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Benjamin Franklin, without any W*i i
geatlon from Herbert Hoover, realized
the value of food thrift and a meatless i
diet The following extract from his
autobiography Is of particular interest
at the present time: "When about 1C
years off age, I happened to meet witl)
a book recommending a vegetable diet,
I determined to go Into It. My brother
being yet unmarried, did not keej
house, but boarded himself and bis ap
prentices In another family. My refuse
lng to eat flesh occasioned an incon
venience, and I was frequently chided
for my singularity. 1 made myself ac- j
qualnted with Tyron’s (the author ofj
the book mentioned) manner of pre- j
paring some of his dishes, such as boil- i
lng potatoes or rice, making hasty pud- |
ding, and a few others, and then pro
posed to my brother if he would give
me, werikSy, hsdf the money he paid fot
my board, t would board myself. He in
stantly agreed to it, and I presently
found that I could save half what he
paid me. This was an additional fund
for buying of books."
There are now more than 18,900 offi
cers engaged In the work of the medical
department of the army, Including reg
ular army officers and the four officers’
reserve corps—medical, dental, veteri
nary and sanitary—connected with the
work under Burgeon-General Gorgas. It
Is estimated ttiat at least 24,000 physi
cians wjll be Included lit the personnel
of the department when full strength Is
reached. Every step in caring for the
Shysicad welfare of the soldiers from
lie time they are sworn Into service
until they are discharged comes under
the medical department. In this work
Is inclined Inspection of foods to bs
served sdWiers, sanitation, care of the
Sick and wounded, the operation of field
base and convalescent hospitals, "re
education*' of the permanently crip
pled, handling the supplies for all this
work, etc. The total number" of hos
pital beds will be on a basis of 25 per
cent of the strength of the army.
Dr. Van Calcar, professor of bacteri
ology at Leiden university, is reported
to have Invented a new feedstuff, and
also a machine which will produce 20
tons a day. Albumen and fat are ob
tained from slaughter houses and Ash
ing centers: fecula Is obtained from
potato and fruit refuse and the neces
sary salt may be derived from refuse
of vegetables. The fodder Is mixed so
as to contain a sufAclent percentage of
fat, albumen and carbohydrates, with
an admixture of straw, heather, reeds
and mussels. The new fodder is not
recommended as feed for milk cows as
tt gives a peculiar taste to the milk.
In Australia every boy between the
ages of 12 and 18 is compelled to un
dergo military instruction along with
his other duties. When he reaches the
age of 19 the Australian youth Is a
trained soldier and Is then enrolled
for a period of eight, years In t ie bat
talion of the region In which he lives.
During tho period of his enrollment the
Australian soldier Is at all times liable
for service in defense of his country,
but when there is no call for such de
fensive service lie is required to devote
only two weeks each year to the prac
tice of arms.
Three of the political graft trials
staged at Jefferson City, Mo., In the
last two weeks resulted in the acquit
tal of the defendants. Tfhe accused
were penitentiary officials charged
with making away with state supplies
sind soliciting money for pardons and
paroles. Documentary evidence of graft
availed nothing against the sonorous
plea that convict evidence against a
Missouri democrat was no good any**
haw.
Ths Pennsylvania railroad (all lln«b
east of Pittsburg and Erie) reports that
the average freight carload In July of
this year was 38.61 tons, as compared
with 89.67 tons In July, 1916, an Im
provement of more than 18 per cent.
This was equal to a saving of 81,268
cars In the number required to handle
the trafflo of the road during July. This
saving aided materially In rendering
efficient military transportation.
Andrew Francis Patrick Mahon, age
67, a hotel porter at Sandusky, Ohio,
Is "broker from doing hts bit. Through
out the Red Cross campaign he turned
over to the organization his receipts
each day, minus what it cost him for
meals, and he was the Arst to subscribe
for a Liberty bond, taking $1,000 worth
In the name of a stepson.
A time saving dev’je. for watering
plants is to place a number of plants
about a large bucket which Is kept
Ailed with water. Flannel tapes are
placed In the bucket and the free end
of each tape imbedded in the soli of
a pot. In this way water Is supplied
to the various plants in the exact
amount required.
