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Evening star., 1918-06-24
SHORTAGE OF LABOR
HITS MINING OF COAL
Operators Appeal to Federal Off,
cials Here for Relief-Situation
Growing Grave.

Shortage Of labor and the new draft
are seriously affecting the mining of
coal according to the information Of
the fuel administration. The anthra-
cite industry especially has been hard
hit in this respect. So great has been
the depletion in its mine working
force that the situation is declared to
be growing grave and a hurry call has
been sent to the United States Depart
ment Of Labor to do something to re-
lieve the shortage.
With the industry so short handed,
current orders cannot be fully fllled
and it ispointed out that look ahead
makes the winter demand appear any
thing but promising. On the other
hand there is plenty of anthracite
coal in the ground 1t is wanted in
cellars and coal bins and storage
yards to be ready to feed into millions
of fires, but the operators contend
they are becoming practically help
less to meet the situation and declare
the assistance of the Department of
Labor is most urgent at this time.
Before the war there were $4,000
mine workers in the anthracite in
dustry. The number has been drawn
down to about 145,000 now. 1t is
claimed by the operators that but for
the highly developed facilities now
employed in mining and preparation
of the coal the present output would
be still less.
Evening star., 1918-06-24
Available Man Power.
To the Editor Of The Star:


Following up" the Frank Raynor
correspondence in The Star. I will
say that for three months prior to
their moving to Philadelphia I was
employed on some Of the most par
tioular work in the Emergency Fleet
Corporation. A few Of US over the
draft age were SO engaged, and the
records of the concern will show that
for accuracy and volume our work
compared very favorably with that
of the younger class and that we set
an example for punctuality and seri-
Gus attention to our duties. Like Mr..
Raynor, my attention has been called
by men beyond the draft age to their
perform war service" From my ex-
perience and observation while in the
purchasing division of the above
corporation, I believe that the work
Of the various war commissions could
be taken over. by men of mature age
without detriment to the service. I
am confident that there are hundreds
Of men beyond the draft age with
years Of experience both in business
and the professions who would be
glad to do their bit even at some per-
sonal sacrifice and who would be
competent to perform any Of the
duties incidental to the service, with
the possible exception of those requir-
Ing expert technical knowledge, and
L have no doubt men with that
proper efforts were made. This por-
tion of our man power seems to
have been overlooked.
J. NJ WHEATLEY
Evening star., 1918-06-24
NEARLY ONE HUNDRED
FORM HIKERS' PARTY
Walk From Chevy Chase to Forest
Glen-Moonlight like Wednes-
day-All-Day Trip July 4.

Nearly hundred walk lovers
formed the party yesterday afternoon
on three-mile hike from Chevy
Chase lake to Forest Glen, under the
leadership Of Walter W. Paige and G. A.
Cambs.
From the Georgetown branch of the
Baltimore and Ohio railway the
kikers proceeded northward between
small farm plats and to a little valley
through which flowed a stream trib-
utary to Rock creek, thence to the
main road and across Rock creek. A
few hundred yards beyond the pedes-
trians took to trail beside a
trickling stream to a fine spring.
thence to a lookout point overlook
ing Rock cree valley and Gormley's
farm.
After q rest the walk was continued
to the Forest Glen Seminary, and
from the glen to Carroll Springs and
return.
There will be moonlight walk
Wednesday evening from Chevy Chase
lake. Next Sunday afternoon w.
Palmer Hall is to lead from the end
of tho Anacostia car line at 2:45.
There will be an all-day trip July 4
to Laurel.
Evening star., 1918-06-24
$50 ELKS OF THE HOUSE
TO VISIT ATLANTIC CITY
To Participate in Patriotic Demon
stration July 11-President Will
son to Review Parade.

