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77iem?| BRITISH FOOD CONSUMERS ASK GOVERNMENT CONTROL BE CONTINUED AFTER WAR ?y ROBERT WILLS RITCHIE. London, (by mall).?That the gov ernment should continue to regulate the sources. distribution and price of food after war-time urgency has pass ed might appear to Americans at first glance as a far step toward a So cialistic state. But a subcommittee of the British Consumers' Council, which Is a board under the ministry of food, has Incorporated this recommendation for continued government supervision of Britain's food supply In Its report. A practical government monopoly of imported foodstuffs would, In the com mittee's opinion, "be a powerful weap on not only against a foreign trust, but also against a shipping ring.'' Moreover, so far as domestic food pro ducers are concerned, government su pervision even In these times of the cessation of hostilities would prevent pernicious profiteering In the opinion of the Consumer's Council^ and should be continued. Wait Gevensieat Centre I. In furtherance of fts professions on this score, this body recently adopted the following resolution: "That the government should con tinue to purchase and import essen tial foodstuffs from overseas, and should take all necessary steps, through the control of imported foodstuffs, to maintain supplies and control prices." Until there is reasonable certainty that an adequate food supply for the British Isles is assured, and that freedom from control of the food ministry and its subordinate boards will not impair equable distribution et a reasonable price, the state should continue to be the regulat ing body In the matter of victual ing. To this end the subcommittee recommends that registration of customers at the retail food shops, which has been In operation under the food control bill, shall not be abandoned until full supplies are in sight?and at present England is far from being completely fed; that the coupon system of food purchases should be abrogated as soon as a safe food margin is guaranteed, but j that the government fixing of re- j tail prices should be maintained un- I til conditions are ameliorated. Coatlaa* Food MlnUtry. In its interim report the commit tee expresses two general conclu sions. unanimously reached. These are: (a) The effectiveness and beneficial results of control (including control of transport) have been manifest in keeping the price of commodities at a reasonable level to the consumer, and the subcommittee will accord ingly go more fully into the whole matter with a view to bringing defi nite proposals before the Consumers' Council for the co-ordination of the different departments affecting the well-being of the people. (b) That this subcommittee, while strongly in favor of abrogating, forth with all the measures which hare been enacted under the defense of the realm act in restriction of per sonal fre#?dom of every kind, express their opinion that it would be a great misfortune to the country if the admirable service rendered by the ministry of food and its various committees were put an end to, the subcommittee being firmly convinced that co-ordination in production and distribution, under central control, has proved exceedingly advan tageous to the whole community dur ing the war and will prove equally to their advantage in time of peace. This policy should therefore be con tinued and developed as part of thej national interest. OYSTER IS THE ONLY ANIMAL THAT SLEEPS ALL THE TIME The Strang* sleeping sickness Which doctor, report ? 25? 12^'thlt greatest m,.ter,| . 