“Eat the carp,“ Is the caption on a
poster which has been Issued by the
bureau of Asherles. It Is used in a carp
campaign which is now being conduct
ed by the bureau. This campaign is In
tended to promote the fuller utilization
of carp In regions in which It is abun
dant.
General tide tables for 1918 have been
published by the United States coast
and geodetic survey. The figures given
cover the entire maritime world, und
embrace full predictions for a”, tides
at 81 ports, and tidal differences for
eeveral thousand stations.
The British government has advanced
to Its allies during the war about $8,
000,000, exclusive of advances to its
colonies. The United States govern
ment has advanced to its allies over $3.
000,000, of which more than $1,255,000,
000 has gone to England.
John Frye, a woodsman, of Belling
ham. Wash., ate 30 bananas and then
went to a restaurant, where he ordered
a double portion of halibut, a steak
and all the extras. He says it is noth
ing for him to eat a dozen pies at one
altting.
The fastest Atlantic oceun passage
was made September U-16. 1910, by
the Cunarder Mauretania, now a Brit
ish troopship. She covered the dis
stanoe In four days, 10 hours and 41
minutes.
William Allen Dltnmock. aged 22, of
Umington Village, Me., who lias re
ceived his appointment as postmaster,
is believed to be the youngest postnius
tar In the state.
The method of cultivation of silk, the
rearing of the worms and the reeling
and weaving have not materially
changed in China for hundreds of years.
Old Chinese prints show that the meth
ods in vogue today are much the same
as those employed 3,000 years ago.
In China every member of a family
Is responsible for order In that family
and every inhabitant of a city is Jointly
responsible with every other citizen for
its tranquility. If a younger son in a
family should commit a crime, the older
gon Is likely to be taken into custody
Jar the offense and, perhaps, punished.
SEVENTH REGIMENT I
NOT RE GALLED NOW
Announcement From Washing
ton Upsets Political Dope
in Nebraska.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. IS.—The an- ‘
houncement from Washington that the
Seventh Nebraska regiment, of which
Oov. Keith Neville Is colonel, would
not be called for the present led to a
rush on the governor’s office of men
who were intent on getting their dis
charges so that they might be free to
enlist. These discharges, which have
hitherto been denied, were granted,
and a number took advantage of the
opportunity, as they would have been
liable for the draft. As it is they were
able to pick the branch of service they
wished to enter.
Governor Neville refuses to he dis
couraged over the outlook. He has
never thought the regiment would be
called until some time next summer,
an«T thinks that the “not at present”
order from Washington does not les
sen its chances of being called Into
lervlce.
Political gossipers have It that Sen
ator Hitchcock Is bringing pressure to
bear at the Washington end so that
no call will be issued for the Seventh
luring Governor Neville’s term. Neville
belongs to the Hitchcock faction and
Lieutenant Governor Howard, who
would succeed him if he is called, is
not only a personal enemy of the sen
ator, but also a lieutenant in the Bryan
crowd.
STEPHENS TO SPEAK
AT DAKOTA CITY
Dakota Pity, Neb.. Dec. 15.—Dakota
county people will be given an oppor
‘unity on Wednesday of next week,
19th instant, of hearing Congressman
Dan V. Stephens, of this district, re
late his experences and observations
on the European battle fields, from
which he recently returned. Mr.
Stephens was secured through the Da
kota county chapter of the Red Cross,
and will deliver his address in Dakota
city at 1:30 p. m„ as he has to leave
on the afternoon train for Wayne,
where he makes an address in the eve
ning. Mr. Stephens will be greeted
with a full house, it goes without say
ing.
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RAILROADS TAKE TOO
MUCH FOR SHRINKAGE
Lincoln, Neb.. Dec. 15.~vThe Union
Pacific, in an answer filed with the
state railway commission, shows a dis
position to go the legal limit with that
body over its right to make arbitrary
deductions from wheat and corn ship
ments as shrinkage, when claims fot
losses in transit are made. The com
mission has made up its mind to prose
cute the three roads that have been
pursuing this practice, the Union
Pacific, the Omaha and the Rock
Island. The attorney general informed
the commission that it must take some
action first, and preparatory thereto
it has ordered the roads to show cause
by December 18.
