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CONFERENCE WANTED ON
FOOD BILL, RENT RIDER
House Committee on Agriculture
Recommends This Action on
Composite Measure.

Recommendation that the food stimu-
lation bill on which the Senate has put
the Pomerene anti-rent prof1teering bill
as a rider be sent to conference is made
by the House committee on agriculture.
This bill, which passed the House in
January as an emergency war measure,
has been delayed by effort to put
through other legislation Joined with
it. The House committee is averse to
numbering this measure and delaying
its passage, but If conferees can reach
an agreement no fight will be made by
the committee against the Pomerene
rider.
It is expected that Chairman johnson
of the House District committee will
endeavor to substitute his own more
drastic rent prof1teerfng bill. Mr.. john
son has been out Of town ever since the
Senate adopted the Pomerene bill as q
rider on the emergency agricultural bill.
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Observation-Disclosures
ROAD RAISES WAGES
Increase for Men Second Company
Has Given in Less Than
Two Weeks.

The Virginia Railway
Company today announced through
Supt. J. W. Rich increases in wages
to motormen and conductors Of the
traction company's lines beginning
tomorrow.
The increase u the second granted
by the company in less than two
weeks. The new scale Of wages will
continue in operation for the dura-
ton Of the war or until further
notice.
Under the new scale ~ cents an
hour will be paid to men In the efn-
ploy of the company for the first
three months of continuous service.
The next nine months the pay will be
46 cents an hour and thereafter 4S
cents an hour. Extra men will re-
ceive half pay from the time Of re-
porting for work until excused for
} the day or assigned. to the run, ~
nnder the system in the past
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campaign, but 30 far ~ the President
II concerned any accusation Of .
willingness on tho part Of his ad-
|minlstration to end the war one min.
ute sooner than It ought to be stopped
and one minute sooner than the great
are achieved will be denounced ~ dis
loyalty in the. sense that It tends to
discredit the power of the government
In foreign policies. land accomplish
what the German propagandist would
complished. What the incident Of to-
day proves is that an odious partisan
fight il likely this fall unless the
country insists that petty politics be
definitely and completely adjourned.
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BRITISH.

September live advanced our
line yesterday in the direction Of At
til1y and Vermand
In the evening the enemy again
strongly attacked our positions on
the ridge west of Gouzeaucourt.
Sharp fighting followed, as a result
Of which the attack was completely
beaten off except at one point. where
one Of our outposts remained in the
enemy's possession.
Local fighting took place yesterday
afternoon and evening in the neigh
borhood Of Noeuvres and at Ecourt-
st. Quentin. In the former case an
attack by strong party of the enemy
succeeded in entering our trenches,
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Lieut. Reid Killed in France.

NEW YORK. September 1l.-Whils
trying to save a wounded soldier OF his
command who had been buried In the
ruins Of a dugout during a heavy
bornbardment on the battle front in
France. Lieut.; Samuel ]. Reid. Jr., f.
nous Princeton athlete Of q dosen yeah
ago was killed by a shell which ex-
ploded at his feet, according to fnfor.
nation received by his family here.
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OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS.

but was repulsed by our counter at
tack. At Ecourt-St. Quentin also the
enemy was repulsed after stiff fight
ing.
We advanced our line slightly dur
ing the night west of Erquinghem
(west Of Armentieres).
September 10.-Except for local
fighting in the Epehy and Gonzeau-
court sectors, in which we secured
prisoners, there is nothing of special
interest to report from the battle
front south of the Scarpe.
On the Lys front our patrols have
made slight progress northeast of
Neuve Chapelle and west Of Armen-
there's.
Stormy weather continues.
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REGISTER TOMORROW

