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PRIYATE FIRMS
MUST REDUCE
- COAUUPPLY
Fuel A4_ministration Pre
pares a-conomy Order for
Non-Military Concerns.
A national coal bud?et I? b?ln? made
br th? Unit???. Stata? Fu?! Admini?
t?atlort, and ?r?*?ry tndu?try not eon
nwted with tn? war 1? down for a eut
thi? y??r. th? Tuet Administration an
nounced I art nicht.
Committ??? repr???ntlng th? non
?_Mnttal lnd??trie? will be callad into
eonferenee with the Fuel Attailnlstra
tlon, and they will be ekpeeted to ar
range their own ?roluntary curtailment
after seeing what amount of coal will
be available.
The administration already haa s??
Th? limit of th? ?sport coal as I???
than last year, the amount for war
purpose? and domestic use ha? been
??terminati, ?nd the non-e???ntl?l pro
ducers muat divide what la l?ft thia
year.
There will not be ?ny "ataallns" of
?oal from domestic consumers or from
any other coal pil? to supplement th?
ear-tailed supply to the non-maentlal
4/idu?try. The ?dmInlatratton'* son?
?tini of production and distribution
?nil check all shipments from source
g> delivery Control will be effected
Br predetermined ?llotment.
Sock C? ?-erntl??.
? Manufacturer? wno?? products ar?
?ut-sed as not absolutely neceaaary to
fil? conduct of th? war will be asked
Si patriotic ?rounds, aa well as for
?heir own future interests, to volun
teer In behalf of their re.pectlve In
dustries a reduction In fuel or power
Watm
I The voluntary annual savins
ataown by th? tir?t dosen industries
called Into conference promise? to
tr b?twa?n 15.000.000 and 30.00?.
flN> ton?. The tot.l offering, from
fil non-wtr Industries, will be at
Hast ?,???,??? ton? and probably
4>lll reach 50,000.000 ton? for the
?*** r. ? ,
g The- browing tnduatry h?a civen
?toe of the most striking instances
at the voluntary curtailment schem?.
representatives of th? American
Brewers' Association and others
?affiliated with the industry last
*>.?k conferred with the Fuel Ad
?ROSS, FEVERISH
! CHILD IS BILIOUS
; OR CONSTIPATED
?*??. Mother! If Tongue Is Coated
Gi?e "California Syrup
of Fif*."
??? ? ..? mother realizes, ?fter giving
her hildren "California Syrup of
ffcs." th?t thi? I? their lde?l laxative,
norr.u.* they love Its pleasant taste
?nd It thoroughly rlean.es the tender
lit?!? ?tomach. Il.er and bowels with?
out griping.
Ifhi-n cro.?. Irritable, feverleh or
breath u bad. stomach sour, look at
?he ton ruo. mother' If coated. ??*?,
a teaspconful of this harmless "fruit ',
laWahie," find in a few hours all the.
foul. constipated waste, sour bile and ?
urxfltieated food [u?ea out of the ?
bowr'?. and i?u have a well, playfu: j
cM'd again. IT hen It? little system 1? '
full of cold, throat ?ore. ha? stomach- I
ach?, diarrhoea. Indltestion. colic?re- !
member, a good "inside cleaning" I
shotrM always be the flrst treatment '
ai ?en.
Million? of mothers keep "California
Syrup of Fig?** handy; they know a
teaapoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. A?k your druggist for a
bottle of "California Syrup of Figs"
which .has directions for babies, chil
dren of all ages and grown-up?
printed on th? bottle. Beware of coun- '
lerfelt? sold here, ?o don*t be fooled
2J*. the genuine. m?de by "California
For Syrup Company."?Adv
Best Qaalltle?
???west Prier?
Military Supplies
Sou?e*_r. ?ad Norelties.
?-???e Variety .f
*Uk Mat I ?rd?.
Washington Mercantile
Compiny,
511 13t_ Street N. W.
Frukiia 2026.
QUEER QUIRKS IN THE NEWS
Thr?. hour? after cutting out appen
dix ef patient. Hackenaaek doctor had
ta hav? hi? own removed.
"No fir?, no water, ne heat, bo
coal, no ?hirt?call again?' sign on
Greenwich village laundry.
Baseball? and bat? barred from Italy
aa Mu?*|?*? toy?."
Taught flfty-two year? In on? echool
houave. ao Yonker. woman ha? decided
It la tint? to retire.
Poatofftc ?afe "froten up" (our
day? at Mount Klsco. and nativa? had
to buy ?tamp? In other village..
