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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17
Howard ElliOtt's
 Railroad Work
Rx HOLLAND

New York, June 16.-(Special. )-Direc- tor General McAdoo, having named A. H. Smith as regional director of con- siderable part of the country through which the railroad trunk lines pass. has now followed that action by naming E. J. Pearson, the federal manager of the region occupied by the New Haven rail- road system Appointments of this kind have entailed the resignations of Pres ident Smith from the New York Central and allied companies and President Pearson from the New Haven company.
 It is an interesting fact that shortly after Howard Elliott became president of the New Haven company as a success sor of President c. s. Mellen, he was forced, by the certainty that the depart ment of justice would begin proceedings with intent to tear the New Haven sys- tenn to pieces, to see the Attorney Gen eral in order that he might learn whether it would be possible to reach some cont promise whereby litigation could be pre- vented and much of the New Haven sys- tenn at the same time be preserved.
 The Attorney General made a propos.- tion winch was accepted by President Elliott which involved the taking away from the New Haven of some of its prop critics, but it was allowed to retain other subsidiary properties. This was the first important step taken by MT. Elliott after he became president of the New Haven. having resigned the presidency of the Northern Pacific Railroad company, in the hope that he might be able to do something whereby the inherent values in the New Haven property could be nourished and in due time this great system be brought back to its former prosperity.
 MT. Elliott was brought into the serv- ice of the government immediately after the United States entered into war vita Germany. He was one of the five mem bers of the so-called railroad war board. The services of this voluntary and un- paid body were of far greater value 10
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17
PERSONS WHO FAILED TO PAY INCOME TAX
 WILL RECEIVE NOTICE

Washington, June 15.-This was the big gest tax gathering day in the nation s history. Millions-perhaps moro than a billion--of income and excess profits as- sessments from which the government raised most of it's internal revenue were paid to collectors in the 64 districts in such numbers that 1t will take two weeks to tabulate them.
 Persons who failed to pay by tonight as required by law, will receive next week notices of their delinquency, with demand that they pay before June 9 in order to avoid penalties imposed after that date. Most collectors, it is said will waive the delinquency if checks afe received next Monday or Tuesday
 Nearly four million separate payments have been made up to tonight, it is esti- mated. The payments will not be fully analysed for year.
 Offsetting the big payments in a small degree was the payment today of the second semi-annual interest allowance on the first Liberty Loan. This amounted to about $40,000o00.
 Reports indicated that many holders of the first bonds failed to clip the cou- pons and turn them in for nayment Thousands exchanged interest coupons for War Savings Stamps, thus reinvest- ing their bond earnings.
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apout great increase in the number or acres planted in food grains and a much greater number of bushels har. vested and recent reports from that pat or the country through which the Nortn- ern Pacific passes justify the belief that many of the farmers in that vicinity learned well the lesson which MT Elliott taught,
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The first dentist to fill the nerve cav ity with gold was Edward Maynard. who was born in Madison, N. J., 1o5 years ago Maynard was also the inventor of many of the instruments now used in dental surgery. In 1885 he graduated in dental surgery and settled in Washington, where he practiced for 55 years. While Dr. May
 hard was experimenting with improved filings for teeth and inventing new ap- pliances. Dr. William T. G. Morton, a Boston dentist robbed surgery of much of its horror by introducing the use of ether in operations. This was in 1S44, few years after the first dental college in America was founded in Baltimore.
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power to set aside these standards and adopted the existing railroad znes, which are only roughly similar to the legal ones. in order not to confuse and dis turb the course of life
 In the main it is expected that the ex- aminers will report the railroad zones suitable, though changes in them will be made where workability of the law and ease of application can be secured,
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 published let the public that market anything al with be and needs who Birmingham and they be opportunity to sell their output the and factories with high standing
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HOW MIR. ELLIOTT IS ESTEEMED