The Union Pacific says that it makes,
deductions of one-eighth of 1 per cent
on wheat and one-fourth of 1 per cent
on corn, but only on interstate ship
ments. It regards as an interstate shlp-»
ment any grain shipped to Omaha on
proportional rate bases and after be
ing halted there sent on to market.
The Omaha grain exchange insists this
is an intrastate shipment, and there is
no warrant for making these deduc
tions. which are in effect a holding
that that much grain is lost in ship
ment anyway through leakages and
the road should not be held responsible
when it is not at fault.
HALLER FINALLY QUITS
THE BOARD OF REGENTS
Lincoln. Neb., Dec. 15.—Members of
the board of university regents decline
to discuss the details of the meeting
which resulted in President Haller, of
Omaha, filing his resignation to take
effect on January 1. Haller was elected
a year ago for n two-year term. The
policy of the regents, who always meet
behind closed doors, Is to iron out their
differences so that they may secure
unanimous action. The fact that this
session lasted hour hours is taken to
indleate that some pressure was
brought to hear upon Mr. Haller to
take the action he did. He lias con
tended that his election was for an un
expired term. He had therefore re
sisted suggestions that he resign and
thus relieve the university of the em
barrassment occasioned by the demand
from so many sources for his with
drawal on the ground that before Ger
many and the United States became
involved he wrote numerous unony
mous letters exulting German aims
and ideas.
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WOMEN STREET CAR
CONDUCTORS AT LINCOLN
Lincoln. Neb.. Dec. 15.—Decimation
of the operating forces of the Lincoln
Traction company 1ms forced the mun
‘‘nii u to consider the matter of plac
ing women conductors on the cars.
General Manager Hramlette is of the
opinion that this will be done within
the next few weeks.
The qualifications he will demand of
women will be that th ;y must be from
30 to 40 years of age; either a widow,
a woman with children or one with one
or more dependents. They must be
level needed, accustomed to cure for
others in an emergency. Young girls
peed not apply.
Mr. Bramlette has had several ap
plications from women who are de
pendent. and is of the opinion no good
reasons exist why they cannot hold the
positions.
LYONS. NEB., NEWSPAPERS
ARE TO BE CONSOLIDATED
Lyons, Neb., Deo. 15.—M. M. Warner,
for more than a quarter of a century
publisher of the Lyons Mirror, has
purchased the Lyons Sun. The two
papers will he consolidated and in the
future will he known as the Mirror
Sun. The consideration is understood
;o have been $3,100.
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LINCOLN—The state, council at its
regular meeting passed a resolution de
ploring the teaching of the German lan
guage and urging that no foreign lan
guage he taught In any private or de
nominational school in Nebraska. The
council further requests that ull Instruc
tions secular or religious be given In the
English language.
HOMER—Meiford Lothrop, son erf Mrs.
Millie Lothrop, who was discharged from
the army several months ago. on account
of a hernia, underwent an operation In
SUnlv City In order that he may again en
list in the I’nited States army and take
tp arms against the kaiser.
WYMORE—The city of Wymore de
feated the city manager plan in an ejec
tion. by a vote of ITU against and Hi foi
the pin::. Wymore is tna fir t town to
vote on the p.an since the new law was
passed b> tl'.e state legislature.
Robert Fulton invented a subrtlarine
torpedo in 1804.
TELEPHONE COMPANY
GIVES BETTER SERVICE
Nebraska Railroad Commission
Issues Order for 24-Hour
Operation.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 14.—The Pierce
Telephone company got into trouble
with the state railway commission by
asking for permission to charge five
cents for every call after 10 o’clock at
night and before 7 o’clock in the morn
ing. except in cases of sickness and
accident. The commission looked upon
the records of the company, found that
it had an excellent plant and a large
number of subscribers, and after deny
ing the request for a night call charge
has issued an order that it give full 24
hour service hereafter.
An order has been issued upon the
Surprise Telephone company that In
order to Insure the subscribers on its
Shelby exchange proper service it must
pick out one of its two linemen who
reside at Surprise and move him over
to Shelby. This is the result of an ex
amination made by a commission engi
neer, who finds that the lines on the
Shelby exchange have not been prop
erly cared for.
