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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03

Improvement in railroad trafflc con-
ditfons has failed to bring the expected
improvement in the food situation. In
that the food shortage may become
more serious even than the public had
previously believed.
The near approach Of warm weather
increases the prospects Of enormous ss nous
and potatoes. Railroad cars are at last
on their way to bring the stun to a
waiting market, but the accumulation
amounts to many millions Of bushels,
and it is not humanity possible to move
1t all in time to save it.
In view Of the statement that the
stocks Of wheat will be completely
exhausted before next summers har-
bushels Of corn takes on added sig
nifcance. Much OF the corn now going
to waste will be needed as yood for
mankind rs we'll as for animals.
There Is no danger, of course, that
there will be an actual bread famine.
even if the wheat gives out entirely.
for with a three billion bushel crop of
corn there is bound to be enough
saved to make up the deficit. Forcing
Of the nation to a corn bread diet
might not be SO great misfortune as
it appears to some in contemplation.
It would get people acquainted with
corn, who have been strangers to 1t IN
the past, and the chances are that they
would enjoy the acquaintanceship
Once they learned to like corn bread, 1t
might be that Mr.. Hoover would not
have so much trouble getting them to
save the wheat, which it is necessary
to ship overseas. This years crop OF
wheat probably will not be much
larger than the crop of last year. The
demand from overseas is bound to be
heavier. In which circumstance, a
forcibly acquired liking for corn bread
would come in handy.
Serious as is the threatened loss of
corn and potatoes from an immediate
food and price standpoint, the psy-
Geological effect is even more serious.
The disclosures come just at the sea-
son when the Department of Agricul-
ture is preparing to launch a campaign
to persuade farmers to plant still
larger crops. To heed this appeal is
going to put to a pretty severe test
the patriotism of a farmer who has
last years crops left on his hands.
Better Transportation Assured.
There was perfected during the week
a working arrangement between the
railroad and food administrations
which is expected to expedite the
bringing to market and to the sea
now in the hands of producers, and in
cidentally to insure against another
blockade such as has upset the food
program during recent months.
1t is admitted that the food outlook
for the coming year depends in large
measure on how soon this new arrange
ment shows beneficial results. Pro-
ducers need assurance that if they
plant large crops this year their prod
ucts will not be left on their hands
through inadequate transportation IA
cilities, and it is that assurance which
Mr.. McAdoo and Mr.. Hoover have I'M
dertaken to give them.
AS further means of relief the
Council of National Defense and the
Department of Agriculture have under
taken a survey of the possibilities of
motor transport routes for the carrying
Of farm produce to market. Plans for
an extensive survey, beginning with
routes out of Washington, were an
nounced during the week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
PARTIN THE WAR
Progress in Week just Ended Toward
Maxine the World Safe for Democracy
Food Condition Still Critical.

excessive ornaments or q German gov
eminent not responsible to the people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03

the other big nations concerning their
roads. Up to 1913 the national gov
ernnnent OF France had expended $511.-
100000 in the construction of 23.756
miles OF national highways and allowed
100000 per year for their mainte-
nance. In addition, 1t had contributed
$116,000,000 toward the improvement of
A27.141 miles of roads maintained by
the various departments of France.
Britain Appropriates $50, ooo, 900.
In the FIVE years from 1909 to 1914
the British government appropriated
for road improvement within the COM
parative1y small area of the British
Isles. $3o.0oo,000. AS the road mileage
IN England. Wales, Scotland and Ire
land is, roughly, one-tenth that of the
United States, a similar 1iberality here
would provide annually $4,000, 900. Of
federal funds for road improvements.
And it is the same in all other big ma
tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
Third Liberty Loan Plans.