One hundred and fifty members Of the
House, who are members Of the B. P. O.
Elks, have accepted the invitation OF
Mayor Harry Bacharach Of Atlantic City
to participate in the patriotic demon
stration by the Elks in Atlantic City
Thursday, July II. President Wilson has
consented to review the parade at 2:3C
pm.
Representative Bacharach Of Atlantic
City, brother of the mayor, has invited
his colleagues of the House to be his
guests at a shore dinner. The members
Of Congress will make their headquar-
ters at the Marlborough -Blenheim.
There are 225 members Of the Elks in
the House, and they plan to make a
demonstration when the delegation
leaves Union station at PM, over the
Pennsylvania railroad, July 10. The dele
cation will all wear palm beach suits.
The House members will be guests OF
the Atlantic City Lodge Of Elks during
their stay at the shore. Arrangements
for the congressional party are being
made by William Kenney, doorkeeper OF
the Speakers lobby. House Of Repre-
sentatives.
Evening star., 1918-06-24

Island Of st. Paul on the way, and
the northern route by way of Labra-
dor, Greenland, Iceland. Farce Islands,
to England. cannot be considered. In
each case the flight over water is
shorter than by the other routes. but
they are not practical at present.
The seven ways Of flying across the
Atlantic and the three routes being
considered for the first flight are as
follows:
"By means Of large airplanes capa-
BILE of flying the 5000 miles from
New York to Ireland without stop
ping. The construction of such air.
planes is considered possible by
prominent airplane manufacturers.
They will be assisted by trade winds:
by means of flying boats and
hydroaeroplanes. starting from New
York and flying to Ireland. stopping
to take fuel from ships stationed at
every 300 miles along the route.
by means Of land airplanes. large
or small. starting from Newfoundland
and flying to Ireland, distance of
1850 miles. without stopping. The
construction of airplanes capable of
doing this is considered easy by
prominent manufacturers. They will
be assisted by trade winds.
"By means of flying boats and hy-
droaeroplanes. starting from New
foundland and flying to Ireland. 1890
miles, taking on gasoline from ships
stationed at every 800 miles along
the route.
"By means of land machines. large
or small. flying from Newfoundland
to the Azores, 1,195 miles. and from
the Azores to Portugal, $50 miles.
"By means of hydro-aeroplanes fly
ing from Newfoundland to the Azores
and from the Azores to ireland.
taking on fuel from ships stationed
200 miles apart along the route.
"By means OF flying boats, flying
from Newfoundland to the Azores.
and taking on fuel there"
Evening star., 1918-06-24
TURKS STATE PEACE TERMS.
Claim Their Intervention Prevent
ed Crushing Of Central Powers.

BASEL. Switzerland, June 23.-The
Turkish newspaper Aati, a copy OF
which has been received here. in an
article. in which it lays emphasis on
the statement that Turkeys interven-
tion in the war probably has prevent
ed the central powers from being
crushed, formulates conditions as rep
resenting public opinion as to what
Turkeys peace terms should be.
The terms. the newspaper says, en-
brace the restitution Of Irak and
Palestine: the re-establishment OF
Turkish supremacy in Egypt: the in
dependence Of Persia, to be secured
by the expulsion of the British: the
Black sea to become Turkish, with a
Turkish prince in the Crimea: q Ger
man prince in Georgia and an Aus
trian archduke in Armenia: Bulgaria
to hold northern Dobrudja, but Con-
stanza and Dadeagatch to become free
ports: Austria not to evacuate north
ern Italy until Turkey has recovered
Cyrensaica and Turkey to recover
Crete.
Evening star., 1918-06-24
STREET RAILWAY HEARINGS.
Question Of Increased Wages Up
Before Taft-Walsh Board.

Whether street railway companies
are able with their present revenues
to pay increased wages to their en-
ployes is a question being argued to-
day before former President Taft and
Frank P. Walsh. joint chairmen OF
the National War Labor Board.
Companies directly party to the
hearings are those in Chicago. De-
troit. Cleveland. Schenectady, East st.
Louis, Newark. Pittsburgh. Kansas
City, Joplin. Mo-, and Portland. Ore.
After this hearing Chairmen Taft
and Walsh will hear evidence and ar
gument on the subject of the living
wage preparatory to establishing a
minimum wage rate commensurate
with the increase in tho cost of living
necessities.
Evening star., 1918-06-24
INITIAL FLIGHTS ACROSS OCEAN
BY YSEVERAL ROUTES PROPOSED
R. J. Collier, Aero Club Official SUGGESTS
That Trial Trips Be Made by
Airman Simultaneously.