AS soon as the announcement came rom Washington that Director General McAdoo had named President Pearson of the New Haven as the federal manager or that system to be exclusively occu- pied With the operation of it, some of the directors of the New Haven com pany exchanged views one with another asking If 1t would not be possible again to bring Mir. Elliott to the presidency of the New Haven system. In case hs were again to become the titular head of the New Haven system he would be re neVed or many of the burdens whied were upon him during his four years as president of the New Haven system. He would be occupied solely in looking after the interests of the stockholders and in- itlating policies which would serve to in crease the prosperity this railroad, which at one time seemed on the verge of oankraptcy. is now beginning to enjoy.
 But 1t is very doubtful whether 1t would be practicable to bring MT. Elliott into this renewed association of the New Haven. lie has accepted important re- responsibilities which refer to the welfare or the Northern Pacific railroad. He could not Tn justice apparently to the North ern Pacific people now abandon that post Tn order to become again president Of the New Haven. Then again Direc- tor General McAdoo might object to his acceptance of the presidency of the New Haven while at the same time serving as chairman of the executive board of the Northern Pacific.
 It was MI. Elliott who pointed out last summer while the railway war board was stiil Tn existence the grave danger of coal famine in the winter. And it was due chiefly to his efforts that peril of that Efnd which seemed imminent in the northwest was in great measure averted. 1T he had been able to carry out certain plans he very likely would have avertsd or greatly diminished the coal famine which prevailed in the east. late in the fall and early in the winter.
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,rnment than the public has evt

the government than the public has evei realized. It did as much as was poss.- ble to bring about coordination and co. operation among the American railroads and it was able to do this because it had the support of the government and be- cause the board was made up of as able a group Of railroad men as ever gathers around table.
 This government work, combined with arduous, often irritating and protracte labor. which was necessary in order again to put the New Haven property upon it's feet involved personal sacri- fices so that at last in order to main- tain his health MT. Elliott was forced to resign the presidency of the New Haven road.
 A GREAT WORK WE'LL DONE
 MT. Pearson succeeded MT. Elliott in the presidency of the New Haven Ht- tie over a year ago. Already the evil dences have been many that this great property is beginning to feel the health- full influences which were infused into the operating methods of the road by President Elliott and were carried on by President Pearson. In fact, it was due to the excellent conditions and the re- markably good operating methods which now characterize the New Haven sys- tenn that Director General McAdoo was persuaded to name MT. Pearson the fei- eral manager of the system.
 AGAIN IN THE NORTHWEST
 Mr., Elliott was speedily recalled to in,- portant executive association with the Northern Pacific Railroad company. lie was named chairman of the executive board He is now busily occupied with the working out of plans which when completed will serve greatly to increase the prosperity of the Northern Pacific system. It is surmised that some part of MT. Elliott's plans refer to the agri- cultural and industrial development or the vast region which the Northern Pa- cific bisects That is a subject which interested him in all the years he served as president of the Northern Pacific. He visited many parts of the. country which the Northern Pacific serves. He made numerous addresses to farmers supplementing in that way the appeals which James J. Hill frequently mado to the farp1ers who were pioneers along the line of the Great Northern railroad. Mr Elliott believed that it was possible by means of improved farming facilities and better methods of farming to bring
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Jam for Soldiers

A writer in the Woman's s Home Com panion describing the Stamford can ming kitchen. says:
 The peach crop in Connecticut in 1917 was very large, the transportation facil- ities and labor situation were uncertain and unreliable; pamphlets were sent out by the state committee of food supply
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SIX AVATORS KILLED
IN FIVE AIR M|SHAPS
Two Men Injured in Falls-Fatali-
ties in Different Flying
Camps.

