvin Smith. superin-
tendent of the construction Of the
new Indiana State Normal building.
oct Smith died several days
later in a hospital.
South Bend news-times., 1917-10-26
KILLS HEALTH
OFFICER AT GARRETT
AND COMMITS SUICIDE
Ecws-rimes sPeeial Service


FORT WAYNE, Ind. oct 26.-
Or. r. a. Rodebaugh. 40 years old,
citv health officer at Garrett. Ind.
was murdered there ny a Negro
named Dixon. who, after killing the
officer with hatchet, took his own
life with a rifle The Negro came
20 Garrett two weeks ago. rented "a
room az a Negro boarding house and
mad not come ont of his lodgings
since Dixon kept his door barred
and IS said 20 have had nothing to
eat during the fortnight OF his Sc
clution The matter was reported
TO DR.. Rodebaugh who went inn
mediatelv 20 Investigate, accompan-
led by City Marshal Walter SaXer.
AFTER some parleyine through the
closed door. the Negro finally ad-
rnitted DR. Rodebaugh and the
marshal When Dixon refused TO
leave his room Marshal SaXer step
ped into the hall. At that instant
the Negro attacked Dr. Rodebaugh
With a hatchet and hacked him TO
death.
Marshal SaXer heard the commo-
tion and ran 20 the room. but found
the door closed Then Dixon shot
himself. Nothing is known in Gar
rett OF Dixon. or why ne killed Dr.
ROdebaugh.
South Bend news-times., 1917-10-26
FOUR BROTHERS ARE HELD
FOR ATTACK ON SYRIAN

News-TimeS Special Servbre:
ANDERSON, Ind, Oct. 26.-COn-
spiracy 10 commit murder is the
charge on which Charles, Samuel,
Alexander and Mohammed Hassan,
brothers. were placed under arrest.
II is charged in the affidavit that
they combined, confederated. con
spired and agreed" with each other
10 murder Alley Fad, one Of the fell
low countrymen from Assyria. Fad
was attacked and badly injured with
a knife in the hands of one of the
men. his head being almost severed
from the body when his throat was
slashed with the weapon. Since the
attack Fad has been unable to speak
above a whisper.