PROMINENT MEN ARE
BEFORE DEFENSE COUNCIL
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 14.—Two well
known residents of northeastern Ne
braska were before the state council of
defense Tuesday. B. Long, of Wayne
county, was questioned as to a charge
that he had made it so warm for a
school teacher by alleged unpatriotic
remarks that she resigned her position.
Mr. Long entered a denial, and in this
was supported by two friends who ac
companied him. They said that the
school teacher had been discharged by
a regularly constituted county officer.
Thomas T. Kerl, a wealthy land own
er of Oakland, was before the council
to answer a complaint that he had been
guilty of unpatriotic utterances. This
was Mr. Kerl’s second appearance. On
his previous visit he was defiant and
asserted his right to say what he
pleased so long as he did not violate
any law. Mr. Kerl is a lawyer and a
man of education. He owns 3,000 acres
of Burt county land, and has traveled
widely.
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FREMONT POLICE FIND
HIGH LIFE FOR SURE
Fremont, Neb., Deo. 14.—Younger
Fremont circles have been set ago by
the revelations of a police raid made
at a cottage in a fashionable residence
district. Neighbors reported that the
cottage had been taken recently by
“two Omaha girls” and complaint was
made that men frequented the place at
unseemly hours. While sounds ot
hilarious gaiety came from one of the
rooms, the police burst into the front
door. They found confronting them, in
garb or lack of it that dumfounded
them, two well known Fremont young
women. The other occupants were
Charles Thomas, of Fremont, a cook,
and Frank McTige, of Omaha. On a
table were several bottles of beer and
on the stove was a pint bottle half
filled with whisky.
All the members of the gay party
were transferred to the police station,
where they spent the night. The father
of one of the girls hastened to the jail
and succeeded in making immediate
arrangements for a hearing. The girls
Were each fined $20 and costs, which
Was promptly paid. Thomas paid a fine
of $100 and McTige decided to "lay
out” a fine In similar amount.
One of the women, who formerly was
piano player in a Fremont theater
orchestra, has a suit pending against
her husband for divorce, with claim
for alimony for her support.
GERMAN SOCIETY TO
SHOW PATRIOTISM
Norfolk, Neb., Dec. 14.—The Land
wehr Verein, an organization of former
Boldiers of the German army, which has
a hall on East Madison avenue, has
Snnounced that it will give a Red Cross
cnefit dance on Saturday evening, De
cember 16. All of the work and the
musical program will be donated and
the entire receipts will go to the Red
Cross fund. Boehnke brothers' orches
tra will furnish the music. Dancing
will begin promptly at 8:30.
Herman Krahn, a trustee of the
/atndw'ehr Verein, in announcing the
dance, declares it is given in a patriotic
spirit. He declares that the dance
should be largely attended because it
is a purely patriotic occasion and giv
en by the organization members with
the full feeling that they want to do
their “bit” for the cause of their adopt
ed country.
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I POTASH RIGHTS ARE
CAUSING TROUBLE
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 14.—Land Com
missioner Shumway charges that the
Alliance Potash company, which has
Just started in business at Antioch, is
taking potash laden brine from Wil
kinson lake, which is on state school
land. The state claims that when it
teased these lands to cattlemen it did
not give them the mineral rights there
on, and upon this foundation is based
the claim that the potash company is
taking state water. An injunction suit
is talked of. The state had leased the
mineral rights in this late to H. L.
Sams, of Scottsbluff, and he has been
notified that if he does not protect
them the lease will be cancelled. Under
this lease the state was to get one
eighth of the value of the potash
pumped out.
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DIED BESIDE GRAVE
HE HAD PREPARED
Fremont. Neb., Dec. 14.—John Krenk.
sr.. of Abbie, spent the summer and
autumn in the preparation of a grave;
which he dug unusually deep and
cemented with much care. Krenk was
old and he prepared the grave for his
own body, which today rests in it. On
Monday morning he went to the ceme
tery to make a few alterations in his
grewsome receptacle. He had just fin
ished, apparently, when other ceme
tery visitors saw him fall to th*
ground. They hastened to his side and
found Krenk dead beside his grave.