EAST GREENWICH, r. T., June IL
who had given many exhibition flights
in this country, was killed today when
the aeroplane in which he was flying
over Narragansett bay fell into the wa
ter after an explosion.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex. June 11.-Lieut.
Harry Doods Of Vancouver. B. c., died
At the base hospital. Fort Sam Houston,
last night as tho result Of injuries re-
ostvsd last Saturday on Stinson Field,
when his machine crashed to the ground
nrem height Of 200 feet.
BUFFALO. N. Y. juno 11.-Phil
Detroit were in an airplane accident
At the Curtiss aviation field here yes
terday. Both men were killed. Aviator
RAIDER was well known as q SPORT
page cartoonist on q San Francisco
newspaper.
ARCADIA, Fla, June 11.-Leut
Benjamin Heisland of Marietta, Pa,
was instantly killed and Cadet CASTOR,
also Of Pennsylvania, suffered a bro
airplane in which they were making
. flight at Door Field. near here, fell
100 feet yesterday.
ABERDEEN. Miss. June 11.-Leut
Clarke Owen of Lansing. Mich, sta
toned at Payne Field, West Point
Miss. was instantly killed and a fly
ing companion seriously injured yes
terday whom their airplane sideslipped
and fell about 100 feet near Muldon,
Miss
Aviation authorities At Payne Field
declined to mako public tho name Of
the injured dier.
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teers. at Great Falls each Saturday
evening. These are in addition to
drills at Spring Hill. Andrews Chapel
and Forrestville, and have created in
terest in military matters in the Great
Falls section Of Virginia.
Originally organized to protect th'
water supply Of the District at the
Great Falls dam. the battalion has re-
cruited more than enough men for
this duty. 1t Is now considering q
further extension of its activities.
All citizens between eighteen and
forty five years Of age are invited to
participate in the drills without any
obligation to join the organization.
Maj. NJ. D. Hanely is in charge of the
drills, and is assisted by Lieuts. Dal.
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SAY YM0THER BOAT
AIDED SUBMARINE
Survivors of Torpedoed Pinar
Del Rio Saw Big Steamer
Standing BY.

NORFOLK, Va, June 11.-Survivors
of the American freighter Pinar Del
Rio, arriving today from Manted.
NJ c., said the German submarine
which sank their vessel ITO miles
northeast of Cape Henry Saturday
morning after a stern chase of more
than an hour was accompanied by
a large steamer, which they believed
to be mother" ship. They also
asserted that after their vessel was
sent down by gunfire the submersi-
BILE sank two American sailing ves-
sells.
Walter c. B. Burrows, first assist
ant engineer of. the Pinar Del Rio, de-
scribed the craft with the submarine
as a vessel of about 5000 gross tons,
with a single funnel amidships. She
was painted light gray and stood
some two or three miles in the offing
while the submarine sank the Rio.
When the American craft went down
the submarine signaled the vessel in
international code, Follow me- and
the U-boat and her consort steamed
away.
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any evidence that German submarines
have employed a shore base or have
had touch with the shores at any
point, Secretary Daniels said, today.
This was taken as an official denial
of the numerous reports that strange
signals had been seen at night from
remote sections of the coast
Rear Admiral Cameron MGR.
Winslow, inspector of naval districts,
has made a report to the department
upon the steps taken by command
ers of the districts to protect coastal
shipping and to locate the raiding
forces. Admiral Winslow was called
to Washington for a conference upon
this subject with Secretary Daniels
and Admiral Benson, chief of the bu-
reau of operations.
Following the conference it was
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WHOLESALE GROCER.
CITED ON CHARGES.
Must Appear Before Food
Administrator to Explain
Alleged Violations.
ROUNDUP IS PLANNED

