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Evening star., 1918-02-01
SUGAR IS Received !.
IN AMPLE QUANTITY
Price at Retail 8 1-2 Cents a
Pound and Dealers Are to
Be Held to That Figure.
STEP TO CHECK ExToRTloN

Cheer for sweet-toothed residents Of
Washington is contained in the an
nouncement by Clarence R. Wilson, local
food administrator, that white granu-
lated sugar is being received here In
reasonably ample quantities and that
the price Of this for a time unobtainable
article has dropped to s1a cents a pound
retail.
New crop sugar Is coming in, Mr.. VIII
son said. under the new schedule under
which all refners IN the east are ep-
Grating. This schedule hxes ths price
Of white granulated sugar at $7.2S
hundred pounds at the refinery. At this
price retailers in Washington Will be
able to sell the sugar at 81 cents a
pound and make q profit OF about one
quarter OF cent a pound on It, This
margin Of profit. it was stated, Will be
net. after allowing for cost Of hand
ling, waste. bags. etc.
Dealers Held to Price.
1t was stated at the office Of the local
food administration that retailers are
" U0 4lSiu SlIiCI1y w LILO p2ASo ". SS
cents g. pound for white granulated
sugar. weighed out from the barrel.
The price Of fine white granplated
sugar In one and two pound packages.
it was stated, should be not more than
10 cents pound. Until very recently
this package sugar has retailed at 10
cents a. pound. the price being reduced
to 91s cents a pound a few days ago.
Local jobbers are receiving sugar IN
quantities sufficient to supply every
paScpa hla demand in Washington. Z
was stated, and shipments are coming
from the refiners regularly.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
Sunday Theater Opening.

The engagement of 'Polyanna" will
inaugurate a new policy at the New
National Theater. that Of Sunday open
ings. This brings the legitimate drama
into line with the custom Of Sunday
performances, which has for q long time
been followed in regard to lectures,
concerts and vaudeville -
Evening star., 1918-02-01

were In the line wrote home: Chfs
may be the last letter you receive from
|me."
Commenting on this. one OF the CEN
sors said. .T have NOT seen q letter like
thA. for 90 long that have forgotten
what one looks like"
Evening star., 1918-02-01
Dealers Held to Price.
To Enforce Fair Prices.

Plans are practically completed by
the local food administration for dis
tricting the city in the effort to enforce
a schedule of fair food prices. Each Of
the districts into which the city is d.
yided is to be in charge Of a personal
aid to the local food administrator.
These aids have been chosen with a
view to their fltness for the task OF
keeping a close watch on food dealers
and preventing any effort at profiteer-
ing in any food commodities.
Attempts on the part of any retailer
to evade the food regulations are to be
reported to the person in charge OF the
ditrict in which such attempts may pc
made, and the aid, or observer, will re-
port direct to Mr.. WI son. who will i'm
mediately set In operation the legal ma.
chinery designed to punish yiolators OF
the food regulations.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
Substitutes Hard to Get.

Attention was called by Mr.. Wilson
today to the fact that commodities In
cluded in today's price list as substi-
tutes for wheat hour under the $3.50
rule are priced at approximately the
same figures as wheat -four itself.
Transportation difficulties. 1t was stated.
have kept many food dealers from OBJ
tanning ample supplies of these sub
stitutes, but the supplies on hand are
being sold without any attempt to ex-
tort exorbftant prices.
Rapid progress is reported in the cam
paign to enlist fond dealers. Wholesale
and retail, for support of the federal
and local food administrations. apd al
ready several hundred Washingto ton
dealers have pledged their cooperation
in the work Of keeping food prices
down to reasonable figures. The cam
paign is being waged in every section
of the city. and scores of food dealers
are now displaying in their places of
business cards stating that the proprie-
tors of such establishments have en-
listed in the United States Food Ad-
ministration.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
Ambassador Francis
Receives Third Threat
From. Russ Anarchists

PETROGRAD, Wednesday,. January
3o.-The ministry OF foreign affairs to-
day transmitted to David r. Francis,
the American ambassador. a letter ad-
dressed to Leon Trotzky, the bolshevik
foreign minister, by the 'Petrograd
group of anarchists. insisting that
Trotzky bring pressure to bear on the
American embassy for the release Of
Alexander Berkman, Emma Goldman
and Thomas J. Mooney.
The ministry also inclosed a resolu-
tion adopted by the anarchists threat
ening demonstrations against the en-
bassy.
The documents were forwarded to Mr..
Francis with the remark that the min
istry considered 1t It's duty to trans
NIT them"
This is the third threat by anarchists
that Ambassador Francis has received
within a month.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
Hopes for Greater Effect.

