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Evening star., 1918-06-01
PLAN LIVELY CANVASS
/ FOR WAR STAMPS SALES
Local Committee to Put Pledge
Cards in Every D. c. Household
Campaign to June Is.

There is to be a W. 8. 8. campaign
roundup" of every man and woman
and of every child Of the years OF
discretion in the District of Colum-
bia. The executive committee pro-
poses to draft every one who does not
voluntarily enlist in the great thrift
army of stamp purchasers.
The 2Sth of June ends this special
period of enlistment in the great
volunteer army of production and
saving here at home" says the Presi-
dents message, establishing W. s. q.
day. May there be none unenlisted
on that day!"
With this as the text, the campaign
is to go forward. There are to be no
unenlisted in the District of Column
bIn.n bia June ss; M W; s, ; s; s. day. if the cam
Plan Of Committee.
Pledge cards will be placed within
the next few days in the hands of
every household. together with q let
ter to explain the manner in which II
is expected the card will be filled out.
The committees plan is to place in
the hands of Director Callahan. June
2S, the name and address of every
resident of the District of Columbia
with a record of w. s. S. holdings and
pledges for purchase between now
and December !.
The pledge cards will be delivered
by the postman and the recipient 10
asked to fill out the card with the
desired and make an ad-
pledge.
The pledge cards have SO been ar
that the pledges can be made
out for SO much a month. No money
or checks are wanted at this time.
The committee simply wants to get a
record of the war savings holdings in
the District, together with the maxi
mum amount that each individual will
pledge to buy in addition to present
holdings before the end of 1918.
Evening star., 1918-06-01
MARRIAGE LICENSE CLERK
HOPES TO EXCEED QUOTA
Permits Issued in Five Months,
1918, Largely surpass Record Of
Same Period, 1917.

Having doubled its quota of liberty
bonds and It's subscription to the Red
Cross, Washington 10 going after a new
marriage license record this year, &C.
cording to Col. william A Kroli, the
license clerk. In 1917 a total Of 5000
licenses were issued, the highest num-
ber for a year in the history Of WASH
ington, and at the end Of business yes.
terday Col. Kroll had granted 366 more
licenses in the hve months of 1918 than
in the corresponding period Of last year
May has the record 70 far this year in
the number OF bliss permits" secured.
there being 522 licenses issued last
month. The increase for the month over
May. 1917, was nearly 100 licenses.
A comparative statement of the fve
months Of 1917 and 1913 shows January,
5ss-s:; s!,sZ February; ass-sI7; March:
-522. April. 1913. 10 the only month
that did not record an advance over last
year. The total number Of licenses is
sued during the flrst i've months Of this
year was 2.257.
Evening star., 1918-06-01
VOWS TO AYENGE
HIS DEAD BROTHER
FOUND AT GRAVE
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN
ARMY IN FRANCE. June L.
One Of the most pathetic in
stances of the war, SO far ~
America IL concerned. occurred
In . little cemetery to the rear
of the Picnrdy front recently,
when an American soldier. net
ing as pallbearer at the fu-
neral Of several Americans. dis
covered his own brother, JOseph
Ash, among the dead. The
brothers, members of different
companies, had met only the
day before at the front. JOseph
remained there and was NOR.
tally wounded, dying soon
afterward. His brother was
ordered to the rear lines with
a party of woodch0ppers.
The wOodchOppers were work.
ing near the cemetery at the tiHi
of the funeral, and the chaplain
asked them to be pallbear-
ers. In the midst OF the perv-
ice the chaplain read the name
of Joseph Ash. The brother,
who stood with barred head In
the small group of soldier
mCurners, reeled forward, his
eyes filled with tears. and eK-
claimed: "My brother! Oh. my
brother"
The chaplain, not understand
ing. stepped up and placed his
arm around the young mans
shoulder, saying: eve are all
brothers, my boy"
The soldier looked at the cO&-
I'm and shook his head. "The
Germans will pay for your
I.lood. Joe." he said. and then
1T was that the chaplain md
the others around him under
stood, and they led him away.
Evening star., 1918-06-01

Thursday were very active. the fine
weather enabling much work to be
done in cooperation with the artil-
lery. as we'll as in reconnaissance and
photography.
Bombing was carried out vigorous
ly all day. Thirty-eight tons of bombs
were dropped on various targets, in
cluding railways. roads. dumps and
billets at Merville. Armentieres. Ba-
paume, Albert and Valenciennes.
Twenty-eight German machines
and two German balloons were de-
stroyed during the day and six other
hostile airplanes were driven down
out of control. Five of our machines
are missing. Seventeen tons of
bombs were dropped by US. the
Bruges docks being again attacked
and large fires started. Four and a
half tons were dropped by long dis
tance night flying squadrons on rail-
way stations and siding at Metz-SAb-
Ions, Thionville, Courcel4e and other
points. All our machines returned.
Evening star., 1918-06-01
US. TRANSPORT
SUNK BY TORPEDO
Admiral Sims Reports Loss of
the President Lincoln.
No Casualties Noted.