Secretary McAdoo announced the third
liberty. loan, to open April 6, the first an
niversary Of the entrance of America into
the war. The exact amount Of the loan
and the interest rate are yet to be de-
termined, it is expected to be the
largest loan yet f1oated and is likely to
bear AZ per cent. the interest rate on the
preliminary Treasury certificates Of in
debtedness.
Belief that this will be the largest loan
SO far is based on Mr.. McAdoo's state
ment that further action by Congress will
be necessary before it's details can be an
nounced. There remains of the previous
authorization $500, 900, 900 yet to be is
sued, and unless the new loan is to exceed
this sum it is not plain why further ac-
ton by Congress is necessary.
Already plans had been announced for
observing April as "Win- the-war day.
and launching of the third liberty loan
campaign on that day will make the an
niversary further notable. A tentative
program for the celebration contemplates
patriotic exercises in public schools and
elsewhere and a proclamation by Presi-
dent Wilson asking that on that day
the American people freshly consecrate
themselves to the winning of the war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
Britain Appropriates $50, 900, 900.
Nothing Doing.

From the Kansas City Journal.
II know who has the lost money"
stated the visitor
Then why come to mer' demanded
Sherlock Holmes.
II want you to get it back for e"
who has it?''
MY wife has it"
Watson. kindly show the gentleman
out" responded the astute Sherlock,
with yaWn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
other Developments of Week.

Following are other developments Of
the week entitled to be classed as bear
ing on American preparations for max
ing effective war on the enemy Of civ
ilization:
Former President Taft was selected
as member of the commission which
is to formulate national labor policy
for the duration of the war.
Sir Robert Borden. premier of Can
ada, visited Washington and conferred
with President Wilson, Secretary Nc
Adoo and other high officials. the con-
ferences bearing on more efficient war
making by both countries.
The House passed the allen Stacker
bill, authorizing the deportation of
aliens who claim exemption from mill
tar5- service, and authorizing also the
drafting of any aliens for agriculture
and manufacturing.
The Red Cross announced a cam
paign for the week of May to raise
another $100. 900 for war relief work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
Classed as "Insignificant."

Such is the pittance allowed by this
government Indirectly to the motor We
hicle through the medium Of road i'm
provement-insignific in comparison
with the liberal benefit extended to the
recognized public utilities.
In sharp contrast is the attitude of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
ALONG THE RIVER FRoHE.


Schooner Richard Tail. cord vuoG
from Upper Machodoc creek. ct 1oeA
street wharf for the Georgetown papsS
Hattie and Francis. pulp wood. q 10Th
street wharf for the eGoregtown paoGr
mill: schooner Avalon. from the leWus
river with household goods; tug ca.
ter. from the mouth of the river with
a tsw; tug General Warren. from %.
coquan, with workhouse scow; steamer
Southland, from Norfolk and Old Point
with passengers and freight
Departures.
Schooner Edith Marcy, light, for q
Georges Island after oysters for the
market here: schooner Avalon. light.
for a river point to load and rstarns
steamer Northland. for Old Point and
Fort Hunt and Fort Washington.
Memoranda.
Schooner ]. P. Robinson 10 due %
sail from Upper Machodoc creek with
cord wood for dealers here: schooner
Maine is at Baltimore with lumber
from a bay point: schooners Thomas
w. Kirby and Lottie Thomas are due
with oysters from the lower Potomac
beds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
Housing for Shipbuilders.

Final passage by Congress of the bill
erection Of housing accommodations for
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-13
FARMERS, CASH MARKE
MANY OWN LIBERTY BONDS,
Conservative Estimate That Trere Is
One in Every Home Throughout
the Country.

Before the war there were. SUBJ
stantially 100000 savings bank. de-
pOsitOrs. Add! to this 100000 de-
positOrs in state banks, which list, of
course, includes many commercial ac-
counts; 100000 postal savings bank,
depositors and 100000 depositors in
private banks. After eliminating du-
plicatiQns, it would likely be lib
eral to estimate that there were A.
100000 money savers; in the United
States before the war, with not to,
exceed 100000 families probably
represented in this number. The
fourth Liberty loan was supported by
100000 subscriptions. 1t would
likely be extremely conservative to say
that 100000 others have subscribed
to former issues of the Liberty loan,
and were unable to, do SO in the fourth
loan. We can then with safety say
there are 24,OO0,0O0 owners of Lib
erty bonds in America today. By
the elimination Of 100000 for dupli-
Gates we are not in danger of misstat-
ing facts when we say that there is
now bond in every home in the eoun-
try.-Thrfft Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-13