IT can't say what the next three years
will bring forth, but, SO far as I am
concerned and my service to the Dis
trict of Columbia is concerned, I can
only hope that, out of greater expert
ence my labors will be made more eff
fective, because I know 1 cannot in
crease my devotion, for that has been
complete and absolute from the begin
ming.
"One thing I would like to say at this
time to the people of the District of
Columbia Is that I want them to take
my word, after three years of intimate
contact with the personnel of the gov
ernment of the District of Columbia,
that no community, no city and no
municipality ever was served by a
more capable and more devoted corps
Of public servants. l have learned to
know the employees and officers of the
District of Columbia in these last three
years by scores. by hundreds, almost
by thousands, and, with that knowl-
edge has come not merely acquaint-
anceship, not merely intimacy, but a
very high admiration for the devotion
with which the servants of the District
Of Columbia serve the city that We all
love so we'll"
Evening star., 1918-02-01

Emma Goldman and Berkman are un-
der sentence to serve terms of impris-
onment for conspiracy to defeat the
conscription law in the United States.
Mooney was convicted in California of
completely in the San Francisco bomb
outrages.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
.BROWNLOW BEGINS !.
HIS SECOND TERM
District Commissioner Takes
Oath of Office in Presence
of D. C. Employees.
PRESENTED WITH CANE

Louis Brownlow took the oath OF
office today for his second term as Dis
trict Commissioner.
The ceremonies were held in the
board room Of the municipal building
at IL o'clock and were witnessed by
officials and employees Of the municipal
government and large number Of rep
resentatives of the eleven local draft
boards.
The Commissioner was taken completely
by surprise when Daniel j. Donovan, act
ing adjutant general. presented him with
a cane on behalf Of the thirty-third draft
board members But an even greater sur
prise was given to Mrs. Brownlow q few
minutes later when District Surveyor Mel
win c. Hazen presented her with basket
of flowers 40 a token Of appreciation by
the draft workers of the inspiration she
has been to the Commissioner IN his
handling of the arduous duties that have
come to him during the war.
The presentations and references
made by the Commissioner and other
speakers to the important part Wash
ington Is playing in the war and the
victory that is surely to be won ire
quently aroused the big audience to
outbursts Of applause.
Praises Brown1ow Appointment.
Commissioner Gardiner. who presided,
declared that the greatest man in the
world had selected the best man he
could find for the District commission
ership when he nominated Mr.. Brown
low before his term had expired to sue
ceed himself.
Acting Engineer Commissioner J. J..
Loving occupied seat at the Commits
sioners' table with Mr.. Brownlow and
Mr.. Gardiner. The oath of Office as
Commissioner was given by Mr.. Dono-
van and that as member of the pub
lie utilities commission by William e.
Williams, assistant clerk Of the Dis
trict Supreme Court.
Commissioner Brownlow. in his re-
sponse. said that three years ago, when
he took the oath Of office as Commits
sioner of the District, he had no idea
or purpose Of accepting second term.
AT that time" he said, nothing was
farther from my thoughts. But, as my
colleague, Mr.. Gardiner, has said, a
great deal has happened in those three
years, and when the President saw fit
again to honor me with an appoint
ment, 1 felt, in such times as these, that
could not do other than answer the
call to serve.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
5000 TO 5000 FOES
k|LLED0R|N INJURED
Heavy Losses, Exclusive Of
Prisoners, Inflicted on Teu-
tons by Italians.
DlAZ'S FORCES ENTHUSED

