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Evening star., 1918-08-03
TO BUILD HOMES
FOR WAR WORKERS
Local Company Gets Con-
tract for Dormitories on
Union Station Plaza.

The United States Housing Corpora
ton today announced that the con-
tract for the erection of dormitory
facilities for 1000 government war
workers on Union station plaza has
been awarded to the George A Fuller
Company Of this city.
The announcement was made by the
Department of Labor through the
committee on public information, but
did not state what the dormitories
will cost. The only reference to tho
cost was the following sentence: The
award was made as a result Of COM
petitive bids which will reduce the
cost of the development to an abso-
lutte minimum
Withholds Statement Of Cost
When inquiry as to the cost was
made at the Office of the housing
bureau it was stated that the bureau
had decided not to make public the
price.
Work on the dormitories probably
will start within few days. At the
offices of the Fuller Company 1t was
said the firm is ready to start as
soon as the housing bureau gives the
word.
The first structures will occupy three
squares of the plaza On the square
bounded by Delaware avenue, North
Capitol street, D and E streets, six
buildings, accommodating 1000 per-
sons, will be constructed.
On the square bounded by North
Capitol street, New Jersey avenue, B
and C streets three buildings to ac-
commodate 500 will be built, and on
the lot bordered by North Capitol
street, Delaware avenue. B and c
streets, there also will be three build
ings.
Time Allowed for Building.
The announcement from the De-
partment of Labor stated that the
Fuller Company will be allowed three
and one-half months in which to COM
plete the plaza buildings. hTe archi-
tectural plans were prepared by Wad-
dy B. Wood. local architect.
Evening star., 1918-08-03
NEW YORK MERCANTILE PAPER.

NEW YORK. August 3-Mercantile
fpaper, four months, s: six months, 6.
AsSterlfng sixty-day bills, 4.72h; COM
,mercial sixty-day bills on banks, 472;
commercial sixty-day bills, 4.71%
demand, Ats 5-16; cables, 4.76 7-16.
: Francs, demand. 5.71; cables, 5.69ss.
Guilders, demand. 51k; cables, So;
Lire. demand, Sol; cables. 500. Ru-
bles, demand, 1914; cables, IA nomi-
nal. Bar silver, 99x. Mexican dol
lars, n. Government bonds easy
7, Railroad bonds steady.
Evening star., 1918-08-03
HEAVY TAX RISE
ON TOBACCO NEAR
Ways and Means Committee
Plans to Triple in
Instances.

Taxation OF luxuries as a means Of
raising portion Of the $4,000. 600. 900
revenue sought by the ways and means
committee in the bill now being drafted
was considered today by subcommit-
tee appointed to Investigate that source
of taxation.
Hearings were held yesterday by the
subcommittee. which is composed Of
Representatives Hull. Tennessee, and
Helvering, Kansas, democrats. and
Moore, Pennsylvania, republican, and it
is expected that recommendations will
be in form to lay before the full COM
mittee when it resumes its sessions
Monday.
Tobacco Tax Trip1ed.
Taxes on tobacco and cigarettes were
almost trfpled by the committee yester-
day. The new taxes impose three times
the present rates on some items in the
tobacco schedule. and it is estimated
they will raise s340,00o.o 900. Under the
present law the schedule raises $685.
| 00C. 900.
1t was indicated yesterday there
would be still heavier increases in the
surtax rates in the income and excess
tprofits features Of the bill. The COM
Inlllec FcluTHSu " ILLS part Vi LHC UEi
for further consideration.
Excess Profits Tax.
There was also some discussion Of
two plans to superimpose a strictly
war profits tax on the excess profits
tax, one of the plans being for a COM
plete supplemental tax. every dollar
of which would be additional to the
excess profits revenue. and the other
an alternative proposition under
which the Treasury, would impose
either the excess profits tax or the
war profits tax. but not both Of them,
the tax to be imposed being that
which would bring the larger revenue
in each individual case.
Yesterdays action as to war taxes
on tobacco was Independent of the
special license tax on manufacturers
Of tobacco in which double the pres
ent tax was imposed on the basis Of
the annual sales
Evening star., 1918-08-03
FINANCIAL. FINANCIAL FINANCIAL
FINANCIAL.
FINANCIAL.
Start YOUR Children Right

