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packing and other food-supplying In
dustries, soon will be issued. Today's re-
port does not take up conditions or prac-
tices in the retail -four trade.
The commission reaches the conclusion
that 1000 mills in America. producing
an average of 10000. 900 barrels of -four
annually. have the capacity to double
their outpuk The keen competition which
formerly existed in the milling industry,
says the report, has been restricted some
and various competitive practices have
been discontinued voluntarily or curtaiied
by federal regulations.
The average cost Of production Of a bar
rel of flour, said the commission. increased
during the crop-year Of 1917. due chiefly
ating profits per barrel increased nearly
ITS per cent, while rate of profit on in
vestment went up more than 100 per cent.
Expenses Of -four distributors and mid
what in the first half of 1917 over the
preceding year, while their profits, gross
and net, showed very large increase.
The average net profit per barrel for
several large car jobbers increased more
than l25 per cent. the average rate OF
profit on investment nearly doubling. The
average net profit of various small-iot
jobbers and the average rate H profit on
their investment showed a similar In
crease.
Regulations for governing the flour job
bers' profits are free from, the weaknesses
ers, since they fix only the gross profits
that may be made leaving the tobber
free to earn what he can by efficient oper-
alton"
It is. the opinion of the Federal Trade
Commission that maximum prices on flour
might be established which would cover
the cost of wheat and all manufacturing.
selling and general expenses, and. In ad-
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',GANRfGISTERs1 TOAD
SALE Of WAR STAMPS
URznHlaced n Front Of Register
j win Make Suggestion Sales at
L Departments Reported.

sHow much OF your change do you
Uant In thrift stamps?"
In . few days signs 50 reading will
Re seen on every cash register in
Washington. This boost to the war
: savings campaign is made possible by
the National CASH Register Company.
Not only in Washington. but over the
nation. these signs will be exhibited for
public consideration. More than 400
eales managers Of the corporation and
the salesmen under them have been in
structed to cooperate in the campaign
In their respective territories This
means at least 100000 signs to be
placed.
Sales in Navy Department.
F. s. Curtis, chief clerk of the Navy
reports that .ss ssa sales s. inelad ain
during the week of $766.20.
The supervising architects office. ac-
oording to reports from the Treasury
war savings booth. has set a record for
the Treasury Department. There are
only about 200 people in the office. The
record shows that up to April 13 last
they purchased stamps amounting to
.o1l77l.02. In the last two days the
|. sales amounted to over $1,000. Miss A.
N Travis Is in charge Of the sale of
Utamps.
Increase in Treasury Booth.
Treasury booth sales for last week
thowed a marked increase over the
previous week, especially considering
the fact that the liberty loan issue is
In the limelight. The sales totaled
bss. s.s46.61.
This leads the committee to feel con-
odent that the people are aroused to
pne thing-to buy government securi-
dies as fast and as many as possible, no
matter whether they be war savings
OtAmp0 or liberty bonds.
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JUDGMENT NEEDED TO-
FIGHT IN AIR, SAYS AVIATOR
Ideut. Pat o'Brien, r. F. c., to Talk
at National for Benefit Of
{ Working Boys Home.

In the operation of an airplane
through barrages thrown up by enemy
gunners and in fights with enemy
planes judgment is what counts in
fighting on the western front, in the
opinion of Lieut.. Pat o'Brien. r. F. c.
He will tell of his experiences as a
o'clock this afternoon.
people have said 1 was lucky when
] escaped uninjured from an s.o8o-foot
fall" says Smiling Pat" "and that
was doubiy lucky when the shot that
brought me down didn't kill me. That
may be true. but it was only partial
luck that had brought me through
numbers Of previous air battles.
Many times when over the lines.
with thousands of guns splitting lead at
you and with a Hun fighting plane on
your trail. judgment as to when to go
into q tail spin or head dive will
bring you back to your own lines.
Judgment In reservirg your burst of
machine-gun fire until your opponent
II in the zone of fire often means the
dnal 'straf1ng' of an enemy flyer.
Tn my escape from train, window
while speeding to prison camp. be-
1ieve IT was Judgment that made me
jump. I jumped of my own accord.
Therefore. luck cannot be credited in
any way with my coming through the
particular adventure, nor the ones that
followed.
'sThe fact that am now in this coun-
Try 10 not due 70 that indefinable. court
I'd, yet feared. element called luck.
took . chance when my Judgment was
correct. just as I've taken hundreds of
chances In the air.
Tive seen q lot Of men killed in the
air. Az near as I could figure out. they
were simply outgeneraled. The other
mans Judgment was better than theirs.
In war az In any other undertaking,
and especially in aerial fighting. calm.
cool Judgment is the most important
factor. Ny advice to all our aviators is
to keep cool, work without haste. care
fully study every conceivable situation,
% as to meet it with the correct ma
neuver. and forget entirely about luck
Lieut. O'Brien will talk at the Ma
SionAl for the benefit of the Working
Boys Home. at $50 street northwest.
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BILL PROPOSES CONTROL
! OVER TRAVEL, HITS SPIES
broad Powers Would Be Conferred
= On Government by Measure Now
4 Pending In House.