By the Associated Press.
ITALIAN EADQUART ERS IN
NORTHERN ITALY, Thursday, Janu-
ary 31.-The splendid success gained by
the Italian troops in two days OF fight
ing west of the Brenta river has been
maintained at all points and the area
of newly occupied territory is being
organized rapidly, without further eff
fort by the enemy to regain his lost
positions.
AS the italian brigades which took
part in the fighting reassembled it de-
yeloped that their losses were COM
paratively small. the aggregate being
considerably less than the number OF
prisoners taken from the enemy.
But the enemy losses were extremely
heavy, as is shown by the number of
dead left on the field and the reports of
prisoners. 1t is estimated that the
total enemy loss. without counting the
prisoners taken by the Italians. was be-
tween 5000 and 5000.
Troops Are Stimulated.
Throughout the Italian army the
troops have been stimulated by the
success in the Asiago area. and the
Italian triumph is taken to show the
really formidable and aggressive spirit
of the new forces. A considerable part
of the troops engaged were OF the
classes last called to the colors, includ-
ing some nineteen years old.
Many of the Sassari brigade. which
distinguished itself. are SardinianS and
the general commanding the division. be-
fore leading the charge up the slopes
Of Monte di Val Bella, made a ringing
appeal in Sandman dialect to his men.
AS the young islanders stepped forward
they clenched their bayonets in their
teeth in order to leave their hands free
for hand-grenade work. All the pris-
oners speak of the remarkable lighting
Austrians Are Surprised.
The result Of the action is having an
effect on the morale Of the enemy. ac-
cording to reports Of prisoners. The
Austrian winter campaign in the noun
tainS has stopped entirely. as 1t was
concluded that the difficulties Of snow
and ice and the interruption of roads
and transport supplies had made opera
exceedingly severe in the fighting area,
even drinking water for the troops be-
ing transported up the mountains from
the plains. Having accepted these con-
ditions as decisive against the winter
offensive the Austrians were taken COM
pletely by surprise when the Italians
carried out the operation which drove
the enemy back from the lines marking
his winter position.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
Tx
You Cannot Afford to Pass
Up Such Bargains as These
Mode Suits

While sizes are broken
You'll find every size In one
lot or another. Especially
strong assortment of the
smaller sizes.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-06-20
CURRENT COMMENT.

A RE you eager for an opportunity
to be Of service to your country
II 80, you must take a wideawake in
terest in the War Savings campaign
which will be conductediin Gem coun-
ty with the same aggressiveness as
the Liberty Loan and Red Cross cam
paigns. 1t isn't very pleasant to be
harrassed by this solicitor and that
solicitor and one thing comes after
another so fast they overlap. For
that matter. the solicitors and those
who give their time and thought to
conducting the campaigns do not en-
joy this kind of work. But these are
war times--we must not shirk. But
this is well worth considering: If the
folks at home, who sleep in comfort
able homes instead of dugouts, and
who don't have to combat big shells,
little shells, mustard gas, coolies, bay
onets, tanks and so forth, will dig
dig down into their pockets as Ell
Enthusiastically as our boys in France
go over the top, we'll obtain all the
money we need. Our soldiers are
showing they can shoot and so il is
up 80 the stay-at-homes to show they
can dig up.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-06-20
We have them. They are good, too.
NOTHING ELSE LIKE
1T IN EMMETT

There has never been anything in
Emmett with the INSTANT action of
simple buckthorn bark, glycerine, ETC.,
as mixed in Adler-i-ka. ONE SPOON
Full fushes the ENTIRE bowel tract
so completely it relieves ANY CASE
sour stomach, gas or constipation and
prevents appendicitis. The INSTANT,
pleasant action of Adler-i-ka surprises
both doctors and patients. Haley
Miles Drug CO. ID
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-06-20
TALES OF TOWN
TWO MOTHERS SONS.