no NOT overlook the fact that it is not only
the amount of money you leave them that
counts, but also the kind Of abits they learn
from you Teaching the children the value. of
money is very important part of their education.
The dollars they out of their own pocket
money, if placed in bank, where they see it
grow, means more than just little money saved
up. 1t will lead to the firm establishment of the
habit of thrift, which will mean a great deal to
them all through life.
The consciousness of having bank account
will have the effect of making them want to in
it.
One dollar is all that's needed to be numbered
among our more than $1,000 depostors.
Evening star., 1918-08-03
NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT

NEW YORK, August 3.-The actual
lrondition of clearing house banks and
trust companies for the week shows
4hat they hold $55. 232,190 reserve in
p decrease Of 317,1h1,s1as fremI last
Evening star., 1918-08-03
Condition of the Water.

at s am: Great Falls-Tempereture
IS: condition. %. Dalecarlia reservoir
IS: condition at north
connection, IS: condition at south con-
nection, 40. Georgetown distributing
reservoir-Temperat so; condition
at infiuent gatehouse, 80; condition at
effluent gatehouse, 80.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY, W. Va. August
3-Potomac and Shenandoah rivers
both muddy this morning.
Weather in Various Cities
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-07

, ton with the assistance OF. the local
legal committee or such other legal
conImisteA or such other legal advi-
faory machinery as 1t established
there.
The American Red Cross provides
financial aid and whatever other
forms Of assistance needed. including
Information and guidance respecting
aIlotmants, allowances, compenRati ton,
and insurance under the war~risk in
suranee act. and In respect 20 other
matters which make for the welfare
of the men In service and their fami-
Eiea.
In doing this work the ned Croaa
necessarily encounters large num-
Der OF cases requiring legal advice or
the institution OF legal proceedings.
70 attend TO these matters the home
service sections of the American Red
Gross are calling upon the lawyers as
organized In Q legal committee OF the
State council OF defense. a legal ad-
viBory board, or otherwise to furnish
the necessary assistance. Where the
State councils have organized legal
committees, the home service sections
are, wherever consistent with existing
arrangements, providing legal assist
ance through these legal committees,
As many Of the matters handled by
the home service sections relate TO al
iotments, allowances, compensation,
and insurance, and as these problems
are the suhjac. OF frequent rulings
and decisions by administrative au-
thorities in Washington, tho Amerl-
can Red Cross maintains an informa-
ton service by means Of which deel-
sians and rulings made in Waahing-
ton arc promptly communicated to all
home service Sectione, These rulings
are available at the home service sac
tions for legal committees, legal ad~
visory boards, and othsr lawyers co.
operating with the Red Cross,
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-07
AvIATORs GIVEN SPECIAL
COURSE m SHOOTING