Robert ]. Collier, a mepber of the
board of governors Of theNAero Club
of America, suggest that the pro-
determine the possibility of send
ing American aircraft to France and
England by their own power should
first be made by several machines over
several routes simultaneously.
The present status of the plan. it
was said, was that British and Ital-
ian experts, as we'll as Americans.
had offered to make the attempt; the
Handley-Page and Caproni interests
were anxious to make fight with
their machines. and several Ameri-
can makers had also planned to make
the attempt.
There are seven different ways and
five routes for the transatlantic
has had plans submitted for every
one of these ways and for each of
the routes, and for every type of air
craft. lighter as well as heavier than
air. The Caproni and Handley-Page
people propose to use airplanes in
tical to make it in a seaplane. Amer
lean proposals include one plan for a
flying boat and several with air.
planes. Under these circumstances it
has been suggested that machines of
the different types starting by diff
ferent routes and making the trip
under varying conditions would afford
valuable evidence as to how the At
lantic could most safely and expedi-
tiously be crossed.
For obvious reasons the plan to
fly across the Atlantic by using the
southern route, from Pernambucoa
Brazil, to Cape Verde, Africa, which
is only about 1000 miles, with the
Evening star., 1918-06-24
Gen. Pershing commends Scouts.
NAMES SELECTED FOR
3 new U. S. DESTROYERS

Names for three new United States
destroyers have been selected, as fol-
lows:
The Thomas. in memory Of Lieut..
Clarence c. Thomas. first American
naval officer to lose his life In the
war against Germany; the Haraden,
for Capt. Jonathan Haraden. who
served with distinction during the
revolutionary war, and the Abbot. in
memory of Commodore Joel Abbot,
who was voted a sword by Congress
for gallantry in the war Of 1912.
Evening star., 1918-06-24
WATER TENDER IN NAVY
PRAISED BY Mr.. DANIEL S

Frank Bush, a chief water tender
in the Navy, has been commended
by Secretary Daniels for extinguish-
ing +a.dre which broke out in an en-
gine room of destroyer last June.
The Secretary said Bush's prompt
have prevented serious damage to
the ship. Bushs home is at Vallejo,
Cal
Evening star., 1918-06-24
New Aviation Station OPENS.

Mather Field, a new Army aviation
training station at Sacramento Cal.
was opened today. with Maj. D. C.
Emmons Of the Signal Corps as COM
mandant
Tho field was named in honor Of
Lieut.. Carl 8. Mather Of the Aviation
Corps. who was killed last January 80
as the result of collision of planes.
Evening star., 1918-06-24
Once Powerful Government.
Each Province subdivided.

Each province was subdivided into
cities, and these were supervised by a
mayor and a prefectress. whose pow
ers, the tablets indicate, were CO.
ordinated. In one instance, it ap-
peared, the woman mayor had an Of
fetal status Independent Of the male
head of the "municipar' government.
An insight into many other inter-
esting and hitherto unknown phases
of life in the ancient kingdom, whose
lands comprised the present-day
Mesopotamian battle grounds, is af-
forded by DIR. Sayce's discoveries
Evening star., 1918-06-24
MEN FROM DISTRICT
AMONG RECRUITS
Camp Meade Expects Many
New Selects This Week.
F'Objector" Sentenced.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CAMP MEADE. Md, June 24.-This
will be big week for arrivals Of new
men at this cantonment. They will
come mostly from Maryland. District
of Columbia and Tennessee. Some
500 men from Rhode Island. New Jer-
sey and Pennsylvania will be trans
ferred here from another cantonment
to fill compliments Of regiments here.
The men from Tennessee will be
mostly negroes. and it is proposed to
organize another infantry and proba-
bly, an artillery regiment of negroes.
The 154th Depot Brigade has been en-
larged from eight to twelve training
battalions. with facilities for hand
ling $4,000 men.
Evening star., 1918-06-24
Found Dead in Bath Tub.