NEN1l0 Elk lOIvIOlNkkOWs
Registration places throughout the city win be open
tomorrow from o'clock am. to o'clock pm.
Registrars urged register early possible and
put off their paramount duty Of the day until the
eleventh hour"
Ali men between the ages Of eighteen and years.
inclusive register with the exception of already
in the military naval service Of the United States
already registered in the draft
Men who have registered in any Of the three previous
registrations need and attempt register
The Of such persons registration places
will only delay the registration of who must
register.
Persons in doubt of any in connection
with registration should call the draft information bureau
Main 6ooo branch Ga located in 51s the District
building for information. Personal inquiry may be made
and entrance TO the budingclosed for other purposes
may be secured through the 18th street entrance
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u the Associated Press
with THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE. Tuesday, September 10
The rapidity Of the splendid opera
.tion that wrested the initiative Of the
5sbattle from the Germans and drove
Them behind their defensive lines Of
@s17 to recuperate their forces and
tfeoonstitute their shattered divisions
,t1s no longer the proper basis for cal
&culating the speed Of progress. The
faItes are now in front Of obstacles
tt+that do not appear on ordinary maps
: by which the general reader follows
= changes of the battle front. No maps
: show them in all their details. but
!, enough is known Of them to recon-
/: stitute them in . general way.
First IL the Hindenburg line system
: of field Notifications, which the Ger
mans built by the forced labor of
,prisoners of war and French and
,soufheastward to the Aisne. north of
Rheims by way of Queant. st. Quentin,
ia Fere and the st. Gobain forest.
1T consists of an elaborate system
of trenches, multiple lines of barbed
wire entanglemerits, concrete posi-
! tons for artillery, blockhouses for
machine guns, shelters for the in
fantry and is further protected by
flooded stretches of country where
the means were available for that
purpose.
DE-. Second Line Of Defense.
The second line Of defense runs
from the fortress of Lille to the
stronghold of Metz, generally paral-
lei with the Hindenburg line to the
region north Of Rheims, and at dis
tances varying from seven to twenty
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Austrian Forces Claim Success.

VIENNA, September IL, via London
I'm the Asalone sector Of the Aus
tro.Italian front where the Italians
had penetrated the Austro- Hungarian
lines, the situation was restored yes
terday by an Austrian counter attack
the war Office announces today.
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Additional Colleges.

Twenty-Five additional colleges have
been authorised by the War Depart
ment to organise units OF the students
Army training camps, in October. as
follows: Howard University. Wash
ington. D. C.; Lincoln University.
Chester county. Pa; State Normal
School. Indiana. Pa; The Citadel
Charleston. s. C.. :Erskine College, Due
West. S. c.: Eastern College. Manassas.
Va: Eureka College, Eureka. I'LL; OF
fawa University. Kansas; McAlester
College, st. Paul. Mimi; College OF
Physicians and Surgeons, San Fran
cisco: Los Angeles State Normal
School. California; st. Ignatius Col
lsge. San ErAncisco; Southwest Texas
state Normal School. Texas; Union
University. Tennessee: First District
state Normal School, Kirksville, Mo.
State Normal School. Warrensburg.
Mo-: Northwest College. Watertown.
No: Milton College. Rock county,
via: Gonxaga University, Spokane.
wash; Alma College. Alma. Mich.
Oklahoma A. and N. College; North.
eastern College. Boston.
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GASOLINE SUPPLY!
FOR MONTHOALY
All in Country at Present Rate
of Use, Mr.. Garfield
Tells Senate.

Only a single months supply Of
gasoline remains in the country, ut
the present rate Of consumption, ac-
cording to q statement to the Senate
today by Fuel Administrator Garfield.
The statement was made in response
to a resolution introduced by Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts calling on the
fuel administrator for Information re-
garding production and consumption q
crude oil in the United States. and
also asking for figures as to amounts
exported and stocks on hand.
Face Big Shortage.
Mr.. Garfield in his reply to the reso-
luton stated that unless rigorous
steps were taken Immediately toward
conserving supplies and curtailing
gasoline consumption there will be
deficit of approximately 100000 bar
rels OF gasoline at the end of the pres
ent year.
The Garfield report, which indicates
the reasons for the recent request that
the use of all pleasure automobiles be
suspended on Sundays. showed that In
the territory east of California on
January 1, 1918, the stocks Of gasoline
and naphtha on hand were S.400,000
barrels; April /, IL .0O0. 900 barrels: Au-
gust l. 100000, a decline Of 100000
barrels from the high point.
1t shows also that in this territory
the estimated daily average consump-
ton, domestic, is 10000 barrels. and
the export fs $4,000 barrels a total Of
1874, 08O barrels a day. while the pro-
duction is 1s1. 900 barrels . day. maxi
ing a daily deficit of 5000 barrels.
These figures indicate that there
will be a deficit for the year Of
!. 00o, 900 barrels. The report says that
for various reasons the deficit may
be much larger. 4
Stock In California.
In the California territory, the 70.
port shows that stocks on hand Janu-
ary l. 1918. were 100000 barrels;
March !, 1.767.090 barrels. and on
August i. $4,000 barrels. showing q
decline of $4,000 barrels from the high
point. The daily consumption in the
California territory Is estimated At
2s, 900 barrels domestic. and 1000 bar
reis export, a total Of $1,000 barrels,
while the daily production - $4,000
barrels, with a deficit Of 5000 barrels.
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BY FRANK H. srMoNDs.

