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NO. 36.WEATHEI-Thulddswm WASHINGTON. D. C.. FRIDAY. AUGUST S1L 1917. TWO OEN'I
-W.ARTAX BILL
VOTE DATE SET,
- Senate Decides to Dispose
of Revenue Measure
September 10.
At last a date has been set for vot
ME upon the great M.60000.00 war
revenue bill. It must be finally dis
peed of by the Senate, Monday, Sep
tember 10.
. Unaninous consent to fix the date
was reached late yesterday afternoon.
The fact that the "conservatives"
held a cloture petition with fifty
seven names affixed to it convinced
the "radicals'' that it would be use
less to fight for further time. Had
the agreement not been reached, the
cloture petition would undoubtedly
have been passed today by two-thirds
of the Senate. and debate brought
to a close.
The agreement stipulates that the
war profits section and all ameid
ment.i must be disposed of by 6 p. Zn..
Wednesday. September 5. the Ineme
tax section by 4 p. m. Friday. Septem
bar 7. and the whole hill by 4 p. nh..
Monday. September 10. The cloture
petition was withdrawn.
compremise Not Expeeted
it was odd to see the Simmons
Penrose group arranging rather
amicably with the Ta Follette-Borah
dividin for the agreement. Such a
compromise has not been expected.
Sensator Simmons. who had Jain
finished a long speech In defense of
the pending bill was tired and worn
ont. His collar was wilted and his
grey hair wet with perspiration. In
answer to Senator Hollis, of Newi
Hampshire. Senator Simmons moved
I that all amendments might be -
gidered today, even if cloture wa le
posed. This did not entirely reassuae
the stocky La Follette who hail
numerous amendments and feared
that they might be shelvetl.
The fighting radical went ov"r to
* talk to Senator Martin, the Democrat.
leader. Numerous conservatives" In
cluding Simmons. Penros'. Smoot.
Lodge. Hale. and Overman held a.
quick conference. And in a few
moments Simmons presented the
agreement, which was accepted after
4 little talk.
Amendments Ave Offered. I
Floods of amendments were im
me-diately offered. La Follette even
put in a complete substitute for the
bill. rri'ing ab.ut three and one-half
billone.
* Debate darin4 the day was coni".i'd
to an attack on the big war meftature
by Oscar t'nderwood, of Alabama, and
the reply by Senator Simmola.
The Southern Senator said ringingly
that he had "no patience with money
la Ike;,"; that men should respond
with th. ir dollars as willingly as their
Pons had responded to the colors. He
- said the-hilli peen ingeniously de
- -tpt deit e-Ja
The-.suhst~tiitu till presented Yes
terday by Senator La Folktte realizea
gig.W.", from -ix:ible incimes in -ad-1
ditich to tlie 2.. of existing
revenue from the same lource.
A:menldeI nts cent up during the -.1'
indi t h I it senators belicee tht
wealth u !t 1,e droiiydatd
Hiiram Joinso'n ireneWed li1S am I,,
ment to t x Wa r arti: per cenit m
addition to the .er cent tax now
in the ill.
WOULD BAR TITLES
FROM U. S.CITENS
Overnan Introduces Bill Prohibiting
Acceptance of Foreign Honor.
Ten th->usand ,!oa:s tine ant the
I-.s of ou:'.tize hip is a pretty big
pir P to pd for a foreign tithc. Uut
tha . ihat Sinia'tor (l-rrn. f
North Caclti-. consrlrs At n n,
0 should pay. He initrodiuen a b.l yes
terday pieventing American men or'
women f-om acc-ptinL "an present,
emolument. omtre or titl of any kind
whatever, ron any Koi. Prinie or
foreign state or. :o r . l.it," unless
Congress gi e pci ision.
The penaltes for vilt in ire Stoi
n. and forfeture of itzenslur
prevents omttiets of the. inent
I have simpiy extcided ti an
guage of the 0,nstitution to irlule
, very American." explained seniator
Oveman. "The Constitution liready
t revents emieers of the goerinment
from receiving foreign titles.
"Might as well pass Nur ht a law
now," he rontinued. "\fter the wair,
France or England migh try to mi
me of our good Americans barons.
:Iukes or something else in recognition
of their servie- . No use of that.
]lowcVer, if a foreign goiernment
w ished to teward a maln for some
g e.at wserk1 or accompishment, he
coild come to Con:ress and ask pr
nissflon to receive it.'
The Overman bill woild cover the
case of Xmbaador Gerarid upon
whom Gleat Britain recently confer-1
red a title. Th.re was much critiesm
of this by Getmany.
Senator obverman denied yesterday
That the Gerard -se had infuenced
him In presenting his bit.
THREE FRENCH SHIPS
ARE SUNK BY ENEMY
Total Destroyed During Week Wias
32. Says Report.
(Dy the Iaterational News Servlieedl
London, Aug. hl.-tJestructionl of
three French chips of more than 1.0tM
tons and one smatter vessel during~
the week ending last Sunday, was
announced by the French admiraity
today, according to dispatches from
Paris,
'This brings the total number of at-i
fled ressels sunk during the week up
Sto thiuty-two, including twenty-twoj
above 1.600 tons. Great Britain lost
eihteen large and five smaller ships.
