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Evening star., 1918-02-01
OFFER SERVICES TO ALLIES.
Many Russian Officers Would Be Pri.
Yates in U. s. or British Armies.

CNDISEf1m 10 The Evem1nE StaF and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.
PEKING, China, January 30-Hundreds
Of Russian officers are arriving here
and offering to serve in the British
and American armies as privates or in
any other capacity. A Russian consul
general is visiting Peking, accompanied
by representatives of merchants, to sub
NIT to the allies a scheme for raising
force to free eastern Siberia from
bolshevik influence and protect the
country from escaping Austrian and
German prisoners, many of whom are
allowed to proceed to Germany.
An eyewitness saw forty cars loaded
with prisoners going westward from
Tomsk. Those remaining suffer no re-
but are living under the same
conditions as the Russians.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
DISCUSS SUBSTITUTES.
Distributors of Cereal Flour Say
Wheat Regulations Need Change.

NEW YORK. February 1.-After a
meeting of wholesalers and distributors
of cereal flour here yesterday to discuss
the shortage of wheat -four substitutes
| the federal food board announced that
a change in the proportions stipulated
by the new wheat regulations of the
national food administration probably
would be necessary. Cyrus C. Miller,
director of transportation and distribu-
ton, statedethat the board has the
authority to adjust the proportion in
order to meet local conditions.
Prompt action was urged by the mer-
chants, who pointed out that a -four
famine Is threatened in addition to the
scarcity of substitutes.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
ASSURES THE PRESIDENT
OF AUSTRIA'S SINCERITY

LONDON. February lit is known
positively. according to a dispatch
from Bern to the Daily Mail, that
Count 'Czernin. the Austro-Hun-
garian foreign minister. through pri-
vatc Intermediates. has sent mes
sage after message TO President
Wilson assuring him of the SINGER
ity and guilelessness of Austrian
diplomacy.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
"L1BERTY MEASLES" LATEST.
Camp Dix Soldiers Object to Calling
Malady After Germans.

CAMP DIX, N. J., February 1.-Con-
tending that it sounds unpatriotic to
have German measles. the soldiers at
the cantonment here who are suffering
from the much "a bused malady have
started a movement to change the
name of the disease to 'liberty
measles"
Camp surgeons who have heard the
gibes and jokes aimed at their patients
are so sympathetic. 1t was said la st
night, they might make an appeal to
washington to have a new brand Of
measles officially designated
Evening star., 1918-02-01
Motor Truck Train on Way Here.

PHILADELPHIA, February IA
train Of forty <two-ton machines in
charge Of Capt. George Gray and nine
ty members OF the Sd Motor Truck
Company Of tho 2sd United States En-
gineers loft here today for Washing
ton. The men expect to join Gen.
] IPershinE n ErancasshortlN
Evening star., 1918-02-01
FIRE DESTROYS WIRE PLANTS.
Head of New Jersey Company
Thinks Blaze Accidental.

HARRISON, N. J.. Februry Fire
today destroyed the plant of the Driver
Harris Wire Company. which was en-
gagged in manufacturing wire specialties
for use in war work. In the opinion of
Frank L. Driver, president of the COM
pany, the blaze was accidental. He es-
timated the loss at 100000.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
Red Cross Station Near Rome.

ROME. February 1.-The American Red
Cross has been installed in a villa which
tho italian government has turned over
for its use. It has thirty rooms and a
garden and 10 situated In. the best quar-
ter OF the city, s.s.....
Evening star., 1918-02-01
APPEAL TO FARMERS
VIEWED AS URGENT
President Wilson's Letter Seen
to Be a Summons for the
Supreme War Effort.
PROMISE OF AID ASSURING