Loss of the homeward-boundA Amerf-
can transport President Lincoln has
been reported by Vice Admiral Sims.
The message was brief. merely stat
ing that the vessel was torpedoed at
1910 o'clock yesterday morning. and
went down an hour later. 1t made no
mention Of casualties.
Details as to possible loss Of life
on the transport were eagerly await
ed by Navy officials today
Think Few Lives Were Bost.
officials were inclined to believe
owing to the fact that the transport
was homeward bound and was prob
ably carrying only a few passengers.
and also since the ship remained
afloat for an hour. all on board prob
ably were able to get away.
probably will be those killed or in
jured by the explosion of the tor
pedo.
Location Not Stated.
The location of the President Lin
coin, which was a vessel of $4,000
tons and a former passenger liner Of
the Hamburg american line, when
attacked by the submarine was not
announced. but it Is understood she
was about 600 miles on the French
coast.
The President Lincoln Is the sec
ond Army transport and the largest
this far sunk by q German sub
marine. On October II last the trans
port Antilles was torpedoed and sank
within FIVE minutes with the loss of
sixty-seven lives. including sixteen
soldiers.
Destroyers Pick Up Survivors.
LONDON, June News Of the tor
pedoing of the American troop trans
port President Lincoln by . German
submarine while in the naval war
zone yesterday reached London to-
day. The ship was struck while re-
turning home and sank in thirty
minutes. Destroyers reached the
scene in time to pick UP the sur
vivors. The vessel carried only her
crew and q few convalescent soldiers
returning to the United States,
No particulars as to casualties have
yet been received. The Red Cross and
the Navy headquarters here have been
notified. but 1t is not likely that any
survivors will be landed at ports in
the United Kingdom.
Evening star., 1918-06-01
SHORTAGE IN ice
FOR D. c. FEARED
Ice Cream Manufacturers
Warned of Possible Re-
duction in Supply.
SUGAR ISSUES ALSO UP

Anticipating a possible fee shortage
in Washington during the coming
summer months, Clarence r. Wilson.
District food administrator. has
warned ice cream manufacturers in
the city that they will be called upon
to reduce the production OF their
product II a shortage arrives.
Administrator Wilson. in speaking
today of the ice situation. said he has
no reason to believe there is a short
age impending. but knowing the ca
pacity Of ice production and the con-
sumption, he Is satisfied that q long
hot period within the next month or
six weeks would make heavy drain on
the supply. Since cold weather Mr..
Wilson has kept a close watch on the
ice situation here and has been able
to prevent unreasonable raises In
prices, requiring ice dealers to sell
scent pieces OF ice at the wagons.
Ice Cream Men to Cooperate.
When the ice cream dealers were
notified of the action the local ad-
ministration would take In the event
Of an ice shortage they expressed
themselves as being ready and willing
to cooperate in every way to relieve
such a condition, or any other condi-
ton that might arise.
Mr.. Wilson will confer with tho soda
fountain mon and soft drink manufac-
turers Monday night at tho Business
High School, 9Th street and Rhode Is
land avenue. He realizes that many
Of these men are on the verge Of be-
and their soft drink establishments
as q result of the recent order govern
ing the use Of sugar for non-essential
purposes, but at the same time he
realizes that the order Is purely war
measure and Is intended to conserve
the supply of sugar for the house,
wives who will do q great amount of
canning and preserving this summer.
and to protect concerns that are using
sugar for purposes looked upon as be-
ing essential.
Will Discuss Sugar Situation.
At this meeting the situation will
be discussed and the regulations gov
erning the use OF sugar will be more
thoroughly explained. However, there
is no relief to offer these men who
are using sugar for non-essential
purposes. according to Mr.. Wilson.
for them to do but to close up or use
substitute sweetenings, when their
sugar stocks become exhausted. They
have been notified that they can ap-
ply for an additional supply by stat
ing their reason for requiring the
forwarded to the United States Food
Administration for disposition, but
Mr.. Wilson has no hssitancy In say
ing the chances are exceedingly slim
of any of these requests being
granted.
Evening star., 1918-06-01
Sister.in.Law of W: H. Taft
Among Y. M. c. A. Workers
Endangered by Enemy Fire