Supervision Of travel of American
against operations of spies and other
enemy agents il to be provided under
ths broad powers conferred by a bill
pending in the House. with the ad-
smfqistration and the foreign affairs
committee as its sponsors. 1t Is intend
I'd 70 give necessary supplemental au-
<hority to the government to watch its
berdsrs and act quickly where present
laws are inadequate. and to follow. in
pS1ncfpie At least. the precautions taken
6y the warning governments Of Europe.
Need Of the legislation is considered
pressing. Recently there have been
numerous suspicious departures for
Cuba which It was impossible for this
<idual cases Of entry and departure at
various points have excited the greatest
anxiety. This 10 particularly true, ac-
cerding to the government, in respect
OF the Mexican border. passage across
which cannot legally be restricted for
ensuected Of sading Germany's purposes.
TAe bill viii be urged In both houses
- an emergency war measure. It IL
teD0de6 to stop what Chairman Flood
q ne House foreign affairs committee
11gislation Of the United States"
No one" says Mr.. Flood. ''can FORE
~ fhe different means which may be
ADOPTED BY hostile nations to secure
military Information or spread propa-
6psaetieable to appeal to Congress for
11fnef lsgniation in each new emer-
Onai Swift executive action Is the only
o@eo0ve counter stroke"
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CUBAS PART IN WAR DISCUSSED
BY NATIONS VICE PRESIDENT
Emilio Nunez Urges Militant Support Of
United States, Pointing Out Peril of
Hun Victory Over Allies

I crisis; no statesman who is a patriot
| will heed popular prejudice when it is
opposed to the welfare Of the nation.
Popularity cannot be bought at the
price of dishonor. We. as people.
have before us the examples set by the
United States. who. knowing full well
how reluctant were their citizens to
yield to the necessity of conscription.
nevertheless insisted upon conscrip-
ton as the sole. the ultimate, safe
guard Of liberty, Of Justice, Of the ma
tional existence itself
It is true that nations decision to
conscript its citizens Is one among the
high resolves which, in the magnitude
of their Importance, must not be adopt
ed. especially in democracy. without
due consideration and a sufficient un-
derstanding by the people of all that it
implies we'll as all that makes it i'm
perative. That is why, in England as
well in the United States, ample evil
dence was furnished to the public of
the genuine need that prevailed for
making the sacrifice demanded, and the
decision to conscript came only when
each nation understood the need to be
imperative and acQufeSced in conScrip
ton as being Inevitable
1t is true, also, that when we, the
free people of Cuba, declared war on
those foes of freedom and oppressors
of democracy, the central powers, we
more difficult, and equipped with re-
sources far less effective. than are
those of our two mighty allies. =
Not Inclined to Conceal Truth.
I have never, been inclined to conceal
the truth; whatever device or subter-
fuge may be employed, the truth must
in the end emerge. We have enlisted
in this war, to be quite frank about it,
simply and plainly because the United
States was not able to avoid being
dragged into it. There may be those
among US who discern in that adher-
ence to the cause of the North Amer
lean republic a depressing acknowl-
edgment of our dependence upon it.
But to me, Cuba's action speaks elo-
quently, as it must speak e!oquently to
all the peoples of the earth, not of our
consciousness Of national weakness.
but of national strength. For, barely
removed as we are from the poverty
that our Inheritance from the years of
internal disorder by which I'VE bought
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Liberty Bonds are the
real weapons for victoy

