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Evening star., 1918-08-12
WAR RESOLUTIONS BANNED.
Socialist Conference Hears Debs
Oppose Conflict.

CHICAGO. August 12.-War reso:
lutions will not be considered at the
national conference of secretaries of
the socialist party, 1t was decided yes
terday. when Chairman Oliver c. VIII
son ruled out Of order and contrary
to the spirit of a socialist constitu-
tion a resolution demanding labor
have q representative at the negotia-
tions for peace at the conclusion of
the war.
Eugene v. Debs, who was present
at the meetings reiterated his opposi-
ton to the war, which he denounced
as a capitalists struggle" and of in
terest only to the master class"
Reporting for the German fedora
tion. Adolph Dreifuss said: 1--WE are
gaining members. We were true in
ternational socialists before this
country entered tho war and Wa are
yet"
Evening star., 1918-08-12
URGED BY PRESIDENT
TO GIVE BEST EFFORTS
Proclamation to Miners and 0per.
ators to Help Avert Threatened
Winter Fuel Shortage.

In 4 proclamation to coal miners
and operators. made public today.
President Wilson urges them to give
their maximum effort to the produc-
ton Of coal. that threatened shortage
next winter may be averted.
Miners are especially urged by the
President to work full time. Those
who are essential to the industry
were asked to accept deferred classi-
fication in the draft.
II am we'll aware" the President
said in his proclamation, that your
ranks have been seriously depleted
by the draft. by voluntary enlistment
and by the demands of other essen
tiaI Industries. This handicap can be
overcome. however. and sufficient coal
can be mined in spite Of 1t, II every
one connected with tho industry, from
the highest ofYicial to the youngest
boy, will give his best work each
day for the full number Of work
hours"
Bituminous coal production aggre-
gated 1912, 900 net tons during the
week ending August 8. This was q
decrease Of $4,000 compared with the
week befors. due largely to car short.
age.
Evening star., 1918-08-12
MARINE SKIP-STOP PLAN
AN AID TO EFFICIENCY
Shipping Board Expedites Com
nerce by Direct Routing and
unification Of Cargoes.

American ships have increased SO
psr cent in efficiency, two vessels
now doing the work of three before
| records kept by the shipping board.
! This increase results from a marine
skip-seop system, which includes
direct routing. unifcation of cargoes,
full loading and reduction of time in
port
This work Of the shipping board is
the drst in the history of American
shipping of a centralized organization
watching the work of ships, contrast
ing their performances and striving
: all tho time to speed them up.
Vessels in the coastwise trade are
working with hitherto unequaled
speed Two round trips a month be-
tween Norfolk and Baltimore and
Boston were considered good service
in the past for vessels in the New
England coal-carrying trade. Now
the pace is four trips. The British
recentiy made the, "turn-around" in
fve and a, half days.
Nitrates from Chile and manganese
from Brasil, both in great demand be-
cause of the war, are being brought
: to the United States in record time.
!. In pse-war days the long voyage to
Rio dc Janeiro and back took three
to four months. but now only eighty
hve days is the time. according to the
Shipping Board standards
Sailing vessels before the war made
the round trip to South America in
six months, but one schooner, built
/, for the shipping board. was back in
: New York from a delivery of q cargo
of coal at Buenos Aires in 1T days.
The George s. Smith. another sailing
! craft. made the round trip between
Norfolk and Para in seventy-four
days.
Diversion Of fast ships from the Gu
ban trade to transatlantic service has
. handicapped rapid operation between
New York and Cuban ports but the
shipping board records show the av-
erage, including time in ports. to be
about twenty-five days. The average
has been reduced to eleven days, and
some tankers have made the trip in
. week.
In the Pacific the average turns
around are steadily approaching the
fastest time of pre-war schedules.
The Ventura made the voyage to Hon
olulu. Sydney. Pago Pago and back to
Honolulu and thence to San Fran
cisco In sixty-two days. The average
round trip between San Francisco or
Seattle and China. including days in
port. has been cut to eighty-one. and
only sixty-eight days are required for
the round trip between the Pacific
coast and Japan.
Round trips between San Francisco
and the Philippines. including stops
At Manila. Cavite. Hongkong. shang-
hal, Kobe. Yokohoma and Honolulu.
range from 81 to 130 days. Between
New York and Manila the round trim
is 1sS days.
Evening star., 1918-08-12
SUGAR REPORT DENIED
Not True That Canada Has Re-
; moved Restriction, o. S. Food
4 Administration Asserts.

