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The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
Penalties for Profiteering
Fall on Foodstuff Dealers.

Notwithstanding HoQver's handicap
in having to work with volunteer
and unframed detective force, more
than 800 penalties for profiteering
have been imposed on licensed dealers
in foodstuffs during the last ten
months. These are the ''big fellows"
About $50 companies and individuals
have been ordered to quit business for
limited period and more than 500
have voluntarily made a money pay
ment, usually to the Red Cross, or
have temporarily abstained from doing
business rather than risk more drastic
penaltieA
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
SCRAPS

Arbitration awards give new con.
cessions to London (England) county
council tramway employees totaling
$4,000 a year.
All the school boards of Caitkness,
Scotland. have adopted minimum sal
ary for assistant teachers. commencing
at $4OO.
Oyster shells are being used extern
sivsly in the manufacture Of portland
cement along the coast Of the Gulf Of
Mexico.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
SCIENCE NOTES

A simple typewriter attach
ment has been Invented for re-
linking ribbon ut little cost.
Concrete bases to give longer
: life to WORKOUT fence posts are
a New York inventors idea.
Sand Of different colors can be
fed through a new pencil for
) children to enable them to draw
outline pictures.
To save labor and space In
large post Offices, a New Jersey
man has invented a letter-sort-
ing cabinet In which the letters
are dropped into narrow slots
!. and fall down chutes into larger
compartments.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
VentiIate Coal Piles.

ventiIate Coal Piles.
Unless coal piles are well ven
tilated spontaneous combustion will
follow. To prevent spontaneous COM
bustion. the bureau of mines gives
these suggestions: ~ Build a coal
bin on dry ground. (2) Store only
one size OF coal in each pile. (3) Re
move fine coal for immediate use If
possible. t4) Don't wet and dry the
coal alternately while piling. (6)
Store the coal In 5mall piles near the
place where 1t IL to be used. (0 Uss
small bins In storage yards.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
Drying Plants Save Food
Ca-y Ea.bEA PROVIDES S.pls ssdcs.ye...s MeAsodd
Coasavas Pez.habies


fruits vegetables favorable
a
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
China May Use All Canals.

China. in its pressing need for trans
portation facilities, Is considering the
restoration of its old-time system of
canals, of which there we're at one
time 10000 miles within the empire
Centuries before the Christian era the
great rivers of the Celestial empire
were diverted from their natural
courses to form these ancient water
wan.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
A Vital Question.
Not Customary.

Allce-How did
you feel while
Fred was prOpos-
ing to you?
Mildred - Two
or three times I
felt like supplying
the words l knew
he was cropping
for; but. of course,
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
Courtesy.

Courtesy.
The diner who had cleverly taken
another mans overcoat had just
reached the door when the owner
tapped him on the shoulder.
pardon me, SIR" he said meekly.
''but would you allow me to get anoth-
er cigar from my coat pocket, in case
l do not meet you again?"
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09

She-When ysu go to ask papa the
first thing he will do will be to accuse
you Of seeking my hand merely to be-
come his sOn-in-law.
He-Yes. And them"
She-And then you must agree with
him. He's n lot prouder of himself
than he Is of me.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
% A
=

The passenger automobile travels
10000, ,ooo, 900 miles annually a. against
$4,000, ,0oo, 900 miles travelled by all
railroads.
men. but for the lack Of transporta-
ton. We are farther from our bases
Of supply than any warning nation.
This nation must devote every ounce
Of energy to produce more food. more
munitions, but with the enormous in
creases must come more transporta-
ton; more done in less time. We
cannot go back to the days Of the army
mule and pack saddle, the prairie
schooner and the lone hoss shay"
Speed, speed and more speed is the
cry. And America answers with her
100000 automobiles-the greatest
transportation tool, the greatest aid to
personal efficiency in the world.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09

Netting
church
Municipal plants have
mun with convenient and simple method Of drying all sorts Of
drying described the bulletin follows
mera md o
vegetables winter The establishment
a
relief
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
Achieving the Impo ssibIe.

Traveller (at
door)-Madam. !
have O vacuum
cleaner. It
Mistress (loft-
ily) Sorry, but
we always send
our vacuuns out
to be cleaned.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
JUST TO SMILE
ossssesoeosssossoooooss
A Change Of Linen.