and savings is adding to the
national power.
The foundation of all our.
vast War-ruaking machine is
the Liberty Loan.
Money is needed to build
more and more ships; to fur
nishfoodand guns and powder
and transport and airplanes; to
raise and equip new armies.
We must oversubscribe this
Third Liberty Loan and do it
quickly.
We must show the courage
that is in us.
We must show a cheerful
willingness to make sacrifices
for orr h0vS in the trenches.
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dire CONTINGENCY ever came to pass, 1t
should--it must be-our part to pro-
tect ourselves rather than to wait for
the United States to be compelled to
occupy Cuba as measure of precau-
ton.
Points Out Result of Allies Triumph
On the other hand. victory by our
allies-of which there Is every eX-
pectation-imp1ies that the United
States must become one Of the world s
leading military powers; and no great
military power. after the experience
gained in this terrific conflict. can re-
frain from utilizing every means
available for making itself impregna-
BILE. Upon US. then. will devolve the
duty of demonstrating our fitness to
serve as an independent yet reliable
factor in the defense Of our natural and
permanent ally. with whose safety and
independence our own are indissolubly
bound.
The people of Cuba today have two
crave responsibilities. We must prove
by the deeds which alone can indorse
our words that our friendship for the
American people is actively sincere
and loyal. And we must make it COM
pletely apparent that our country can
never be made to serve as base OF
operations against the United States.
To fail to discern the essential char
acter of both of these responsibilities.
to fail to understand that both are i'm
perative upon us. Is to remain blind
to the fundamental realities of our
national existence, and to- abandon
Cuba's destinies to chance instead of
directing them by our own efforts.
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our Independence, we recognized with
out hesitation the debt Of priceless
gratitude we owed to the American
the frst opportunity that came to us to
repay our debt in the measure which
lay within our power. Inspired by our
feeling of gratitude, guided by the
lofty principles Of humanity whose ap-
hour Of need achieved our rescue from
the depths Of anguish and our eleva.
ton to the glorious plane OF Tree ana
sovereign people, we acted as 1t was
natural and right for US to act nor
have we. as a people, ever realized that
any other course could have been pos
sible for u.s. Yet the event has proved
that Cuba's instant, unhesitating In
dorsement of the policy Of the United
States earned for her an appreciation
abroad which was as little anticipated
by Cubans as Cuba's courage had been
anticipated abroad.
But now, upon every man whose opin-
ion can carry weight in Cuba with his
those to whom the citizens OF Cuba
have intrusted Cuba's destiny. there
rests the responsibility Of stating that
our declaration of war. for the reasons
has SO honored us in the eyes of the
world--calls for the deeds which shall
back up our solemn, our plighted word.
1t is my loyalty to Cuba that bids me
urge upon the Cuban nation that 1t
prove its declaration of war was in
spired by no base motive. was no mere
political artff1ce: and that, on the con-
trary, it was born of our intense feel
ing and eagerness for the fulfllment
of a duty which we are anxious to per-
form. :
Cuba's Debt to United States.
The debt we Cubans owe to the
United States is q debt of blood. and
it cannot be paid with money, nor
fitting return which we can make for
the blood that nourished our liberties
is to prepare. without any longer de-
hay. to take whichever stand on the
battle front may be assigned US by
the allies high command What sort
OF figure are we going to cut If. when
peace comes to be signed. the repre-
sentative of the republic of Cuba has
nothing to show for his country be-
yond its formal declaration of war?
AS events are tending. this great
struggle for human freedom can end
In no way other than a decisive vic
tory for one side; the time, and with
it the possibility, has passed when
there could have been an inconclusive
peace without victor or vanquished.
II the worst should happen-if the
common foes of freedom should prove
successful-xhat would follow in the
form of consequences to our neighbor.
our ally, our one natural defender, the
United States? That neighbor and ally
would be confronted with countless
perils which we would face in even
more appalling measure. The first care
Of the United States. the protection OF
its coast for defense of it's trade and
its territory. would necessarily involve
prevention of seizure by the enemy of
country SO close as is ours. If that
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We have made a start on the
long hard road to Victory.
Our men are fighting at the
front in France.
Our American industries
haveaccomplished prodigious
results in building up a war
machine to furnish munitions
and supplies.
But we have only begun.
We must do more and more.
This is not war of armies
but of nations in which every
citizen must do his part:
Every worker in our indus
tries is truly fighting in this
- n
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Record Sugar Cargo From Cuba.