PARIS. May s1.-Thirty Y. NJ. c. A..
workers. In the face OF the German
advance and under heavy shell and
machine gun hrs. carried supplies to
the French soldiers during the fight
Ing. They burned their own ware
houses to keep them from falling into
the hands Of the Germans. One hun,
dred huts were destroyed by shell
IRE.
Marion Heron. = sister-in.law Of
former President William H. Taft.
and Jane Boiler, both Of Cincinnati,
especially distinguished themselves.
Rev. Halliday Smith Of Nyack. N Y,
and Hadley Cooper of Piermont, N. Y,
were gassad while aiding the wound
ed. and died later In a hospital.
Evening star., 1918-06-01

allied airmen are doing splendid work.
harassing the German reinforcements
and supply columns by making at
tacks from low attitudes with ma
chine guns Tho German aviators are
Very numerous in this region and
aerial combats are occurring constantly.
startly.
In tho central part Of the battle
front the enemy. finding that before
him were only tired troops. which
had fought day and night since Mon
day. was able to make another leap
forward toward the Marine by pene-
trating the thin allied line with small
light machine guns. The battle has
now developed almost purely into an
infantry tight. The artillery in action
appears to be only Of about the same
amount as Is usual on quiet sector.
British STAR Statement.
i LONDON. May 31-The Germans Ia
their Champagne offensive in France
have now reached the right bank of
the River Marne on a ten-mile front.
Associated Press today by the British
general stan. The statement says
that the Germans have not yet en-
tered Chateau Thferry, but that they
are attacking heavily there and to
the noythward -
The announcement, which is said to
express the opinion Of the general
staH, continues:
Thu situation around Rheims is not
quite clear. but II 1t is not already
lost 1t sesms clear 1t must fall very
soon.
"A new development is the German
attempt to extend their attacks to the
east Of Rheims, where they were
reported to be attacking last night,
but no further details have yet been
received"
Evening star., 1918-06-01
GROCER, IN TEARS,
PLEADS Ill WIFE
Sobbing, Explains Why He
Broke Local Fair
Price Rules.

A sick wife and three or four sick
children was the excuse offered by
the Columbia road storekeeper
charged with ignoring the weekly
fair-price list issued by the District
food administration, and charging
prices for foodstuffs considered ex-
cessive, when he appeared before Ad-
ministrator Wilson today.
This storekeeper admitted that he
was aware of the fair-price list and
that he had been charging more for
articles than permitted by the admin
istration. When he told of how wor-
ness of his wife and children he
broke into tears, and the greater part
of his answers to Administrator Will
son. who was questioning him just
as in the old days when he was Wash
ington's district attorney, were given
between sobs. He said he didn't mean
to disobey the rules and that he had
no idea Of being a profiteer, and that
he would follow the edicts of the ad-
ligiously in the future if his present
offense should be overlooked.
Case Under Amusement.
Administrator Wilson told the
weeping man that he would take his
case under advisement for q week be-
fore announcing what disposition he
would make Of it. One thing which
the man did not offer as a defense for
price boosting was the ownership of
a large new automobile which Mr..
Wilson watched him drive OF in.
The District food administration Is
receiving many reports daily from
housewives throughout the city show
prices higher than those quoted for
foodstuffs In the weekly fair-price
list. These are what Administrator
Wilson 10 eager to receive. Each
case is being investigated, and as a
sale roundup Of merchants who are
not cooperating with the food ad-
ministration office and who are disre-
garding the price list.
Certain Tricks Brought Out.
Since the housewives have been
sending In their sales slips as evidence
of overcharging. Administrator VIII
son has discovered what seems to be
Of dealers to evade detection in price
raising. For instance. many Of the
slips contain the names of articles
purchased and the total charge In the
rtght-hand column, but they fail to
show the quantity purchased or the
rate at which the article 10 bought.
Because Of this 1t is impossible for
the administrator to determine wheth-
ar the slip shows price boosting or
not.
AS result of this Mr.. Wilson is
anxious that housewives insist in the
future that the dealer make the sales
slips more definite-that the slips
show. the amount Of food purchased.
the price rate and the total. In this
way he can tell at a glance whether
or not the dealer is disregarding the
fAir.price@ list
Stores to Be Inspected.
In view of the fact that a great
number Of complaints have come from
persons buying in what are known az
the Mount Pleasant and Columbia
Heights sections. MIR. Wilson today
detailed a special inspector to visit
stores in those sections and to OBJ
tain sufYicient evidence TO warrant
action against the dealers who are
found to be guilty.
Evening star., 1918-06-01
HUNS SEIZE AND F0RTIFY
SOME KRONsTADT FORTS