A Change Of Linen.
dusband-You have changed wash
erwOmen, I see.
Wife-Yes. How do you know?
Husband-Instead Of getting Browns
and RobinsOn's shirts. I am getting
some strange garments I never wore
before.
A Vital Question.
She Yes. attended cooking school
and learned SO much there.
Held you learn how to keep q
cook?
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09

Truck as Well as Auto.
The average automobile on the farm
Is truck as we'll.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
Assuming tn at

Assuming tn at
every automobile
saves one hour q
day, the total time
saved represents an
army Of 62s,o00
men at work ev-
cry day. Compare
this with the total
number Of men In
service today.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
0v JOHN n. wILIVS.

D you know that right now
there are 100000 motor
vehicles in use. or one to
every twenty persons In
the United States?
In these cars twenty-five
million people. one-fourth
Of the population, could be
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
Value Of Printing Cups,

If the motor has no priming cups 1t
will be hard to start on cold mornings.
Get set Of spark plugs with prlmine
cups attached. Remember that ether
is the best substance for printing.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09

that wouldn't have been the thing tC
do at all.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-18
bill TO DRAFT
BOYS REACHING
81 REPORTED
Measure Favored by Com.
mittee-Draft Men of
40 Disapproved.

The bill to draft boys who have
become 81 since last June was or
dered reported favorably today by
the House Military Affairs Commit
tee. An amendment to draft all
men up to 40 was voted down in
committee. but will be called up on
the floor by it's author. Represen-
tative Shallenberger. of Nebraska.
Final action on the bill is expect
ed before the end of the week. The
Senate already has passed it.
Million New Men a Year.
President Wilson is empowered 10
call men who become 81 years OF
age at any time during the war,
without further legislation. June
5 will be the effective date each
year.
million men a year. almost all
of whom will be in Class 1, will be
added to the fighting forces each
year. the War Department csti-
mates.
The department told the House
Military Affairs Committee It II
intended to register all the now
men 81 under a plan which will
mingle them with those already in
service. An attempted amendment
to put them at the foot of the draft
list was defeated in committee.
Due to an abnormal increase in
the number of divinity students
which has developed since they
were granted exemption as a class.
the committee struck out this pro-
vision. AS it is included in the Sem
ate bill. a conference will be neces-
sary. Under President Wilson's re-
cent regulations, they may be as
signed to noncombatant service.
Drastic Measures Urged.
Representative Shallenberger, urg-
ing his amendment to draft men up
to 40. declared that the country
must adopt far more drastic meas
ures of raising men than it has
planed. The committee. however
will await Secretary Bakers recon-
mendaticns before accepting any
changes not asked by the War De-
partment.
Secretary Baker is expected to ap-
pear before the committee mex,
week. Until, however, he has had
conferences with President Wilson
and his advisers in the department
he will not be asked before the
committee. 1t is on his recommen-
dations that the years oppropria.
tions bill-confidently expected tc
create a tremendous, military estab.
lishment-will be drafted.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-18
36 MEN LOSE LIVES
In COLLISION AT SEA
British and American Vessels Crash
with Disastrous Results.

An Atlantic Port, April I7.-Thirty-
six members of the crew of the Brit
ish steamer War knight and one
man on board the American steam
ship o. B. Jennings lost their lives
in a spectacular crash between the
two ships of the British coast on
March "a
Immediately after the collision sew
eral destroyers went TO the aid of the
two ships which were in flames. The
War knight, while being towed into
shallow water. struck a floating mine
and was blown up. Despite the blaz-
ing oil that covered the sea around
the ship. one of the destroyers
dashed alongside and took of several
of the crew.
The Jennings crew were also taken
off. with the exception of one man
who had leaped or fallen overheard
The ship was then sunk, as she was
menace to other ships. The story
of the disaster was related today by
members of the Jennings crew who
arrived on another ship.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-18
Conference at White House Will
Result in Speeding Up Of Ex-
panding Military Forces.
ALL MEN OF Fl MUST SERVE
Secretary Will Tell Congress Direct Result Of
Trip, with Measures He Deems Neces-
sary to Hasten u. S. Victory.

