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Evening star., 1918-07-26
$4,000 FUND TO HELP
BOARDING OF WORKERS

The United States Housing Corpo-
ration today allotted fund of $25.0oo
to be used in assisting women to es-
tablish boarding houses in the District
as a means Of accommodating war
workers still flowing into the city.
The money is part of the $1o.00o,00o
appropriated by Congress for housing
clerks in the executive departments
and workmen at the navy yard.
Joint Committee Personnel.
The fund will be administered by a
joint committee on which Will be
agencies involved in the housing prob
lem. The members of the committee
are: DR.. James Ford, from the United
States Housing Corporation; Edwin 5.
Hege, manager of the room regfstra- :
tion office Of the District Council Of
head OF the housing and health divi-
,pion- OF t4e@War Department.. -
The new cpmmittse Will have It's
HEADQUARTERS In the ONCE Of the hous-
ing division Of the War Department.
formation concerning buildings which.
for one reason or another, are not now
in use, but could be made available for
housing purposes.
Loans will be made to women who
prove themselves qualified to operate
a boarding house for the government s
emergency employees. The committee
will pass upon the rent to be paid by
the women for the houses and also
upon the rent which. in turn. is to be
charged the war workers who live In
them. It will pass upon the suitability
of all houses proposed. and also sane
tion the business Arrangements in
volved in the opening of the houses.
Letters Of Credit.
After houses and rents are ap-
proved open letters Of credit will, in
worthy cases, be extended. On these
letters boarding housekeepers will be
ena. ed to purchase furniture and
household equipment at prices to be
approved by the committee.
Incidentally, the formation Of this
committee brings together the three
agencies which up to this time have
been working independently to solve
the housing problem.
The housing corporation Is expected
to announce within q few days the
letting of contracts for the erection
Of dormitory facilities for $500 war
workers on the Union station plaza,
which will be finished late in Novem-
ber Dormitories for about z.000 also
will be erected at 18th and streets
northwest.
Evening star., 1918-07-26
AUSTRIAN DEMOCRATS
KICK ON HUN WAR PARTY

AMSTERDAM. July 26.-Austrian
social democrats have introduced an
Interpolation in the Austrian lower
house asking that the government
negotiate Immediately with Germany
with view to fixing jointly war
aims and peace terms. and repeating
Austrian readiness for peace without
annexations and indemnities. accord
ing to a Vienna dispatch to the
Nieuwe Rotterdamsche, Courant.
The social democrats assert that the
government does
not act sharply enough against the
military party of Germany. which
momentarily has the upper hand.
Evening star., 1918-07-26
HOUSE MEMBERS GIVEN
NAVY INSPECTION ABROAD

Safe arrival in England Of fourteen
members Of the House naval commit
tee, headed by Chairman Padgett Of
Tennessee, was announced today by
the Navy Department.
They will meet Franklin D. Roose-
velt, assistant secretary Of the Navy.
who is now abroad, and inspect Amer
ican naval vessels and stations.
Evening star., 1918-07-26
U. S. SIGNS CONTRACT
FOR CHINESE BUILT SHIPS

Chairman Hurley Of the shipping
board and DR.. Wellington Koo. the Chi
nese minister. yesterday signed the first
contract ever entered into between the
United states and China for the build
ing Of ships.
The contract calls for four steel ves-
sel. OF 5000 tons each, and an option
is given for the building of eight more
the same size at total cost Of approxt-
mately $30,0o0.0 900.
Evening star., 1918-07-26
BRITISH STRIKERS WANT
LABOR EMBARGO LIFTED