Italy one large and four smaller ves
The American schooner Laura C.
Andersen has been sunk by bombs
placed aboard by a German subma
ri. crew. The destroyed vessel's
crew has been landed at Portsmouth.
She was of 961 tons and hailed from
Philadelphia.
You Can Get This Paper
Served to Your Home
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A~ Tour Nsews Agcnt, Phbone
Uin 3300ess wepeefaL
TROOPS MARCH;
MOlHRS WEEP
Gotham Citizens Bid Fare
well to Guardsmen;
Roosevelt Cheers.
New York. Aug. 30.-Twenty-five
thousand New York State Guardsmen.
bra nzed. purposeful. steady-eyed.
thrilled a million spectators as they
marched through the city today on
their way to war. Rarely before in
America has such a parade been seen.
Rarely oefore in America have such
demonstrations of conflicting emotions
been displayed by on-lookers.
Tears and cheers came from people
standing side by side as some ex
perienced heart-soreness and others
considered, for the moment, only the
splendid courage and voluntary self
sacrifice of the marching men. And
not a few women who waved handker
chiefs and cheered at one moment
were noticed dissolved in tears the
next.
Clearly, as they never had done
before. the reople of the city. a peace
loving people at heart, realized to
day that America is at war. and
splendidly they responded to thu
spirit of the occasion-that "good bye,
ghod luck, God bless you" of the
city's five million people.
Gem. O'Ryaa Leads.
First In line of the marching sol
diers. rAte Maj. Gen. John F. O'R)yan
and his staff. Cot. Cornelius Vander
bilt and his Twenty-second Engineers
followed immediately after. In a win
dow ef their mansion at Fifth avenue
and Fifty-tirst street. stood Mrs. Van
derbilt and a group of her friends, in
cluding MrB. Hell, wife of Maj. Gen.
J. Frantlin lD. Mrs. Whitnan. wife
of the G.overrlr; Mrs. $pencer Eddy
and others.
Many Mothers along the ltrs of
match, giscu vantage lxoints ca
tess of the crowd, and by v.rtue if
wearing "relatives' badge." rani
fested a quickening of the breath as
they recognizet their sons swinging
down the averue.
Gov. Whitman, Col. Theodlore Roose
velt and oth-r notatle men were with
Mayer Mitchell. first at ti. U'nitn
League Cinb's stand and later at the
revbwing stand at the library. Col.
Roosevelt cheered enthusiastially a
the soldiers swung l-vst. He wa'
joined by the voices of many thou
sands.
"This affair is international, not
merely local or even national." said
the Colonel.
Maj. Gen O'*Ran went to the re
viewing stand after passing it in re
view. He w.s plainly moved by the
exhibition of the men in hbs division.
and found few words to express his
feelings, coienting himself with: "I
believe it would be hard to beat that
bunch of men fvr zeal and physical
fitness.
Maj. Cunningham Dunlap, of the
Third Canadian Reserve Battalion.
who was on the reviewing stand, said
he had reached New York only 'oday
trenches. ti, adeled. signililvntly,
"thir; is the finest looking body of n i
I ever saw."
There wre a n:r,-r of minor aci
dents, c, h as 'light a cident trom
tanetS as sdi J i n it dt li ed I ct
ly for box.s of cmaretes thrvn to
them. but the d- was unmarked Ly
any scriou i.bi hp.
DAYLIGHT THIEF iETS
$5O IN SINET RINGS
Loots Meyer's Military Shop in F
Street During Rush Hour.
Taking adantag' of an afernoon
Aowd in lie estabhl'li iient of M. et3
MiSairy Shop. early esterd.iav aII
no ,n, a dariig r e- r aider the v ry
eyes of liu. s aither, colored cl
plo e, Iled a c.e of Cint iingo
% alu d at app: oximiiately i.
G a h-r. V ois t an elt vamr 'soy i
tle stotl. dI iot notice the 'al.
wh1o is d.s-tibed as being a till whit*
man. of about - ,ers, aring a litiit
ui amt a lnal'ima hit, all.mig hi
o lilt the rviky tray of in s lto,
the eie. .\ 'Ihot t me aflt-iwa.rd
hweve-. wihn the loss of th,- val:ible'
tray wats d ue dthe lad tf01, hi;
emaployx what he had s'-n ala 1t
a ituah d-scriptwin of the rot-.
S. N. Ny r. orithr in speai 4
of the tilft last I hlit, tated that
the intaja: ity of the iiligs. t in all.
bore th; itivana if the Mar ine t'o1Ps.
and otl.er branches of the army and
la,'5
-tec tiv's \~ermail n andl IaIt,
who have been 41Trited on the ca3e.
having run diown eCvery pcssihle i'
were. at a tite hir last hiiht, un
able to flail any It- of cither th
moaing tra, of rings or the tief.