President Wilson's letter to the farm
ers' conference at Urbana, ILL.,, IS VIZ
tually a message to the country and
notification as well to the allied powers
that the United States will maintain the
supply of foods required by the people
of the countries now opposing Germany
in the field. 1t is rated today asl "a most
significant utterance, not alone IN its
statement of the belief that this is the
year of crisis, but in its assurance to
the farmers that the government Will
exert its fullest endeavor to enable them
to accomplish the great task now be-
fore them.
Had the President been able to go to
Urbana in person, as was planned. his
statement to the farmers would per-
haps have been somewhat more inn
pressive, but his detention here by in
disposition, rendering it necessary to
communicate by letter. has not de-
tracted in any material deg1ee from
the force of this appeal for a maximum
production from the American farms
this year. The letter is recognized as
in effect proclamation.
Naturally, the first interest ceaters in
the Presidents statement that this is
the crucial year of the war. IT is felt
today that this language was more than
mere paragraph in the communica-
ton, that it was designed as notice that
the United States, acting in conjunc-
ton with the allies, purposes to exert
it's power to the full upon the enemy
during the present year with the knowl-
edge that the central powers are weak
ening in the field and at home through
internal stress and the spread of a
spirit Of revolt.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
CENTRALIZED WAR
PURCHASES IS PLAN
System of Administration Is
Expected to Offset Num-
tions Director.
BARUCH FOR NEW BODY

Though President Wilson and Secre-
tary Baker maintain their opposition to
the naming of munitions director, as
provided in the Chamberlain bill, plan
is under consideration for centralized
control of buying and production which
is expected to achieve the results for
which the appointment of a munitions
director has been urged
Details of this scheme probably Will
be made known in connection with the
announcement of a new chairman Tor
and an outline of new duties OF, the
war Industries board.
Bernard NJ Baruch, now member
of the war industries board. probably
will be the chairman of the new body,
which is expected to have more specihe
powers than the advisory ones 1t now
possesses Edward R. Stettinius. recent
ly named surveyor general of supplies
for the War Department, also is under
consideration for a prominent place In
the new agency.
Assignment Withdrawn.
Mr.. Stettinius had been designated
for a supervisory position in the sigma
Corps it was learned today, When tha'
assignment suddenly was Wltndra"i
and he was asked to assume the posi-
tion he now holds. Since that appoint.
to the broad question of supplies fol
the War Department and the available
sources for such supplies.
Mr. Baruch has been in conference
with the Secretary of War and yester'
day both called at the White House
Mr. Baruch, like Daniel Willard an6
Walter S. Clifford, director of the Coun.
Gil of National Defense. has urged
strongly upon administration ofnc1als
including Secretary Baker, the need fol
Capitalization in production and pur.
chase of supplies, and openly all OF
them have expressed their belief thai
the time for advisory bodies without
any pswers has passed.
Act as Central Powers.
1t is considered likely that the wal
industries board, as reorganized and
as a central body to stimulate pro-
duction where needed. and to allocate
those supplies which are inadequate
among the bureaus and departments
which can utilize them most effectively
Thus it would not interfere with the
reaus as that of the Navy bureau OF
supplies and accounts, headed by Pay
master General Samuel MCGOWAN. But !,
would take in hand such questions a
the present shortage of cotton duck
and steel. seek to find ways of increas.
ing productfon 0f these materials, and
allot the present supply instead Of per.
hitting various agencies to strive and
bid against each other for them as now
This principle was described today az
one of central control and decentral-
lied administration" 1t was pointed
out that this principle within the last
few days has been adopted in respect to
labor mobilization during the war. and
that labor control now has been placed
under Secretary of Labor Wilson. and
effort is being made to standardize the
status Of labor on all government
work.
This is only one of many sources
which recently have focused attention
Of the President and the Secretary OF
War upon the necessity for a central
ization of production and purchase con-
troll.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
Big Slump in the Output
of Soft Coal in January
Threatens Another Crisis