Sheriff tf'est and County Attorney
Thomas were summoned. They inves
tigated with the assistance of Butler
county physicians, and their conclu
sions were that Krenk's death was
due to heart failure from over exer
tion.
NO MORE CANE SUGAR
FOR NEBRASKA NOW
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 14.—State Food
Director Wattles has received word
from Washington that there will be
no more cane suear shipped into Ne
braska until the sugar shortage is
abated. No cane sugar will hereafter
be shipped into beet sugar territory
and no beet sugar will be shipped into
cane sugar territory.
Tile order stopping the shipments of
cane sugars injo western districts is
made in the interest of railroad conser
vation. The order requires that all
sugars must be purchased from the
nearest source of supply.
AMERICANISM FOUND
TO BE INCREASING
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Congressman Who Visited War
Zone Pleased at Stand Peo
ple Are Taking.
Fremenoi, Neb., Dec. 14.—Congress
man Dan V’. Stephens and Ross L. Ham
mond have both asserted that they are
surprised at the change In war senti
ment throughout central Nebraska in
the last two months, or since they have
been away.
"Perhaps it is more fitting to say that
the spirit of Americunism has been in
tensified.” Mr. Hammond said. “We had
almost convinced ourselves that the
great middle west was lagging, judging
from what We felt and experienced
elsewhere as compared with our local
situation when we went awray. Things
have been happening recently. The pa
triotic rallies and bond campaign and
actual participation of American troops
have not been in vain. It is plain to
see that this part of the state has be
come stirred to the fact of the war
and the sacrifices we must make.”
It is said by friends of the congress
man and his editorial friend that on
account of the change in attitude of
their constituents in Nebraska, they
have found it necessary to revive some
what the line of campaign they decided
upon in meeting public demand for
speeches concerning what they saw and
learned. They bad thought that, in view
of pro-German sentiment and general
laxity, it would be necessary to pro
ceed with much diplomacy in present
ing the facts of the shocking Prussian
war methods. They have found, to the
contrary, that the- public is prepared
for the worst and is demanding it. Both
men have been overwhelmed with re
quests for speeches at patriotic rallies
at hundreds of towns in the district.
Mr. Stephens is filling dates almost
nightly and is denouncing the savage
Hun in a terrific, manner. He says that
no brutal story that has come out of
the war zone is too shocking or too
revolting to believe, in the light of what
he knows about the Prussian method of
warfare.
MOTHER RESCUES BABES
FROM BURNING HOME
Norfolk, Neb., Dec. 14.—Three child
ren in the Barnum home in the Home
stead addition narrowly escaped being
burned to death when they were res
cued by the heroic mother as the house
was being consumed by flames. Mrs.
Barnum had gone across the street for
water when she found that her little
home was ablaze. A neighbor attempted
to save the children but failed because
of the intense heat. The , mother
plunged into the burning house and re
appeared with her three children, all
of them being unconscious from the
smoke fumes.
It was believed that after the mother
had left the house, the children had
played with the fire in the stove. In
some way the flames connected with
the floor, and in a moment the little
frame house was in flames.
The fire department was unable to
save the house which was destroyed.
The family wes cared for by neighbors
and the children have all recovered
’rom their terrible experience.
FIX PRICES FOR ALL
STAPLES IN NEBRASKA
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 14.—Price fixing
>f the staple commodities for Nebras
ka took a long step nearer reality when
the state retail grocers’ committee, the
wholesalers’ committee and Food Di
rector Wattles met and decided upon
prices of these commodities which will
be certified to the different county com
mittees as a basis for the fixing of
prices in the different counties of the
State.
The prices announced are in teims
of percentages rather than in fixed fig
ures, and are for sugar, flour, meal,
2ggs and butter, to be sold at a profit
of 1214 per cent over the price at which
the goods are actually laid down in the
retail grocery stores of the state.
PAROCHIAL SCHOOL TO
GIVE UP GERMAN, TOO?
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 14.—At a meeting
here last night the Nebraska state
council of defense adopted a resolution
urging that the teaching of German
language be abolished from the private
and denominational schools of Nebras
ka. The action follows that taken by
the Lincoln school board eliminating
the teaching of German from the grade
schools.
