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Evening star., 1918-01-20
War Bills of the Week.

Some idea Of the work pressing for
the attention of Congress may be
gained by survey of the strictly war
measures laid before that body during
the week. Here is partial list:
A joint resolution requiring the reg
istration of all young men who have
attained the age of twenty-one years
since June 5. registration day
A bill to change the basis for appor-
tloning draft quotas from population
to the number of men actually enrolled
in class of the draft
A measure to abolish the traffic of
enlisted men and officers in army goods
by fixing drastic penalties for persons
purchasing supplies from such officers
or enlisted men.
A bill extending the authority of the
War Department in granting fur1oughs,
largely to permit leave to drafted
men in harvest time.
A bill to authorize the Secretary of
War to issue badges or buttons to men
honorably exempted or rejected from
military service.
Measures to exempt government
motor vehicles from the war tax and
war munitions materials from the tariff
when such charges would come out of
the department funds.
. A bill suggested to the department
by Gen. Pershing requiring insurance
companies to accept as satisfactory
proof Of death the Official reports of
deaths issued by the department.
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.Bul1ish, News on Shipping.

shipbuilding news Of the week was
.hullish." Reports of labor troubles and
other handicaps at the yards continueo'
but on the whole developments ana as
closures were encouraging.
The shipping board gave out state
ment estimating American ship produc-
ton in 1917 at 901,223 gross tons, near
Ily double that of 1916. While hgures
from other countries were not available,
the shipping board claimed that the
United states led the world ,.i,,t in ship hip
wear, Of course. will be great deal
larger.
The board reported also that forty
two ships had been brought from the
great lakes to the Atlantic seaboard,
and that thirty more were to be brought
out in the spring, all to be used to help
make up the shrinkage in ocean tonnage
due to the U-boats.
Another announcement from the ship
ping board told Of the reorganization
of its operating department. Repre-
sentatives are to be placed in London.
Paris and Rome and at the principal
Atlantic ports of this country. The pur-
pose is to effect more complete control
Of American shipping and to bring about
closer cooperation with the allies.
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COLLISIONS AND FALLS
CAUSE DAMAGE AND HURTS
Accidents Take Man and Woman to
Hospital-Vehicles in
Smash.

George Scabbing, thirty-nine years
old. 1927 + street. fell from a street
car at Massachusetts avenue and G
street yesterday and was badly hurt
He received first aid at Casualty Hos
pital and then went home.
Mrs. Olivia Duprey, forty years old
1929 California street. tripped over a
mat and fell in front Of 107 d street
northeast yesterday afternoon. Her
right arm was injured. She was taken
to Casualty Hospital
A street car and a motor vehicle
owned by R. Lee Horton, 3272 NJ street,
collided at 33d and NJ streets yesterday
afternoon. Both were damaged, but
their occupants were not hurt.
\ collision between a heavy motor
truck and an electric car occurred on
Bladensburg road, near Mount Olivet
cemetery, yesterday. Slight damage
was done to the car.
Walter X. Matthews. Dickerson, Md.
was OCCUPANT of an automobile yester-
day afternoon that collided with a
motor vehicle owned by the Washing
ton Gas Light Company, at 9th and L
streets. Matthews car was damaged to
the amount of SO.
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PLANTS RAPIDLY CHANGE
TO PRODUCTION FOR WAR
Read diustment of Industrial Facto-
ries Brings Results in Many
Directions.

Conversion of industrial plants to war
production is proceeding steadily
through the efforts of the Council of
National Defense, directed by George n.
Peek, industrial representative.
Utilization of the facilities of many
woodworking plants on government
contracts became known yesterday. Fac
tories making furniture. sashes and
doors have taken over the work of sup
plying spare parts for Army vehicles,
relieving the oyerburdened wagon
building plants. This will enable the
latter to devote a greater portion of
their production to farm wagons. a
shortage of which was threatened be-
cause of Army demands.
To speed up the supply of spruce
frames for airplanes the government is
building a factory at Vancouver bar
racks, which will be equipped for the
peculiar saving of spruce logs neces-
sary to obtain the grained wood essen
tial in airp1ane manufacture.
The council considers that the diver
sion of industrial machinery from pri-
vate to government contracts not only
saves time in the production of war ma
terial, but also solves the question of
so-called essential and nome essential in
dustries without economic disturbances.
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MERCHANTS TO TELL OF !
FIRST VOORHEES, MONDAY
Retail Association to Hold Election
Monday Night-To Consider
Abolition of Discounts. "a