Now that the enemy is substantially
back behind the Hindenburg system
of defenses from Lens to vailly, that
is, from the Deule to the Aisne. a new
problem presents itself to the allied
commander-in-ch Since August z
Foch has been able in successive at
lacks to take advantage of the vicious
situation in which Ludendorff in
volved himself in the great offensive
of the spring and summer. He has
exacted high price of the German
for his recklessness, but that price
has now been paid. At the Hinden-
burg line a new maneuver must
begin.
Now. it is perfectly plain that Foch
has to choose bsANSeen two courses.
He must seek tofalAesF up his partial
successes, which, lkK produced a
wide swinging 8err3aAs latreat, either
by frontal atEeck Nuo4 the Germans
in their new poSitsofl of Id must again
resort to partial ;blow3 with the pur-
pose to turn the GermAns out of their
present Positions by the threat of en-
yeloDment and eapture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-11

William H. Snead. commissioner of
revenue for Lynch burg. Va. which
died in Lynchburg recently after an lille,
ness Of several weeks.
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GERMAN.

September 10. Renewed British
attacks south of the. Peronne-
Cambria road and French par
tial attacks on both sides of the
Ham st. Quentin road have been re-
pulsed says the German official COM
munication, Issued this EVENING
There have been local engagements
on the Ailette
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Was Under Observation.

Lieut.. Burgess, who is about forty
years old, was sent to the institution
several months ago for observation
Evading the guard he escaped from the
hospital yesterday afternoon and rented
a room at the Metropolitan Hotel. reg
istering as "True A. Burgess OF Rus-
sellville, Ark"
Several hours later he phoned DR.
J. T. H. Murphy at the institution, who
formerly had him under his care, that
he had escaped and was at the hotel
DR.. Murphy then went to the hotel and
met Burgess, but he refused to accom-
pany him back to the hospital unless
he made promise that he would be re-
leased within a few days.
The physician could not make any
such promise. The escaped inmate
told him that he would remain at the
hotel and shoot any persons who tried
to enter.
Is Under Surveillance.
Detectives and police Immediately
surrounded the room. They Kept 1,
under close surveillance during the
night.
Early this morning Lieut.. Burgess
walked down the hotel corridor with
2 80 caliber Colt automatic revolver
in his hand. He is said to have point
ed it in Detective Scrivener's face
and threatened to shoot unless he LETT
the hallway. He then returned to the
room, and has not made his appear
ance since.
Lieut. Burgess ordered breakfast this
morning 1t was served to him on the
fire escape by an employe Of the hotel
Supposed to Have Bought Weapon.
Police have been unable to learn
where the Army officer obtained his re-
voiver. They believed that he, pur-
chased it before engaging the room in
tho hotel
While talking to DIR. Murphy at the
hotel last night Lieut.. Burgess pointed
the pistol to his own head and threat
ened to end his life.
The police, it is said, will make no at
!.tempt to gain entrance to the Army
cfficer's room. because they fear he will
attempt suicide.
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FRENCH

September 10.-Further progress
has been made by us between the
Somme and the Disc. despite strong
enemy resistance. We have passed
Hinacourt and repulsed counter
attack from Essigny.
North of the Aisne we repulsed sew
eral counter attacks in the Laffaux
region.
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ITALIAN.