With special instruction received
in shooting at moving objects at. the
twenty aviation schools that ara
equipped vita traps, American air
men are quite proficient to wage war
on the Hun hiers when they take
their place in the air with the allied
forces.
Fifty per cent. Of those who have
enlisted I'M the air service never. shot
at clay targets or in the field, and
therefore it was necessary for tina
Government To give the recruits the
necessary instruction.
This ss1rcess Gf the English and
Canadian air fighters, who In many
cases wsrs expert ciay target shots;
caused General squiers, head of the
United States Army Air Servire, to
adopt trapshoOting as mrsns of 1T.
ting the aviators for overseas work.
Usually the course OF instruction Ia
200 targets, rs each week for eight
weeks. This gives each student eight
days at t5sB traps, and each tdfnB Ee
receives individual ms action on
every shot. Students are bsfng grad
unted each week and as the grad
yates leave others take their. place,
At the ground school Of the Uni
varsity OF illinois, there arc fslIir' traps
and about 600 staldnlts. Taers the
students ara alphabetically arranged
In sections and tai1e their turns at
the tgaps in this order. There arJ
three trapB al the ground school o8
Princeton University. Hsre the STUD
deihtH go, to the traps twice each week.
There are three traps at Cornell Ujni-
vensfty aviation school and four each
st the ground achooiB at tina UniFer-
sitY- Of California and Ohio State Unf-
versiEy. Mt California the 0oanse ID
SO targets a week for six WEEKS.
The aviiptibn gcltooI at Ni1s8ngtosl.
Tenn. has four- traps ia uee and three
hundred stustsnas.. There are four
traps ai1su at TINS school in Austin.
Tex, and IA each Of tlfeae places tar
gsass are ehnown for the benefit of
tue airnnen on ard OK the mroMad
About SO, 600 targets are throasaa each
week at these two schools. There
are thrca traps at tbs Scheol for
Aerial Observers at Fort Siafs Okla ].
three at the aviation caHap at Bssfe-
vi1le, m; two OF the school at SfiHy,
ecta. L. L. and two etheEs ct Kelly
Field, San Antonio. Tex for the use
Of the E&1st Aero 5qaasSrosA. At sEs
OF the above schools there are i'm.
sErsetoFs and q careful Feeea6 u keDs
Of tbs wogR OF each sSH0eAt,.
At each ore OF the following. &Yhas
ton schools there are three sE@ps$
Atlanta. Ca Dallas. Tex Fa5ESesa,
Ohio. Lake Charles. La DIT. GleRas
ems. hitch Rantoal. Ill ! San Diego.
Cal; Waco, Tex; Wichita Fafk.
Tex.
One or more traps are to be found
at these environments; Camp Lewis.
Tacoma. Wash. United States Naval
Training Station. Pelham Bay. N, III
Quantieo. Va, and Caap FeaASkon1
kan, There are Instructors at thess
environments Also.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-07
CANTONlNENT TYPES
.TIIAT's HOW YOU OAN TR1A THEY,RE IFIsn,,


"Yoa caHt Ell by auk
You tel by hkev uIk, III
Poa BY q
Y0a tel BY BrrNcy
They're from
By The they smae a yoM"
NUs endearing purpose
is in lyric fashion to give tips
Wherever there's n
SHOWN world there countless Erin The language the
with rolled shoulder
S a minimum
organised lighting seconds the Embalmed Raisns
The
there other which
detected.
For single thing pick them by their proximity
Drop stable Listen delightful
ana the Irish Tilt in the speech Of yonder private Climb aboard
orogue that ois from members OF the Perhaps
it's because the mule
that Irish lads eventually drift into his shman
hngual which
Pass from Mules Rainy Does Irshman
be inundated
bis
The Irishman fits into olive drab though
variety He nervesoes
For to him there amt SIGH things
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-07

Announcement has been made by
ne War Department thai The Judge
advocate CeDerai Of the Army, tina
Council Of National Defense. the
American Red Cross, and the Asnsrs-
san Bar Association sire working to-
kether to establish complete system
for giving free loyal and business adj
vice to men OF the armed service and
ehsfr families.
In majority OF States lawyers ars
being organized In legal communities
by the state councils OF defense with
The aid Of the State bar associations.
These Iega1 committees are making
special efforts to see each man about
TO enter service for the purpose OF
helping him to set hts affairs in order,
Tho personnel OF the legal advisory
boards established at the time the
draft Questiozsnaire was inaugurated
are forming the nucleus of this organ.
ization. IN several States legal COM
mlttees are uEing the legal landlords
prepared for them by the State legal
committees, presenting not only Fed-
eral but state law affecting the rights
of soldiers. sailors, and their depend
entH.
In States which have not yet organ
ICED local legal committees the legal
advisory boards and the local bar as
soniations are offering their services
free 10 soldiers, sailors. and their de-
pendenta.
Legal advice for mon who are in
che camps is to be obtained through
the, division or camp judge advocate.
II the problem must be settled at the
mans home. the Red Cross represen-
tatiye in charge of home service at
the camp win refer the case to the
homo service section in the mans
home town. There the case will be
handled by the local home service sec
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-07