Secretary War Newton D. Baker just back from France
yesterday made Wilson urgent
American and maximum of speed preparations to
meet the growing emergency the Western front
The details the Chief Executive and the
heads the White during conference
the afternoon Under the direction of Maj
Gen March, Chief Staff Marshal Gen. Enoch
plans for expansion which must be submitted to Con-
gress already taking shape.
Il OF the military establishment be
Immediately 100000 machinery
organization be enlarged the total will be pushed
The advby OF requesting Congress to authorize and
approprae now tho larger figure consideration.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-18
40 HUN PRISONERS
LANDED In AMERICA
Absolute Secrecy Maintained as to
Disposition of Captives.

An Atlantic Port. April I7.-About
forty German prisoners. one of whom
was said to have commanded a L.
boat, were brought here late today
on a former German liner, now in the
United States service. II was re-
ported that some of the prisoners were
captured by American soldiers on the
battle front in France.
The captain of the steamer refused
to reveal any particulars regarding
the Germans, who were kept on the
vessel, nor would he permit reporters
to board the ship. No information
was obtainable as to the disposition
TO be made of the prisoners.
While enroute for this port the ves-
sci sighted a submarine. or what was
believed to be one. and depth bombs
were discharged by the conveying de-
stroyers. A report that a submersible
had fred on the steamer was denied.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-18
TURKISH ATROCITIES
PUT GREEKS In FLIGHT
Propontines Treated Little Better
Than Armenians.

A general exodus Of Greeks from
the shores of the Black Sea on ac-
count of atrocities practiced against
them by the Turkish army, is report
ed in diplomatic dispatches received
here yesterday. These Greeks, the
Propontines. according to the dis
patches have been treated little bet
ter than the Armenians. In con-
sequence thousands Of them are fee
ing into Caucasia.
Italian advices report a huge mass
meeting in Rome. under the pstrona &c
of the Queen Dowager for an in
denendent Armenia
The Washington herald., 1918-04-18
LATEST EDICT
WILL RESTRICT
ALL BUILDERS
Fuel Board Curtails Rail
Shipments Of Building
Material 50 Per Cent.

The building material industry is
curtailed practically so per cent in
regulations issued last night by the
United States Fuel Administration,
and approved by the War Industries
Board.
The restrictive measures are ex-
pected to release thousands of freight
cars and effect a huge saving in coal
for more essential industries. In ad-
dition the orders are so constituted
that they rearrange and divide the
manufacturing program of the clay
products INDUSTRY in such a way as to
place it on the basis Of a war essen
tial.
Signs Ten Orders.
Ten orders were signed by DR..
Harry A. Garfield. Food Admins
traitor. the products dealt with be-
ing arranged in classes and manu-
facture curtailed on a percentage
basis as follows:
Face brick. common brick. paving
brick. terra Gotta. roofing tile, floor
and wall tile and sanitary ware all
suffer a fifty per cent restriction;
hollow tile, twenty-five per, cent
drain tile and sewer pipe. twenty
five per cent. and stoneware. except
chemical. fifteen per cent.
In each instance curtailment is
based on the average output of the
last three years. The figures rep
resent rates of production which
will be for the best interests of the
necessary government work, and in
general for the interests of the
manufacturers involved. it was said
Experience of the last year has
shown both the Fuel Administration
and War Industries Board that new
The Washington herald., 1918-04-18
Gerard Tells Kaiser
We Want No Nonsense

New York. April 17.-James W.
Gerard. former Ambassador to
Germany sent a message to the
Kaiser through the countless
SPIES here" that America will
stand no nonsense from Germany's
ruler.
Mr.. Gerard spoke from the steps
of the subtreasury in Wall Street
to a crowd of about 20.O00 for the
liberty loan.
"On October ., 1915, 1 had an in
terview with the Kaiser. In the
course of that talk he puts his
face close TO mine and shook his
finger under my nose and said:
After this war / will stand no
more nonsense from America
II hope the kaiser's countless
spies here are reporting to him
that you are arming over here and
that you will stand no nonsense
from the Kaiser.
You have got to back UP our
men abroad. And the best way to
do that is to buy liberty bonds
The Washington herald., 1918-04-18
10000 MORE
TOGET CHANCE
FOR "STRAPS'
Fourth Series of Officers
Training Camps Will
Open May IS.