17 leoo the London! r??, ?.PPe.red in Mantua ?"w after the subsidence of the In ito a death-like tranc ? tho bout fourday^ ?ut of f H-rmvs-s *Twent'y-nine year, have Passed ince then, but the doctors are still "whit"1"* this strange process rSrrt'MJ err as In the days when Eve was ToTr^Vi" ?"om now ?HI slip into bed ^nd mental y va ih from this world. What happens then. ,ul live in another world at nighty The Corlat school of doctors believe ?t sl?S>i. result of a relaxing rttTm-d-. the ",axing fblT ecessary to rid the system of pol ona that have accumulated during ride-awake hours . Claperede's theory was that fleer < nature's protection to Prevent .tiling ourselves by exhaustion l,r Boris Stdis decided that m ? otony is the cause of sleep-that we lumber when there arc no longer iteresting. stimulating sensHtions t" eep us awake If we believe SUM*. ? sleep because we are bored 1 or utance. the man sleeping in church ' hen not fatigued. Eight hours is the average sleep ?quired, though there are unusual ?es such as William Depue who akened January 15. 185?. i" Ba*|j" 111. Pa., after sleeping ?tead"y -ven years. Depue insisted that he 'ept only one night, that jokers ha lifted calendar* on him. Edison says we all sleep too much. ?re geta along with four hours lumber nightly. So did Napoleon, rederick the Great. Mirabeau and ohn Hunter, the English aurgeon. Edison's theory Is that we are ap roacblng the time when the human eing will require practically no "aS oyster, one of the lowest forms f life, lacks the power of movement -It sleep, always. A child sleepa most of the time ,lept like a babe." As it matures w need of sleep grow* less. Old ->lk* need fewer hours of sleep?and re easily awakened by slight aunds. . . This tendency in the maturing of 1e Individual Is true of the matur tg of civilised races. The city weller of today requires much less >up than his prehistoric ancestor* even the lower forms of present uman life, such aa the dogestlng forrotes. As man develop* further, will eep become less and less neces *ry? Though it wastes a third of your me. would you do away with the i)? of warm blankets and absolute ?rgetfulness If yau could? lamblichus. that great philospher. rote that the night-time of the o4y I* the day-time of the soul? beautiful theory that harmonlie* rtth the Idea of the eventual sleep *iat knows no waking. We are closest to the Creator hen sleep?apart from evil. Cn ?r Its spell the wont criminal is as I innocent as a babe in arms. Sleep nv?y be the real life, and our wak ing: period but a dream or night ' mare. The weirdest mystery of life, it consumes one-third of our valuable , earthly lime and eventually clutches us in the Last Sleep, the great ad venture in which ?U are drafted on an equal footing. BALLIN WARNED AGAINST SUBS Told Germans U. S. Would Come in If Unrestricted Warfare Continued. London. March.?The following in teresting letter from the late Herr Ballin is reprinted from the Register, of Adelaide, South Australia: The death of Herr Ballfn. the great German shipowner, who committed suicide upon the signing of the armis tice. might almost have been foretold by those who were aware of a letter written by him. a copy of which was recently received in Sydney. It is dated December 4. 1917, and was ad dressed "to my dear Herr Geheimrat" ? understood to mean Privy Councillor I>r. Hathenau. of Berlin). It proceeds: "What sorry lies have been dished up to our people on the subject of shipping. One reads of resounding strokes of riveters as they work at the creation of new leviathans for our overseas commerce. Our yards are only working for the navy, and as I for other ships, we have not material ! or accommodation, and. above all, we | have not the necessary labor, skilled I and unskilled. T almost despair when 1 think how different it all might have been. Oppoaeil Submarine*. I "^Tnind I were never advocates j of this fatal policy of unrestricted i submarine warfare. Tou will remem j ber how I went to Berlin to seek to stay th hand of the authorities. I begged them to reflect and they told me the country insisted on It. This was not true. "I pointed out how it would inevit ably draw America into the conflict, and they pooh-poohed me. smiled at America, and scorned her threat. Do they smile now? **L?et me tell you that it is my opin ion the entry of the United States into this struggle may spell absolute dis aster for us: but if I am concerned j about our relations wit? the United I States. I am still more anxious about | our relations with Great Britain. I realise as