All O.rmaii book* piled In heap and
burned In Mll'ord, Nebr.. ?chool by
person who broke la at nicht.
Kentucky diiUllery. worth BOO.-?,
year us?, ?old at auction for tli.OOu.
One-bath-a-WMk mot?? atarted in
Lynn, sfa??., to mince eoiwumptlon
of hot water and save coal.
"Sparrow pot pie" popular In Clay
ton, N. J? where on. woman mad?
pie containing m birds.
Aviators Given to Racy Slang
That is Peculiar to Their Craft
Airmen on the vVeetern front have
invented a racy ?l?ng of their otln.
Som? of the?? newly coined words
have th? true Amelie.? flavor. For
lnat*nce. there 1? "hlckboo." Thl?
word mean? that enemy aircraft are
somewhere about. Thus, a "hlckboo
la on," when Teuton Z?pp?llnt or air
plane? ar? making ready for aa at
tack and must be repelled. Th. word
it a modification of th? Indian word
meaning eagle.
"Zepp-ttraflng" I? ?elf-explana
tory. Thl? wa? added to tb? aviator'?
vernacular In th? ?arly day? of th?
war, when the unwieldy Zeppelin?
were a favorite quarry of the ?Mied
airmen.
Thia ?port Save rlae to anothar
weird phrase. " ?pike-botile." Tou
may guaaa the meaning of thi? full
flavored verb by the following quo
tation from the account of a Zep
pelin chaae: "Two machine? went
up to ?plke-boaale him." That'? clear
enough, Itn't It?
"But" la the correct flying corp?
alang for an aeroplane. Flight sound?
a bit too convention?! to thl? crowd;
they want ?omething snappier, ao
you will hear them referring to a
little "flip." But not even the lit
erary can find fault with the terra
"take the sir." which mean? that th?
airman has headed his machine Into
the tky.
"Airmen." by tb? way, 1? th? only
way In which the flying corpa refer
to themselves "Birdraan." "tky pi
lot." and ?viator are not In favor
with th? flyer?.
Som. of this argot of th? air ha*
ministration and volunteered a re
duction of 7.0,000 annually.
Th? Fuel Admlnlsti ?tor's budget
coal scheme, the ?nnouncement
say?, I? expected to balance auto*
matlcally th? production and con
sumption of coal and prevent any
?epetition of th? present attorta?.'?.
and It has th? advantage of bein?;
?rranged voluntarily by th? very
Industrie? it will restrict.
The budget carri?? bo threat of
elimination of Industry. Th? per
cent?-;? of reduction will vary with
each butineaa. but will fc-t baaed on
what will b? a ?afe shrinkage for
that industry. The Fuel Adminis
tration contempl?t?? no ?ctlon ex
cept the extension of ? patriotic
agreement throughout th? ?ff.cted
industry, backed by the authority
of the Lever law.
THIS FORECLOSURE
PROCEEDS SLOWLY
There'? a lot of difference between
foreclosing on the old homestead ?nd
foreclosing on a big building, eapecltl
ly whan office? ?re scare? ?? the pro
verbial "hen's teeth" and there'? a
legal mi-rap floating around that In
volves a mortgage of .1-0.000 and the
occupancy of a ground floor such as
the IV. B. A A. Railway Company
hold? in the Bond Bulldin*;.
By a decision of the Appellate
Court. Just handed down, foreclosure
proceedings brought by the New York
Life Insurance Company ar? to pro
ceed, regard!?*? of the fact that the
railway company ha? a leaae that
runs until 15271.
The new decree provide? th?t a
mortgagor I? entitled to have the
security ?old free from encumbrances,
?uch a? wa? the W. B. and A lea??
on the Bond Building office?. m?d?
?ubaequent to the recording of his
mortgage.
D. & R. G. Lotei $38.000.000 Sait.
Denver. Colo.. Jan. t.?A judgment
for STX.n.cas, to enforce a Judgment
for a ?imllar ?mount awarded In the
United States court for the Southern
district of New York, has been re
turned In Federal district cour? here
against the Denver and Rio ?.rande
Railroad Company in favor of the
F.quitable Tru?t Company of New
York.
CASTORIA
For Inf?att and Qilldren
IN USE FOR OVER 30 YEARS
found It? way Into general, ??captano?.
There is the word -blimp" which
mean? ?mall flying machin?. Thi? term
found acceptance in official report
end gradually crept Into ?jch general
use that the United Slates recently
aaked for bids on blimp? and several
ar? being mad? by th? Curt?a? Cor
poration.