The output of bituminous coal in
January was 100000 tons below
normal, according to reports to the
National Coal Associations headquar-
to snow and ice. which SO retarded rail-
road transportation that the mines
could not be kept supplied with empty
cars. Not for years, it is said, has there
been such curtailment in output.
For the four days from January % to
81, inclusive. the loss is put at $500, 600
tons. The car shortage has been felt
chiefly in the big producing fields of
West Virginia. There thousands of
men are idle and some cars have been
awaiting movement for fortnight.
Besides delaying the return of empty
cars to the mines and thus retardine
production, the weather has slowed up
the delivery of loaded cars and many
without supplies. New England, par
ticularly. is declared to be facing a
dangerous situation.
Ships Get Coal First.
Under preferential orders issued at
the time the closing decree was put
into force coal is moving first to ships,
households. public institutions and a
preferred list of war industries Other
industries, it Is admitted, will suffer
severely unless there is an immediate
cndHSe IN WeatneE conuitlonS. Fuel
administration officials are determined
that consumers on the preferential list
shall be supplied at all events Under
present conditions they see little
chance to supply the less essential in
dustries.
Fuel Administrator Garfield TODAY
took steps to put stop to the issuing
of widely different rulings by state
and local fuel officials in connec-
tion with the enforcement of the Mon
, day closing order. Hereafter, before
| making general interpretations the To-
| cal officials must consult with the ma
| tional administration and obtain per
mission. Different interpretations of
! the order in various states, it was said
| today. has caused endless confusion,
Evening star., 1918-02-01
At a Significant Juncture.

Much consideration is given today by
those in Washington who watch closely
the coordination between American
governmental acts and conditions
abroad to the fact that this letter was
sent, with it's pregnant statement re-
garding the immediate urgency of the
crisis, just as the German strikes are
rising to the semblance Of a revolu-
non.; The Presidents language on
this point is interesting:
.aYou will realize, as think states
men on both sides of the water realize,
that the eliminating crisis of the
struggle has come, and that the
achievements Of this year on the one
side Or The ether must determine .e,.tatsz, the
While this might be construed to in
dicate that the President conceives the
possibility Of failure by the allied pow
ers to win a victory. it is pointed out
that 1t should be read in conjunction
with the preceding paragraph. which
breathes a spirit of confidence:
"Our national life and our whole
economic development will pass under
the sinister influence of foreign con-
troll il we do not win. We must win.
therefore, and we shall win"
Recital of Our War Causes.
The Presidents recital in brief of
the reasons why the United States is
today fighting Germany is regarded as
due to his desire to make this letter
complete as a part Of the record-to
make it stand forth as the, American
call to the farmers. just as the call has
heretofore been issued to American
labor through It's representative or
ganization meeting at Buffalo. The
upon the matter that the Presidents
addresses upon the war have all been,
in this manner-inclusive of the causes
of our entrance into the war. This
does not signify. 1t is believed. that the
President has any doubt of the under
standing of any section or group Of
the people on this point. But every
thing he says or writes bearing upon
the war has an internationai I'M
portance as well as national, and it is
felt to be well that this appeal to the
farmers, so direct and intimate in it's
terms, should state the American cause
emphatically and strongly.
Government Aid Of Agriculture.
Assurances of what the government
has done in the past In the encourage
ment of agriculture and aid in its de-
yelopment are coupled in the Presi-
dents letter with a statemen of what
it is proposing to do TO enable the
farmers to carry the burden of feeding
not merely this country but the people
of Europe allied with US in this war.
This aid has taken the form of scien-
tific research, of education. Of direct
assistance of financial support. and now
the government is endeavoring to en-
able the farmers to locate. safeguard
and secure at cost an adequate supply
of sound seed" TO this end the depart
ment has now available $2.500.000 and
has asked Congress for s6.000.000 more.
The President. gives some figures re-
garding acreage that are most impress
siye. Notwithsta nding the planting last
spring of 100000 acres more than
ever before. larger acreage is expect
ed this year. In wheat alone 42,170,000
| acres were planted in the fall .00O. 900
and 7,0O0,O 900 more than the preceding
fve-year average.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
1ndorsed by aarae1d,s omee.