LONDON, July 16-The aenbar.
go" which the munitions strikers
demand shall be removed @restricts
the engagement Of additional labor
at firms already having a. large q
proportion n their munition work
warrants, having regard to the
present labor shortage.~ The main
idea of the authorities In imposing
the embargo II to maintain the
supply Of munitions for troops and
to insure the proper distribution
Of labor.
LEEDS. England. July 25.-At q
conference of members of the Engf-
neering and Allied Trades today. with
delegates present representing 300,-
900 workers, it was decided to cease
work next Tuesday If the embargo Is
not removed.
COVENTRY, England. July 25-By
noon today 1900 of Coventry's a.
900 skilled workers were on strike.
Altogether $4,000 workers engaged
in the manufacture of munitions are
affected. The joint committee Of en-
gineering and Allied Trade Unions,
which urged that work be continued
pending conference, has been re-
pudiated by the strikers.
BIRMINGHAM, England, July 25.-
The workmen Of the Slack Country"
one of the chief industrial districts Of
the Midlands. are joining the strike
and the situation Is considered more
serious.
Labor Leaders Oppose Strike.
LONDON, July 2s.-The decision of
the conference of members of the en-
cheering and allied trades at Leeds
when 1t was voted to cease
work next Tuesday IL the embargo on
skilled workers was not removed, was
carried by a very narrow majority
after heated discussion.
The action Of the conference, at
which delegates representing 100000
workers were present, amounts to de-
fiance Of the governments announce
ment that it will revoke certificates
Of workers which exempt them from
military duty.
A large number Of men throughout
the country are against the strike and
earnestly hope for settlement before
the threat Is executed Tuesday, but
doubtless a majority will act on the de-
cision Of the Leeds conference. Tele-
grams to that effect have been received
from Lincoln. Derby. Barrow and other,
centers.
Meanwhile the labor leaders are ex-
erting their influence to prevent a STOP
page OF work. which at the present
5uncture of the campaign in France
would be considered very serious.
Evening star., 1918-07-26
PLAN TO HURRY LETTERS
TO SOLDIERS FAMILIES

Delivering Of letters from chaplains.
members Of the American Red Cross
and others to families Of American
soldiers killed overseas recounting
the circumstances under which the
Man announced by Gen. Pershing.
Hereafter such letters will be
marked with a small cross SO that
they can be distinguished Immediately
and promptly forwarded to the adju-
tant generals Office In France. After
yerification Of the deaths by the cas-
ualty section they will be forwarded
to the addressee.
Evening star., 1918-07-26
Several Hundred Prisoners
Taken by French Forces

become % reduced that the position
will be fntolerable IL Approaching
nearer and nearer.
Yesterdays Allied Gaina
PARIS, July 26.-Fr1nco-Amefica
troops today made an advance Of
nearly two miles at certain poinfS ON
the Afsne-Marne front notably In tbs
Dormans region. says the war ONCE
announcement tonight. ADDITIONAL
gains are recorded. showing that the
progress of the allies in this sal1ent
10 steadily going on.
Il has been learned tAAk IL oks
Evening star., 1918-07-26

By de Associated Press
PARIS, July ss.-capturs OF the
.owna Of villemontoire and oulchy 10
Chateau is announced by the var
Office.
The French took four cannon ana
nany hundred prisoners in this light
ing.
Further Battle Expected.
The newspapers are much pleased
over Fridays successes by the allies
and believe that the moment when
the pocket dug bx the Germana Nm
Evening star., 1918-07-26
Fl INDICTED, ACCUSED
OF ARMY BEEF THEFTS

NEW YORK, July z6.-Twenty-one
persons were indicted here today BY
the federal grand jury ON charge of
being implicated in the theft of beef
consigned to the United States Army.
The defendants, who include butch
ers. purchasing agents, government
checkers and truck drivers, are ac-
cused of violating the United States
criminal statute which has to do with
to embezzle and dispase
of government property without au-
thority.
Evening star., 1918-07-26

BY the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE AISNE-MARNE FRONT, July
es- The Franco-American push
northeast Of Chateau Thierry has re-
solved itself into battle OF tho
woods. which abound in this region
Tho Germans are fighting a rear
1n.rd action with their artillery and
machine guns. retiring gradually be-
fore the allied forces. The German
infantry is not in evidence
The Indications early today were
that the enemy was making prepara-
t;,r. for a further withdrawal He
has been struggling to hold the north
..,s of the forest Of Fere and of
tha forest of Ris, but the allies are
nsrino progress in the work OF GUST
;,,S him from the remainder OF these
woods.
Allied Shells Pepper Foe.
rn. allies moved up their heaviest
.rt;,lerv early today. and were throw
,,. .t.,,s into the German lines as
far as Saponay Give and a half miles
northeast of oulchy le chateau) and
beyond Fere-en-Tardenois (two miles
southeast Of saponay). The districts
~ the south were also being peppered
by allied shells.
rh. Germans havo been using much
.,,,,. cross,' or "sneeze" gas. but In
effectively.
The poplar and oak forests OF Fere
.,d Ris arc nIled with underbrush
.,d the allied forces arc having q
st,f, lob to get through them but are
..,+,nu,ne the push night ard day:
The German machine gunners ana
Evening star., 1918-07-26
German Soldiers Killed.