One of Washington's wholesale
grocers must appear before the Dis
trict food administrator tomorrow
and offer reasons why his license
should not be revoked. Evidence has
been laid before the administrator
tending to show that this wholesaler
has been making false monthly re-
ports on his stock and sales; that he
has charged extortionate prices for
canned goods; that he has been guilty
to sell canned goods, and that he has
been guilty of boarding.
In speaking of this case today Ad-
ministrator Wilson made it evident
that this wholesale dealers chances
of remaining in business are slim.
The amount of goods stored in the
known, but it is understood to be
enormous.
Proposes General Roundup.
Administrator Wilson let it be
known today that he proposes gen.
eral roundup of those dealers who
have been boosting prices above the
fair list quotations, and who have
been otherwise ignoring the regula-
tions of the food administrator. He
is determined that the regulations
shall be observed and from now on
will deal less leniently with offenders.
Six grocers and market men are to
appear before Mr.. Wilson this after
noon to answer charges of profiteer-
ing and other violations of the food
regulations. Six other grocers and
market men, several of whom are To-
Gated in the Mount Pleasant section,
were today notified to appear before
Mr.. Wilson Thursday afternoon to an
swer profiteering charges.
Another grocer has been sent for to
give an explanation why he refuses
to see flour unless he can charge more
than the quoted price. This grocer,
when cautioned about selling -four in
excess of the amount quoted on the
tar price list, became SO indignant
he declared that he would cease SELL
ing 1t. claiming that there was not
sufficient profit in the prescribed price
to enable him to handle it.
Inspectors to Be Appointed.
AS means Of keeping a closer
watch on the retailers throughout the
city the administrator is arranging to
have neighborhood fair-price inspec-
tors appointed. The latter will be
volunteers and it will be their duty
to be on the lookout for violations of
the fair-price list by the storekeepers
IN their respective neighborhoods
Mr.. Wilson is especially anxious for
housewives in making purchases at
the so-called small stores to demand
sales slips, and in the event they have
been overcharged to give those sales
sips to the investigator for their
neig ghborhood or send them to the
local food administration Office In
taking this step Mr.. Wilson hopes to
make the fair-price publication more
effective and to secure a conformity
to it by all retail stores.
The sale slip, according to Mr.. Will
son, is tangible evidence, and with it
in his possession he can get better
results when questioning grocer
charged with violating the regula-
tions.
The names of these volunteer neigh
borhood fair-price investigators will
be made public within a week or SO.
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after a long illness. Funeral services
will be held at 1890 o'clock tomorrow
morning at her home. Interment will
be in Rock Creek cemetery.
Mrs. Boynton, who had been an in
valid for several years. was seventys
FIVE years OF age. and is survived by
son. c. H. Boynton Of New York.
and a daughter. Meta G. Boynton. OF
1910 Mintwood place.
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Wrist Watch for Mai. Donovan.

Members and employees of tho local
lraft boar,is presented Maj. Daniel
J. Donovan. director of the draft in
the District with a gold wrist
watch yesterday afternoon. Com
missioner Brownlow made the presen-
tAtion on behalf Of the boards Tho
occasion was entirely informal The
presentation was made in the board
room At the District building.
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stated that the department still Is
unwilling to express an opinion as to
the number of submarines operating
in American waters. Secretary Dam
iels said he was without Information
tending to confirm the story of an
Italian newspaper that seven U-boats
were known to have departed from
their base for the raid on this coast.
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DEATH OF MRS. BoYNToN.
Widow Of Associated Press Veteran
Resided Here 35 Years.

Mrs. Marietta Hudson Boynton.
widow of Col. Charles A. Boynton.
one of the veterans of the Associated
Press, and a resident of Washington
for thirty-five years. died at her home.
in the Knickerbocker apartment, 1910
Mintxood place northwest, yesterday
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Pythfan Class to Graduate.

Graduation exercises Of the normal
O1ass In rhythm Of the Lucia Gale
1ArAsr School are to be held tomor-
NV afternoon a& $50 o'clock at tho
1niCksrbooksr TheateS 18th street
and Columbia road
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WAR RTODESTR0Y
rule OF FORCE
Secretary Daniels Foresees
Victory of the Allies Over
German Ambition.
HOLY vow OF AMERICANS