CLINTON. N. c.. June al. l..
Matthews. superintendent Of the
schools Of Sampson county, was
found dead in a bathtub at his home
here yesterday, A razor which had
severed his Jugular vein was found
on . shelf beside the bathtuA
Evening star., 1918-06-24
WHEAT PRICE INCREASE
ABOVE $2.2O ALLOWED
President Issues Order Governing
Conditions; Grain Corporation
May Increase Stock.

President Wilson. by an executive
order. has given blanket authority to
increase the price of wheat at pri-
mary and other markets above the
s2.20 a bushel minimum price guar
anteed by his proclamation of last
February.
This authority is given to the Food
Administration Grain Corporation in
New York upon the recommendation
of Food Administrator Hoover.
Increase Of Capital Stock.
With this authority the corporation
is allowed to increase its capital
stock from $5o.o00.000 to $3.50. 900. 900
in shares of a par value OF 800 each
government and will be purchased by
! the food administration from time to
time as the necessity arises to main
tain the present $500 price and any
| increase authorized.
While no explanation of the order
| was given either at the food admins
tration or the White House, two con-
siderations were believed to have in
| fiuenced the Presidents decision to
| permit the grain corporation to pay
higher prices for wheat. The first
was the increased freight rates which
Growers must bear this increase.
Without an advance in the price OF
wheat their profits would be material
ly reduced.
The second was believed to be the
situation resulting from the deadlock
in Congress over the Senate's amend
| ment to the annual agricultural ap-
propriation bill increasing the mimi
mum guaranteed price for wheat to
$3.50. The House has refused to ac-
cept the amendment and the Senate
is to vote on It again this week. In
some quarters 1t is believed that the
Presidents action will be factor in
influencing the Senate to recede from
the amendment.
Evening star., 1918-06-24

Representative w. b. Oliver. repre-
senting the sixth district Of Alabama,
now completing his second term, has
qualified a. q candidate to succeed him
self He viii bs unoppossd.
Evening star., 1918-06-24
conscientious objector" Punished

Special Correspondence of The Star
CAMP MEADE, Md. June 24.-Pri-
vate Jacob Rose, conscientious object
or. found guilty of trying to cause a
mutiny among other objectors and of
giving false testimony with regard to
a hunger strike which he attempted
to lead, was sentenced to ten years at
hard labor by court-martial.
The original sentence was twenty
years. This was reduced by the re-
viewing authority.
Rose, one of the widest of the radi-
calls, according to testimony, began by
trying to induce Private J. Howard
Branson and others to refuse to obey
any orders given them by superior Of
f1cers. 1t was on February / that he
sought the cooperation of Branson,
Frank Buck, Alonzo Payne, Charles
Fielder and William NJ. Kantor in car
rying out a hunger strike.
Claims he TASTED Sixteen Days.
In his testimony Rose declared to
Maj. Martin c. Wise, division inspec-
tor, that he did not eat food from
February to February 1s. The OBJ
servers of Rose learned that he had
been supplied with chocolate and
that he gladly ate what was given to
him, pretending all the time that he
was marvelously living on nothing
but few glasses of water daily.
This testimony was one of the speci-
fications against him as violation OF
the ninetythird article of war.
Rose was also found guilty of "the
State in the effective prosecution of
the war" as active in propaganda by
circulating book, "War-What
For?"
Evening star., 1918-06-24
SHOWS WOMAN MAYORS
LISTED 5000 YEARS AGO
Translation Of Tablets From Asia
Minor Also Reveals Tribulations
Of Newspaper" Men.