never before that all the in | crease in our wealth, all the success 1 which attended our enterprises in the years before the war. was owing to our intercourse with the British em pire. Her home ports, her domin ions and colonies, were freely opened to our shippers and traders. Some times I wondered at this generosity, and even called it folly. Is it to be imagined for a moment that these old relations will return? Knew Britain's Strength. "I am not to be supposed as saying one word in favor of Britain's policy in this war. I believe that she en ! tered it from some base motives; but I am now only dealing with the fact that by our conduct of this war, by the insensate folly of our pan-Ger ! mans artW our unspeakable press, we have turned her inborn dislike of us into loathing, so cold and fierce and lasting, as sometimes td make me tremble for the whole future of our economic existence. ' "With a hostile British Empire called and fretted with our military success, raging at Its losses, hopelessly alienated, how are we to procure the [ raw material which that epiplre alone I can supply? That ireat empire is self contalned. and we are not; and all the military victories and all the will o'-the-wisps about Hamburg to Bag dad will not help us. FARMER TAKES I HAND AT FARO Meets World's Greatest Faro Dealer in Chicago. Aids Police Nab Him. Chicago?Frederick Kunz was 1 a prosperous lowan with a farm ! near Sioux City. He didn't have much ! to do except attend to the cows and | chickens, so he put his wallet In an i inside pocket and came to Chicago j a few days ago to see the sights. Farmer Kunz didn't have any hay seed on him so he registered at one of the big loop hotels. There he met a stranger of magnetic mein. They | talked about the league of nations, j "The Follies" and a few other equally interesting things and then the stranger led Farmer Kunz aside and start the plot: "Want to make $6,000?" "Well. I wouldn't mind," said j Farmer Kunz. (Ah! Now comes the secret.) N "Listen," said Mr. Stranger. "I'm | George Billings, the world's greatest i faro dealer. I twist the wrist at a millionaires' club here, but they have just cheated me out of a $12,000 com mission and I want revenge." Offered to Throw Game. Farmer Kunz seemed interested, ?o Mr. W. G. F. D went on: "All I want you to do is to buy SI.000 worth of chips and I'll throw the game to you.** "I'm on. Where do w#? go from here?" asked our Iowa friend. I "Meet us at the Zoo in Lincoln | Park tomorrow. We'll explain the details." | And so they met?Farmer Kunz. Mr. Billings, the world's greatest faro dealer, and his friend?a Mr. I Everett Molin**. The proposition again was put before Farmer Kdnz and he pulled out his wallet and was just going to pay over the $1,000 ; when-? From behind ?< tree there sud denly appeared four detectives, who placed the world's greatest faro dealer and his partner under arrest as confidence men. No. an Iowa farmer isn't soft money for the con man. Farmer Kunz had tipped off the , police. CITY CHURCHES ! ELECT OFFICERS! i' . Three Episcopal Congrega tions Make Appoint ments for Year. | Officers for the ensuing year in the ! various Episcopal churches of the city j were clected at meetings of qualified ? voters last night. j Vestrymen for the parish of the , Church of the Ascension, Massachu setts avenue and Twelfth street, of i which Rev. J. H. Helms is rector, ? were elected as follows: C. C. Cal I houn, R. R. Taylor, John B. Wey | rich. F. H. Barclay. Talbot Pulizzi. Frank Dawson Dr. R. Arthur Howe Innd Dr. Samuel Watkins. The regis I ter is P. R. Taylor and treasurer F. ! H. Barclay. Other officers are: Charles IS. Johnson, senior warden; 8. W. E. ? Pigues, junior warden: Dr. W. C. ! Rives, delegate to rlocesan conven tion. and Dr. D. P. Hickling. alter nate. At the Church of the Incarnation the following officers were elected: Rev. William T. Snyder, rector; E. M. Dickinson, senior warden; J. E. May field. junior warden: Faber Stevenson, register; J. E. May field, treasurer; and the vestryman are E. M. Dickin son. J. E. Mayfleld, Dr. T*. 