4 with Alice tonight" suggested Sum
mer. And so they did. He helped sci
the table and ran out at the last min
ute to get ice cream for the dessert.
And after the dishes were done he
and Summer sat side by side on the
couch while Gardner smoked his pipe
in contented silence.
Summer" he said, after long in
| terval, I've got confession to make. /"
He reached over and drew the tele-
phone book toward him, opening it at
the Lanes" She sat on one foot and
leaned close to watching curiously
as his finger slid down the column of
names. Finally he pointed out the
name of a firm-'Lane, Summers &
Griggs, Importers" "You see," he eX-
planned, ''the day called you up /
had occasion to call up these people.
The name just above theirs is land
he pointed out her own" Lane, Miss
Summer, librarian Now" he went on,
"that name of yours interested me so
that l got curious to hear your voice,
and When / had heard your voice l
was determined to see you. OF course
] didn't know any such person as Elsie
Turner in Chicago, but / soon realized
that by some strange coincidence you
did-because you're always ringing her
into the conversation and making it I'M
comfortable for me. / just-didn't
want to go on any longer under false
colors, SO to speak, so / had to tell
YOU"
Summer pulled the telephone book
out of his hand and Rugged it up to
her breast, at the same time rolling
him an accusing look out of the corner
of her dancing eye. Then she hunch-
ed up her shoulders and laughed mer
rily.
pose knew you didn't know me from
Adam, nor any Elsie Turner person,
either? Why, 1 never even heard Of
her myself p
''WhatY Lawrence Gardner's pipe
fell out Of his mouth and he sat up
eagerly you were pretending, too?"
But Summer would not look at him
and only nodded with downcast eyes.
So Gardner drew from his pocket the
telegram he had received from his,
father that morning and she read it
with flushing cheeks.
what In Sam Hills keeping, you SO
long in New York2 You ought to have
finished there ten days ago.. I'm buried
to my eyes in work here, so for heav-
ems sake marry the girl-and come
home.
yours, DAD"
The telegram fluttered to the floor
and Summer started to rise, but Gard
ner reached up and dragged her down
beside him.,
Dads wise old boy" he said, with
his cheek against hers;; twill you mar
ry me, Summer"
And Summer snuggled a bit, as she
murmured, "You never can TELL Larry,
dear. Something like that's liable to
happen most any day, now"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-13
The MAKING OF
A FAMOUS
MEDICINE
How Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Is Prepared For
Woman's Use.

A visit to che laboratory where this
successful remedy is made impresses
even the casual looker-on with the yeli-
ability, accuracy, skill and cleanliness
which attends the making of this great
medicine for woman's ills.
Over $50, 900 pounds of various herbs
are used annually and all have to be
gathered at the season of the year when
their natural juices and medicinal SUBJ
stances are at their best.
The most successful solvents are used
to extract the medicinal properties from
these herbs.
Every utensil and tank that comes in
contact with the medicine is sterilized
and as final precaution in cleanliness
the medicine is pasteurized and sealed
il sterile bottles.
1t is the wonderful combination Of
roots and herbs, together with the
skill and care used in it's preparation
which has made this famous medicine
so successful in the treatment Of
female ills.
The letters from women who have
been restored to health by the use of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound which we are continually pub
fishing attest to its virtue.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-13

and these they maintained with the
zeal and pertinacity which become
earnest people. My grandfather, with
his grave smile, insisted that he was
the only reasonable fire-builder in the
establishment; but when he had ar
ranged his sticks In the most method
zeal order, my grandmother would be
sure to rush out with a thump here
and twitch there, and divers incoher-
emit EXPLANATIONS tending to imply that
men never knew how to build fire.
Frequently her intense zeal for imme-
date effect would end In general
rout and roll Of the sticks In all direc-
tons, with puffs Of smoke down the
chimney, requiring the setting open of
the outside door; and then Aunt Lois
would come in, and, with a face Sc
we're with determination, tear down
the whole structure and rebuild from
the foundation with exactest precision.
but with an air that cast volumes of
contempt on all that had gone before.
Harriet Beecher Stowe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-13
AL HAD IDEAS ABOUT FIRE.
Members of Family Differed consid-
erabiy Concerning Its Proper Ar
rangement, Says Harriet
Reecher Stowe.