Th? ?ir servie? of th? navy ha? sev
eral phrases which ara all Its own
The carpenter? ?r? al' "chippie?" -no
high flight? for them, Juat the lower
branche? aa It wer?. Naval fliers who
hav? b?en promoted are said to havo
"?hipped another atrip?."
Whe an airman 1* killed he Is merely
"huffed." In th? filers' slang. This
term lack? th? grim melancholy of
th? synonymous phrase: "He hasn't
com? back for hi? cap." Thi* ?in*?
alon I* another one iiecullar to the
naval air service and la ramlnUcent
of a training school practice.
It Is customary for th? flyer, before
taking th? air, to put hi* peaked cap
on one of a line of peg?. If he meets
with som? fatality, he doe* not, of
cour*?, return for hi? peaked cap.
French term? for the three most used
type* of military machine* are singu
larly well phraa*d. The ?teady. heavy,
slow-moving planea whlcn are used for
Photography ?nd giving artillery
rang?? ar? known a? "avion? de reg
?ate." "Avions d? bombardment." a?
th? name Implies, are tne powerful
battle plane? used In raids and bomb
ing attach?. The crack speed ma
chine? which drive ?way th? ?nemy
? nd protect heavier machine* from at
tack ar? oiled "avion* de cha???
WANTS II. S. TO TAKE
OVER C. -, 0. CANAL
Repreientative Moore Sugg: - Plan
for Ownership of Waterway?.
? resolution presented In the House
yeeterday by Representative J. Hamp
ton Moore, president of th? Atlantic
Waterways Assocl?tlon. provide? for
the President to t?ke over the con
trol of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal and Its improvement for pur
poses of national defense.
The preamble of the resolution re
cites that th? ?cquidtlon ?nd opera
tion of the cenai by the government
would relieve congestion upon the
railroads and enable th? government
to meet ,,? own requirements ?t the
Capital and vicinity, and at th? same
time ??sure the people of an ade
quate supply of coal for industria*
and domtstic uses.
A bill along similar line? wa? also
introduced In th? House by Represen
tative Frederick N. Zlhlman, who.**
home ia at Cumberland, in the heart
of coal fields hsvlng a yearly produc
tion of 2,000.000 tons of coal a year. It
provides tl.000.000 as a revolving fund
for the Improvement and proper equip
ment of the car?1 and other necesa-ir I
expendlturea. I'nder it? terms the gov
ernment would have complete control
of the canal for the period of the war.
and an average net Income for three
yeara I? gu?rante?.1 the owner? of the
canal, similar to the recommendation
made by the President in taking over
the railroads.
CLAIM ?. Y. VOTES
ON SUFFRAGE BILL
A caucus of New Tork Republican?
last night decided tb vote and work
for the national woman suffrage
amendment.
Representative Plstt. however, an
nounced h .t.iiued opposition and
wa? not ? by the action. Rep
resentative . 1.. Fairchild is still
noncommital
Suffrage headquarters declared thi?
ia the first of a series of meeting?
which will result In practically a soil..
Republican vote for the amendment.
While New York Democrats have
taken no action as a body, members
have been urged by their organisa
tion leader? to fall in line.
T? Prevent the ?rip.
Co-? ?ua? Urlp - LAJCATlVft BROMO
QUNlNfc TabU?? rano?? tb? nm. Thar? a
only ena ' Rr?d o Qnlrud?." E. W. GROVk'a
il?r?tur. cm box, 30c -Ad?.
Every Man, Woman and Child
?in the District of Columbia can ?erve our beloved Country and help to fave
the lives of "Our boys over there"?and in addition make ? profitable in
vestment, by purchasing
WAR SA VINGS STAMPS
and THRIFT STAMPS
For Sale m Our Liberty Loan Dept.. 1505 Penna. Ave., adjoining the Bank
In the Month of December y
?up to January I, 1918?the sales of War Savings Stamps and Thrift
Stamps, through this bank, amounted to?
$44,841.10
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS: 10,480 at $4.12 each, $43,177.60
THRIFT STAMPS: 6,654 at 25c each . . 1,663.50
Total, $44,841.10
Total, $44,841.10
take this opportunity to express to the patrons of the bank our ap
i. and congratulate them on this splendid response to the call of our
t war.
country at war
The Riggs National Bank
OF WASHINGTON, D. C.
Capital and Surplus . .$3,000,000
Resources, over.$20,000,000
II'ADOO URGES |
RAILROADMEN,
TO BE LOYAL
-
Asks Renewed Energy in
Moving Freight and Help
ing Win War.