September 10.-In the Dosso Casino
region north of Mount Altissimo re-
peated attempts of hostile attacks
failed under our fire. The enemy sus-
tanned heavy losses. In the Alamo
Basin one Of our parties raided the
enemy line, overcoming the sentinels
and putting to flight a strong enemy
detachment that came to their help
Our party returned bringing some
prisoners.
In the Lagarina valley in the re-
gion north of Grappa along the mid
die Pave artillery and reconnoiter-
ing parties have been active Our fire
EXPLODED large deposit of munitions
on the Zugna Torta slopes
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Cannot Fill Gen. Pershing's Order.
Statement TERRIBLY True"

This statement sounds tragic" Mr.
Noyes said. in conclusion, but the
worst of it is that it is terribly true
SO true that l feel confident II every
American business could see the .ac-
tual facts as they come to US in Wash
ington- there would be no need of
regulations or rules. only directions
No man here would spare himself
either labor to save the last pound of
waste or the sacrifice involved in de-
voting the fuel and material he needs
most to helping to complete the PERISH
ing program
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Length Of Stay at University.

Under this plan 1t Is impossible to
forecast how long y student will be per-
mitted to remain at the university, the
time depending upon his own aptitudes
ana also upon the demands Of the serv-
ice. As q general rule. students will not
be retained after others of their general
age have been transferred, although
there will be many exceptions in the
case Of students assisned to intensive
technical work Of military value.
To keep the university unit at full
strength, vacancies will be filled by ad-
mission OF new students from high
schools and by the transferring of men
from the depot brigades or nearby
camps
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.BARR|CADED man
DEf|ESOFF|CERS
Lieut.. Burgess, Escaped From
Hospital for Insane, Locked
in Hotel Room.
WARNS OFF INTRuDERs

Barricaded in q room on the fourth
floor of the Metropolitan Hotel, Lieut.
True A. Burgess, Medical Corps. an
escaped inmate Of st. Elizabeth
Hospital for the Insane, today Is hold
ing at bay a squad of headquarters
detectives and policemen with threats
that he will kill any one who at
tempts to enter his room, and then
take his own life.
his room. officials hope he will give
himself up, but expressed belief that
he will attempt suicide before they
can place him under arrest.
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JAPANESE.

Sept. 4.-Our cavalry reached Boil
chalovo September g Bikin, $50
miles north of Vladivostok, was
reached August 81, and our vanguards
entered Imam, forty miles south of
Bikin, September 1. The railway
bridges at Imam and Bikin were not
damaged by the enemy
Many ustro-Hungarians and Ger
mans participated in the engagement
at kraefsky between August 20 and
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Americans. Il Ylay Fart.

If Foch chooses, the former method we
shall have one or a series Of great from
tai attacks taking place between Arras
and SCISSORS. We shall see the armies
Of Horne, Rawlinson, Debeney, Hum
bert and Mangin hurled against the
armies Of Marwitz and Hutier. and COM
manded by Boehn, the expert in retreat,
who has directed the recent withdrawal
On the other hand, II Foch prefers to
use the turning method, we must look
for attacks In Flanders and in Cham
payne. and possibly in Lorraine-in
Flanders by Plumer's I'd British Army,
in Champagne by Gourauds 4th French
Army and in Lorraine by the group Of
French and American armies Under the
command Of Castelnau. Both in Flan-
ders and in Lorraine we may expect to
see American troops play considerable
part IL the operation shifts to these
provinces.
AS between the center and the tanks
the choice is clear. All the way from
Arras to Soissops the Germans have
created great desert, and the allied
armies have now advanced from fifteen
to thirty five miles over wasted coun-
try, lacking in communications and In all
resources. To bring UP heavy guns and
munitions over this region will be a con-
siderable task, and without the guns an
assault against tinbroken lines would be
last year or Of Haig IN the Passchefi-
daele operation. Only II the enemy had
been driven in a complete rout into his
rev lines would q further attack be Jus
titled. and there Is nothing to suggest
this. Civil war memories viii recall
Grants mistaken effort at Cold Harbor
and see Foch's problem az 1t exists
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Explains Their Attacks.