The clearing house plan has the in
dorsement Of the National Fuel Ad-
ministration. and when 1t is in opera
tion, it is believed. there no longer
will be necessity for the emergency
bureau. So far as known. no other
city has adopted the emergency bureau
plan. Mr.. Calladay today expressed
regret that it had been necessary SO
often to divert cars consigned to deal
ers. and he believes this necessity will
be reduced to a minimum when the
clearing house is in operation.
The question of requiring apartment
houses and hotels to bank their fires
at $50 o'clock each night Still Is un-
der consideration by the acting fuel
administrator. He cites the fact that
apartment houses and hotels use the
same kind of coal as is used to heat
the school buildings. and he believes
the plan would effect saving SUFFICIENT
to keep the schools in operation. While
there has been no serious shortage of
soft coal. there has been a great deal
of difficulty in delivering it, and any
saving effected by the fre-banking plan
would relieve the delivery problem to
that extent.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
c. 0.P. FORMS LINES FOR ,
HOUSE ELECTION FRAY
Congressional Campaign Committee
to Meet Tonight to Continue Per
fecting Organization.

The republican national congressional
campaign committee will meet tonight
to continue efforts toward perfecting
organization for the coming election OF
the next House of Representatives.
Method of selecting subcommittee will
be determined, and a report from a
special subcommittee on revision OF the
bylaws will be presented.
Discussion of raising campaign con-
tributions is expected, and a long
standing grievance IN THIS connection
will be removed. It was sais today. The
subcommittee will recommend reducing
the commissions paid to collectors and
prohibit their soliciting from regular
subscribers" to the republican fund.
The committee has decided to create
an auxiliary organization Of women,
under direction of Miss Rankin, repre-
sentative in Congress from Montana
and representing that state on the
committee This auxiliary will be sep
arate from the woman's advisory COM
mittee to be organized by the repub-
lican national committee and will have
to do entirely with the campaign for
the House.
Consider Educational Fight.
At tonight's meeting there will be
discussion of another important cam
paigning proposition. A plan is under
consideration to enter upon an active
campaign of education to Offset the
rising tide of socialism. To this end it
will be suggested that special sub
committee be appointed to deal with
the subject and also with questions re-
lating to labor problems.
Many republicans in the House are
convinced that the republican party
should begin now to counteract social
ism. They recall that the republican
congressional campaign committee was
the first political organization to attack
populism.
Urged Opposite Policy.
This was under the Craftsmanship of
the late Joseph w. Babcock of Wiscon-
sin, who conducted many close and sue
cessfu1 contests for control of the
House. When the populist movement
was getting we'll under way. some of
the middle-west members of the COM
mittee were in favor of temporizing
with the populists Chairman Bab-
cock urged the opposite policy. "Wher-
ever you see a populist head, hit it,.
was his slogan. He lived to see his
and the republican party thrive for
years afterward.
No one in either party underesti-
mates the significance of the socialist
movement, which, it is generally con-
ceded, is receiving impetus from many
tendencies. bred by the times. The pre-
vailing disposition is to go after the
socialist menace. under party auspices
but along educational and argumenta-
| tive lines.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
Mud-smeared Envelopes.

Mail now is being delivered in the
American trenches and gunpiIs Just ~
if the men were back in bi1iets. Lsx-
ters for the return mail to the United
States are coming out with equal regu.
Iarity. So, if relatives and friends back
home get letters in mud-smeared en-
velopes. written on mud-smeared paper.
they will know that it Is more than
likely that these messages were pieced
together where the American and
enemy guns roar intermittently
through day and night. =
The mall service has been arranged
by the Army chap1ains, who see to II
that the incoming letters get to those
to whom they are addressed and the
outgoing mail gets to the Army post
office as soon as possible. The Army
censors say that for the most part the
men now In the trenches write to their
mothers. The general tone Of all SUCH
letters, which indicates the high moralos
Of the men in the line. is: 3
Don't worry about me: TIM all rlGhf1
The food is good and am feeling An0sH
The censors say that there has been ~
remarkable change In some Of the lse.s
fers Of the men who the drst time $hZ
Evening star., 1918-02-01
MORE COAL GOING
into D. c. HOMES
Full Hauling Equipment at
Work, But Delivery Prob
lem Still Serious.
C0LLADAY PLAN GETS O. K.