This morning, when the postman
stopped to make his morning call
He left bunch of papers, but no let
tiers came at all,
And woman's heart was heavy as she
hurried up the stairs
{ For there is where she always went
when troubled with her cares),
And her soul was filled with anguish
as she took little cry,
For she thought she'd get letter ere
another day passed by.
Through the day she worked in silence
there was sadness in her glance
For a mother had no letter from her
boy in France.
This morning, when the postman stop
ped to make another call,
He left soldiers letter that was well
come most of all;
And a woman's fingers trembled as
she tore the envelope
To sean the lines which held so much
of cheer and love and hope;
And sunshine all that day was stamp
ed upon her loving face,
AS she swept and cleansed with vigor
all around the place,
And the dirt that lurked IN corners
didn't have fighting chance.
For a mother had a letter from her
boy in France,
-Pxt. Phil. Lewis.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-06-20

NO man will come out of this war
period with much greater prestige
and worldwide gratitude than Her
bert Hoover It was he who induced
and led the American people actually
to reduce wheat consumption in year
100 million bushels, every bushel of
which was shipped abroad to our al
lies. Where we ordinarily export one
pound of pork we have shipped five,
and as compared with exports of beef
to the allied countries aggregating
i20 million pounds year we have &C
tually exported right along 1870 mil
lion pounds month. Herbert Hoover's
department Of the war has been won
derfully efficient and successful from
the beginning, Notwithstanding that
it is one of the most complex and
difficult.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-06-20

IF some state powers in the old days
had hiked the railroad rates
sky high, as the government has just
done, what would have happened to
said powers? A new party would
have been formed and violent politi-
cal Mysteries ensued Now everybody
acquiesces and all is quiet on the Po-
tomac. Have we learned more sense
or are we subdued and tanned ?"
With rigid economy on the one hand
and increased rates on the other, per-
haps we are arriving at solution
of labor troubles and railroad ills of
various kinds. We know the public
is viewing with much satisfaction the
sharp pruning of high salaries and
other extravaganza growing out of
undue rivalry among big roads, in
GLIDING the palatial cars and trains
that were too good for the potentates
Of earth, and which took so much
money that coaches which ordinary
people rode in were not kept clean
and sanitary ofttimes, and the men
who did the work were not paid wages
earned.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-06-20

THE government has started out to
secure billion dollars by the sale
of War Savings Stamps. This means
that Gem county must raise cool
$4,000 by the method, as this is our
quota. This money must be pledged
by the latter part of this month; only
approximately fifteen thousand dol
lars is in sight so far. The campaign
starts Friday, June 2S. 1t is virtually
another Liberty Bond campaign.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-06-20

THIS is an extremely inopportune
time of year for such drive to be
made, but the government asks that
it be done now, so let us get busy.
Remember that the solicitors are busy
men and assist them as much as pos
sible by notifying the chairman, +. X.
Hayes how much you will subscribe.
His time is just as valuable to him as
your time is to you, and by notifying
him as stated above II will be much
easier to round up those who do not
report to him.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-06-20

A MERICANS at the front have
quickly come to the policy first Of
the Scotch and afterwards the Ca
nadians. That is, they take few pris-
oners. Herbert L. Pratt, vice presi-
dent Of Standard Oil, who is home
from organizing Y. NJ. c. A. canteens
In France, says: 81 don't mean that
they never take any prisoners at all.
But there are no small patches Of pris-
oners- Rushing forward, crying KAN
Grad, Kamerad, doesn't work any
more Germans are killed, that's all"
This is not the American idea, but
has come about by reason of bitter ex-
perienee with the Hun. Two Ameri-
can boys were crucified by the Ger
mans, reports Mr.. Pratt, and that set
tied it.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-06-20

Impure blood runs you down-makes
you an easy victim of disease. For
pure blood and sound digestion--Bu
dock Blood Bitters. At all drug stores.
Price SIPS.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-06-20

Itching, bleeding, protruding or
blind piles have yielded to Doan's Oint
ment. soc at all drug stores.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-06-20
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS

Look at the printed label on your
paper. The date thereon shows when
the subscription expires. Forward
your money in ample time for renewal
Notice date on label carefully, and if
not correct, please notify US at once.
Subscribers desiring the address of
their paper changed please state in
their communication both the OLD
and NEW address.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-06-20

GERMANY is desperate. The psy-
chology Of the situation, and the
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-06-20

BEFORE you cuss all Germans in
discriminatory, count the German
names in the daily American casualty
list and remember that these men
practically all belonged to the regu-
lar army. Good German blood, as red
as ever flowed, has been spilled fight
ing Prussian despotism. Any man, of
whatever tribe or kin, who fights in
the uniform Of this republic, looks
good to us. Lift your hats to Ger
man mothers and fathers whose sons
lie dead beside other American boys
in France.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-06-20