= Reports that the Canadian govern
ment is placing no restrictions on the
use of sugar and that citizens of this
country. merely by crossing the bor-
der, may purchase in large quantities
are emphatically denied. The United
States Food Administration states that
tho Canadian food board recently is
sued a statement calling for a reduc-
tion of Canadian sugar consumption
to one and one-half pounds per person
per month. half a pound below the
honor ration in this country 1t is de-
clared that citizens of this country
would be running a risk If they at
tempted to purchase sugar in Canada
Although restrictions there are
placed upon the purchaser rather than
upon the retailer, several penalties
are provided for attempted exporta-
tion to the United States without an
individual export license.
Evening star., 1918-08-12

suppose then that these products sell advance
in cost prices charged where they produced
NOW THERE'S ONE MORE THING. Our 1o2 Stores
six days each week. and supplying every
with foodsus advertised prices Is entirely fair
list for comparison with other cities the HIGHEST WASH
INGTON prices has been done in instances? If
offering good merchandise prices. why
provided they the lowest anybody ees lowest prices
provided the accessible and the merchandise
procurable and also that the merchandise standard quality
which ours is2
STOPSHOOT1NG WITH BLANKS. We stated before,
and again. that dsputing the
made regarding the of living in Washington but do
say that with present methods the newspapers shooting
with blanks. We commend you your efforts prevent
profteeng but unless you consider values the compa
of prices is misleading to the highest degree.
THERE MAY BE PROFITEERING IN WASHING
TON, but humble opinion there's mighty little of
it. and if you will but refer the District Food Admins
there will be of that little What
understand why person will persist patronizng dealer
law that compes you why shift your patronage
whom you have confidence for fair deang2 Care
full consideration of the entire will result in the convc
ton that Washington Dealers least majority of them
crooks gougers highway robbers but rendering
you essential service with lower margins and higher
penses than before the history of the business
SO, IN CONCLUSION, WE ASK that if steak is steak,
roast lard lard butter BUTTER cheese cheese
eggs etc, etc., zOhy isn't advertising space just adrrfisig
ace why should The STAR charge per ne when
d looks just good in paper another2 We know
answer have heard it dozens of tines and if you'll give
the merchants chance explain why they charge
some item than it's being sold for in other cities you may per-
haps agree that the is the yours viz
VALUE.
Evening star., 1918-08-12

For instance this newspaper-The Starhas been publish
ing items showing that AVERAGE prices in Washing
higher than many other cities We won't dispute
that they but do claim that any items sell that
mentioned in these lists being sold by higher
price than that which rghtfully entitled But
pairing prices without regard values, said before
what you get for your money! very misleading Take the
newspaper business for instance Take the four Washington
daily papers and compare the per line For the benefit Of
the unnitated we'll explain that the unit of cost is line
In other words all display advertising priced to the adve
ter by the ne and line is the newspaper
another.
By the same argument that has been used by
The Star in proving Washington prices the high
est we can take the rate cards Of the four Wash
the highest-priced advertising medium of all
four of them.
Yet That Doesn't Mean That .'The Star" is the
Most Expensive!
Not any MEANS for you 60 again the old question
of VALUE We spend money in The STAR for display
advertising and pay higher price line than other
Washington newspaper In fact nearly 500 advance
on The STARS for position the last page
VALUE again. Yet advertise extensively other papers,
and while lower ne the relative value
for the money spent ~
NOW WASHINGTON DEMANDS good grades of mer-
candise there sale in this for the quantities
of secondrade stuff that be sold low prices in the big
industrial cities Neither quite fair prices of
good foodstus Washington with prices charged the points
Of production in Iowa Minnesota any fairer least
than comparing the price of fresh oysters Washington with
that charged for like quality in Minneapolis the price Of
anthracite coal in Pittsburgh with that in Minneapolis Every
one familiar with the business realizes that the great bulk of
our foodstu such as butter meats ard cheese cereals
-four etc., from the great middle Isn't reasonable
Evening star., 1918-08-12
Gent ABOUND MORE.
FOR SUGAR PROBABLE.
sShortage Exists, But Assurance Is
. Given That There Will
Be No Famine.