JOY RIDERS AUGHT
AFTER WILD CHASE
Boys in Stolen Auto Run Down by
Driver for Pullman.
Five boys. all iuder 16 yars of age,
were-c the oelgurants of a stolen auto.
te ptopterty of Glen Feeney. of 203
Rhode Island avenue. which sped
throuxh the city streets at an early
hour this nioln-ovg on the return from
a trip through the nearby covuntry,
-and we-re discovered by Driver Her
futh of M-tj. Pullman's private car.
At thve discovery, which occurred hat
Ffteenth street and New York ave
nue, the boy at the a-heel, a little chap
in short Dants, started south for the
Speedway. lHe led Driver Herfuth a
case at a dizzy piace, sometimes hit
ting the road at fifty mIles an hour.
and had arrived at the top1 of the
Monument Hill when the larger car
of the superintendent of metr'opolltan
police ranged up beside the stolen
auto, making the arrest.
Hterfuth was onliy able to get twon
of the marauders, whom he took to
heduarters. There it wvas lesarned
that the "joy ride'' had becen planned
in the afternoon ani that the riders
were on the home stretch when they
were discovered.
The twvo boys gave their names as
Frank Hogan. of 115 Rhode Island
avenue northeast, and Malcolm
Hlaines, of 2(9 T street northeast.
Hogan declared that he was 16 years
of age, while Hiaines gave his age
na 1. The latter was clad in dark
b ue knce pants and was in his shirt
sleevyes.
The other boys are said, by the ones
caughut, to have been John Dent, 13
yars ot age, and Eddie and Bernie
V. dmtayer, 14 and 16, vespectively. All
the hoys live in the same neighbor
hood.
.vcre th~e capture of these "joy
i '.ers" was made th-: police had been
occupijed with the case ci anther
.5-ear-old ''joy tidir," so udsclaredl
a~t he ue AumgUst LUndere M
War Price of $
Set for Whe
On Advice
Figure Below Mark Recent:
tions in Chicago Marl
Comment to Pre
Two dollar& and twenty cents a
bushel will be the standard price for
the 1917 wheat crop. President Wil
son last night set this price upon the
recommendation of the special com
mittee of the Food Administration.
headed by A. Garfield. The Presi
dent stated that Herbert Hoover had
no part in fixing this price and has
expressed no opinion upon it.
The price, which is for No. 1. North
era at Chicago. is below prices re
cently recorded for cash transactions
in the crop at Chicago. It is put
into effect as an intermediate step be
tween the uncontrolled prices which
have prevailed and the 2 price set
for the 1918 crop in the food control
bill. The President declares this price
will be rigidly adhered to by the Food
Administration, which may purchase
the entire crop if necessary, and be
lieves that with the Food Adminis
tration's regulation of the whole wheat
Industry lower prices for flower and
bread will result. The committee de
clares that in arriving at its decision
it considered the war, the necessity
of encouraging the producer, the ne
cessity of lowering the cost of living
and the effect of the sudden termina
tion of the war.
Its decision, the committee says, is
based upon the President's Instrue
tions upon the cost of production plus
a fair -profit throughout the entire
country.
The Presiden'S statement follows:
Section it of the food act provides.
among other things, for the purchase
ntnd sale of wheat and flour by the
government, and appropriates money
for 'he purpose. The purchase of
wheat and flour for our allies, and to
a considerahie degree for neutral
countries also, has been placed under
Arrests Show
Per Cent Gai
Publicity
An increase of 100 per cent
the police of the Fourth precinct
Four-and-a-half street district, sho
tivity of the police of the city in a
from the existing conditions since
t Vice in th-,t section an-3 deman
Arrests Increase.
From Friday. August 17 to Friday
Augu.st 21, he week before The Iler
aid directed publicity toward organ
ized %ice in the southwest, there were
bout tweie arrests made on charges
of drunkenness and hut twelve for
Idiso.derly oonduct. During the week
following the publication of articles
or toe immoral tonditions, from Fri
day of last week un~it last night, there
were twenty-two arrests made be
cause of drunkenness and twenty-four
for disorderly condiet.
In other words, the arrests of in
toxicated men and women in the Four
.md-a-half street* distriet have in
<reased s,,1-3 per cent and the ar
i,.ts On cha1rges of disorderly con
dut have increased 1) jer cent dur
iu: the tirjt week of p;blicity aimed
by The Ji-rald at organized vIe.
The increase in the number of ar
rests made by the Fourth prcinct
pitrolimen shows that markedly ac
tie stet"s are being taken by the
.\,Itropolia poeli to abate nuisances
caused by the sale of liquor and by
the upen .xistcnce of lewd and vi
e editions on the streets and in
t i of the southwest.