Approximately 10000 men from
the regular army. the National
Guard, national army and military
schools with government supervised
courses will be given an opportun-
ity to win commissions as second
lieutenants to command troops in
the field at a fourth series of Off
GERS training camps to be opened
May Is.
The plan of training another
large force for line commissions in
dicates that the War Department
can army much larger than that
originally considered.
Although Secretary Baker has
declined to discuss new plans
which it is understood he has map
ped out as result of his visit
abroad, it is known that orders re-
lating to the new series of officers
training camps have been held up
pending his return.
The opinion is general that his
observations in France led him to
authorize the establishment Of the
new camps. within a few hours of
his return to Washington.
The fourth training camps will
accept two per cent of the enlisted
personnel of the divisions and de-
tached units of the regular army,
National Guard and national army.
excepting the coast artillery and
the various staff corps. The can
didates will be designated by their
officers.
Chance for Youths Under Fl.
In addition to all men who have had
a years training under a regular army
officer at a military school under
government supervision and who on
May Is are at least 20 years and 8
months old and not more than 80
years old. are given an opportunity
to apply for entrance to one of the
camps. The training will be given at
the various divisional camps and can
tonments.
set forth by the Adjutant Generals
office provide that candidates must be
graduates of senior division, Reserve
Officers Training, Corps units; such
members of the advanced course, Sc
nior divisions, of the Reserve Officers
Training Corps who by May Is have
NOihpiclcu Oiic year VI luc duNduCeu
course and 800 hours of military in
struction since January 1. 1917, under
the supervision of an officer of the
army and men who have had at least
one years training under army off,
GERS at any time during the past ten
years in educational institutions
recognized by the government. There
are 1e6 recognized schools.
As TO Applications.
No applications from candidates
will be received by the War Depart
ment, Applicants not in the army
must submit without delay to the
head of his educational institution or
to the professor of military science
and tactics letter of application to
the training course. The application
must give the dates of his attendance
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-18
Backs TO the wau.-

Backs to the wall.~
1t is now a new battle OF Ypres.
this titanic struggle in Flanders.
Most II not ALL OF wytschaete
center OF the famous ridge. is one,
more in British hands. Haig's troop.
are striking back everywhere with tn,
heroic, fatalistic dash OF men who
their backs to the wall" know they
are standing on the last line Of re-
sistsnce.
Preparatory 10 this concerted coun-
tor-offensive, a ;cadjustmcnt Of tht
line had 10 be undcrtsken. The Ypres
salient, long a formidable menace tc
the enemy but now a death trap tc
the occupants. had 10 be given up.
II was a painful step. for IL mean
abandoning ground for which thou
sands of British heroes bled during
the six long months of last wears
British drive in Flanders. But the
iron dictates of strategy. which knows
only the logic Of the head. not of The
heart. demanded il.
Consequently, virtually all Of
ground to the northeast Of Ypres. was
abandoned by the British. quietly and
unobserved by the foe.
shorter and Better Now.
The new British line on tho
lpres front is a shorter and better
line. Gen. Maurice. director Of miii-
tary operations, announced tonight.
The withdrawal is reRrettable,
but was necessary" he said.
So the British Gpres line tonight
ran from Wytschaete. the storm
center Of the combat. to the south.
northeastward through White
Chateau. about five miles due east
of Ypres, TO Pilken. four and a half
miles northeast of Ypres The
British stand on high ground, and
the enemy has not yet dared cross
the valley in storming attacks Up-
on these heights, bristling with
cannon. rifles and machine guns.
Foe HurIs Division, at YPre.-
Instead. Hindenburg is hurting
his densely massed divisions against
Gpres from four other directions.
from the northeast, above Pilken.
from the southeast. along the lille
becke- Hollebecke line. from the
south, around Wytschaete. and from
the southwest, between Wulverg-
hem and KENNEL Mountain. Mean
while. far to the northward. on both
sides of Bailleul. he is trying des-
perately to break through to the
north and thus turn the whole Brit
ish Ypres position.
But there, too. he has sustained
bloody check. the British not only
stopping his onslaught, but advance
ing their own lines half way to
Bailleul west OF that town.
New Battle Of swipers.-
The vital battle front in this new
battle Of Wipers" is. aside from
the regions southeast. east, and
alton was more or less obscure late
this evening. between Meteren and
Wytschaete, a line Of little less
than nine miles. On this front the
British are centering their counter
thrusts. 1t is as IL Haig had re-
peated Foch's memorable order of
the Marne:
my right has been driven in; my
left has been driven in-therefors,
with all that have left In my GEN.
ter, / will now attack"
| That's what Haig is now doing.
II is the last card OF his Ypres
army. Upon what is left OF his
center position and its resistance
and his counter blows depend the
outcome of the Flanders battle, un-
less in the eleventh hour reserves
arrive.
II is admittedly unlikely that IL
coxr,xrxn ox nam -
The Washington herald., 1918-04-18
Jeweler Claims $500
From "Divine" Sarah