AN ATLANTIC PoPT. AIrif IS
Nearly four million pounds of sugar,
said to be a record cargo from Cuba,
have arrived here in tae hold of an
American steamship. Great quantities
of sugar are at Cuban ports awaiting
cargo SPACE
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TWO BIG DINING ROOM SPE ClAL.

A remarkable offerins-Elegant 1o-piecs Dlnin
Room Suite in solid oak. Jacobean finish William
Mary period BUFFET china extension table.
ing table. chsfrs. armchair: 8 styles a n
to select from: marked $225 and $3.50. and - "
sold elsewhere at $780, Our sale price
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dition, would give tho miller q reasoaakso
profit. Maximum prices for different sea,s
lions. taking into consideration tha s4St
port, would make IT profitable 10 tk~
millers TO operate more efficiently sud
keep costs down."
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BY EMILIO NUNEZ,
Vice President Of Cuba.

In the vital crisis through which
mankind IL passing, the people OF
Cuba are called upon to prove their
friendship for the people of the United
States, and. by evidencing their ability
to defend their own country. to prove
also that Cuban soil can never be used
as a base for aggression upon our
neighbor and ally.
1t is possible that an earnest en-
deavor on the part Of the Cuban peo-
pie to discharge this dual obligation
to their allies and themselves may in
terfere with the responsibility that
rests upon them of growing crops of
sugar which should be limited only by
the measure of the energy they can
apply to the productivity Of their soil.
for sugar appears to be regarded at
this time as the most valuable con-
tribution Cuba can make to the com
mon cause the republic is pledged to
defend. Yet the question Of Cuba's
more militant support of her sister ma
tiens enlisted in the struggle for hu-
man liberty. and of her ability to safe
guard by her own efforts her coast
line and her territory, should not be-
cannot be. dismissed without having
been accorded the gravest considera-
tion.
For myself. I shall be much less con-
cerned by vigorous criticism of the
proposal-which I have urged upon my
countrymen in the Cuban press-than
by such an attitude of popular indiffer-
ence as may indicate that Cubans do
not realize the critical nature of the
situation and OF the times.
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Easy to Remain Silent.

1t is fatally easy, now, for any states-
man to remain silent wherever his
compatriots manifest reluctance to as
sumo the grave. the terrible burdens
and dangers of the worlds great con-
fiict- But no man in whom his fellow
citizens have put their trust dares
play the demagogue in this time of
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'ria George Turcotte. ls2 jerks
street. FAN River. Mass. Vernon
Wymer, North Baltimore, Ohio.
Died from wounds-Sergt. Floyd
e Roderick. South Bend. Ind: Cor
poral Will G. Storch New York
Privates Dewey Patterson. Neon
nellSNiilo, Ohio. Eriberto c. Rocha,
Loss Angeles. Cal: lsham a. Smith.
Zcpher. Tex; Lee +. Smith. Pine
vile. La; Charley F Snyder. Con-
tlnental. Ohio; Arthur f. Winsiow.
334 Lime Rock street. Rockland. Me.
Died of disease-Privates Lucius
Hampton. Matthews, s. G.; Ralph
Perry Gushing. Okla: Bernard
Sponsky. Bakerton. Pa
Died from accident and other
causes--Prlvate Michael J. Ward,
Philadelphia.
New England names on the re-
ma,nder Of the list follows.
Wounded acknowledgement Guy
/ Williams. Oaktield, Me; Privates
William j. Bowes. Worcester, Mass. !:
Thomas F. Butler. Hartford. Ct;
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TERRITORIAL DEMANDS OF ALLIES
APPEAR TO Be INSURM0UNT ABLE