.%s yt ro move has been reported
fr, Im the pouce headiqlluarters in re
t-d t ,n attetlit to ret.h the
Ule , f tihe trouble in the southwest
the idars where liquor is sold in
h it ntities to intoxiente the buy
ers ant the houses in which it is an
oI en set rt that prnstitution i going
on. It hais azain been pointed out to
'iTe ie-rald that the aRrest of the men
ard4 women after they hate broken the
law is simply checking the nuisances
arising on the streets and is not at
tacting the real source of the trouble.
COINTINtED ON PAGE 1 TWO.
Thousands Will
Local Natioi
For the frst time in the history
of ine 'nited Slats, the President,
members of the Cbint, and of the
national Senate and House will parti
cipate next Tuesday in a parade ar
ranged In honor of men who have
been drnftd for militaty service.
The Chief Executive, with members
of the lawmaking body, will head the
procession and after they arrive at
the corner of Seventecnith street atid
Penrsylvania avenue, they will drop
out of line to review the rest of the
parade. V'ariouts organizations. patri
otIc and fraternal, have made arrange
ments to particitpate and final plans
will be announced the latter part of
the week by Maj. Gen. Joseph E.
Kuhn. the mnaishal.
M5aar to Partieipate
The committee itt charge bas an
nounced that floats may be entered
by clubs of the District and already
several orizanizationls have indIcated
their intentiton of participating in this
way. Men who hav'e been called for
service will be given a position behind
thei Presiden:.
William F. Gude, chairman of the
parade, said yesterday that he ex
pects the heads of each government
department to close down In order to
give those who march in the parade
suitable time to assemblC.
Rlequests that business houses and
private houses dechrate their places
were sent out yesterday by the com
mittee on decorations.
More than L.-00 District citizens
have been certified for service in the
natIonal army by local draft boards
and yesterday formal intitations were
issued by Commissioner Brownlow to
march in the parade Tuesday.
The men have beens directed to as
semble at 472 L street northwest to
night at S o'clock for drill and in
tructions. Drillmasters will be on
hnd to give preliminr insgructions.
2.20 a Bushel
at by Wilson
of Committee
r Quoted for Cash Trmnsac
:et-Expect Adverse
sident's Action.
the control of the food administration.
I have appointed a committee to de
termine a fair price to be paid In gov
ernment purchases. The price now
recommended by that committee-.3O
per bushel at Chicago for the basis
grade--will be rigidly adhered to by
the food administration.
..It is the hope and expectation of
the food administration, and my own
also, that this step will at once stabil
ize and keep within moderate bounds
the price of wheat for all transactions
throughout the present crop year, and.
in consequence, the prices of flour and
bread also. The food act has given
large powers for the control of storage
and exchange operations, and these
powers will be fully exercised. An in
evitable consequence will he that
financial dealings cannot follow their
usual course. Whatever the advan
tages and disadvantages of the ordi
nary machinery of trade, it cannot
function well under such disturbed
and abnormal conditions as now exist.
In its place the food administration
now fixes for its purchases a fair
price, as recommended unanimously
by a committee representative of all
interests and all sections. and believes
that thereby it will eliminate specula
tion. make possible the conduct of
every operation in the full light of day.
maintain the publicly stated price for
all. and, through economies mad pos
sible by stabilization and control, bet
ter the position of consumers also.
"Mr. Hooper. at his express wish,
has taken no part in the deliberations
of the committee on whose recommen
dation I determine the government's
fair price, nor has he in any way in
CN'TDrw ON PAGE TWO.
Hundred
n, Following
Given to Vice
in the nuiber of arrests made by
whose beats cover the notorious
o's a tremendous boost in the ac
tempting to check nuisances arising
The Herald first called attention
led action by the Pistrict poUCe.
Women Laud Expose
Of Vice Conditions
Voting thanks to The Herald
for the work that it is doing in
giving publicity to the vice con
ditions existing in the southwest.
and voeling hope thut the eon
ditions will be wiped out by the
police department. a letter from
the Woman's Christian Temper
see Unlon, southwest. receled
late yesterday afternoon at The
Herald office reads:
"Editor of The Herald
"The citisens of Southwest
Washington are readsug with a
great deal of interest your
articles in The Herald clling at
tention to conditions existing in
cert-a seetioma of the south
west which are No objectionable
to the good people of that part
of the city.
"At a meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union,
southwest. August 27. by unani
mous velce of the meeting the
secretary was requested to con
vey to you their heartiest thanks
and appreciation for the stand
you have taken in the matter,
and their earnest hope that the
publicity now given may lead
those in authority to have a
thorough investigation made. It
is a shame for such conditions
to exist any time, more espe
cialIy when there are hundreds,
or rather. thousands of strangers
in the city.
'(Nigned)
"ECRETARY PRO TEMIPORE,
"Womans Christian Temperanee
Union, S. W., Wvashington, D. C."
Participate in
ial Army Parade
lective service since the beginning of
the registration. cailid in person at
committee headquarters yesteroay and
placed his own eservke and the serv
ices of the entise office at the dis
posal of the committee in any co-op
erative work which may be needed.