6. Sworm stedt. Dr. W. F. Dales, Faber Steven son. Thomas Bright and Harry P. White. The Washington parish of Christ Church, Rev. William Curtis White, rector. announced these officers: William M. Heinline, senior warden; William H. Cross, junior warden and register; ^ohn C. Schweder, treasurer, and the following vestrymen: John C. Gordon. William H. Potter, Irving M. Wollett. S. R. Caswell and Charles 'Haydn. > . I E !? St reii ad Hudackn DO YOtr H A VPS HHADACHESV They are probably due to eye strain, which a pair of our properly fitted eyerl?ases or spectacles will remedy. Let us examine your eyes In any case. Our optometrist of IS years' practice and thoroughly quali fi QUALITY OPTICAL CO. 4*8 Math St. If. W. ^Opposite Crandall's. Th? Herald Banao. A. 8. Dooiptuo to^y M. e ?>ened ,n th" e?* ?sr ^ ? Uvejy ZlZea ^Thm>tUe WM ?e '"C the bonds and W ?f se" wmpn were staH? .maoy of the banks anrt t. " at booth? In having met with?^ ,jrhey report cess. tn conslderable suc bond f sale^'the'*vi lntere?t IB Trophy Train ?? Victory Loan rivtd in A|,.i?nj several cars, ir and wag given *'t?rnoon. The arrlv.* o? tht we,c?n,e. ed by the blowi^ Jn wa" herald the rinsing Qf th* n wh,8tIe? and The train w J n. 'n*,ne bells. <>'? Henry s(re" fin"? ,on the track ?reds of perso * h ?,te<1 fhours it remain#^ ?ur,nff the two Of overseas Hi^r ? *Je' A "?ber t"e Interest of,he,^n*Peeeh" ?"> cratic prllnarv*1 wh1*i,f0r iV" Demo" tomorrow for^h W be he'<' natin, Z ZLJZ.?"?" of nnmt' Vifsncv* causedbyVh'^ " ?,f'^ Moorp nnH up, Walton Of Fairfax Pri"i Hanes, both predict he wm C" of Mr M?ore Tt... W'" have a Walkover May f7rncral election will be held ? * TV indications are that a verv Th, pX bf' "<""?? <" this c.tyV close at sunset. ?Pen at "?'??? and dle^Th H?ylf- 30 <?'<?. a .ol dler who was stationed at Camo EMk Va'wa"k'11"'1 In""iaBt cafe t Passenger in the side care of a motorcycle which collided H h "J,**"" en routo to the camp. haff an I , CrU"hed and he died nftat ? ??UI" at thp l"?' hos pital ?t Humphreys. His companion ' r"nn,n? ,he """-bine, e, ?5 ?'th slight Injuries. The body of Hoyle, who was unmarried. ' taken to Defaaine's mortuary chapel and will be shipped to hia home for burial, rl,??il,nrJJr,tm Allison, pastor of! Se?"nd Presbyterian Church, will lin^ff nS 7,POrt at thp annual meet "* of the Potomac presbytery which I p''' b<; b?'< the Franklin* Street I I Presbyterian Church in that city I I Fivol*art bis report will be as follows: live hundred and thirty church mem It*rs MS the Sabbath school,.To" I Itributions amounting to Jx.sa to all causes benevolent gifts, si.? ,.on. CT^atlonal and cuiTent expenses. M.885^ During the past year its mem /> '" o."" considerably Increased. L?jStansbury Is chairman of the boart of deacons, William A. Mioore bell es|erw a"'71^r- an'1 Wll"an, Camp oell clerk of the session ?? Melcholr ha, been re elected superintendent of the main | Sunday Schoo. and c. W O'.Meara of | the Payne Street Chapel. ed%he"U;;V\K- Church ,odav elect I , J T. "* ?tryi?en for the I Zimmerman. Edward !? l>airU''Tflel<l. james F s Laurence Stabler, jr.. George T Kiln' ?teln. Judre J k- ? K,'P" in?? r? o M Norton, Will iam B. 8moor, I'rbnn t _! , ' C J.Tav.or^X: v-anert Perry and E. C. Dunn. Dr Martin D. DeUnev left veater ananyui?r^sP,:? ^ Sou,hen, Rallwey^Surgeom^ ?f Hundreds of children this ' ?ent egg rolling at Oe^r? injfton Park. Vash"; ? I Sckoolmaras Burgle Sardine* Paris.?Caught in a Mont H!?n< snowstorm last August two French schoolmistresses broke Into an oh 1 servatory for shelter, and ate * k of sardines. They ?L box here, with "burgfary" Sy the ^?" owner. B<?ry Dy the irate PsH^^nn J?b' for Wounded. ation for obJecUng"y ?f T^1"1 disabled HOldiers hi selectrdyn,ent ?f cial and induatri.i 8e,ectcd coinmer providod for by a is chamber. b'11 P?s*ed the WILSON LEARNS KITCHEN POLICE But It Isn't the President? This Woodrow Is Doughboy. Pari*.?'There isn't much about this I man's army Woodrow Wilson doesn't know. And he ought to, for he's been all through the mill. He's hiked over hard roadg and