Reports on how Washington stores
Monday probably will be heard at the
meeting Of the Retail Merchants Asso-
citation in the rooms Of the Board OF
Trade at o'clock tomorrow night.
In addition to considering many
questions of interest to all stores. tLe
merchants will elect a board OF gov
ernors and heads of the various sec
will elect officers. Il. P. Andrews. presi-
dent. will review the work OF the year.
A proposal that all sections of the as
sociation follow the recent decision of
the department store section to abolish
all discounts will be submitted for ac-
tion. According to Charles j. Column
bus, secretary of the associs tion, big
stores throughout the country are
eliminating discounts.
The credit bureau of the association
for the benefit of all merchants and viii
submit them for approval The freight
and drayage situation will be discussed.
The following trade lines will be call
ed on to elect chairmen at Monday
nights meeting: Advertising. automo-
ware, cigars and tobacco, coal and
wood. confectionery credit. department.
stores. dry goods, electrical supplies.
florists, furniture. fnrriers, haberdash-
ers. hardware, hotels, jewelers.. leather
goods, ladies' speciality stores, laundry
men. lumber and mill workers. master
printers, mems clothing. merchant tai
lors millinery. opticians, paper. pianos.
photographers. shoes. souvenirs. sta.
tionery.
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Pressing for Munitions Chief.

Determination at the Capitol to have
u munitions director and war coun-
ell took more definite form than it
mad previously assumed Senator
Chamberlain. chairman of the commit
tee on military affairs, reported favor
ably the bill providing for munitions
director, the measure as originally pro-
posed having been amended to elimi-
nate the provision that the director
should be "a member OF the Presidents
cabinet
Another bill which has been framed
by the Senate military committee with
purpose of introducing it Monday pro-
vides for the creation of a war council
of three members, to be appointed by
the President and confirmed by the
Senate, but not to sit as members OF
the cabinet. .
President Wilson, it is understood, Is
opposed to both these measures, put Is
willing that there shall be created a
central authority hor the purchase OF
war supplies There is no authorlta-
tive suggestion, of course, that the
President would veto the bills snou!o
they be passed by Congress, but tnelI
probable fate at the hands OF the
executive has been the subject OF a
great deal of speculation.
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NO REPORT OF SHORTAGE
OF FOOD AND CLOTHING

Repeated publication of reports of
shortages of food and clothing among
Gen. Pershing's forces in France led
Secretary Baker to announce last night
that no complaints had come to him
either from official or unofficial sources.
Had there been shortages, Mr.. Baker
said, not only would a report have
been received from Gen. Pershing in
the ordinary course. but such a report
would have been required by Army
regulations.
In this connection 1T is learned that
soon after the movement of troops to
France began a general order was
issued prohibiting the embarkation of
any man whose immediate commanding
officer had not certified that the SOL
der was completely equipped.
Evening star., 1918-01-20
Congress Must Speed Up.

Necessity of speeding up the work of
Congress came in for considera ton.
Speaker Clark and the committee chair
men of the House got together and
agreed on a program for keeping the
legislative mill grinding regularly and
at higher pressure, and their effort is
assured, of backing by leaders in the
Senate.
Speaker Clark said the jam in Con-
gress was the worst he ever had known
IN ms long experience as legislator,
and he warned members that they
would have to attend sessions and COM
mittee meetings and buckle down to
the work, or the present session would
merge into the next one. 1t has been
only with great effort that the House
has been able to maintain the quorum
necessary to the transaction of busi-
ness.
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AID OF BUS|NESS,NEEDED
TO AVOID WAR MISTAKES
Governor Of New Jersey Wants Gov
eminent to Have Benefit of
Expert Advice.