Rioting by the peasants in the occu-
pied regions of white Russia is in
creasing. Many German soldiers have
been killed, said an official dispatch to-
day from Stockholm.
Fresh revolts at Prague, Bohemia,
caused by famine, were reported in a
diplomatic dispatch today from Switz-
erland. It was stated there had been
no bread in Prague since July z.
Evening star., 1918-07-26
UKRA|N|AN PEASANTS,
IN FORCE, REVOLT
Army of 5000 Well Armed Men
Take Field Against Ger
man Invader.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, July ga peasant re-
bellion has broken out in the Ukraine
on formidable scale. according to
information received today.
Seventy-hve thousand peasants,
fairly efficient troops, with their OFF,
GERS and instructors. are advancing
against the Germans. detachments of
whom have Withdrawn before the hos
tile advance. retrsatfnE to Kiev. The
peasants are well armed.
Evening star., 1918-07-26
Villemontoire and Oulchy lie
Chateau Fall Americans
Below Fere-en, Tardenois
FOCH,S GUNS PEPPER HUNS;
BOCHES KEEP UP RETIREMENT


WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE AISNE-
MARINE FRONT, July 26, pm-Franeo American
troops northeast of Chateau Thierry moved
forward today The allies along the front
likewise made progress at places the Anaeri-
point attaining objective hlometer distant
Clingng desperately the hills and the woods, the
Germans using their machine guns their artillery and
and quantities of gas effort to hamper
the advance.
the Associated Press
LONDON, July 26-On all sides of the German salient
the allies reported today to be continuing to make
progress except the heights behind Sossons The Ger
resistance the French pressure has been very deter
mined in this latter The advances reported else
where for the part slight.
On the other side of the salient just the of
Rheims the allies lost the of Merry and Hill z04 to
German counter attack, but retained Vrgny and the
greater part of the line thereabouts looking toward
Fismes.
Euphrase and Cosron wood.
Between the Ourcq and Chateau Thierry the Franco
American line shows advance beyond the line Of
week ago Of from six to eight miles. t.......
PARIS July z6-The Gern11R1s aAqye 4e4n60fesd tnek
right ank Sossons-R pocket Says La Lbefte
with a new army commanded by Gen. Eben, which
has placed between the armies of Gen Hunter
and Gen Boehm.
Vieontoire little than FIVE miles south Scissors
has been taken by Americans south
they captured OuchyeChateau swept
ward of the town.
Oucq and the Marne the pressing
against the eney lines and have taken the southern half
forest which brings them about four miles direct.
south of the vital of the of
roads leading the Marne salient through the
along the southwestern of the line
farther southeast toward the Marne
being empted of the Germans.
Evening star., 1918-07-26
Maxim Gorky Reported Dying.

!. STOCKHOLM. July 2s British Ad-
rnifalty per Wireless Press).-Maxim
Gosky, the Russian novelist and revo-
lulionary propagandist, Is dying, says
, A@HGaGe from Halsingfors today
Evening star., 1918-07-26
Essentially Agreed.

ron the whole. therefore. 1t is cor
rect to say that in all essential points
there is complete agreement between
the United States and Japan, but in
the actual working out Of the details
there are yet some points to be set
tIed The spirit Of the negotiation re-
dects. however, the cordial feeling
that exists between the United States
and Japan and the mutual faith and
conf,dence that is respectively felt by
the two governments.
There should be final agreement
in q few days. II is striking evil
dence Of the distinct progress which
has been made in the last two years
in Japanese-American relations that
Japan and the United States should
be confidentially exchanging views on
matters Of military cooperation with
the united purpose Of extending aid
to q democratic country and with the
common object OF protecting 1t as
we'll as themselves from the enemy
re ciyilixa&ton and fresdons 80.
Evening star., 1918-07-26
WEATHER.

Continued warm and partly cloudy
tonight and tomorrow.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending pm. today: Highest, 81. at
1880 pm. yesterday; lowest, 6S, at 7:a0
am. today.
Full report on page IL.
Evening star., 1918-07-26

Member OF the Associated Press
The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication Of all news dispatehes
credited to It or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also ths local news published herein.
All rights Of publication Of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-02
THIS SOLDIER PREFERS
NEW YORK TO PARIS