Arrangements for the formation of a
brigade of boys are being made by
C. 0. Howard, and he intends to have
all boys between the ages of 14 and
17, inclusive, .who wish to join in this
section of the demonstration assem
ble Saturday and Monday evenings
for preliminary drills. The dtiUjing
will he under the direction of army
offiers and a fife and drum corpe will
furnish music.
The It-year-old boy. will assemble
at Fourteenth street and Massa
diusetta avenue; those 15 years old at
Fifteenth street; those 16 years old
at Sixteenth street, and those 17 years
old at Seventeenth street. Arrange
ments to have them sing patriotic
songs have been made and they will
he accompanied by a fife and drum
corps,
An urgent appeal has been made for
funds and all contributions should he
sent directly to Robert N. Harper,
District National Bank. or to Cuno
H. Rudolph, Second National Bank.
Mtore Aides Appointed,
Additional -aides to th, civic sec
tion were announced yesterday and
they are;
Raymond Norton, F. S. Carmody,
James R. Collie, Peter J. Nee, John
0. Evans, Dan Chisholm, 8. D). FraI
ier, Cliff Lanham, 8. . Cass, W. ..
Latimer, Henry P. WVest, Floyd E.
Davis, W,. J. Fay, John 0. Gheen,
Thomas Bones, John' W. Beale, E. A.
Landvolght, W. P. Irvin, Ralph Whit
taker. Dr. E. M. Colvip. Herman E.
Ganch. Charles J7. Columbus, Ed. V.
Brush, Jeeseph 'Mathy, A. J7. Moore,
Relv. John Jcifries, C. W. Behbenoon,
SAYS U-BAT
TO IS LESS
Navy Department Oficial
Believes Further Improve
ment Will Come.
'The submarine situation has been
improved-mach improved."
This was the declaration yesterday
of a high oficial In the Navy Depart
ment In close touch with all opera
tions of our fleets in the North Sea,
the North Atlantic and the English
Channel. He gave official confirmation
to the reports of the success of our
flotillas published in The Washington
Herald poe weeks ago. Our flotillas
are being constantly increased, and he
predicts that the submarine toll will
be steadily reduced from now on.
No submarines have yet been cap
tured. But there is evidence that can
not be neglected to show that they
have been sunk. Means of protection
have been devised whereby the lose of
vessels has been reduced to one-half
of I per cent of those so protected.
Many merchantmen are carried in
fleets under convoy. And in the mean
while Yankee and British destroyers.
chasers and airplanes are scouring
every mile of ths area in which sub
marines are active.
They have driven the sea wolves far
out into the open sea. They are no
longer permitted to lurk about the
close-drawn lines of trade. They can
attack only scattered ships.
"Depth Charge" Fatal.
They are compelled to remain
most of the time under water. Even
there they are not safe. The "depth
charge" has stripped them of this
protection. Once sighted, lurking
submeged a submarine is as good
as gone. A destroyer can be, di
rected over the spot where she lies
and a depth charge dropped.
The only reason why the Navy
Department has not made a more
definite statement on the anti-sub
marine campaign is that "Fritz" has
learned to simulate losses. It has
been learned that when attacked a
submarine will now emit a large
volume of oil, and even cast adrift
some old planking or other debris,
carried for the purpose. in order to
make the attacker believe he has
scored a fatal hit.
The coming of winter. It is be
lieved at the Navy Department. with
shorter days and rougher weather,
will not work to the benefit of sub
marines. While the chasers will
he driven in closer to shore and
even the destroyers will be more
restricted in action in the icy gales
which blow oser the North Sea from
October to April. these samew eon
ditiens will work ala. to te dis
udvaftage of the suhnmhrine*.
COL, REICHMANN
HEARSCHARliES
Officer Present When Mrs.
Anderson Appears Be
fore Committee.
The Am rlean wife of a Canadian
arm, ofmeer swore yesterday before a
cenate subcommittee that she had
heard iieut. Col. ('srl Re4lhnann. of
the 'nite S Statrs amy, ttter what
she considered dist ynl and ro-Gr
man sentiments.
The woman was irs James .\nder
son. of Victoria. iHrit1h ' Colum1tbia.
She had rushed here from the laifie
Coast to gite her tostironv. Wearie,
by the long transcontinental trip. but
stimulated by her zeal, she told bet
story wliot. t halting.
It was Mrs. Anderson who wrote thel
original letter to Senator Poindexter
which resulted in Iteichmann's nOTi
nation as a brigadier general being
held up pending his examination. Yes
terdav she told the committee she had
written the letter the very night after
the tea in Chicago, Atugust 2. when
Reichmann is said to have asserted
that:
This country was wrong in send
ing troops abroad.
The Germans were justified in
bombing towns.
And like sentiments.
Sorry Uhe Made Cbarge.
Mrs. Anderson wore a blue tail
ored suit and a new purple velvet
hat. Although ordinarily of a ner
vous temperament, the only sign of
unrest she displayed was when she
continually twisted her white
gloves In her hands.
"I am somewhat sorry I made
this exposure," she told the corn
mittee. "I do not like to be in
volved in matters of this kind. But
I felt it my duty."
