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DANIELS GETTING ALONG FINE WITH MUNITIONS MAKERS Washington, March 31. Sec'y Daniels accomplished -wonders with the munition makers. It might be premature to say he has them eat ing out of his hand, but it is worth noting that he is dictating the terms on which they take the government contracts, and the terms are fair. The agreement of the copper pro ducers to furnish copper to the gov ernment at about half the current rate is typical. It is expected daily that announcement will be made that the producers of iron and steel pro ducts will come through with a sim ilar agreement. Barney Baruch, as a member of the national council of defense, is handling the matter, and, in spite of his role in the "leak" exposure, Bar ney deserves great credit for what he has occomplished with the big cor porations who control the materials needed for the-construction of bat tleships, munitions and other war supplies. It is the idea of Sec'y Daniels to buy the raw materials at a price based on the average of the price cal culated for a period of the last ten years. Then he is prepared to award the contracts on the basis of a 10 per cent profit and to divide the work among the firms who can push the work most rapidly. He will pay pre miums for speed and overtime. The government Is concentrating on the construction of the small craft needed for patrol duty. Firms are taking orders for -these submarine chasers on the basis of "as many as they can produce in the next six to nine months." The more the firm produces the more money they will make. Big business in this instance is in spired in part by patriotism and in part by the knowledge that Sec'y Daniels intended to take over-private shipyards and commandeer all raw materials rather than submit to ex tortion at the hands of the big' pri vate corporations. MERELYCOMMENT A Mrs. Stella Newton was found not guilty in Denver of murderuTg her husband, though she admitted she shot him. Where did they get that jury? Inj Chicago. Embargo on telephone service is threatened for the whole country. That ought to peeve a lot of peo ple who are on party lines and have nothin' to do .but listen to their neighbors. A youngster fainted in Judge Thompson's court when asked to testify in his parents' divorce suit. If s a dirty trick to try to make a child choose between his mother and father. Wilson's daughters, Margaret and Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, delivered a resolution' to him, signed by nine girls' colleges, pledging their support. The old saying, "like father, like son," will now change, daughter tak ing the place of son. You may not be able to recognize the young lady you met at the bath ing beach last summer. City council has put the kibosh on white and flesh-colored bathing suits and laid down the law of length, both ways from the waist. ChicagoVpopulatibn shows a gain of 100,000 in the past six months. Some lines of business are doing nicely, thank you. The moving men will beat us all to it reaping their harvest. They'll do it about May 1 Moving Day. MONTGOMERY WARD AUTO I , KILLS GIRL. Erma Zerbin little daughter of a widow living at 2048 Bingham, was killed beneath wheels of Montgomery Ward Co. auto truck in front of 260S Armitage. Erma and playmate were jumping rope.