PHILADELPHIA, June 24.-Trans-
lation of prehistoric tablets in the
University of Pennsylvania Museum
here has revealed that woman mayors
were regularly constituted public Of
ficials in Asia Minor 5000 years ago.
That prototypes of newspaper men.
at that remote time, true to more
modern traditions Of the profession,
occasionally became involved in liti-
cations of the present-day libel
suit" character, but generally were
released ION bail" is also indicated in
the newly deciphered writings.
Once Powerful Government.
The translations, which concern a
once powerful. well organized gov
ernment and people Of which nearly
all trace has been lost through long
forgotten centuries. have just been
completed by Dr. A. B. Sayce of Ok
ford University, famous oriental
scholar. He copied the tablets here
two years ago and took copies to
Egypt, where he was finally able to
master their time-shrouded messages
The tablets were the work Of Hit
fites or Cappadocians. whose national
boundaries fifty centuries ago EXTEND
ed from the Mediterranean to the
Black sea and from the headwaters
Of the Euphrates into what is now
Evening star., 1918-06-24
PLANS ARE COMPLETED
TO RAISE $40, 900 FUND
Four-Day Campaign for Cash to
Widen the Scope Of Boy Scout
Work in the District.

Plans for the campaign to raise
$4,000 to widen the scope Of Boy
Scout work in the District Of CO.
lumbia were completed at a luncheon
today at the Cosmos Club.
It was announced that instead Of
having the opening dinner of the
campaign tomorrow night, the din
ner will be Thursday night at 2
o'clock. at the Hotel Lafayette.
Huston s. Thompson, campaign
chairman, had as his guests at lunch
today M. o. Chance. H. L. Rust, c. E.
Stewart, ]. T. K. Plant and Isaac
Cans, division chairmen: Colin W.
Livingstone, president Of the ma
tional council; s. A. Harris, national
scout commissioner; E. s. Wooley.
special scout commissioner. and team
captains.
Gen. Pershing Commends Scouts.
The Boy Scouts of the District
hope. during the four-day campaign.
to raise funds to extend the possibili-
ties of scouting to $4,000 boys of the
National Capital, who ought to be
scouts.
Gen. Pershing recently sent a cable
to the Boy Scout headquarters, as
follows:
1.-THE Boy Scout movement has my
unqualified approval. Honest and
faithful service in the Boy Scouts
develops those manly qualities that
fit our boys for the more serious
duties of citizens and soldiers"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-18
COTTON ADVANCES
EARLY, THEN DROPS
Bullish Peace View Stimulates
Prices, but Reactions
Come Later.
LIVERPOOL BIG BUYER
General List Closes Steady at
Net Gain Of From A to
20 Points.

The bullish view OF peace prospects
seemed to be chiefly responsible for
yesterdays early advance in cotton. The
buying by Liverpool was supposed to
be based on expectations of narrower
differences between tho two markets.
and the support from this source ap-
peared to encourage n renewal Of de-
mand from Wall street interests. At
3o.75 for December, however. the de-
mand tapered off and there was suffi-
Client realizing to cause reactions. with
business much less active in the later
trading. December closed at 30.4s, with
the general list closing steady at q
net advance of 4 to % points.
Market had an unexpectedly firm op-
ening In spite OF comparatively easy
cables There was considerable scat
tered selling but Liverpool was a good
buyer and prices ruled very firm during
the middle OF. the morning. with active
months selling about 40 to so points
above Wednesdays closing figures.
There was very little Southern selling.
but realizing checked the advance and
later fluctuations were irregular. with
the close showing reactions Of about 81
to 80 points.
The rains reported in the South were
considered more desirable for other
crops than cotton. but were not heavy
enough to have much effect on senti-
ment
Local market for spot cotton was
quiet and rs points higher at 3e.55
for middling upland: sales nil,
Southern spot markets follow: New
Orleans steady. 25 points higher at 31c. {;
sales 9e5 bales. Savannah steady, un-
changed at soc. sales 222 bales. Nor
folk steady, unchanged at 30c. /; sales nil.
baltimore nominal at 3L25c. sales nil.
Augusta steady. so higher at 30.62c. ;
sales 292 bales. Mobile steady. I'M
changed at 29.75c. sales 24O bales. Lit
tie Rock steady. unchanged at 31.5Uc.
sales S11 bales.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-18
SEABOARD CLEARANCES.
TWO EXCHANGE SEATS SOLD.
Highest Price Paid Is 100000, By
Thomas H, schoII.