In so low a voice that the three
members of the subcommittee
strained their ears to hear, she re
peated the charges she made in the
letter to Senator Poindexter.
Relehmasm Shows Strain.
It was said later that her testimony
conflicted with that of every other
witness heard thtus far. Capt. Wit
11am H. Patterson, U. .S. A., was as
tonished when he beard that C2ol.
Rteichmann had been cerdited with
such utterances. Col. and Mrs. S. l..
Falson, who, like Patterson, were at
the Chicago tea. testilted recently thai
they had not heard Reichmann say
what Mra: Anderson alleges he said.
These witnesses said that the offieer
expressed facts not sentIments.
Reichmann stoutly- denies the
charges, At the hearing yesterday
which like the others. was behind
tightly closed doors, he looked a brok
en man. It Is said that he feels keen
ly the allegation that he Is disloyal
to the country and the argny In which
he has served thIrty-six years, the
first three as qn enlisted man.
Although she - was on the stand
three hours today, the commIttee did
not feel that it was through with'
Mirs. Anderson. She will be recaled
tomorrow. Senators Poindexter. of
Wshbington; Weeks, of MassaChu
setta, and Fletcher. of Florida. who
compose the sub-committee, Intend to
Sgo into the case thoroughly.
aDdisk Ship Siaka; 6 Die.
An Atlantic Port, Aug. 30.-SIx lives
were lost in the sinking of the British
steagaship Verdi. of 7.000 tons. it wet
reported here today. The victims
wege members of the cemw whicl
AUSTRO-E
AT ODD:
PRUSSL
AUSTRIAN FLEET
IS1 BOTLED UP
Huns Flee from Renewed
Onslaughts of Victorious
Italian Army.
The Austrian fleet is bottled up in
the harbor of Pola. The Italian and
English monitors, newest eratures of
the modern war, continue their batter
ing of the Hermada. And the Her
mada alone stands between the Ital
lans and Trieste. The conquest of the
Sainsizza plateau has been completed.
Mont San Gabriele and San Daniele
are completely invested, and every
thing is ready for a combined land and
naval assault on the last defense of
Austria's Adriatic' metropolis.
That Is the summary of the reports
from Rome and the battle front re
ceived at the Italian Embassy here
yesterday. Only a 'possible lack of
ammunition for the tremendous ex
penditures of shell required can de
lay the city's fall. Even this, the em
bassy insists. can only delay it for a
little Rhile. For the United States
has assured Italy of her support and
Italy's own munitions factories are
orgjAnized as never before.
German Aid Dispatehed.
Extensive German. aid has been
rushed for the defense of Trieste. I.
is admitted that the Hermada will be
a hard nut to crack. But the Italians
are confident they will crack it. It is
regarded of the greatest significance
that German troops have been sent
so far afield to aid Germany's ally in
a light that has been particularly Aus
tria's own. It is regarded as a sure
indication of the desperate straits to
which both the Teuton empire. have
now come.
"For live days." the dispatch to the
ernbassy states. "the Gulf of Trieste
has been under the constant tire of the
Italian artillery and the guns of the
Italian and British monitors.
"The -monitors have been pro
Itected by torpedo boats and motor
boats. Their fire against the Her
mad&* has been directed by Italian
aviator', who have wirelessed back
the points of concentration of all
the Austrian forces. Not a single
Austrian airplane has been seen.
The mowitors have returned un
scathed. 1 whle their fire hns s
lenced that of several Austrian
batteries.
Peet Trapped In Harbor.
"The Austrlin fleet is out of ac
tion, trapped in the hatbor of Pola.
'Evid'-nces nulitiply that Austria
is vrried shout Trieste. It is
learned on reliable authority that
300 persons hive be-n arrested and
nterned the', while the civil evac
uation of the city goes on. Many
Iermans Ias been captured among
the city.' ii-f tfnders and many Ru
m:iniais. wh- say the- were forced
to See in 1he Akustroan armies
.nt d.". rted at the fitst -pportn
nity
"The vtorums troops on the
Bainsizza i-atau at. engaged in
gathering the tnornius amounts of
hooty left by%. the Austrians. The
9Austrians have been dislodged from
Nakobi4 otn the eastern edge of the
rplate.Au1. and Ithe forest of Tarnovo
ihns ben ivadled As the result
of the Italian evvance. all of the
Au"strian hospitals in the Tarnovo
Aid its.411i-1'0111n Zotn ha, been
evacuated] and . the wounded re
moved to Lubiana.'
BANDIT HOLDS OLICE
AT BAY FOR AN HOUR
When Caught $1,005 Is Found, Por
tion of $9,000 Stolen.
(By the Internatleasl News Service.)
Chicagio, Ill.. Aug. 0.-One lone ban
dit, Edward Wheed, alias "The Am
munition- Kid.'' wanted for partici
pation in the Winslow payroll robbery
and niirders. this afternoon stood off
more than a hundred police for an
hour in a cottage ot Thomas street.
lie emptied an automatic revolver
into the ranks of the police with such
skil1 that three officers fell wound
ed and the police believed they had a
band of robbers surrounded.