Boys, boys, boys. the tramps are
marching!
If overalls keep going up men will
save them for Sundays and work in
their other buds.
Constructive criticism is to call at
tention to hole in the fence by
bringing a board to fix it.
An Emmett woman of a frugal bent
has put her piece of smoked glass
carefully away for the total eclipse
of 1891.
Seeing that you can't do anything
else with them, save your bungs and
by and by you will have enough to
build bungalow.
From a South Dakota farm comes
the story of hen that adopted some
piglets. There always was some af-
finity between ham and eggs.
q 4 =
When we come to wearing paper
clothing in this country, the tailors
and paperhangers will have to flip
coins to see vino goes to war and who
stays at home and runs the businesses.
z =
The gentleman who manufactured
the Fairbanks scale is dead. What. |
by the way, became of Zones Of Bing-
You remember Jones, or
don't you? He paid the freight"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-06-20

A MEXICAN vim and dash on the
battlefield front is giving courage
to the allies and filling them with
enthusiasm. Nothing succeeds like
success and nothing gives impetus to
a movement like the chap who is al
ways up and coming, or in this case,
up and going.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-06-20

exigencies of the case demand that
she push a renewed U-boat warfare
in consonance with increased fight
ing in the battle of Picardy. An
American army is going to France de-
spite the U-boat, and by another year
will be numbered in millions. Against
this swelling tide of opposition, the
efficacy of the favorite weapon-the
U-boat--is skidding down the scale.
The gigantic campaign in France is
pushed with the reckless slaughter of
millions in the hope that
France and Great Britain may be
before America arrives in
overwhelming numbers. The contem-
plated super-U-boat drive is the last
straw Of drowning Prussian hopes.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-06-20

A minister from the trenches was
recounting some of his experiences to
a party of friends short time ago
and told of wounded Irishman whom
he found in deep state of detection.
Upon being asked if he would like to
dictate letter home, his face bright
ened somewhat and assented. Imme-
diately the minister brought writing
materials to his bedside and signified
his intention to take down the letter
He waited few moments, but Tim APP
peared incapable of speech, so the
minister said: "Come, come, my good
man; | haven't very much time. We
must make a start. What shall | say?"
But Tim remained tongue tied. "Shall
begin-'My dear wife'?" "Yis," as
sented Tim, grimly, put that down.
That'll amuse her"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-06-20

1t was blue Monday in Wall
street when the much heralded Ger
man drive was resumed. Traders were
apprehensive and gloomy. 1t seemed
that there was nothing but depressing
news on the tickers. The presidents
speech on dratic taxation added the
final touch. The customers room of
a well known brokerage house was the
scene of much pessimistic discussion.
"Good news" shouted one of the men
standing about the news ticker. "At
last horray. good news" Immediately
there was a general movement to-
wards the ticker. The following
Washington flash greeted the assem-
bly,: physician has ordered Secre-
tary McAdoo to take rest"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-06-20

Down in the Kentucky mountains
where they are so far behind the
don't know that the Civil war is over
a young man was drafted, whereupol
his father said: swell, you might a
we'll go on, John, l knew we woul,
have to whip them damn Yankees
yet"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-06-20

Passing a hand over his forehead,
the worried drill sergeant paused for
breath as he surveyed the knock kneed
recruit. Then he pointed a scornful
finger. mo-" he declared, you're
hopeless. You'll never make SOL
der. Look at you now. The top 'alf
of your legs is standing to attention
an the bottom 'alf is standin' at
easel"
Newport daily independent., 1918-11-02
FRED BAKER PARDONED.

Special to Independent.
 Little Rock, Nov. 2.--Gov. Brough has granted pardon to Fred Baker, of Scott county, who was convicted last August of attempting to pass forged check, and sentenced to one year in the peninettiary. The pardon was recommended by the circuit judge, the prosecuting attorney, ev- cry member of the grand jury, the officials of the First National Bank of Waldron, which is the aggrieved party, the county officials and many citizens. Baker has a wife and one small child, and the family are dis tressingly poor. This is the first time he was ever charged with an offense, and he has already served three months of his term.