LONDON, June THE Daily Mails
Copenhagen correspondent says that
according to the Petrogfad Newspaper
Pravem the Germans hIvs seized and
fortified some Of tbs 2erts st xfcn'
stadt.
Evening star., 1918-06-01
81 PASS ACADEMY TESTS.
Designated by Secretary Daniels
From Navy's Enlisted Personnel.

ANNAPOLIs. Md, June l.-Fifty-
one additional boys for the new
fourth class Of midshipmon. all drawn
from the enlisted personnel Of the
Navy and designated to take the en-
trance tests by Secretary Daniels.
These boys took the mental tests
In April aboard ships o. wherever
they happened to be In the service.
They Will enter the academy Jnno -
II they pass the physical tests. :
Evening star., 1918-06-01
Wants to Coin Two-Cent Pieces,

Senator William Alden Smith of
Michigan has introduced in the Senate
Q bill for the coming Of two-cent
pieces. He holds that as many articles
which hitherto sold tor q penny are
now cents. there IL great nssd Of the
tWo.cent coin.
Evening star., 1918-06-01

Nandy-Rastus. you all knows dat
COS yemind me OF dem dere hyin'
Aachinas?
RaSeus-Ne. Mandy: hew's dat?
Man4y-Wey. hee9ys youee no good
- aAsths~eu3 BSsl
Evening star., 1918-06-01
So Tons of Bombs
Dropped by Allies
OF, Foe.Held Towns

LONDON. Nay 3i.-rAs following
COMMUNICATION dSaling with aviation
wss issued this evsning: Z,
"our airplanes and tbaiioens On
Evening star., 1918-06-01
Chicago Passes Red Gross Quota,

CHICAGO. June i.-fhs atty ef Chi"
0ge, the straggieF In the Red Gross
campaign. passed Il quota Of $Geoos1
QoQ last Night u wss snnnunsses
Evening star., 1918-06-01
Fliers Do Splendid Work.

Aviaters report the activity on the
roads all along the rear OF the Ger
man advance HoreAs, - fresh enemy
divisions are hurried forward to take
tbs plaza OF exhsusted uait& The
Evening star., 1918-06-01
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT
PUSHED IN DISTRICT
Labor Shortage No Bar to
Progress of Road, Bridge
and Walk Betterments.

Despite scarcity Of labor and fire.
Quent dihiculty in obtaining materials,
District contractors are making fair
progress with street. roadway. bridge
and sidewalk improvements.
The long-sought Benning viaduct,
to carry Renning road across the
Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio
tracks. at last is under way. The
contractor are Snare & Triest of
New York. It will take abou. a year
to complete this improvement. which
will cost in the neighborhood of
$1,000
Approaches to the viaduct will con-
sist of slopes supported by masonry
walls. Steel strders will carry the
construction over the tracks and
Kenilworth avenue. The viaduct will
Sixteenth Street Work Done.
The biggest part of the 18th street
extension job is completed. The via
duct to carry 10Th street over Mill
tary road and grading for the extern
sion from Military road to Alaska
avenue have been finished. Grading
that part Of the extension south of
the viaduct. between. Military road
and Montague street. now is In prog
ress. 1t will be the end of the year
In all proba ability before the extern
sion can be maoadamized for it's en-
tire distance and opened for travel.
duct. which is of concrete construc-
tion. sixty feet long and ffty-six
foet wide. 1t has a forty-foot road
way and two eisht-foot sidewalks.
Another month will see the COM
pletion Of repairs. to the wall on
This improvement extends for dis
tance Of about 900 feet and will rep
resent cost of about $4,000. The
appropriation bill now before Com
continuing the repair work on the
canal wall to Foundry branch. If the
money becomes available the addi-
tional improvement will be started
during the summer.
Grading Job Completed.
A big grading job for the extension
Of Adams Mill road. from Clydesdale
place to Harvard street. has just been
completed by George Hyman. con-
tractor. This street borders the Zoo
in the rear Of the Ontario apartment
house. 1t probably will be macadam-
issd late in the summer.
The District Is now completing the
laying of cement sidewalks around
the buildings in the war zone to be
occupied by the fuel and food admin
istrations, Council Of National De-
fense. War Trade Board and ordnance
division. The walks will represent a
cost of about $4,000.
Approximately $4,000 is being spent
on cement sidewalks on both sides
Of Georgia avenue from Shepherd
road to Dogwood place. They will
make for more comfortable pedes-
trian travel to Battle Ground ceme-
terry and Walter Reed Hospital.
Evening star., 1918-06-01
Salisbury Resolution Invoked.
Action Is Postponed.