seat on the New York Stock Ex-
ehange sold yesterday for $4,000 and
smother for $4,000. The last previous
sale was $4,000. The first named rep
resented the proposed transfer of Eliot
Atwater's seat TO Charles Z. Robertson.
The latter was the proposed transfer OF
the seat of.F.W. Hoenlnghaus to Thomas
+. scholl a proposed partnership trans
Ter IL that of Henry Irwin, deceased, TO
George T. Maxwell.
Paul Bayne and Walter L. johnson
Yesterday were elected members of the
exchange. Joseph f. Waxted will sub
tHtute for Edward p. Field with the
nrm Of Pearl & Co. Victor s. Byron
Las been proposed TO substitute for
ChalTers Wood, Jr., Of the firm OF
Johnson & Wood.
Authorizations to substitute were
trthted Yesterday as follows: Frank
Bl.lty for John A. Stewart Sd Of the
:iim Of Stewart & Co. DE Witt Clinton
"oyes for Arthur Barnwell. Jr., with
the firm OF Tefft & Co., and Roland l..
20 Ham for G.. Beekman Hoppin with
'Se hf1n OF Mabon & Co.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-18
SPECULATION BRISK
IN CURB MARKET
Peace Stocks Again in Strong
Demand, Oils Leading
the List.

The curb market continued TO be fea-
tured by the active demand for the
oil and other psace issusA Yesterdays
session was one Of the most active In
months and q largo commission house
business was reported. especially in the
oil department. where large advances
were noted and new high levels both
for the year and for all time we're es-
tablished. The opening witnessed active
bidding and the first quotations were
from one to ten points above the anal
prices on Wednesday.
The oil group continued to be the
most conspicuous, particularly the Stand
ards. Large advances were recorded In
Prairie Oil and Gas, Ohio Oil and
Vacuum Oil. Penn Mex Fuel touched a
new high for the movement. In the
independent oil group Pan-American
Petroleum and Royal Dutch were prom
inent, both selling to new high record
prices.
In the Industrial section Cities Ser
vice scored q further advance OF 20
points to a new high record, and the
British-American Tobacco shares both
advanced more than a point. changing
hands at a new high level for the year.
Bonds of foreign Governments were
strong and active.
Total sales and range Of prices follow {:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-18
RISE IN CHICAGO CORN.
Market Receivers Partly From I'm
vcrined war Rumor-,

Nerhucu wbr humOFst
CHICAGO. Oct 17.--oorn rose in value
to-day mainly as . result Of deniais that
Germany had capitulated. The market.
however. was very unsettled throughout
the session. Prices closed nervous, " to
az net higher. with November s1.ie%
to sl.iss and December s1.15M to
N.1bs. Oats finished y to y down.
and provisions unchanged to s7c. lower.
A general rush 70 buy took place at
the opening In the corn market. BESIDES
the explicit assurance that reports Of
Germany's surrender were baseless an
other bullish factor was talk that n move
was on foot to establish a minimum
price for corn. On the ensuing bulge,
though offerings increased and the mar
ket reacted but only to bound upward
again. this performance was repeated
at intervals during the rest of the day,
with the town turns becoming somewhat
more pronounced after midday, owing In
q measure to assertions that the German
retreat suggested q rout Gossip that
Turkey would conclude q separate peace
tended also TO stimulate selling at the
last
Hedging pressure operated to keep the
oats market easy most of the day.
Lower quotations on hogs sent provi-
sions sharply down grade.