At 5 o'clock "The Ammunition Kid"
drafted from the bullet-riddled house
and made a wild dash for safety. A
pdozen policemen hurled themselves
Upon 'Wheed as his revolver barked
Its last defiance.
Then cautiously the police closed in
on itth cottage and found it empty.
In the bottom of a market basket
the police found 3lO0. done up in par
cels. tintouched since they had been
ripped from the hands of Barton Al
len, one of the two men killed when
the Winslow Bros. Company was rob
bed of nea'rly 39,.
The wounded were George Clements,
shot in the arm, arm fractured; De
tective Terrence Kelly. flesh wound.
Iand Detective Williams O'Nel,. arm
Ifractured.
FIVE PEACE WORKERS
CHASED FROM TOWN
Citizens of Wisconsin Disapprove
Plans of Pacifists.
Hudson. WVis., Aug. 30.-Secretary
Lochner. publicity agent; Williana
Charles Kruse, president of the New
York Brotherhood Welfare Associa
tion: .\iss Florence Margols, of New
York, presIdent of the Workers'
Council. her woman secretary, and
a woman stenographer of the head
quarters of the National People's
Council. were chased out of town
thIs evening by a mob,
The action followed plans of the
People's Peace Council to arrange
for a meeting at Hudson after hay
ing been barred from meetinig In
Minnesota by Governor Burnquist.
Telegrams receIved late toiglzt
from Governor Philip by Mayor Corn
dit, of Hudson. denying he granted
permIssion to the National Peoples'
Council to hold its conferesme in
this city, asked local autliorittes to
go as far as constituttendl sights
wil mrsnit la. wrv mt S Gm
ETREAT;
R SUICIDE
s to Hold Italians in
rensky May Order
Soldiers to Face
1-Cadorna's
Jnchecked.
5 lews Uervte.) -
s arisen between the German and
to the Idea Nazionaic. The news.
iment urgently requested unmeist
gaps in the Austrian lines and stn'
nd northward from the Baisiza
n Hindenburg replied he could not
I reported that a lively controversy
Asued.
DIFFERENCES.
mdvised Field Marshal Conrad von
f staff, to retire from his present
r untenable." The Austrian chief
ans to hold the eastern extremity
sts. and therefore must decline to
us rtel to kin se.
Austrian prisoners today told bow
one of the most important Austrian
military leaderv on the (arso front.
Brig. (en. Rosig, c-ommitted luittd
a few days ago. Seeing th-e position
Which he had been ordered to hold at
all cost. b ing ov errun lUi the Italians.
Gen. Roseig shot himself dead with
his pistol, the prisoners assert.
eemaskya Ien IHad.
Lond n. Aug- 3.-Four thousand
Russiarn soldiers will be shot as do
serters by Russian firing auad& ir
Premier Kerensky carr,.s out his
threat, Voik-d at the close of the Mos
cow conference.
"This hurts us to the sry acul. lut
for the salvation of th T untry we
wl kill with all ou1r toul.
Th, rctimnts I, Ith Rumaian
fron.t %ho eaterda, atbnd ned their
Poasiions, to the east n: :i.ins it
ing a (a important T- utin advarm.
ale tted to I.. The first to te tat
by the restitution , f the death pen
it.Gn. Flornfluff. the commander
inch ef. just lack &t the front frora
the Mr -cow co io-nce %h. he 14gr
s.-n*i ':--acth- * iood-andiron
rul. is cseetd I, noaue a 1
a. l.- of the :t
Orii.- lia f- If th,%s
Itt a it.. Stur -a i T he en
t n~ ii... s-21, Th- ng t
Cesack Flht .am . ca
l-,, I . i it . r . Tei
C~sac.. igs (nelpan.
o at
Ittin wit .
t 0:- Sti
oann ab'o.r TFlab, k. 0a
tIhi. A
I d h . i n i r h S: . l- . v r . t
T- p ..u.nh.. m. An .:-igsof n
0~~~ ~~ 1* '.Iii C .t s I-t
a i some ,,; i Ar hren
i, fb r n ri'; u'- tsi :uf ,. -I d
I ai t.mIpe - wh .te -:n
in'itofru. '- niit tl r 'w ,.s .'on
Te-ton PIT.k rs1 i 5-lorC5
lims -ith-r nrh,' ar i m .axe4
T%N11 isn a :-A d; 'h. sea a e Un
from Th T; i-ks in l. -C casP
Amateia"a Beate" Back.