Judge Michael M. Doyle said he had
not seen that provision in the Pesolu-
tion as published In the newspapers
and postponed action on the case
until oficiai copies OF the resolution
can be obtained from the Capitol. The
other case presented the same conten-
ton.
Only twenty cases were heard today
and none of the othsrs involved the
salisbury resolution,
Evening star., 1918-06-01
EIGHT HOUSING CASES
TAKEN OUT OF COURT.

Eight cases in which landlords had
brought suit to obtain possession OF
their property were withdrawn by
agreement with the tenants in the
Municipais Court today. the first day
Of the operation Of the Salisbury
resolution.
Several Of these eight cases in
volved the question Of non-payment
of rent, in which event the salisbury
resolution did not apply. All eight
cases were settled betwsAn the
parties concerned without going to
trial. but 1t Is believed several OF
them were withdrawn as result OF
the going into effect Of the Sauls-
bury resolution.
Salisbury Resolution Invoked.
In two cases that went to trial the
resolution was invoked by
the defendants, and the point raised
as to whether the seller or buyer OF
a house must bring the suit to get
where third party occu-
pfes the house rs tenant.
On one case an attorney appeared as
the representative of . bona-hde
owner who was selling his house to
4 bona-fide purchaser for occupancy.
Capt Julius Peyser Of the housing
and health division Of the War De-
fendant, made the claim tat the
Sauisbury resolution provides that
the suit to obtain pcsssseion must be
brought by the person who 10 buying
the house to occupy 1t, and not the
seller.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-01-18
Save the Coal.

Among the suggestions for saving
coal are the following which have been
prepared by the Commute on Coal Con-
servation of the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States:
Many kinds of fuel are available to
supplement the coal supply. The waste
material. such as ''hog chips of lumber
mills, as we'll as brush wood, broken
boxes, corn cobs, ETC., may be pressed
into service.
A drop of oil will often save an ounce
of coal Careful attention to the lubri-
cation of all working parts of machinery
will save many pounds of coal in the
day.
Observing the thermometer and
turning off radiators to hold the tenn
perature below 10 degrees reduces the
load on the heating plant.
Keep in mind that every loss of heat
or power is loss of coal. A leak in a
steam connection and a super heated
office room are alike the cause of vast
ed coal. Keeping heavy power unit
in operation when lighter one would
carry the load wastes coal, and SO does
all unnecessary use Of electric elevators
in office buildings.
A bit of weather stripping about the
door and the use of Storm windows in
offices, schools and all buildings that
are heated, will reduce the burden on
the heating plant and make effective a
a daily saving of coal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-01-18
Drunken Drivers, Beware!

Drunken drivers of automobiles face
hard times il the drastic bill prepared
by State Motor vehicle Commissioner
Baughman becomes a law. For the
first offense for operating automobiles
while under the influence of liquor, the
penalty is fine from 500 to 81, 900 or
a Jail sentence of not less than 80 days,
nor more than one year.
Another section of the bill makes the
owner of an automobile who causes or
permits the operator of his car to VIC
late the law, liable to the same penal
tics as the operator. This section has
been drafted especially to over the case
of owners who allow their chautfeurs
to violate the speed laws, but who can
not be punished under the existing law.
The bill creates the office of traffic
Judge, who will try all vi lators of the
automobile law, and it is expected the
fines will more than pay the expenses
of the court The Governor will name
the judge.
Severe penalties are provided for VIC
iations of the speed regulations.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-01-18
. w A N TE D

MAN to work on farm near Surratts
M (Clinton) good salary and priVl-
leges. Address
w. G. DENT,
717-14 St. N. w.
Washington, D. c.