muddy ones, done kitchen police duty, been bawled out j by his sergeant and grown more ac quainted with a shovel than with a rifle. But we don't mean the W. W. you're | thinking of. We mean Private Wood row Wilson, serial number 2,569.201. The official records show the com mander-in-chief's namesake stationed at Base Hospital 27. The records also reveal three Newton Bakers in the army, one a sergeant, one a corporal and one a private. And General John J. is not the only Pershing. In fact he is ranked, al phabetically, by two lieutenants of that name. There are seventy-four ?Jeorje Washingtons in the army ar?l three General Washingtons. so named !?> the mammies, though they are ?l:ll privates. There are two Abr&h&m Lin coltis, two Ulysses S. Grants, sevent> nine Robert E. Lees. twelve Caeiars and four Blsmarcks. j The greatest family in the army, of ' course, is the Smith family, with al most 51,000 members. Next is the John sons. approximately 39,000, then the Jones, Greens, Sullivans, Browns and Cohens, in order. JOBS, PROBLEM FOR AUSTRALIA Finding Employment for Returned Soldiers Now Interests Government. Melbourne.?Australia, on the eve of launching a vast scheme of soldier repatriation. contemplates. among other plans, the extension of industry along new and already existing lines in order to better absorb her return ing fighters. She will look to America and other suitable countries for capi tal and will encourage investments in the commonwealth, announcement to this effect being made by Acting Prime Minister Watt. I "All of us desire to have our sol diers return as rapidly as possible, 1 but without co-ordination between the i different state governments and the federal government difficulties are likely to arise regarding thfc settlement of our men and their employment," Watt said. "The main repatriation pressure will probably come twelve months after peace has been made. We hope to af fect an agreement to provide, if and when necessary, a wider system of public works throughout Australia. The government will gladly encourage the investment of capital from Amer | ica and other suitable Countries for M.95 ^XThe ? Pair Monday. Tuesday, t'ednenday. ONLY PUMPS and OXFORDS Shown in patent dull blac-k. tan and high or low all sizes. WOMEN COME SAVE DOLLARS AT UNITED SHOE STORE 435 7tk Street N. W. Opposite LinHhurKh'H. Wanted?Accountancy Students Young men and women who are ambition* to become Expert Accountant* and desire to take op the study of Accountancy in ereniag class. A special class now forming for a four months' course in die fundamental principles of Higher Accountancy preparatory to the study of the full course. Splendid opportunity for those who wish to thoroughly prepare themselves for a Profession offering exceptional opportunities for satisfactory remuneration and advance ment. Gats sessions (Wo evenings a week. National City School E. F. BARTELT, Instructor ' 734 FIFTEENTH STREET NORTHWEST new Industrie* and the expansion of easting ones." Senator Miller. Minister for Repa triation. explained ths^BO.OOO Ansae* have already retumed^O.OOO are on the sea. and 167,000 have not yet em barked. He estimated that 10 per ce?? would setle on the land. That w?- i.i necessitate roughly 30,000 individual holdings. Each settler would require about 17.500 to start with, thus involv ing a national expenditure of $UM0<v 000. ALL SEATS ARE SOLD FOR DETROIT GAME Detroit. April 21.?AH reserved .?eats have been sold out and indi cations sre that a record crowd will witness the opening game here Wednesday with Cleveland. Manager Jennings is 1vell pleased with the strength of his team and says he will make a strong fight for ' the flag. lie* and the New York Giants open j the baseball season here Wednes- j day. Confidence in the Phillies' I chances against the strong New ; York aggregation does not run high among the fans. | interest displayed in the city series, a lsrge crowd should welcome the initiation of the season. AROUND WORLD IN EIGHT DAYS Flying Planes Would Make Jules Verne's Story Conservative. Ix>ndon