A Nebraska law makes the teaching
of German language in the public
schools of the state obligatory when
patrons of any school district make the
demand. An effort was made at the
last session of the legislature to repeal
the law, but It failed to pass the sen
ate.
HALER RESIGNS FROM
PRESIDENCY OF REGENTS
l Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 14.—Frank L.
Haller, president of tile University of
Nebraska board of regents, against
whom charges of pro-German leanings
have been made, last night resigned as
president of the board. Mr. Haller
stated that his resignation does not ter
minate bis services as a member of tile
board, but merely the presidency.
GIVE CLEAR FIELD TO
WILLIAM J. BRYAN
Columbus, Neb., Dec. 14.—Lieutenant
Governor Howard, in his newspaper,
states that he will not stand in the
way of William J. Bryan If the latter
concludes to run for the United
States Senate next year.
LINCOLN—Rev. Mr. Pieper, German
Lutheran pastor at Cedar Creek, has
taken down the picture of the kaiser
which was hanging in his home and has
promised to co-operate with the Cass
county council of defense In promoting
activities to aid the United States in the
war. He will, therefore, not be sum
moned to appear before the state defense
j council.
! FREMONT—The grand jury of Sauii
| ders county, sitting at Wahoo, lias ree
j ommended to Judge Good that the resort
! at Scott's Lake, near Morse Bluff, be guar
until a manager is found who will guar
antee to conduct the place along legiti
mate lines and to prohibit all dances on
Sunday no matter where held.
; ALLEN—At Ihe last meeting of tha
j school board the contract was let for
erection of a new $45,000 high school build
j lug. The board also bought a half block
| of land just east of the present site of the
| school.
LINCOLN—Members of the University
of Nebraska’s live stock judging team to
gether with members of the national hus
bandry faculty have returned from the
International IJve Stock exposition at
Chicago bringing with them $1,100 won on
j the State Farm's prize stock and probably
i the highest honors ever awarded to a
student judging team.
HASTINGS—A young Hastings man.
j now' ail enlisted soldier en route to
France wrote to a young woman here
with whom he hail been ke, ping com
pany. Fearing the letter would not reach
her if mailed direct the soldier enelo-ed
it with a letter to his father asking him
to deliver it in person
Spreckels Declares to Senate
Committee There Is No
Shortage Lack of Prod
uct in U. S.
SUPPLY SOLD CANADIANS
Badly Needed Food Now Pass,
ing Through N. Y. to Domin
ion’s Higher Priced
Market, He Says.
Washington, D. C.. Dec. 15.—Declar
ing that there is no shortage of sugar
in the United States and that the
famine is local to the Atlantic sea
board, President Spreckels, of the Fed
eral Sugar Refining company, testify
ing today at the Senate committee’s
investigation, placed the responsibility
on the food administration. Sugar, he
declared, was now' passing through
New York for Canada because of
higher prices.
Wanted to Pay More.
On October 19, 1917, Spreckels said
he telegraphed Food Administrator
Hoover urging he be allowed to pay a
higher price and agreed not to raise the
price to the wholesaler if allowed to
do so. The food administrator answered
that the $6.90 per hundred pound price
for imported raw sugar was high and
that he believed other refiners also
would be glad to pay more. He attrib
uted some of the inability to get raw
sugar to speculators holding the supply
in Cuba.
Spreckels said he was not aware of
such a situation. Mr. Hoover also wrote
that the supply then available in Cuba
at a higher price would not keep Amer
ican refiners running more than two or
three days.
"The world supply is approximately
the same as former years,” said Mr.
Spreckels. "The available supply of
the United States is the same. There
is no shortage of sugar in this country
except in spots.”
Sugar Plentiful, He Say*.
Mr. Spreckels said there still were
900,000 tons of last year’s crop unused
and estimated the 1917-1918 crop, ex
clusive of that produced by Germany,
her allies and Russia, as 1,230,000 tons
in excess of the amount produced in
the same territory last year.
" While the 900,000 tons of old sugar
exists it is a question of tonnage in
distributing it," he said.
Canada Pays High Price.
“By eliminating Java, there would be
180,UOO tons less than the available in
sight last year," Mr. Spreckels said. He
Estimated the Cuban crop this year at
about 600,000 tons more than ever be
fore.