NEW YORK. January 1s.-Co-ordina-
tion between the government anu busi-
ness is essential If the maximum war
activities of the nation are to be
achieved. Gov Edge of New Jersey de-
clared in a speech before the Republi-
can Club of this city today.
Official Washington" he said, SHOULD
have the benefit of the advice and ex-
perience of trained American business
men.
Il will not criticise for the sake of
criticising," he said. "Washineton has
achieved wonders, and has also blund-
cred in war preparations. But 1 can
not help thinking that most of the few
mistakes made could have been ayoiu-
ed had official Washington the benefit
OF the advice and experience of trained
american business men in coping with
, dustrial problems demanding technical
knowledge.
II say the government shouldseek
the services of coal operators, shippers
and dealers in solving it's fuel problem
OF food producers and distributors in
solving it's food problem and Of prac-
tlcal railroad men in solving it's trans
portation difficulties"
A freer discussion of the fuel prob
lem. the governor said, would have
| obviated the difficulties met with in an
nouncing the fuel Administrations five
day closing orders.
THE public was not taken into the
confidence of the government with re-
spect to the necessity of the fuel order"
he said. Either the fuel adminis-
traitor has acted in way unnecessa riIy
drastic or else the public is unacouaint-
| ed with the grave nature of conditions.
we can win the war only through
cooperation. 1t is a mutual pronosi-
ton calling for the freest discussion
and the puncturing OF prudish, old
/ fashioned ideas of censorship"
Evening star., 1918-01-20
More Power for Hoover.

Legislation for additional food con-
troll is proposed in a bill introduced in
the Senate by Senator Pomerene and
in the House by Chairman Lever of the
committee ON agriculture. 1t gives the
food administration authority to con-
troll public eating houses. to prevent
waste and to bring about substitutions.
in accordance with the administrations
conservation program. Under its pro-
visions "meatless" and "wheatless" and
any other kind of less days will be
made mandatory and not voluntary. as
at present, so far as public eating
places are concerned.
The authority granted by the act is
so broad that it's effect in operation
could be determined only by the regu-
lations which the food administration
might issue with the sanction of the
President. A penalty of $1,000 or i'm
prisonment not to exceed six years is
provided.
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HOME IS BOUGHT BY "MOTHERS'
FOR UNITED SERVICE CLUB

For use and benefit of enlisted men in
training in camps and cantonments in
and near the District of Columbia, the
Army and Navy camp committee of the
National Congress of Mothers has pur-
chased the residence property at % Jack
son place. The property is to be re-
modelled to be the home of the United
Service Club for Enlisted Men.
The house contains about twenty rooms
and is within Il block of the White House
and the State, War and Navy building.
A number of bedrooms will be provided,
as well as showers. rest rooms. reading
and writing rooms, a cafeteria and other
features.
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Use this house as you would your own
home,' is to be the only rule for the
government of the clubhouse. Sleeping
accommodations are to be provided at
the rate of 50 cents per night.
Similar clubhouses have already been
established in Philadelphia and Balti-
more. 1t is planned also to establish such
clubs for enlisted men at Atlanta. Ga,
and Admission. Ala.
The movement has the approval of the
Army and Navy Y. NJ. C. A., which is
cooperating. The sum of 100000 is to
be collected for the establishment and
maintenance OF the Washington club
house. nearly $4,000 of this amount hav-
ing been raised since the middle of De-
cemher
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SHRAPNEL
Sidelights on the War
-BT-
OLIVER OWEN KnHN.
OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

Germany continues to conceal care
fully the fact that her U-boats are not
doing all that has been expected of
them-all that the government led the
people to believe would be accom-
plished. \ German who was remon-
strating with an old English acquaint-
ance in Switzerland who had stated he
intended to return home. said:
1t is a criminal act, an offense
against Gott; it is an attempt to COM
init suicide. You never should seek to
return over the channel in defiance to
the submarine"
This German lost sight of the fact
that Britain has moved millions of SOL
diers back and forth over the channel
since the U-boat war started and in
practical safety.
Answering the question as to whether
military aviators are afraid while in
action at the front, one of them re-
marked:
Il am frightened to death all the
time-but. somehow. not bit afraid"
More than 100000 men are employed
in the various accountancy divisions
of the British army The majority of
these men performing clerical labors
would much rather be in the trenches
After the war broke out and Britain
was turning out tremendous quanti-
ties of munitions, the kaiser wished
TO find out the secret. He ordered
forty of his woman spies still remain
ing in England to wed British NUM-
tions workers About half of them
failed and they ended their own lives.
An airplane~ tester for the British
army fell 1000 feet when the tail to his
machine broke. The man suffered frac-
lures of both legs, but escaped with his
life and now is back at his perileus
occupation after some months in hos
pital.
II was lieutenant in the army when
] was ten," the crown prince of Ger
many once said .Of course, in the ordj-
,tarys way it would have been piffie max
ingSa kid of that age soldier. But for
me IL was different. I took the business
SERIOUSLY. for some day I am to be the
remark was made before the present war
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AGRICULTURAL BILL READY.
Appropriations Of $25, ,000,000 Car
ried BY Measure in Committee.