The fact is, that there is no little
nook of domestic life which gives snug
harbor to so much self-will and self
righteousness as the family hearth ;
and this is particularly the case with
wood fires, because, from the miscel-
laneous nature of the material, and
the sprightly activity Of the combina-
ton, there Is constant occasion for
tending and alteration and SO a vast
field for individual opinion.
First came an enormous back log,
rolled in with the strength Of two
men, on the top Of which was piled
another smaller log; and then fore
stick, of size which would entitle it
to be called log in our times, went
to make the front foundation of the
fire. The rearing of the ample pile
thereupon was matter of no small
architectural skill, and all the ruling
members OF our family circle had
their own opinions about its erection,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-13
Music in Prisons.

In paper read before convention
of music teachers, the musical direc-
tor of well-known prison said that
the band and orchestra maintained in
the institution with which he was con-
nected was as important a part of the
prison life as any of the industries
which contributed to make the prison
self-suppOrting.
The mayor of an important middle
Western city said not long ago: "Mu-
sic operates to destroy anarchistic
tendencies; to foster, preserve and OPP
crate constructive citizenship. 1t is
unnecessary to defend the usefulness
of music as practical agent in
life. 1t has been demonstrated as
such. We need the spirit of music
now, if ever, in world Of strife, con-
fusion and violence. AS an influence
in the direction of affection and kind
Illness it has place"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-13

-wallowing in illegitimate profits
which In the last analysis resolve
themselves into the blood of brave
men and the lives of little children.
And even in this deviltry there are
grades. The man who EFFORTS for his
boarded food-or his boarded Goals
low enough, in all conscience, but he
may only be creature without a soul
so that the vast agony has not touched
him. Not being a victim, he cannot
realize there was such a thing as war
HIS penalty should be merely confis-
cation and Punishment.
No Punishment Too Severe.
But for the debased scoundrel. who
brides some other loathsome creature
to help him foist counterfeit clothing
or ammunitiOn-or poisonous food ON
the army--on the very men who fought
for him-there is no punishment out.
side the ultimate depths of the seventh
hell. :
We could stand them up against a
wall and shoot them-but it would he
shame to, desecrate a decent wall
we have a myriad lamp-posts, but why
shame honest rope? just as we lack
words to describe them-we lack pun
ishment to fnflict. We can only recall
with regret the passing Of the rack
and the wheels
What would happen to a cook who
fed his company poisonous food?
What would happen to an officer who
sent his men forward to meet the
enemy-equipped with blank car
tridges or to quartermaster who for
his own profit dealt out shoes with
paper soles? Is the crime less, because
it is committed 5000 miles away?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-13
Wipe Out the
PrOfiteer
By MARK SWAN
of The Vi2iIonfes

From the lowest, to the super-l0w-
est, we loathe the obscene Beast who
drowned women and children on nm
warned vessels-who burned villages,
destroyed orchards-outraged women
and bombed hospitals. We ransack the
dictionary and exhaust the vocabulary,
endeavOring to select adjectives which
will fifty describe him, and his works
and finally we sum everything up in
the descriptive wOrd-"Hun."
New what shameful word is left us
to apply to the men-who are among
us yet are not of us-who used the
war as a means of extorting bloated
pretend to be?
The Prussian, at least, is an open
enemy. He warned us for 40 years
that he would do what he has done
he has never tried to conceal his bes-
tiality, in fact seems rather proud of
1t.
The spy, the propagandist-th dy-
namiter who blows up munition works
for all of these there can be found
some shred of excuse; being Prussian,
It was their business to do what fright
full thing they could-and ours to hang
them IL we caught them doing it.
No Excuse for Profiteers.
But for the profiteer, the briber, the
apostle of the filthy creed, "Get it-no
matter how-just get 1.-THE men of
our own nation, of our own blood-pre-
tending to be our own kind-hypo-
critically calling us fellow citizens
while they pick our pockets-there is
no excuse-and there is no appropri-
ate adjective-tO call them "Huns'
would be complimentary.
Here we are, hundred million OF
us-who were drawn into a world
nightmare, trying to do our best, to
help: Boosting the Red Cross-plug
cling for the Y. M. c. A--and what is
he--the profteer doing?
Why just lining his greedy pockets
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-13
HIS ALL-IMP0RTANT QUESTION
Many Things Happened While Eager
Young Man Waited Answer That
Meant So Much to Him.