Increase Of one cent q ponnd for
lsugar il likely to be put into effect
soon by the United States Food Ad-
ministration. In making this an
nouncement the administration points
!. out that even with this increase. the
United States will still be getting Its
sugar cheaper than in any other
country. except possibly Cuba
As the American people consume up
ward of 5000. 100000 pounds of sugar
annually. this increase of one cent a
pound will necessarily cost the puoiic
? moro than $50. .000. 900 a year Atten-
| tion also is called to the fact tnat
during the civil war sugar sold at re-
tail for IS cents a pound, when there
was no real shortage.
Speculation then was rampant NOW
+ st has been checked by the 1000 ad-
/. ministration. and more than 360,o00,-
900 people in this and the allied coun-
: tries are being supplied
Shortage, But No Famine.
Sugar has been retailing in this
country at shs and 10 cents pound.
The one-cent increase seems prob
able after the conferences in New
York and here between officials of the
food administration and representa-
tives of the Cuban. Louisiana cane
and beet sugar producers. Increased
prices are said to be necessary to
, cover greater costs and to stimulate
production.
There is a shortage of sugar. but
there will be no famine. the admins
tration declares. Manufacturers and
the trade are under rigid restrictions
and the conservation of sugar in the
homes is a matter of honor. In Eng
/ land the allowance is two pounds .
{ month per person. tho Same ration
the American people have been urged
to observe. The people of France and
Italy are allowed only one pound a
month.
Evening star., 1918-08-12
JOHN N. RICHARDS DEAD.
j Amssican Had Long Been Prom.
nent Resident of London.

V311TNOR, Isle of Wight, August
/ iL-Jehn Morgan Richards. for many
/. years prominent in the American col
ony Of London. died at his home,
stesphill Castle, here today after a
long Illness He was born in Aurora,
n. T. February 16. 1871. In 1857,
z after. . commercial career in the
United States. he came to England
; and had since resided here. He for
msr1y was president of the American
sselssy. He was the father Of the
nsSsi8t Mrs.. Craigis .(John Oliver
Hebbes1
Evening star., 1918-08-12

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Evening star., 1918-08-12
GUIDE FOR WASHINGTON
CONSUMERS.

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of
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foods the It
the
MORE PEPPERS-TRY STUFFED
by
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tablespoon chopped parsley
toasted breadcrumbs cooked
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a hot
to
Evening star., 1918-08-12
OFFICIAL FAIR PRICE LIST

To the the Columbia: =. ,rr
Of northwest
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02

Date. Field. Teams
Jan. 2 A 313th Infantry VS.. 3O4th Engineers.
Jan. 2 b 314th Infantry vs. 315th Infantry.
Jan. 2 q 31Oth f.. Artillery VS.. 318th Inf.
Jan. 2 ID 304th Am. Tr. VS.. 311th M. G.. Is.
Jan. A 311th +. Artillery VS.. 312th +. A.
Jan. 9th Engineers 28th Engineers.
Jan. 5 d 351st +. Artillery vs.. 368th Inf.
Jan. g b 31Oth M. G. Il. w. Sanitary Train.
Jan. 4 A 312th M. q. i. VS.. 324th Il. 8. G.
Jan. 4 313th Infantry vs. 314th Infantry.
Jan. 4 @ 315th Infantry vs. 310th Infantry.
Jan. 310th M. q. b. VS.. 310th +. A.
Jan. G 304th Supply Train VS.. 3O4th Eng.
Jan. 3O4th Am. Train 31Oth +. A.
Jan. i 310th M. G. b. VS.. 304th Supply T.
Jan. ID 36Sth Infantry vs.. 351st Field A.
Jan. IL @ 9th Engineers vs. Sanitary Train.
Jan. IL 28th Engineers VS.. 312th Field A.
Jan. IL 312th NJ. G. Is. VS.. 315th Infantry.
Jan. IL 9 S24th Il. 8. q. vs. 316th Infantry.
Jan. 10 A 311th NJ. q. u. VS.. 311th +. A.
Jan. 13 ID 351st +. A. vs. 388th Infantry.
Jan. Is 313th Infantry VS.. 28th Engineers.
Jan. is 9th Engineers 304th Supply T.
JAM. 10 3O4th Engineers vs. Sanitary Train.
Jan. 10 314th Infantry VS.. 312th Field A.
Jan. 10 311th +. A. VS.. 3O4th Am. Train.
JAM 10 Birth Nj. q. b. VS.. 324th Il. s. c.
In order to avoid any confusion the
locations of the fields are here given.
A, back Of post office; B. near 18th
Brigade headquarters; C, between S
block and W., B. & A. tracks; D, back
of b block.
Basket Ball Schedule.
Following is the schedule for basket
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
BOXING FANS OF S SECTION ENJOY
LIVELY BOUTS DESPITE QUARANTINE;
TO ENLARGE STAGE FOR BIGGER RING

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Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
BOUT LASTS SIX ROUNDS,
REFEREE "CALLSIT OFF"
Husky Selects Stage Real Pugilistic
Encounter at Third Training
Battalion Quarters.