The annual agricultural appropriation
bill. carrying s25.ooo.0oO for the next
fiscal year. was completed yesterday
by the House committee on agricul-
ture. of which Representative Asbury
F. Lever Of South Carolina is chair
man.
Work on this bill has been speeded
up during the last two days. since
Representative Kitchin of North Caro-
lima. the majority leader, announced
on the floor that the agricultural bill
would be brought in tomorrow.
Evening star., 1918-01-20
British Gain in Palestine

LONDON. January 19.-The war Office
tonight issued the following statement
in regard to the operations in Pales-
tine:
yesterday our line was advanced to
a maximum depth of a mile on a four
mile front in the neighborhood of
Durah. twelve miles north of Jerusa-
lem. Some prisoners were captured"
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Third Liberty Loan Coming.

Announcement was made during the
week by Secretary OF the Treasury
McAdoo of new issue of $400. .000, 900
Treasury certificates of indebtedness.
to bear 4 per cent interest from Janu-
airy 90 and to be payable April %.
This is step preliminary to the issuing
OF the third liberty loan. Subscriptions
TO the certificates will be received by
federal reserve banks at par and ac-
crued interest until January 20, and
payment must be made by that, date,
The certificates will be received in
payment of third liberty loan subscrip-
tiOnS
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AMERICAS PART in THE WAR
Progress in Week just Ended Toward
Making the World Safe for Democracy

|profiteering in construction, and the
fact that the American government has
now under way the biggest naval pro-
forty-two vessels now being under con-
struction.
The statement disclosed that since
the United States entered the war the
Navy has taken over and converted to
war use between 700 and 500 passenger
and freight vessels, yachts, tugs, fish
ing boats and other craft.
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ing industries fOr 0ve-Qay
period and to commercial houses, Office
buildings and amusements one day a
week for ten weeks. The order, coming
with practically no warning. caused dis
may and indignation, but this gradually
subsided and the country accepted the
hardships imposed with whatever cheer
fulness it could muster.
Opinion still is divided as to the wisdom
and necessity Of SO drastic step, but the
fuel administration, backed by the Presi-
dent. insisted that it Was the only way
to meet a situation that called for i'm
mediate relief. The betterment in rail-
road traffic conditions which resulted in
two days was sufficient, according to the
fuel administration view, to justify the
program.
That this view was widely shared was
evidenced by kilograms from all parts OF
the territory affected, telling of improved
transportation conditions and the relief
OF freight congestion. Ships which had
long waited in New York and other At
lantc harbors for bunker coal were able
to sail yesterday. carrying badly needed
munitions and toodstufrs to the American
forces end allies in Europe.
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$4,000 Worth of Butter Burns.

TOLEDO. Ohio, January 19.-The re-
tail distributing plant of the Ohio
Dairy Company, the largest of it's kind
in northwestern Ohio. was totally de-
stroyed by fire today. The fire origi-
mated in the stock room Of the big two
story brick building. The loss was
$500, 900, of which $4,000 was on butter.
Evening star., 1918-01-20
Rumor of Uprising in Finland.

STOCKHOLM. January 1S.-Bourgeo-
sic circles in Helsingfors are disquieted
over rumors of a coming socialist rev.
lutionary uprising and the forcible dis
solution of the diet and the formation
of q senate after the bolshevik pattern.
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Shipbuilding for the Navy.

Progress of shipbuilding for the
Navy also came in for a report during
the week. Chairman Oliver of the
House naval committee. in a statement
to the House. told Of the completion OF
one destroyer fifty-one weeks after it's
keel was laid: the success of American
submarine chasers. which are being
used by certain allies: steps to prevent
Evening star., 1918-01-20
New Mexican Cabinet oaicer.

MEXICO CITY, January 1s.-Manuel
Aguiyre Harlanga today took the oath
of office as minister Of the interior or
gobernacion. He previously had been
undersecretary of that department,
the most important in the cabinet
Contrary to expectations, no other
members of the new cabinet were an
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Statement by Chairman Johns.