It IL only on the TANKS that our allies
can at once approach the German posi-
ton under cover OF their own heavy
guns. In front Of Arras and north OF
armies Of Mangfn and Horne--ths devas-
tated district L. narrow and the problem
of getting up guns and munitions sim
pier. That Is why the main fighting ac7
ton Of recent days has been by these
armies and why they are already
|sQuarely at and. In the case Of Horne,
within tho Hindsnburg defense system.
Thus we may fairly calculate the armies
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WARNS0F MENACE
IN COAL SHORTAGE
B. Noyes Says Lack of Fuel
DepIetes Supply of War
Munitions.

The country is facing a catastrophe
regarding it's coal supply, according
to p. B. Noyes, director of conserva-
ton of the United States Fuel Admin
istration. addressing the annual con-
vention of the National Association
of Stationary Engineers, at Cincinnati
last night.
This catastrophe" said Director
Moves. us not one Of those which
makes such a noise that every one
knows when it happens. 1t is a silent
tragedy.
Cannot Fill Gen. Pershing's Order.
I'VE cannot fill Gen. Pershing's or
ders in full. because the United States
cannot make sufficient steel this win
ter. A shortage In steel results al
most entirely from lack of coal.
Keep this in mind and then look
forward to the events of the coming
spring. We shall have the drive. We
shall succeed in it, but there is going
to be deficit in filling Gen. PERISH
ingS order for munitions
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Presages odious Fight

There IL enough for the political
parties to argue about in thu coming
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c. v. j. STUDENTS
!. GET TRAINING UNIT
All Men Between 10 and as
Who Attend Institution
Z Made Eligible.

Every male studen. of George Wash
ington University between the ages OF
eighteen and forty-five is eligible to
membership in the unit of the Students
; Army Training Corps soon to be estab-
+; Eshed at the institution
Students are expected to register at
the university in the regular manner
and to begin their studies when the
institution opens. September %. If they
have not already registered under the
draft law they are expected to do SO
when the date for such regular regis
tration arrives. About the first of Oc-
tober those students who have signified
their intention of joining the unit will
be voluntarily indicted into the Army,
assigned to full active duty.
Receive Pay Of Privates.
pay Of privates. will be uniformed and
equipped. will be furnished free hous-
ing and subsistence and will have their
, university tuition paid by the govern
ment. They will be under strictest mill
tary discipline and will be compelled to
live in the quarters furnished by the
university and approved by the War
Department.
The students will be given theoretical
and practical military instruction, phys
ical training and training in subjects
allied to the war. From time to time,
as the needs Of the service demand. stu
dents will be classified and assigned in
the following ways: Sent to training
camps as officer candidates or technical
experts such as engineers. chemists or
doctors; sent to a nom commissioned
officers school: retained at the univer-
sity for further intensive technical
work: assigned to the vocational train
ing section Of the corps for technician
cantonment for duty with the troops as
q private.
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Some in Both Parties.

Pacifists and compromise peace
makers there are no doubt in both the
democratic and republican parties in
Congress. Counting OF noses today. so
far as any record vote is concerned
would reveal hardly any. There were
before the war just as many, II not
more republicans, lined up against the
President on the McLemore resolutions
as there were democrats, and neither
party can Justly claim that 1t has a
monopoly either on patriotism or the
framing OF measures that can win the
war.
The democrats would be just as
guilty IL they made their campaign on
the Fround that they alone can help
win the war.
The only thing they can use in the
campaign is just such things as Chair
man Hays IL accused Of saying-that,
while there are public protestations
of support. the opposing party works
tooth and nail against the President
In the numerous other conferences and
committee actions where Mr.. Wilson
seeks to have his war. program ad-
vanced. Usually his proposals are
finally approved. but the public rare
ly taken count Of the partisan quar-
rels that delay and sometimes OBJ.
struct and oftentimes confuse the ste
uation in Congress.
Presages odious Fight.