Master roll sbtHarae dr The ea enough
to tss4vs fRH ateNdaHfe on dscb.
S et aRd better fasH haH sadss bus sodisss
togqa ssets esd do Esi AGgs TO uash tAegg useks
Tge days Of trying a fsaFm abfoas b sal aaier aaks
tofH The Order Of Tho Great Un0aShed
0ae Of TIC Gek T apoH bsg aRd gbsu tho absence Of em
ths eos hadd ne that 0bs the producing
any a6sat fiaad daFiag the 0ap
The DGag@ zaas tpad aafai dangerous submarines
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-07
The Spirit of the
Yankee Soldier

nIER--.. shrd TIT dgvCa pgo wiw
dedicated To the Bows Of Camp Hancock
BY Gladys Ramsden.)
We cannot .'parley VOC first rate
Because were Yankee guys.
But there IS one thing you'll admit
That we can can the Kais-'
We don't know much bout canning, when
Il comes TO canning fruit,
But thCre is one thing we can do,
And that is, Can the brute Z"
we can however. lick a stamp
Which is 10 say The least
But something greater We will 90.
And that IS lick the beast,
We know well get him very soon,
And that We're going TO win;
Then Wen be having joy-rides through
The city Of Berlin,
And while we're in old Berlin town.
And feeling mighty fine.
Wen take the KaiseT'H Potsdan ganE
And hans EN- on line.
Charley DEAR said young Mrs.
Torl1ins 4 have thought Up q With
cism for You to tell at the club
DO I have 10 tell = e.
"Of course not But youu miss 9
great chance II you don't. It's this.
Baseball players ought 20 be put into
the navy instead OF tho army. 60 on
ask me 'vhy?'"
"Wny71
$50 that they can seal submarine
bases. '--Washlnstoa s,ar.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-07
SCISSORS, CITY OF STRATEGIC
IMPORTANCE, NOTABLE In HISTORY

Washington, D. c.--The National Geo
graphic Society issues the following war
geography bulletin en- scissors.
'grhe strategic Importance of scissors,
a city Of $4,000 inhabitants at the time
Of the outbreak OF the world war, Is due
chiefly TO the fact that Il Is a great rail-
road center. II is situated on the left
bank of the Aisne, 25 miles east Of Com
piegne and IS miles west Of Rheims On
the Paris-Laon railroad It is IS miles
northeast Of the capital. and e miles
southwest of I4acn,
Before the war. scissors was an inn
pOrt8nt center for the grain trade OF
northern France and was especially noted
for its haricGt beans. Its most flourish
Ing industries were iron and copper
foundries boiler and agricultural imple-
ment factories. straw hat and glass
works.
''soissons is one Of the oldest cities in
! France Before the advent Of the Ro-
mans, 1t was the Chief city OF The Sues
stones, who held IL towns OF Gallia Bell
giea- Diyitiaeus enc Of their n2css pow
erful kings. extended his sway even be-
yond the sea, among the Britons,
The city's present status as a rail-
road center is an Inheritance Of many
centuries, for in ancient times it was a
starting point OF military roads 20 Rheims.
Chateau Thierry, Meaux, Paris, Aniens
Clovis, King OF the Saran Franks. de-
feated the Roman general. SYagrius, and
il was here that he married the Chris
tian princess ClOtilda. Three years after
the marriage the king and three thous-
and Franks were baptized.
"A short distance down the Ajsne, on
the opposite bank, are the ruins Of the
famous Abbey Of St; Medard where the
Short was crowned by ST. Boniface, the
p0pal legate. II was in this abbey alea,
that the famous Abelard Of Ahelard and
Heloise memory. is said 10 have been
Imprisoned, II this vicinity, too, Thomas
Beckett, the lighting English prelate Of
Henry MS time, lived during his long
soiourn in France. Lou.s the DebonRiF.
one Of the most unhappy of French Kings.
made two enforced stays here as the
captive al his undutifu sons.
mo doubt. when the present war Is
over, scissors viii erect 4 second nonu-
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-07
Getting The Range
Observations On The Transport Trip 'FOOer Theirs
By PtiDcsc Wa6am & MeGgher
Anasrican Expedsenary Esrce Sensesshers IN Fsanea