Paris, Dec. 2.-He was spluttering
with the helpless indignation Of the
man who wants 10 tell folks what he
thinksof them and can't pronounce
the words, when he came into the Y.
M. G. A. headquarters. Two gen.
darmes with ferocious mustaches and
friendly eyes, shepherded him in to
the room.
"L'Americaine!" they announced
simply, and turned away with the air
of those who have done their duty
They had learned that the Y. NJ. c..
A. would always look after the Amer.
lean soldier in France.
What's the matter% asked the sec.
rotary.
Matter? There amt anything the
matter with me-" said the American
soldier, angrily. "You better ask
the policeman what's the matter with
them. Say, they couldn't hold down
a job ten minutes in New York! They
can't even talk-just make noises"
What did you want to talk to them
about?" inquired the Y. M. G. A.
man.
"Oh, just want to ask the way
back to the station, that's all. 7 left
my rifle and my pack in the corner,
and came up to see Paris. Now I got
to go back to catch my train"
Where do you live back homer"
asked the Y. M. G. A. man.
"Brooklyn," said the American sol
der.
"I'll just telephone and find out
where you left your rife and your
pack" said the Y. M. G. A. man.
A few minutes later he was ready
with the desired information, and
with directions for getting back to
the station"
Thanks" said the American boy
II sure am much obliged. But, say,
Paris Is funny place, amt It? A
little cleaner than New York, maybe,
but, say, I'd rather be wart on the
nose Of the Goddess Of Liberty than
the whole Eiffel Tower"
He turned abruptly and went out
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-02

negligent in discharge of his plain du-
ties"
There will be no time lost, 1t is un-
derstood, In following the recommen-
dations of the committee to provide
funds for the relief of the school and
its defenseless wards.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-02
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

IN COURT OF THE COUNTY JUDGE. POLK
COUNTY, STATE OF FLORIDA.--In re Es
tate. within two years from date hereof
To all Creditors, Legatees, Distributes and al
Persons having Claims or Demands against
said Estate:
You, and each Of you, are hereby notified
and required TO present any claims and do
mands which you, or either Of you, may have
against the estate Of Fannie Y. VIM, de-
ceased. late OF Polk county, Florida, 10 the
undersigned Perry VIM, executor Of said es
tate, within two years from date hereof
Dated Nov. 2, A. D. 1918
PERRY VIM, Executor.
8039 Mon. q T.. Sr.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-02
Scores the Board

"In view of our observations that
the institution is in a deplorable con-
dition and not properly doing its great
and necessary work of retaining
boys. we feel compelled to say that
the board of State institutions has
been negligent in visiting this insti-
tuition and properly directing its con-
duct, such negligence having extend
ed over a period of years, and that the
lately removed, was
unfit for the position he held. and
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-02-14
GREAT SERMON
ON THIFT STAMPS

Mere possession of government
thrift card (the card upon which you
stick sixteen 25-cent thrift stamps,
adding lS cents, and before turning
1t in for war savings stamp, upon
which the government will pay you
4 per cent interest compounded
quarterly, will prove an incentive
to thrift and saving. Follow the
preceptS of the blank spaces upon
which the stamps are to be placed.
and you will soon have the habit.
For instance: Space No. l reads:
"Affix the first 25-cent thrift stamp
here" Very good. Just by way
of instruction. The same for No. 2
space; Your second stamp here"
And then the little thrift talks
begin, that great apostle of thrift,
BENJAMIN Franklin, having been re-
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-02-14
LUMBER CENSUS OF
1917 TO BE TAKEN

A census Of the lumber production
Of the country during 1917 is to be
made by the Forest Service In CO.
operation with the National Lumber
Manufacturers Association, as in
past years. Questionnaires have al
ready been mailed to the 10000 saw
mills throughout the country, asking
that the amount of each kind Of lum-
her cut be reported promptly
1t is pointed out by officials Of the
Forest Service that the lumber CEN
SIS is of particular Importance at this
time, because of the large quantities
of special material needed for the
conduct of the war. Several of the
government departments, they say,
depend upon the Forest Service for
data and technical advice on subjects
connected with lumber. Since the en-
try of the United States into the war
this demand has been greatly in
creased. In many cases the informa-
tion gathered by the Forest Service
in previous years has made it posi-
lie to determine at once where GER
tain clases of material could be OBJ
tanned in the largest quantities and
consequently has enabled the govern
ment to get in direct touch with the
proper mills without loss of time.
Because of unsettled conditions in
the lumber trade in 1917 1t has been
somewhat difficult to judge the cur
rent production. Heavy calls for
lumber made by the government have
been partially offset by transporta-
ton difficulties and scarcity of labor.
Officials say that it will require
careful census to determine whether
the output was more or less than pre-
ceding years. They point out at the
SINE time that the lumber manufac-
turers can aid the work materially by
filling out and returning promptly
the missionaries that have been
sont them.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-02-14