Shortage of labor, failure of crew? to
?how up for run? and desire to assure
employes that there will bo no reck
tet* lopping off of poult.on?, Impelled
Director General McAdoo yesterday to
?and an appeal to the men to apply
themaelve* with new energy toward
moving freight and clearing the rotili
for the prosecution of the w?r.
"Upon the railroad? reit? a grave
reaponalblllty for the ?ucees? ot the
war," he ?aid. "The railroad* can
not be efficiently operated without the
whcle-hearted and loyal support of
every on? In the ?ervlce from the high
est to the lowest.
"Every effort will be made to deal
with employ??' probl?me Justly ?nd
fairly and at the earliest possible mo
ment "
The first fln?nc*?l tsngle was
straightened out yesterday. The
Kqultable Tru?t Company and the
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.
Company w?r? involved. The Equit
able had obtained a judgment against
the road for about t38.00O.0OO. Attach
ment? had been levied on approxi
mately 12,000,000 in New York end
Chicago.
John Barton Payne, counsel for th?
railroad" ?dmlnlatratlon. met C. A.
Deaersdorff. of the Missouri Pacific;
Alvln W. Krech. prealdent of th?
Equitable Trust, and trustees ot th?
Wettern Pacific fir?t mortg?ge bond?;
George W. Murray, countel of lh?
Equitable: B. F. Bush, president of the
Miaaouri Pacific and a stockholder of
the Denver and Rio Grande i John T.
Bowie, counael for the Western
Pacific Corporation and We*tern
Pacific, ?nd A. J. Shores, counsel
for the Denver and Rio Grande.
Counsel for the Equitable were will
ing to release sufficient funds to
rive the road ? working caplt?l, but
wanted ? lien on about ?.?p?.0**?. and
alao detlred that the Intereat matur
ing January 1, partly paid, should
be fully paid, and that the intereat
on bonds and Interest maturing Feb
ruary 1 ?hould be paid; but Indit
ed that fund* advanced for Improve
ment* should be secured ahead of
? II bonds except underlying Issues.
Both sides ?greed to come together
on some srrangement which probably
would be tn malte an immediate ap
plication for recelverthlp unnecessary
but falling this ? receivership would
be arranged for and application made
ta the Director Gener.1 for hi? con
vint to the appointment of a receiver.
DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE
ARRIVES IN CAPITAL
Governor General of Canada Will
See President Today.
The Duke of Devonshire, governor
general of Canada, arrived in Wash
ing-ton last night and will confer with
Presld-ent Wilson today.
?ttycompanisd by the Duchess of Dc
vonahire. his party Included Col. Hen
derson, hla military s?rretary. Capt. ;
Kuikeley Johnson? military aside and
Capt. Ridley.
Sir Cecil Sprinc-Rice. British Am
bassador. la-ad;, Sprint?;-Rice, and the
son of the Amba. *-??1<?. . who is eecre
tary of the embassy. Commodore
(Jaunt, naval sttarhe of the embassy,
and Capt. find Lady Maude were in
the party from the embassy that wel
comed the party of the governor
general.
Col. Rldcelev, military aide of th*
President, welcomed the party in
the name of the President and the
rir of the President carried them
to the British Embassy.
The party left their train and.
guarded on all sides by polfcement
and detectives, passed through the
President's entrance of th?? station
to the waiting; automobiles and
were taken to the embassy.
KOLTUR GETS WALLOP
FROM TRADE DOARD
"Crude Nastine*s of German" Peri
odicals Held Undesirable.
German "kultur" wa? dented In Ihe
rib? yesterday by th? Kederal Trade
Commiwlon.
Clifton Harby I-evy. of New Tork.
agent for Oerman periodicals, asked
license to "cover mar.y copyrights al
ready Issued and to be ? esisterci! af
ter the war."
II? ?aid it was of public benefit be
cause many publishers of magasin? ??
newspapers ?nd books desired to re
produro the pictures ?nd articles.
"A short answer to this position."
say? the commission, "is that there
Is no necetalty fo. American publish
er? to uae thl? material. Anyone ia
familiar with the character of modern
German periodical literature, divert
ing as It may be to those whose
tastes run to such matter, may well
doubt If It? circulation In this country
I* for the public welfare.
"Without being Comstocklan, It is
sate to say that th? less wo have of it.
the better.
"Ther? la enough such stuff In our
own magasines without adding to it
the crude natttneaa of the Germans
CHAMBERLAIN GIVEN
LIFETERMA^SLAYER
Physician Accused of Killing
Brother Convicted in Virginia.