4A ahos,a that's eorplaq aboard,
Birdie thoaght Il epVfaly bird Of Unels Sens
to prottde sAeh nsee sightseeing trip end eeeaa
soycgs fer ne beys,
Two HssadS es'iA bHt 0 aaa0lS tAawght, Tlse
saaor. "Ges, pSsA ygas soldier" The seidiex.
~Gec. / seSsh seas seilev,s
The faal announcement before sue embarked uaa
thos aHyoHe eoNght jAiHfiag esepboard ephile al
sea gvowla be dpeafed from the payroll fortbsslth I
Il sailor ses'ey worries obonf getting bis shoe4
asaddy.
kespsHg HP saes spirits Il galte 'iabosssbLs sghe,
Jeliosp eeH't kest dos0a h;s neaiS,
Hpaee, Hot
Harold didn't nlss HE homie folbs as nsaeh g
his naeais
differ getting eggs for broadcast SeslSiJeH apsted
TO kposp II they eoiae from the eros0s aeSt Gbeagd
skgp,
The members Of the slFoag=arm squad IN charge
at tho bGyYafkssbags did NOT reeoiVe say Ups for
handling No baggage
levy had SONG geod st9Fiss but aas ;eaabIe 10
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-07

Trench and Camp =az. zra reliable.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-07
nAD NEWS RoR BERIIN

To inanre an adequate dose OF gas
Cor the Hnn, the United States Gov
eminent has taken control OF the
production and distribution Of this
eountry'a supply Of chlorine, which ia
used To the manufacture OF fnme
shells and also forms che basis for one
Of the ranst effective smoke screams.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-07

"Yoa con ten BY their AJAX,
loE con tell BY their tuik,
Yoa eaH teR BY tAeiy eyes Of bgws 1;
Yoa can tel BY tkeir BlGrtcy
They're from KillayHe1N-
r., gke -..y,., al -, -. y - 80. -
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-07
TWO EdTTIsB NnisI18

AImoS& everybody is ipaaiFfAg
what do tho American soldier. Ia
France need2" Here aRa two little
things; Bright-eoiored cotton bags IN
which 10 keep thaAy checkers RRd
d0minoes and stnhs of lead pencils
with which to write letters while Ia
the trenches,
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-07

ment TO commemorate those Of it's citi-
Gems who have fallen before the ruthless
warfare Of the Huns In the Place de Ia
Repubique there was erected ia 1901 a
memorial 10 the citizens shot by the Ger.
mans IN the war Of 1870"
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-07

Traffic Cop-"Colne on what's the
matter with your"
Truck Driver-8rm well. thanks. but
my engines dead. Buffalo Express.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-07
MIE.Es oR AMUNEsrEN.r

Every week the r. SI. C. A. sends
fifteen mfles Of naw moving pketars
Aims to the war zone for the enter
tafnment OF American soldiers In
France IN six months total OF elo0e
TO 500 mica Of aims was shipped
abroad.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-03-29
To Close at s o'cl'k Revised Time