The sugar going through New York,
Spreckels said, was raw, and the Canad
ian refiners paid a higher price. "We
Entered into an agreement with the food
administrator to pay a certain price for
raw sugars," said Spreckels. "We ad
hered to that agreement and the pro
duct normally imported into this coun
try went abroad because better prices
:-ould be obtained. We were forced to
close our refineries for lack of sup
plies.”
Sees No Early Relief.
""If you could pay a higher price now,
could you open your refinery?” Senator
Reed asked.
"Not at once. Much of the supply
has gone abroad and it would take time
to get the raw product here.”
Food Administrator Hoover, who has
been under attack from Chairman Reed
of the committee, yesterday agreed to
cooperate in the sugar investigation
and proposed that Judge Inndley, coun
sel for the food administration, be al
lowed to cross examine witnesses. Sen
ator Reed declared that the food of
ficials would be shown “every courtesy,”
but said the matter of questioning wit
nesses would have to be decided by the j
committee.
ASKS HEAVY GUT IN
SUGAR CONSUMPTION
Hoover Asks Wives to Use 3 In
stead of 7 Pounds a Month
—More “Less” Days.
Washington, D. C., Dec. IE.—A sugar
ration of three pounds for each person
a month, a porkless day and one wheat
less and meatless meal a day will bt
recommended to householders in a new
kitchen card soon to be put out bj
the food administration. Observance
of wheatless and meatless meals will
be asked In addition to the wheatlesi.
and meatless days called for now.
The normal consumption of sugai
in the United States lias been mor^
than seven pounds a month for each
person.
The cards will caution against hoard
ing foodstuffs in homes.
ATTORNEY FOR SLACKER
REBUKED BY JUSTICE
Washington, D. C., Dec. 15.—A scath
ing rebuke administered by Chief Jus
tice White to one of the lawyers at
tacking the law, enlivened arguments
before the supreme court in cuses test
ing the constitiftionality of the army
draft act.
J. Gordon Jones, representing Albert
Jones, convicted in Georgia of failing
to register, declared the law was un
constitutional because it required men
to take part in a war which had never
received the people’s approval.
’’1 don’t think your statement has
anything to do with the legal argu
ments." stiid the chief justice sharply,
"and should not have been said to this
court. It is a very unpatriotic state
ment to make.”
The attorney apologized and con
tinued his argument.
POSTAL APPROPRIATION
BILL PASSES THE HOUSE
Washington, D. C., Doe. 13.—The
I postoffice appropriation hills aggregat
ing $333,000.01)0. including $1,200,000 for
censorship of foreign mails, and with
out any appropriation for pneumatic
tube service in New York. Bostdh or
elsewhere, was passed today by the
House. It now goes to the Senate.
BOM)
Bitter Fighting at Rostov, NetfJ
Don Cossac kCapita!, Rag- I, :
inn since Sunday, Re- jm§
port Says. Vj
GERMAN PLUNGES HELdI
British Storm Hun Post at
North End of Cambrai* Sec
tor—New Drives in
Italy Stopped. '
Petrograd, Dec. 15.—The t’etro
grad official agency this afternoon
announced General Korniloff forces
have been defeated by Red Guards
and regulars, and that the general i
himself has fled.
Former Premier Kerenskyshas ac- J
cepted the post of minister of jus
tice in the first Siberian cabinet.
By Associated Press.
Official announcement is made by the
bolsheviki government at Petrograd
that the Russian delegates to the arm
istice conference now in progress at
Brest-Litovsk are empowered to begin
peace negotiations with the central
powers if an armistice is signed.
Meanwhile, the struggle for power
in interior Russia is growing more
ter. Advantages in the civil warfare
are claimed by both sides. H’lie bol
sheviki assert success in the. fighting
with General Kaledines’ Cossacks in the
vicinity of Bielgoror, some 350 miles
soutli of Moscow, while the Cossacks J
arc reported victorious at Rostov-On- $
The-Don, capturing the city and fore- *
lng the bolsheviki troops to retreat 5
across the Don.