Goochland. Va.. Jan. 8.?Dr. Asa U
Chamberlain, physician, charged with
the murder of hi? brother. Albert P.
Chamberlain, a former lawyer of Oet
Moine?. Iowa, was found guilt?? ?t
19:15 o'clock this morning ?nd " wes
given a life sentence.
Counsel for the defendant moved
thet th? verdict be ?et aside on the
ground of being contrary to law and
evidence and misdirection of the
court. The Jury was out forty-tight
minute? thi? morning.
The cate went to the jury late l?-t
night.
HUNS EAT "PHONY" EGGS.
???
Amsterdam. Jan. 8.?Ten thousand
substitute food articles have been In
troduced Into Germany since the war.
according to a statement made In the
Berlin newspapers by Prof. Jockenack.
a prominent German food expert. Me
mentions aa th? most striking exam
ples of successful substitution the fol
lowing: Artinctal butter, eggs, ?glad
oil, honey, milk, coffee, tea, ?usar, to
bacco, nah, ??usage, cheese and caviar.
Leather
Prices Are Soaring
?these days and footwear of most every make has almost douhled in price.
But Everybody's Shoe Store still sells shoes at a low price in the face of thes>e
enormous war conditions. And why, you ask? Because we have located our
store upstairs and therefore effect a tremendous saving in rent each year.
Also we are the manufacturers' exclusive agents and have contracted for all
the surplus stock that they produce. In our complete stock one will find
many bargains.
Today's Big Shoe Special
Women's Department?2nd Floor.
Women's Fashionable Lace Boots, all black, gray and brown, solid
colors and two-color effects, in tan calf, black and brown kid with
ivory, champagne, gray and white tops. All leather Louis dress heels;
-plcndid sizes, large and small. The American Girl, Mary Stuart, Ideal
Vogue, and other makes. January Special .
Over
Lincoln
National
Bank
Woman, Seeking Divorce,
Says She Was 'Locked Out'
?n.arginp .1? .?.ertion ?nd i.on**up
p-tit. Helen Romer tiled suit for
limited divorce yesterday In the
I?i??trict Supreme Court against
Krank Romer.
The couple were married In Feb
ruary. 191*1, and lived together, the
Petition ?tate-, until laat October.
when the wife all?gea ahe was lock- .
ed out. Attorneys CoLladay and |
Barajer appear for her.
TEACH MUSIC TO SOLDIERS.
The \ al ue of musi.- In the train in?
of the soldier will be emphasis?d at
the tin-it annual conference of tbe !
thirty-five ?ong leaders to Se held
here in the early part of February I
These workers are connected with the
?-ommlsMon on training camp act ivi- ]
ties.
They're From Miwouri;
Schmids Would Be Smiths
Oliver Herman Schmid and hi.
brother. Henry Andrew Schmid, ask
.m1 the I'ietrUt Supreme Court >?-?
terday to change their last name to
Smith.
Both are from Missouri
Schmid, as in less Ktiltured ?praF.
?HUM hl.-HCksn;ith
The petfttMM say. "because of It?
(the name's> ons.r. It has raised and
I may ralee in the future in the muni?
? G the industriously curfoua and akep
' ti?. 1. question? as to the loyalty at
j ita posaeaaor tu the land of hit
and protection
ORDERED TO NEW HOSPITAL.
Maj l?ienit I June?, ..f the Medicai
Corpa, and ?."apt. Ralph ? Irwin, ?nf
1 the Sanitary CotlM. ha\e Ixen ordered
? to I^aewo?od. Md . Far du.v in cam*?
?nettici, with the ? o-ns'ru. tior* ?of tfce
I army hospital to be ?. siablished at
j that point.
' *??v
Fatimas in France
I "?*a\tud WaHrnn ? p?mCkM?e of Feti m ms reaciHe?
Ckrnp w feel m ?f we wore on ? big p?rty "
? ?tract tram ? tonar tra? L A Ceiiifi
Par BCJf-aa American ambulane? driver
ar?h th? Trtfeth atuay.)
UATIMAS have long been a stand-by with both the Army
and H?vy. The men want Fatimas b?Kause, even though
they may occasionally smoke more often than usual Fatima s
well-balanced Turkish blend leaves a man feeling just as before
Fatimas never disturb. You 11 find this true as surely as you
FATIMA
c/f Sensible Cigarette
? the price fSC
Alt? i? Hat af100-tl.OO