~ tie Associated Press.
CHARLOTTESVILLE Va, June IL.
eSpeaking here today at commence
. msnt exercises of the University OF
vireinia, Secretary Daniels declared
that good would come out of the
world war in that 1t would teach the
lesson that rule of force must be re-
sisted and will be resisted success
fully at every cost and at the su-
premest sacrifice"
I The writings of Thomas Jefferson,
founder of the university, were drawn
on by the Secretary to make his point
that the temporary victory of the
Germans on the western front does
not mean a permanent German sue
cess.
Admits Serious Moments.
After quoting from Jefferson the
Secretary said:
"Since the German drive in March
free people in every part of the globe
have seen anxious moments. These
were intensified by the later further
advance into the lines of the allies.
Men were silenced by dread then. as
some were recently affrighted by the
submarine sinkings off our own coasts.
We turn to a letter of Jefferson for the
true view of these reverses and attacks
and find cheer and encouragement.
Writing of the battle of Hastings, JEFF
ferson said it was indeed lost, but the
natural rights of a nation were not
staked on single battle
Wars Toll to Precede Victory.
I'VE shall pay heavy toll before vic
tory comes, but all is not staked on a
single battle, and neither reverses on
land nor sinkings Of merchant vessels "a
species of piracy on par with that
which Jefferson stamped out when he
was President) will avail, because the
Americans and their brave associates
with Immortal hate of 'despicable
deeds have the 'unconquerable will and
courage never to submit or yield
''The Prussian power may bend here
or break US there, but they fight
against the ideals of freedom and JUS
tice. These, enforced by the willing
ness to sacrifices by the twenty-one
nations are stronger than all the bat
teries Of Krupp, all the aircraft of
Zeppelin, all the strategy of Hinden-
burg and more invincible than all the
undersea assassins of won Tirpitz.
German Expenditures Vain.
"As long as the will to be free and
the resolve never to submit or yield
dominates the allied countries Ger
man atrocities. German might and
the German skill will expend them
selves in vain. And this spirit-this
'unconquerable willis strengthened
and hardened by every fresh attempt
by German arms.
I'VE mourn the death of valorous
youths who have given all they are
and all they hope to be to preserve
the freedom of mankind, but more
than a hundred million Americans
have made a holy vow that their
comrades shall not have died in vain,
and they are girding themselves
afresh that this sacred vow shall be
fulfilled"
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Damage Is Negligible.

The department knows also that the
ping Is negligible, as far as it affects the
war situation. The losses inflicted are
no more than annoying. and with the
Inauguration of coastwise conveys and
other steps now In progress to limit raid
er activities they will be steadily re-
cuced. The anti-submarine campaign in
the vital waters abroad Is steadily
gathering weight by reason Of American
aid and in the very face OF raiders on
this coast. The heaviest troop shipments
to Europe up to this time have been
pressed with complete success.
These are some Of the considerations
that prompt officials to believe that the
present raid. at least, is only sporadic
affair.
A methodical survey Of the entire
to Halifax, has failed to bring to light
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las Berry and Mark Turner and Drill
Sergts. II. E. Guilford. W. II. Dodge.
G. L. Downey and NJ. Trammel
Evening star., 1918-06-11

Tho Presbyterian Church in this
country will raise a 100000 fund for
war work and a s75.oo0.0o0 fund for
strengthening the church after the
war,
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Other Vessels Attacked.

According to the survivors. the first
of the sailing craft attacked by the
submarine after she had destroyed
the Rio was ship, while the second
was a schooner. They knew nothing
as to the fate of the two crews, but
assumed the men were allowed to take
to the small boats. as were the cap
tain and thirty-three men OF the RIOS
crew.
William F. Clark of the naval re-
serves, who said he was aboard the
Rio in training for service as an Off
Ger on a merchant vessel, said the
submarine fired six shots at the Rio
before the American craft stopped
When the first shot was fred the cap
tain put on all steam in the hope of
making port and escaping the enemy,
but the submarine proved too speedy.
The crew took to the boats before the
submarine arrived alongside.
Both Burrows and Clark said the
submarine was about $50 feet long,
with what appeared to be about 6-ineh
caliber rifles mounted fore and aft.
The U-boat. they said, appeared to be
weather and sea worn.
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Report That a "Mother Ship
Accompanied U-Boat Raider
Lacks Confirmation Here

Reports from the survivors Of the
steamer Pinar del Rio, destroyed by
a German submarine off the Virginia
coast, that the enemy raiders possibly
were accompanied by mother ship
from which they drew fuel and sup
plies, found no confirmation today at
the Navy Department. Acting Secre-
tary Roosevelt said he had no in
formation leading to the conclusion
that the submarines were operating
from such a base ship. either brought
with them from Germany or captured
in American waters.
At the same time there is always
possibility, in the minds of some Of
ficials, that the raiders would take ad-
vantage of capturing an unarmed ves-
sci loaded with supplies of the kind
they need TO prolong their stay off the
coast. Efforts to check up on craft
known to be in the zone of submarine
operations during the last ten days or
so gave no satisfactory result as in
dicating what ship it might have been
which the Pinar del Rio survivors saw
operating under Instructions from the
raider,