He had asked her question OF the
greatest Importance and one which he
felt warranted an immediate reply.
She seemed very calm and collected
herself much as an Indianapolis street
car conductor would collect nickel
fare and one cent for transfer.
AS he searched her face and found
nothing but a small brown mole near
she end of her nose he knew that she
must answer his question. Something
told him that she would, but Of
course, he didn't know what. Slowly
a hectic flush began to suffuse her
cheeks. He didn't even know what
hectic meant and. therefore, didn't APP
preciate one when it suffused. He
would have recognized straight flush
in an instant.
Must he hound her for a reply?
Nope; decidedly nope. Must he ask
her again? Nope-er-that is to say,
yep--or rather, yes ma'am.
"Well, what do you think Of Ger
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-13
A
World Crime
n
By BLISS CARMAN
of The HigiIanfes
By BLISS CARMAN

Only a remnant of the ancient Ar
fnenian race remains, mostly old men
and children. The rest of it has been
wiped out by the Turk and the Teu.
ton. Turkish racial animosity directed
by cold-blooded TeutOn efficiency and
brutishness. We are asked in the
name of humanity to save the remain
ing sufferers from starvation, and
their race from obliteration.
The tale of this episode of the great
%ar is narrowing one, and it will last
nntil all history fades out forever and
fhis is good time to recall it-good
for us who have lived for four years
and had no real sense of war, while
millions We're living in hell.
The story cannot be told fully yet,
but there are incidents, pages in the
horrible chapter, which should fill us
with implacable horror of the .Teuton-
Turk and moving. active pity for his
victims.
The Armenian atrocity had one con-
ception and one purpose, but it was
carried out in various ways. The first
portion of the Armenian race to feel
the blow was not the native population
of Armenia proper, but the scattered
Armenian communities in various
Turkish towns and cities The pro-
cedure in over fifty places through
Anatolia was Identical. The same di-
rections from Constantinople We're eX-
actly carried out in each case by the
local authorities, and in one or two in
stances where these authorities were
too humane tO,fulfill their monstrous
orders they were removed and more
rigorous officers put in their places.
Usually the procedure was in this
wise. <
u The First CrueIties.
Z "On given day the streets of what
ever town it might be were occupied
by the local gendarmerie with fixed
bayonets, and the governor summoned
all able-bodied men of Armenian race
that had been exempted from military
draft to present themselves now on
pain of death. 'Able-bodied' included
any male between fifteen and seventy
years of age, and these were all
Enafcheu out OF the town by the
gendarmeS They had not far to go,
for the gendarmerie had been re-en-
forced for the purpose from the gaols,
and the brigands and Kurds were
waiting in the hills. They were wait
ing to murder the prisoners. The first
secluded valley witnessed their whole |
sale massacre, and acquitted of their
task the gendarmes marched leisurely
unto town.
This was the first act. 1t preceded !
the pitiful possibility of resistance to |
the second, which was more ingenious |
and far-reaching. The women, old men |
and children, who made up the re-
mainder of the Armenian population, |
were not given notice Of deportation
within a fixed term-sa week or ten |
days. Whole households were uproot-
ed and driven off to an unknown desti- |
nation. while their homes and property
were transferred to Moslems."
TO read of such things is to imagine |
that these victims must have been saw
ages, some bands of half-civilized pitt |
able creatures, the lowest grade of hui
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-13
Fortune TeIlers.

Tt is asserted that there is not one
case on record of man who profited
by the wizardry of fortune teller who
afterward rewarded the card reader
or crystal gaZer or whatever it was,
This fact shows that either patrons
Of fortune tellers are an exceedingly
ungrateful lot, or that there isn't one
of them who ever had the slightest
reason for being grateful. In other
words, can fortune teller really tell
fortunes?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-13
Fair Warninu.

: Bob's brother. seeking revenge, had
put grass in his sisters slippers after
they had been cleaned. Later In the
afternoon Bob discovered the mischief
and as his sister was about to put on
the slippers he came swiftly running
toward her, crying out as he did so:
Don't put them on. There's birds
nest inside and you'll kill the young
onesi"