. Attention is attracted by the fact that*
the German press is being permiijTg^B
to predict a German offensive on theH
western front, a rather unusual pie-H
lude to any new aggressive move byfl
the Germans, especially immediatelvH
preceding one. c'H
Bolsheviki forces apparently lutvel
been successful in the first clashes '
with the counter revolutionists and it
Is reported they have captured the
towns of Tamanovka and Kaluga.
General Kaledines is besieging Ros
tov-On-The-Don, the largest city in
the Don province and heavy fighting
has been in progress there since Sun
day. Tamanovka is near Bielgorod. 350
miles south of Moscow, and near where
the forces of General Korniloff, also a
counter-revolutionist, are reported to
have been engaged in a heavy battle
with the bolsheviki. One report said
Korniloff had been defeated and
wounded, while another says ho has
been victorious. There is a railroad
town named Kaluga, 100 miles south
west of Moscow and if this is the
town referred to in the unofficial re
port from Petrograd. it appear. ! that
the counter revolutionists had ap
proached nearer to the old Russian
capital than previous reports had in
dicated.
Battle Rages Since Sunday.
Severe fighting has been going on
In and around Rostov, which is only
25 miles southwest of Novo Tcherkask,
the Don Cossack capital. Kaledines’
troops besieged the city, while Cos
sack’s forces within Rostov attacked
the bolsheviki. The losses are reported
to have been heavy on both sides. The
bolsheviki. reported to be commanded
by Ensign Krylenko, the bolsheviki
commander in chief, were aided by the
transport Kolchida. Wire communica
tion with Rostov has been broken and
one railroad line reaching the city
was cut.
Artillery and local infantry fighting
has been in progress on the western
front, to which the Germans arc still
rushing troops and supplies. The
enemy lias attempted no further massed
attacks since Wednesday and there is
still no outward sign of where his ejL- j
pected blow is to come.
Of actual infantry fighting on thiCd
front there has been little in the iasSH
24 hours. London announces that thjLj|
British were successful in improi inljc
their position as the result of their
local operation In the Cambrai area
east of Bullecourt. Berlin declares the
British were beaten back in an attack
at this point.
Fight in Cambrai Sector.
In the Cambrai area yesterday t^o
British stormed a German post on tile
southern end of the sector, while on
the northern end there was bomb fight
ing in which German prisoners were
captured. German artillery has been
especially active south of the Scarpe,
in the Arras area and northeast of
Ypres, in Flanders. Intermittent artil
lery activity continues along the French
front. The only infantry action has been
near Juvincourt, north of Reims, where
a German attack was repulsed.
East of the Bretna river on the. north
ern Italian front, there has been further
bitter fighting. Austro-German troops,
reinforced by fresh reserves, attacked
the Italian positions in valleys de
scending toward the river from the Col
Della Berett region. Italian resistance
held the attackers and forced them to
give up the effort after having suffered
heavy losses. Other violent attacks in
the same region brought no gains for
the enemy.
Send Bolsheviki Cossacks.
in connection with the order to de
stroy all the liquor in Petrograd a gen
eral proclamation has been issued to
the soldiers urging them to refrain from
drinking, as sobriety is necessary for
the salvation of the revolution.
One hundred bolsheviki Cossacks
have been sent to southern Russia by
the bolsheviki. it is intended to have
them enter the ranks of General Kale
dines' forces and to urge the Cossacks
to desert Kaledines.
Court Holds Secret Session.
The employes of the food supply de
partment called today at the Smolny
institute, the bolsheviki headquarters,
and urged that they be declared a neu
tral department. Otherwise they would
decline to work under the people's com
missaries. Their demands were rer ,
fused. The senute, the highest Russians#!
court, which has been abolished by the %
bolsheviki, today held a secret meeting
at which it was determined that the
members would continue in their of
fices.
Striking employes of the government
departments announce that they are
ready to go to Kiev if the constituent
assembly is dissolved and the railway
union decides also to go to Kiev. The
socialist newspapers appeared thin
morning without advertisements, but
they carry a long protest against the
bolsheviki advertising monopoly,v
FARLY SUFF VOTC BLOCKED
\. u.-hinton. 1). Dec 14.— Majority
laader Kitcbin sought consent of the
House today 10 vote January 7 on the
ecus!iuitionai suffrage amendment, but
Representative Walsh, of Massachu
s< -is. objected and that ended .: for the
time being.