1t was fight-a real fight-that
brought hundreds to the quarters of
the Sd Training Battalion Officers sat
seats, if the affair had been staged
in real arena, while the men in the
ranks crowded the remainder of the
place to the walls and doors.
Gentlemen (pause), l want to intro
duce to We (pause) Fighting Hennessey
Cohen!" The applause called tenn
porary halt in the announcement of the
referee.
"And next, his formidable opponent,
Plug Ugly Michael Tarnovitch."
Then there was deafening applause.
Both men bowed to the assemblage
and attempted to peer through the to-
bacco smoke without avail They were
novices, but strange to say, stage fright
was conspicuous by it's absence.
Cohen swung his right before the
referee could get out of the way. This
saved them from ending at the start,
because Tarnovitch was ready to stop
1t with his face. AS it was the ring judge
rubbed his face, contented to know that
saved them from ending at the state,
he pleased the spectators.
Then the fur began to fly Both men
were stopping them at the same time.
A left, then a right. but all swings. BY
some strange coincidence they man
aged to get few feet apart on one
occasion-this necessitated a double
rush.
The fighters collided, first against each
other, then separately with the floor.
They would have forgotten to rise had
not the referee grabbed both men by
the neck, telling them that wrestling
died with Frank Gotch. Besides, 1t is
hard to get a strangle hold with pair
of gloves on YOUR hands,
The bout lasted six rounds. when the
referee stopped it.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
SHOULD SOLDIERS MARRY
Chaplain Gwyer of 312th Field Ar
tillery Answers the Question.

Rev. c. F. Gwyer, chaplain of the
312th Field Artillery, has given an an
swer to that question as to whether
a soldier should marry. His answer is:
do 1 believe that the soldier should
marry? That is a question that must
be determined by the individuals, but I
can see no reason why an engagement
should be broken. If a soldier is en-
gagged to marry, the mere fact that he
is in the service should not interfere.
The average girl must realize that
the soldier is subjected to unusual haz-
ards, that he may never return, and
that if he does return he may be inca
pacitated for work and unable to give
her all that he could under different
conditions. If she has a proper appre-
ton of these conditions and is will
ing to become the wife of her hero it
would be unfortunate for parents to
object.
\ turally. this rule would apply also
to persons who have been engaged for
considerable time, and not to girls
who are captivated by the uniform"
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
FAST TELLowsH1Ps FORMED.
Arrivals ct Camp Soon Become De-
voted to Comnanies.

Men who filled out personnel cards,
boasting of their accomplishments, are
now sorry they did not enter the Army
as maNe citizens without previous his
tory or visible means of support. When
the men arrived and were asked what
they could do they Immediately began
to report with the idea in view of get
ting into some other units. Then they
had no ties of fellowship with the
crowd. Men from their own city wards
were all strangers to them. Meade had
no charms for them then. They signed
up under the delusion that some other
places were more inviting. Now many
of these men are thoroughly de-
voted to their companies and want to
go forth to battle with the men they
know and love after months of con-
slant companionship. From time to
time these men get called away for
special service in line with their pre-
yious work as civilians 1t is a sad day
eor the whole crowd when some pop
ular lad gets called away.
well, we will meet again in Berlinr'
somebody is sure to exclaim.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
PNEUMONIA IS AVOIDED.
Camp Meade Physicians Do Much to
Avert Effects of Wet Feet.

An alphabetical list of the illnesses in
the hospital is confined almost entirely
on the M page, with measles playing
the leading role.
Camp physicians dreaded the thaW
that followed the cold snap. Not that
they dreaded being called on to work all
the harder, but they feared for the ply
steal condition. of the men. Wet feet
naturally accompany thawing spells,
and for this reason the physicians saw
visions of scores of the hospital beds
having their carefully smoothed covers
mussed up
That an ounce of prevention is worth
pound of cure is exemplified in the
fact that not a case of pneumonia is be-
lieved to have developed during The
camps worst "wet-feet" period. Stimu-
lating doses of medicines were concoct-
ed by the. doctors, and at the first
sneeze a man beat a hurried retreat TO
the "sign of the cross" with the result
that the said sneeze was lacking for a
stretching series Of coughing periods
that usually follow thaw.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
Soccer and Basket Ball Leagues
Arrange Schedules for Winter