sponsible for some OF them, we are
sure.
No. 3 space: "If you want to sue
ceed, save" And then on down the
line We read:
Thrift is the power to save"
"The first principle Of money-mak-
ing is money-saving." Don't put
off til tomorrow. (That's a good
one.) "a penny saved is a penny
earned" (Buy today. Next month
a w. 8. s. will cost you penny
nore.D "All fortunes have their
foundations laid in thrift" Many
little makes mickle." Saving
creates independence. Thrift be-
gins with little savings" Money
placed at interest works day and
night-in wet weather and dry
weather" (And w. s. s. from little
thrift stamps grow.) Waste not,
want not" "a favorite with our
dear old mother, and her mother.)
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-02-14
GOOD OPENINGS
IN SIGNAL CORPS

Men qualified along certain lines,
although registered under the select
i've service law, may be inducted into
the land division of the Signal Corps,
which is in need of men for the fol-
lowing duties:
Chauffeurs, motorcycle drivers and
gas engine repairmen for duty in field
and telegraph battalions; telegra-
piers, both wire and radio; telephone
men, including switchboard opera
tors, telephone repairmen and men
skilled in testing and repairing tele-
phone lines; telephone and telegraph
linemen; photographers, still and
moving; homing-piegon men; radio
men who are familiar with installing
radio apparatus; men qualified as
cooks, clerks, stenographers, black
smiths, meteorologists, cobblers, ca
BILE men, etc.
Men indicted for this division, un-
less otherwise requested by the chief
signal officer of the army, are sent
to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-02-14

Phone Job orders to the Tldings.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-02-14
Banks Are Asked
To Boost Stamps

Letters have been sent to every
bank in Oregon by committee OF
Portland bankers, urging that all the
financial institutions join in the eff
fort to obtain for this state the re-
quired absorption of $17240,OOO in
war savings stamps this year. This
banking committee, cooperating
with the state campaign committee
for the sale of Oregons quota of the
nations $2,OOO,O0O,OOO of baby
war bonds, is composed of Edward
Cookingham, w. A. MacRae, j. c.
Ainsworth, A. L. Mills and Emery
Olmstead
Following is the appeal of the
banking committee to the banks
throughout the state:
"The secretary of the treasury is
asking the banks to render the fol-
lowing service:
"First-Keep In stock at all times
a sufficient amount Of stamps to pro-
vide the merchants and other selling
stations and agents sufficient and
ready source of supply.
"Second-A sign, For Sale Here,
will be sent you, so the stamps may
also be retailed by the banks.
"Third-To secure stamps it is
necessary to write to the federal re-
serve bank branch at Portland, de-
posting collateral to the amount or
stamps needed, If cash is not paid.
The stamps may be considered as
cash, as they are redeemable. They
draw per cent, compounded quar-
terly, but II cashed by the govern
ment before maturity the rate Of in
terest is 8 per cent.
"Fourth-It is hoped and expected
that the banks will respond Loyalty
to this patriotic effort and that all
will secure a stock of stamps at once.
Your county organization will be ap-
pointing agents at once, and If you
will give them your hearty co-opera-
ton Immediately, their efforts will
be greatly facilitated and you will be
rendering patriotic service of great
value"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-02-14
County Stockmen to
Meet In MedfOrd

Cattlemen from all parts of Jack
son county will meet in Medford Sat
urday, February 16, at the Medford
public library at $3.50 p. m. The
Dead Indian Livestock Association
will hold its regular annual meeting
end other matters of Importance to
livestock men will be transacted.
McAlister of the Portland Union
Stock Yards will be glad to meet the
livestock men and urge the forma-
ton of a county livestock associa-
tion. Claude c. Cate, county >agri-
cultural agent, will talk on co-opera-
tive buying and selling of livestock,
coyote control, blackleg vaccine and
cooperative purchasing of a carload
of full-blooded bulls. Enough orders
have come in for practically a car
load of registered bulls at this time,
and 1t is expected to complete the or
ders for a carload next Saturday. If
you are interested in full-blooded
Shorthorns or Herefords, get in
touch with the county agent at this
meeting or in the meantime. 1t is
expected that every cattleman of
Jackson county will attend the meet
ing Saturday.
The Forestry Service will have
some important matters to bring be-
fore the stockmen. Let's make this
a successful meeting for the stock
men of Jackson county. You will not
lose anything by attending this meet
ing.