Chairman Johns issued this statement
relative to the plan and scope of the
work that the division expects to ac-
complish:
1T is by no means intended that we
shall take over the entire advertising
work of any department of the gov
ernment. We are simply here to serve
Through our relations with the ad-
vertising agencies, we are in position
to obtain proper copy. and the services
Of the best copy writer's of the coun-
try are at our command.
I'VE already have for the use of the
government a large amount of newspaper
and magazine space that has been given
by advertisers and publsheds. This space
can be used where it will be most ef-
fective in the common cause.
1--WE hope particularly to supplement
the good advertising work that has al
ready been done-and that it has been
good work is witnessed by the success of
the two liberty loans and the two Red
Cross drives-by giving it a broad back
ground of national advertising.
"In a. broad sense We shall act as a
national advertising agency. We shall
displace no government advertising de-
partments: we shall simply -help those
departments just as the modern adver-
tising agent helps the advertising depart
ments Of his clients"
Evening star., 1918-01-20

Twenty thousand ''Four-minute Mem
day, to raise the labor supply of Ameri-
can shipyards to the point where it
will be possible to operate on a three
shift schedule.
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Two Americans Taken; One Gassed.

OTTAWA, Ont, January 1s.-The fol-
lowing American names appear in to-
days casualty list:
Gassed: G. A. Pridday, Chicago.
Prisoners of war: D. E. Farlinger, HUI
ron, S. D.; n. NJ Roberts, Los Angeles
Col
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AUSTRIAN SOCIALISTS
PROTEST ANNEXATION
Demand That Poland. Lithuania
and Courland Be Given Right
to Vote.
By the Associated press

By the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, January 19.-Reports
of strikes and other demonstrations in
Austria. which the Austrian govern
ment has permitted to be telegraphed
abroad. acquire new significance when
read in connection with the Vienna
Arbeiter Zeitung's report of five So
cialist meetings held in Vienna Sun
day.
The meetings. which were attended
by vast numbers of persons. protested
against "robbing the Austrian people
of all influence in the peace negotia-
tions by continually Dostponing the
and the delegates. and by suppressing
all criticism in the press of Germany
ana Austria's foreign policy.
Demand Friendly Spirit.
The meetings demanded the peace ne
gotiations at Brest -Litovsk be con-
tduced in friendly spirit; that the
government reject all efforts toward
open or yelled annexations, and that II
reject the demand that Russia's border
rendered illusory, and also reject the
desire to annex portions of these lands
against the will of the Inhabitants"
The socialists also demanded that the
people of Poland. Lithuania and Cour-
land be permitted to vote freely on the
question of the form of their state and
their allegiance.
Cite Presidents Message.
A resolution adopted by the meet
ings further declared that the social
lists regard the peace programs of Pre-
mier Lloyd George and President Will
son as a sign that even the enemy
nations can be forced by the laborine
classes to modify their imperialistie
aims.
The resolution in conclusion protested
against "the systematic misrepresenta.
tion of these utterances in the entire
bourgeoise press. and we call on the
governments of the central powers to
consider them as an opportunity to
offer to all the enemy governments q
democratic peace. without annexations
or contributions"
Evening star., 1918-01-20

SoutA-AtIastic Ceast LIne.
| Trains leave Washington ESQ p.m..
1:15 pm. 9 pm. for Florida and points
south. Phone Main $3.50. ONCE, 1906
New York ave. n.w.-Advertisement.
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Outline of Course.

The course as outlined will provide
instruction as follows:
First year-English (5), shop mathe-
matics (5), (applied algebra and geom-
etry), general science (5), freehand or
mechanical drawing or shop minor (5),
shop major U5).
Second year-English 60, shop math :
ematics (5) (applied mathematics and
elementary bookkeeping), civics (5),
freehand or mechanical drawing or
snnp TYP i,,nu ,,ubeys ers' IN % parenrbesis O..
hours per week.
Shop instruction-One of the follow
ing majors and a correlated minor:
Major-Carpentry, machine shop, en-
gineering fstationary), applied electric
ity. freehand, mechanical or architectu-
raj drawing, printing, sewing, cooking,
millinery.
Minor-Machine drawing, machine or
carpentry shop, or freehand drawing.
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SAVE SOMETHING EACH MONTH.
The Home Building Association. within three
minutes walk of the State, War and Navy build
ing, pays you so on your money and allows In
terest to withdrawal. Payments. S1.00 per share
per month. Call at the Treasurer's Office. 1907
pa ave- n w. and ask about it, Organized 1888.
Under the supervision of the O. s. controller Of