Amsterdam, July 16-Baron Won
Burian the ustro-Bungarian for
eign minister in a note addressed to
the Austrian and Hungarian prem
iers is quoted IN a dispatch from VI
emma a. saying:
There is hardly any difference
between the general principles en-
umerated by the statesmen OF both
bellirerents. President Wilson
four new points of July 4. should not
apart from certain eXaggerations.
arouse our opposition.
THE enemy's obstinacy regarding
his territorial demands concerning
Alsace- Lorraine, Triest, Trentino
aud the German colonies appears to
be insurmountable."
In his reference to President Will
sons four new points in his July
Fourth speech, Baron Burian said
he was able to approve of them
heartily and that to a great extent
nobody would refuse homage TO
this genius and nobody would re-
fuse his cooperation"
Baron Burian said none Of the
belligerent states need ever come i'll
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to the position reached by Russia
and Rumania. we ever are ready
to enter into peace negotiations with
all our opponents" he added.
lie continued:
If our enemies continuously de
mand atonement for wrong done
and restitution, then this is a claim
which we could urge with more
justification against them, because
we have been attacked and the
wrong done to rs must be re-
dressed
The text of the Baron's note to
the Austrian and Hungarian prem
iers reads:
IF We sum up all that has been
said on the enemy's side in regard
to their war aims, we recognize
three groups of aspirations, which
are being set forth to Justify the
continuation Of bloodshed so that
the IDEAS of mankind may be re-
leased.
The freedom Of all nations.
which are To form a league of ma
tons and with in future shall SET
tie their differences by arbitration
and not by arms, is to reign
The domination Of one nation by an
other nation is to Re excluded
Various territorial changes are to
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forts to break the French line We're
repulsed with heavy losses.
The German official communica-
ton dealing with the lighting of
Monday says the Germans took 3D.
600 prisoners. The French on their
part are reported to have taken
thousands Of captives and it is
known that the Americans have
made prisoner Of between 1000 and
] 800 Germans. In addition the
Americans, French and Italians
have inflicted terrible losses on the
enemy by the accuracy OF their can
non. machine gun and rife fire.
Although the Allied troops SEEM
ingly have the situation we'll in
hand, it is not improbable that the
Germans soon will throw large num-
bers of reserves into the fray. They
are known to have thousands Of
these men behind the battleline.. es-
pecially northeast Of Relm7.
On the other battle fronts ally
minor operations, but on various
sectors held by the British in north
ern France and Flanders the Germ
ans are carrying out spirited bat
ties which may be forerunners Of
early infantry attacks
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ARMY LIST

Washington, July 1.-THE army
casualty list today shows:
killed IN action. IA: died of wounds
{. died Ct disease. 3; died Of acct
dent and other causes. l; wounded
yeverelv So. missing. %. prisoners. !
T"tal. io2
Killed in actlon--Sergts John "
Hanlcy. Newark, \. J.; Jacob Man
MS Centerville. y. Y: Corporals
Frank H. Collins. Edmund, Okla.
Harry A Fuller. Geraldine. Mont,
Frank II Raidt. Wellston. Okla.
Frivatcs LOUIS Bruno. Syracuse. y
y, Frederick J. Pagan. Washington
d C., Alfred L. Hutchinson. Greg
~ory. : D.. Forest S. Knowlton. Brad
ley. Me: Ernest T. Many. Ncwburgh
Y ", Alexander Mansurati. PTacl
Italy. Maurio Ruconich. Ossero. Aus
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Taylor, Pa. Frank Sidders Red
vile, \. j., Benjamin +. Turner
Waco. Tex. drummer John A. Over
land. Camden, y. j.; Prlvates Henry
Bemberg, Chicago: Paul G. GlandiH,
Amherst. y. Ii: Joseph &. Brown.
Lynchburg, VA; Ernest L. Ruch-
holster. Chicago; William Z. Burton.
Kansas City, kas.: George Cleveland
East Greenwich. r. l., James G.
Dougherty. st Louis; George T..
Duclo, Cascade, Colo; Hugo Fack
rell. Aldridse. Idaho, German E.
Fischer. O'F.,lion, H.; Harvey j. Ha l.
gan. st. Louis: Andrew J. Higgins,
Eunice. \. {; Donald c. Horton,
Litchfeld. :linn.; Thomas H. Joyce
South Boston. Mass, Reals G.
kiestler, Cypress. III: Carl E. Mar
Gus. Tyrone, No. George E. Minerd
Pitcairn. Pa Lyndon c. Nelson, 10]
French avenue, Brockton, Mass.
Erick p. Quinn. Buffalo, y. Y: Wal
ter Roseaspire, BROOKLYN Harry
Rubinson, Philadelphia. Van Rens-
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