Rorti . Au-, '01- -" I ts . -o ':A ,"
s,*ond ia mn entenled itef ' the
list tAenty-f-:r to :swih U. 51i
off an nee"ant o. r:.s of n !nt
.%tutrian counltt lir t tgab'. and
itu-in the Hapshm.: trooPs a .rTn'd
I forard from th., last line -f ie
f-rse on th' F-- -IsNk"d IIRIameisa
*stam A'! their ass-alts we"
tnuffed ont im th-ir i r.. lency b% the
Italian fire
In some cases the 'ustialn tafantry
dashed fora ard with reckies gal
lantry Iespite the fal tiA te
stormog as rw NSuer. i g dcianat:
ed Firce man-To-man grpling -en
sued. alwaya with the same Vesult:
the Ais tIans ,treiaming bact shat
tered and t.-aten.
London. Aug '6 -I y . .-\ -
stormti fc, ed a Pasle on ile r, 7 sh
front in Ftanders and at Lene To
day. hut lisely l l a.1- l ons - re
fought between the French and Geg'
moans at Verdun. no lb of t he Aaau.
and In the C'hampagnse. In a bem
raid the poius on the last nhameO
froni penetrated to the third Teu
ton line and returned with eleven
prisoners and a machine gun, with
Ciut losing a tingle mtan Germasit
minor attacks on the Aisne and at
Verdiun were cruished by the Fit-nch
guns and infafitry.
H ERALD
:)TE SAVE
IT
1s good for the numnber of -
he candidate whose nasme is
at the All-Prine Holne Sub
The Washaingtou Eg3ar~ n
-eeume S. P
[UN GENE]
5 OVER R:
AN OFFICE
Failure of His Troop
Check Cause-Kt
4,000 Russian
Firing Squa
Men Are I
(ft "ateram...
Rome. Aug. 30.-Friction ha
Austrian high commaqds. accordiq
paper says that the Vienna goven
German reeforcements to fill the
the Italian advance on Trieste a
plateau. but that Field Marshal vc
spare troops for this purpose. It i
between the two high commands 4
"STRATEGICAL
Hindenburg is said to have
Hoetzendorf. the Austrian chief <
line. which he terms "strategical
replied. it is asserted. that he m<
of the Bainsizza plateau at all cc
heed Hindenburg's advice.
TO DROP WILSON
NOTE FROM SKY
Aeroplanes Will Distribute
Text of Message Among
German People.
PresIdent Wilson'& reply to the Pope
will reach the German people in un
garbled form. The President is de
termined upon this. If it does not
appear in correct form in the Germnen
press. it will be translated and show
ered from airplanes by thousands
upon the German fighting force. and
the German civilian population. This
was one of the developments of the
day wttich begot a determined wpir.1
of optinitm in administiation ca Ie5.
The reply of the President does more
than leave the road open to pera 11
starts the I-nitod Siat :tpon thit
road with all the , ld nations ;1
her train.
Every where the c noI! en is g io%
ing tiat Wvoodrow Wil-in h' -ound
forth the rall ing (rv wh.h e'
foe of Germany mnv echo. Th aibi
-f the allied nations hitherto h'
been admittedlv ndfinito and d.ff
Forcel into battle byv the onrashing
Teuton war wace. ther have fought
ban.k Ajeroiv. blinuly-so)ne I.- Axenge
the rape of Helucoim. soie for Alsa
Lorraine som. for a I.e Halkan
State, some for the int-,ite of her
own bord.-rs. siome for tIhe frd
of the seas and some for the r-e s t
of international agw ements ani the
pledged word of nations
'War 'ry seeded.
Into thin swirling mixt oe cf
.etm. ts in s;Ppense, the Pr-bl - t
has Injeted a c'ystaLczc a.:--w
"Down with the Hohe-r.zoll.rns. i
has cried.
And evirlence is rap..l!% aceumult
ina here tonight that in rhm -nd iw
allies see the attainment of all their
aims. It was I tit tan nlitary
autocracy that was responsible for al
the enu:m. rated offe-I -. No more
firt' p:rpoese of nm.noment can b
pledged by Germany than the elimina.
tio' of thi s one imiwrial cause of all
the troubb-. It is along these line.
that the administration sees Europear
sentiment developing.
There w"e' a distinctly more
optimistic air about the Stlte D
partment -esteida'. It asa -larc.'
due to he itexpectedly favorabke
tone of comment In the British pres
upon the President's note. It wat
that further developments along thes,
lines might soon be expected
Indirect methods will not be reliei
upon to bring the President's words tc
German minds and hearts. Th- ex
perirents with the garbled manner in
which his phrase. "Too proud tc
fight" was used in Germany has con
vinced the President that transmLs
sion through British. neutral and
finally German hands is far from
satisfactory.
Hundreds of thouzaands of copies of
the President's note will probably ha
showered over and within the Ger
man lines from allied airplanes.
Tramanlation rrepared.
A German translation of the Presi
de nts words is now being prepared
by competent German scholars here,
whic-h. it is hoped, will be as com
pellig as is the original text
So far there has been no intimation
of any re-ply to the Pope's note by
either the other allies or the central
powers. The tate Department see-ns
to be little concerned with that. These
two thtings are taken to mean that the
dep~artmenct Is well satisfied that the
allies at least will follow President
Wilson's lead.
j MAIL FLAT.
SGOOD 17
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