rt>y mail).?No place on earth is more than four days from London. Aviation expert* have been busy formulating schemes and making plans for aerial mail services between Great Britain and her dominion*. Given favorable atmospheric condi tions, it is possibly they st^te. to travel from I^ondon to Melbourne in four days, white the journey from L?ondon to New York could be made in twenty-live hours. Not so very long ago Jules Verne told hi* readers how it mas possible to go "Round the World in Kighty Days." Now. flying men are going to change the "eighty" into "eight ?? For such long-distance flying general opin ion seems to favor the airship. The disadvantage of the airship during the war wa* her vulnerability. but In days of peace that will be of no mo men* and the latest type should be able to cruise over half the world and back again. The explorer of the future wHl Dot waste his time hacking through Icy wastes or leafy Jungles View Xatsn rut Sky. Instead he will jump Into his air "bus" and have a look at the nature of the land from above and decide which would be the most favorable spot for landing. Vast tract* of land In Canada as well as the enormov,* center of the Australian continent will be surveyed In this way The Jaded Londoner can be set down in magic Bagdad in lees than a dav and a half. What m-onderfui possi bilities for the honeymoonerp of the future! Commerce, alwsys eager to find some new Instrument to further Its interests, will prove the possibilities of taking passenger? and merchandise toy air. Flying has become a* saf* aa motoring. In the case of lone flights across the ocean, experiments have been mad" with the flying-boat, in which, in case of trouble, the m#>n could send *out a wireless P. O. F.. come down and float and live for fourteen day*, which would allow plenty of time for ships to come to the rescue It is anticipsted that the popular pastime during the <-omnn?r pummer seaaon all over England will be fly ing Old Dutch Market Our Responsibility ' |' HOUSANDS of housewives come to our markets regularly for their food supplies. We take it as a personal responsibility to see> that none but foods of unquestionable quality shall reach their table from us, and that those who buy here wall be able to reiy on being asked to pay only the lowest prices reliable goods can be sold for. We can save YOU money, too. Fresh Fish mX. Oysters.... Quart 45c Roe Shad... Lb. 25c Bock Shad Lb. 23c Herring Each 5c Croakers. .3 lbs. 25c Trout Lb. 18c Halibut, steaked, Lb 40c T3e, sliced... Lb. 25c Salt Mackerel, each, 13c, 28c, 32c, 35c Old Dutch Bread 7c a Loaf 3 for 20c 12-oz. Baked "That homemade flavor" is the result of purest inRrcdicnU used hv expert bakers in a most up-to-dale, thoroughly well-equipped plant. VVc know there is no better bread made. Try a loaf to day. Delivered Hot to All Our Markets Every Morning and Afternoon. Granulated SUGAR 5 lbs.. 47c 10 lbs., 93c Everyday Grocery Needs at Lowest Prices Macaroni, bulk 2 Lbs. 25c Spaghetti, oulk 2 Lbs. 25c Asparagus 2Vz sue can 28c Asparagus, "Royal Red," 3 cans 50c String Beans, Ruxton Can 14c Peaches, Del Monte Can 35c Baking Powder, Romford's, 10c siae. .Can 9c Wesson Oil. Pint Can 33c Baker's Cocoa, Vid Can 19c Matches "Handy Box" Each 5c Evaporated Milk? "Everyday" Tall Can 14c "Everyday" Small Can 7c "Carnation" Tall Can 15c Honey, strained Glass 18c Housecleaning and Laundry Specials Bon Ami, Cake or Powder 3 for 25c Dutch Cleanser 3 for 25c Ammonia, Large Bottles 3 for 25c 4-String BROOMS Each. 48c Argo Starch Pkg., 9c Gold Dust (Small) 2 for 9c Gold Dust (Large) Pkg., 24c C & C Oleine Soap Each, 5c Export Borax Soap Each, 5c Babbitt's Soap 2 for 13c Old Dutch Pure Santos Coffee, 30c lb. The Coffee that's different. Full flavored and economical. Try it just once?you'll use it always. We Sell Only Meats of Quality YTf} II Extra Fine, Milk-Fed, Home- YfTJ jkl Y liAL Dressed, Young and Tender f EiflL Loin Chops 40c lb. Rib Chops 40c lb. Shoulder Shoulder Roast Chops 35c lb. 33c lb. Breast, Boned 28c lb. Today Only?Dry Salt Spare Ribs I... 10c lb.