A law has just been passed by the
Congress Of the United States, and
same has been signed by the president
declaring that on April 1st all clocks
shall he put forward one hour in order
that we may, in another way, help win
the great war.
Realizing the necessity of helping in
every.:way possible, and deeming it our
duty to stand behind the president IN
every call, we, the undersigned mer-
chants of Macon agree to close esr
places Of business every afternoon at
six o'clock, revised time. from April LIST
until September 80. 1918, except on Sat-
urdays.
The signing of this petition does not
mean that any merchant shall not con-
tinue to wait upon any customer that
may be in the store at that time, but he
has the right to close the doors and
complete his unfinished business. This
closing will give the merchants and
clerks ample time to 90 home and make
their war gardens, a thing that the gov
eminent is calling on the people to
make, We respectfully ask the co-ope-
ration of the patriotic ladies in this
matter and will ask that they try to do
shopping before the. closing hour.
T. w. Crigler A. Klaus & Co.
H. M. Jones Noxubee Co. Hdw Co.
l.. c. Tucker Shelton's Cash Store
w, M. Henderson Patty Bros,
Community Store Patty Grocery Co.
G. d Featherston J.. +. Holberg
Walter B. Patty ID. G. Jordan
E. E, Dantzler Patty Dry Goods Co.
W. E. Avery Nicholson & Dorroh
Mrs. w. f. Hickman
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-03-29
Agricultural Exemption.

To All Exemption Boards in Mississippi:
Pursuant to instructions contained in
a telegram. the Secretary Of War au-
thorizes the Local Exemption Boards to
defer the call of farmers who have
been placed in Class l, therefore the
Local Exemption Boards are hereby
authorized to pass all the order numbers
of men actually. completely and assidu-
ously engaged in the planting or the
cultivation of a crop, who are in Glass
/, and within the new quota, and defer
! their call for the present.
The situation arising from the search
ty of farm labor demands that the class
of men actually, completely and ASST
duously engaged in the planting or cul-
tivation of a crop, who are in Class /,
and within the new quota, should be de-
ferred until the end of the new quota.
1t must be borne in mind that this step
is taken solely in the need of the nation
and not for the benefit of any indivi.
dual. The Local Boards should consider
it a grave duty to exercise this power
to conserve and augment the agricdl-
ture production. They should observe
the conduct of those deferred, and i'm
mediately upon becoming convinced that
any registrant was deferred who is not
giving his entire time and earnest at
tention to his agriculture duties or that
he is trihing with the deferment thus
granted him, the Local Board should
Immediately call him to the colors.
All citizens are called upon to assist
in making this expedient and effective,
and in bringing to the attention Of the
Boards cases meriting deferment as
we'll as cases in which deferment is be-
ing abused.
The registrant whose order number is
to be passed, and who expects to avail
| himself of the deferment, must devote
his whole time and energy to actual
farm work, and those who do not, but
seek to evade service by this method,
should be promptly reported to the Lo-
cal Exemption Board for such action as
they feel it their duty to take.
All farmers and farm laborers in
| Mississippi, who expect to be benefited
by this new ruling, should cooperate
with the U. S. Government and the
Local Exemption Boards in the fullest
sense of the word in seeing that no
abuse of the privilege of granting de-
ferred classifications should follow.
Registrars who expect to be bene-
fitted by the above ruling must file with
their Local Board not less than three
affidavits signed by reputable citizens
to substantiate their claim for defer
ment. Local Boards will not defer the
calling of any registrant unless these
affidavits are filed.
By direction of the Governor.
ERIE c. SCALES.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-03-29
County Teachers Meeting.

To the Teachers of Noxubee County:
The last teachers meeting of the
session will be held April 9th, and a full
attendance is asked for and expected
| appeal to you from a standpoint of
patriotism to come to Macon for this
meeting. An interesting program is
being worked out and a copy will be
mailed you later.
In addition to this meeting, there will
be a celebration of the anniversary of
u entrance into the World War, and q
French Lieutenant and Major Morris
from Camp Shelby have been asked to
speak. 1t will be a great occasion,
and.I shall look for each teacher to be
pr, sent. The meeting will be held at
the Lyceum Theatre.
j. G.. CHANDLER, Supt.