New York, April 17.-Sarah Bern
hardt. the famous actress. has failed
to pay a balance of $500 on a dia-
mond-studded watch. chain and bar
pin. according to a Fifth Avenue
jeweler who today filed an attach
ment to collect the amount.
please remit letters written
both in French and English were
not acknowledged. the jeweler de-
clares.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-18
LOAN
FALLING. SHY
OF goal SET
Treasury Disappointed
When Subscriptions Fail
to Pass Billion Mark.

Subscriptions to the Third Liberty
Loan ARE not up to expectations.
In a statement issued last night
! the Treasury Department expressed
"a feeling of disappointment, par
ticularly in large cities" over the
amount subscribed up to the end of
business yesterday
Total of subscriptions throughout
the country reported yesterday was
! less than a ,923,25O. Un-
less subscriptions increase the loan
will be nearly a quarter of a billion
short of the amount asked for. Sec
retary McAdoo said last night.
st. Louis Ready.
st. Louis Federal Reserve district
still held the lead last night in the
proportion of its quota subscribed
with sixty per cent, or s7S,56S.9 $50
worth of bonds sold. The Richmond
Reserve district, in which Washing
ton is located, dropped down one
place, and a. the close of business
last night was next to last.
Washington's subscriptions to
the loan late last night were esti-
mated at not less than $500, 900,
taken by more than 1900 subscrib-
ers. Every effort now is being put
forward by the local campaigners
and plans include a house-to house
canvass of the city and great
mass meeting next Saturday night
OF the three trade bodies of the
city in the Liberty Hut of the Y.
NJ. c. A., formerly the Billy Sunday
tabernacle. on the Union Station
plaza
Trade Bodies to Meet.
The organizations which will par
| ticipate in the rally are the Board
of Trade, the Chamber of Commerce
and the Merchants and Manufacture
ers' Association, which include on
their rosters more than $500 busi-
ness and professional men.
John G. Capers, chairman of the
subcommittee of the Liberty Loan
Committee, in charge of trade or
ganizations, is in charge of arrange
ments for the meeting. Music will
be furnished by the Marine Band
and the Y. M. c. A. Glee Club.
Fifteen liberty loan speakers are
to go to one Government Printing
Office this afternoon at o'clock,
where addresses will be made to as
many groups of employees simulta-
neously. Employees OF the American
Red Cross are to be addressed this
afternoon by A. E. Seymour.
The liberty loan committee is
planning to give practical demon
strations of the work of the giant
British tank. Britannia" which is
expected to arrive here tomorrow.
The officers in charge told the COM
mittee that they would be glad to
have the tank demolish any OBJ
stacle which they might devise.
They are particularly desirous of
having some old building for DEM
onstration purposes. and promise to
make the tank walk right through
ii.
The tank. which has been in
heavy fighting at Arras and Mes
sines Ridge. and which has a record
of having captured 39i German pris-
oners and four machine guns, is in
charge of the same crew of British
soldiers which operated ii in battle.
They include Capt. H. Haigh, Sergt.
A. G. Blunt, Sergt. Burnside, Corp.
Jaeger. Corp, Brumham, and Gun
ners Bailey. Sayille and Alderman.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-18
Flyer Killed in Canada.

st. GATHERINGS. Ont. April 17.-Ed-
ward B. Donynge, of New Jersey, who
was recently transferred from sn avia-
tion camp in Texas here. was killed
today while making a forced landing.
His pilot was also severely injured.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-18
SEVERE QUAKE In CALIFORNIA

Eureka. Cal. April T.-An earth
quake. said to have been the most
violent experienced here in a decade.
occurred last night. The vibration
lasted thirty seconds. No damage
resulted from the shock