ball games, the first set of which begin
today:
Wednesday, Y M. c. A. auditorium
313th Infantry, officers, VS.. 316th Infan-
try, officers; 312th Field Artillery, off,
GERS, VS.. 312th Machine Gun Battalion,
officers 304th Ammunition Train, off,
GERS, VS.. 315th Infantry, officers.
Friday 7 p.m.-310th Field Artillery,
enlisted men, VS.. 310th Machine Gun
Battalion, enlisted men; 9th Engineers,
enlisted men, VS.. 2Sth Engineers, en-
listed men.
Friday, S:15 p.m.-311th Field Artil-
lery, enlisted men, VS.. 311th MACHINE
Gun Battalion, enlisted men; 3lIth
Field Artillery. enlisted men, VS.. 3lzth
Machine Gun Battalion, enlisted men.
Saturday, 2 p.m.-313th Infantry, en-
listed men, VS. 316th Infantry, enlisted
men; 314th Infantry VS.. 315th Infantry
saturday 3:15 p.m.-SO4th Ammuni-
ton Train VS.. 304th Supply Train, en-
listed men; 324th Field Signal Corps VS..
Sanitary Train, enlisted men.
Saturday, pm.-310th Field Artil-
iery vs. 31Oth Machine Gun Battalion,
officers; 304th Engineers vs. 23d En-
gineers, officers.
Saturday, S:15 pm.-311th Field Ar
tillery VS.. 311th Machine Gun Battalion,
officers; 154th Depot Brigade vs. Quar-
termaster Corps, officers.
There will also be games in the
Knights of Columbus building between
the teams Of enlisted men of the 3O4th
Engineers and the 23d Engineers, and
the 154th Depot Brigade VS.. the Quar-
termaster Corps. -
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
TWENTY-S|X RED CROSS
NURSES At CAMP MEADE
Miss Anna H. Johnson, Who Came
From Fort Riley, Kan,
Is in Charge.

Florence Nightingale is here. Not in
person, but in spirit, with the twenty
six Red Cross nurses now quartered at
the base hospital. Miss Anna H. John
son, the first to arrive, has been at the
camp since December 5.
Miss johnson is in charge of the
nurses and came from Fort Riley, Kan.
She has been an Army nurse for about
year and half, having been gradu-
ated from Wesley Hospital in Chicago.
The second to arrive was Miss Bertha
Purcell, from Fort Bliss, Tex, who is
assistant chief of the nurses others
of the twentysix have come from Min
nesota, Boston, Washington, New York
and Baltimore
In few days the number will be
brought up to thirty-fiye, which is the
quota that will accompany the 10th Di-
vision to France. Some of these latter
will come from Camp Mills, N. Y, where
they were attached to the Rainbow Di-
vision. These were left when that unit
went to France, taking with it only
limited number of nurses.
Very little has been done for the rec
reation of the nurses, although their
white caps with the red crosses and
their red-lined blue capes soon will be
seen in a new building with community
rooms. They will also have a victrola
from the Red Cross headquarters
Although the percentage of sickness
at present is very low, it is possible
that there will be a great increase in
slight ailments now that the secret is
out. Incidentally the nurses have
enough to do to keep them busy.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
instruction in Wrestling

Men who want to learn something
of the art of jiu iitsu and some fine
points in wreI.ling will now have the
opportunity. Milo Franklin of the 2Sd
Engineers, a specialist in the art of
iiu jitsu. and Private Becker of the
2Sth Engineers, a skilled wrestler, will
gladly give instruction to those SOL
iiers who request it. Prospective mem
hers desiring to enter this class under
MesSrs. Franklin and Becker will
kindly send their names to H F. Sweet.
Y. NJ. c. A. physical director
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
Preliminary Basket Ball Schedule,

AS preliminary contest in the
schedule of basket ball games that
have been arranged for the coming
year, the officers team of the 315th In
fantry played a picked team of the en-
listed men of the same regiment Satur-
day night at the YIN. c. A. audi
torium. 1t was a fast game from start
to finish, and while the officers put up
a strong fight, their opponents won by
a substantial margin. The feature of
the game was the star playing of Corp.
Young for the enlisted men. Two other
practice games were played on the
floor on the same evening. The audi
torium was crowded with spectators
until the last ball was tossed.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
Canadian Teaches Boxing,

Capt. James P. O'Donovan, who has
charge of boxing at the camp, is
Canadian veteran, and saw how great
the benefit of boxing is to man in
modern fighting. From now on at Camp
Meade boxing is to become more and
more a part of the program of training.
The sport has been encouraged from the
very first, and many lively bouts have
been held.