Better progress was made today with
the delivery of coal into the homes of
Washington people, but the condition of
the streets continues to make the de-
livery problem a serious one. Dealers
have their full equipment at work and
trucks and wagons are being sent out
as rapidly as they can be loaded at the
dumps. 1t has not been necessary as
yet to call on the District government to
furnish any hauling equipment, as no
larger number of wagons could be load
ed and weighed at this time. When
coal now arriving has been more widely
distributed at dumps and on sidings, Dis
trict teams may be requisitioned.
The chief difficulty now is that full
loads cannot be hauled, and not much
more than half time can be made once
the wagons are loaded and on their
way. There still is scarcity of labor
for unloading cars. and the wholesale
dealers are anxious to hire any men
they can get.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
Margin a Narrow One.

Receipts of anthracite coal in Wash
ington for the twenty-four hours ended
this morning were 2,053 tons. While
this is below the daily average neces-
sary to keep the city going, in view of
the heavier receipts of recent days it
leaves the capital in a fairly comfort
able situation. A falling off in receipts,
however, would soon bring on a serious
shortage, as the present margin is a
very narrow one.
Because it is so far behind in it's de-
livertes, the emergency bureau at 18th
and F streets has temporarily discon-
tinued taking orders. Orders will be
taken again tomorrow, but it is hoped
that next week 1t will be possible to
close the bureau permanently
The dealers committee Of twelve is to
meet tonight with Edward F. Colladay,
acting fuel administrator. to consider
Mr.. Colladay's plan for clearing house
of dealers, through which orders from
consumers would be passed. The idea
of the clearing house has two main pur-
poses. One is to prevent a dealer hav-
ing more orders on his books than he
has coal for or equipment to all, and
the other is to do away with long halis.
When dealer was overstocked with or
ders or when he received orders which
necessitated unreasonably long hauls he
would turn them into the clearing house
and they would be passed out to dealers
who could handle them to better advan-
tage, s.;s. =. Lax Is iS55.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
King Of Bavaria's Act.
Rx the Associated Press.

Discussing the report that the King
Of Bavaria attempted to influence EN-
percf William In favor of security
peace" the Leipsic Neueste Nachrich-
ten says:
I'VE have reason to assume that the
report is correct. We would even go a
step further and add that the appeal
which @the Deutsche Tageszeitung of
Berlta addresses to the other federal
ptiuees to follow the kings example
alr(Ray has been forestalIed
according to our information, the
lCondnued On Tenth. Pa0el
Evening star., 1918-02-01
WEATHER.

Fair and somewhat colder tonight;
tomorrow fair and not 50 cold.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending pm. today: Highest. 81, at
$50 pm. yesterday; lowest, 20. at 1882
pm. yesterday.
Full report on page 1S.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-25

The late DIR. James Douglas of New
York, DR.. Howard A. Kelly, one of Bal
timore's famous surgeons, and the Bureau
of Mines, combined TO form the National
Radium Institute which had for its pri-
mary object the determination of pro-
cesses by which radium could be produced
at far lower cost. This was TO be done
by utilizing native carnotite, and es-
pecially by eliminating certain losses In
cident TO the mining and concentrating
of that mineral.
Between 1914 and January, 1917, when
the cooperative efforts of the Bureau OF
Mines and the National .Radium Institute
ceased, the experts Of the Bureau of
Mines had perfected a process by which
the radium recovery plant in Denver,
Col, produced eight and half grams of
the precious mineral The cost of recov-
cry under the methods devised by the
Government experts proved to be only
about one-third the current price of
radium. In addition, ways were devel
oped which made it possible to save the
uranium and vanadium in the ores. Both
are of great value in the manufacture of
certain alloy steels essential to the making
of munitions.
For an expenditure of less than $3S, 900
the Bureau of Mines received, as its share
under its cooperative agreement with the
National Radium Institute, more than
100000 worth of radium and the rest
of the material went TO the institute for
distribution mainly between two great
hospitals. The processes developed are
public property to-day; and by the JOINT
labors just described we are now in n
position TO utilize to the full the valuable